Celebrating Colorado, and Girls Named Heidi
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Berthoud Weekly Surveyor April 30, 2015 Page A7 & MAKE IT A GREAT DAY SUDOKU SOLUTION beatcalendar Boulder Dinner Theatre Forever Plaid Through May 10 303-449-6000 BDTStage.com 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder Candlelight Dinner Playhouse Singin’ in the R ain Through July 12 970-744-3747 coloradocandlelight.com 4747 Marketplace Dr., Johnstown Jesters Dinner Theatre & Scho ol for the Performing Arts Le Miserables Through May 10 303-682-9980 jesterstheatre.com 224 Main St., Longmont Rialto Theater Loveland Choral Society: An Evening with T ony & Oscar Through May 3, $17 970-962-2000 rialtotheatercenter.org 228 E. Fourth St., Loveland Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the num- bers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. Celebrating Colorado, and girls named Heidi Local travel writer hosts her own festival in Ouray By John Gardner The Surveyor If anyone knows about a great small-town festival in Colorado, it’s Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer, or as avid Surveyor readers may know her, the Mayor of Heidi- Town. As a travel writer and blog - ger of Colorado festivals, when the Mayor of HeidiTown goes on a weekend trip, over 3,000 people accompany her on her ad- ventures through her social media posts and her blog; Heiditown.com. “I probably love Colorado more than most people because I lived in the Pacic orthwest,” said Kerr- Schlaefer. “I’m so amazed at how many different kinds of landscapes we have in this state; you have mountains and plains, small towns and big. It’s just so dynamic.” HeidiTown.com is a blog focused on Colorado festivals and travel, which Kerr-Schlaefer started in 2007; review- ing books, movies and restaurants. It wasn’t until about 2010 that she dedicated the blog to covering Colorado festivals. If it’s ice climbing i n Ouray or drinking beer at the Winter Park Beer Festi- val, HeidiTown subscribers get all the details of adventure and relaxation around Colorado. “I always hear people say, ‘I live vicari- ously through you,’” Kerr-Schlaefer said. So, after a several years of traveling to festivals, the mayor decided that she may as well have one of her own. HeidiTown Fest, scheduled for Memorial Day weekend (May 23- 24), is a festival celebrating Colorado, as well as girls named Heidi, according to Kerr-Schlaefer. “It’s really not a festival in that we’re going to have a band or anything like that,” said Kerr-Schlaefer. “It’s a chance to visit Ouray and live life like the mayor. HeidiTown Fest offers two unique packages: Guests can choose between two hotels, the Ouray Chalet Inn or the Matterhorn Inn; and two excursions, including a four- wheel-drive excursion with Alpine Scenic Tours, or raft- ing with RIGS Adventure Company. Each package also comes with passes to Ouray Hot Springs Pool and tickets to the HeidiTown Fest VIP party on Saturday night. Packages start at $280 and include two nights for two people. A third night can be added for $80. “This is your chance to come do a weekend as I do a weekend,” she said. On Friday and Saturday nights there will be social events at locations around town. Kerr-Schlaefer, who lives in Loveland, chose Ouray specically to get people to travel to some of Colorado’s most remote and beautiful destinations. “Ouray is thrilled to be the location for the rst an- nual HeidiTown Fest. icknamed The Switzerland of America,’ we are the perfect Colorado mountain location for unique gather- ings and festivals,” said Heidi Pan- kow, public relations manager at the Ouray Chamber Resort Association. Being the inaugural HeidiTown Fest, the mayor is unsure as to how it will be received, but she hopes to continue the festival, popping up in different towns across the state each year. “The thing that sets this event apart from anything else in the state is the fact that it will be mobile,” she said. But the goal is what the mayor’s goal has been from her rst blog post get people interested in the things that happen in their home state. “Get around your state and see what’s out there, you know” Kerr- Schlaefer said. “If HeidiTown Fest is the only way you do it every year, then alright, cool. Every year we’ll nd a new, cool place to bri ng you to.” Photo by Ryan Schlaefer Ice climbing at Ouray Ice Park in March 2013.
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Berthoud Weekly Surveyor April 30, 2015 Page A7
& MAKE IT A GREAT DAY
SUDOKU SOLUTION
beatcalendarBoulder Dinner TheatreForever PlaidThrough May 10303-449-6000BDTStage.com5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder
Candlelight Dinner Playhouse Singin’ in the RainThrough July 12970-744-3747coloradocandlelight.com4747 Marketplace Dr., Johnstown
Jesters Dinner Theatre & Schoolfor the Performing ArtsLe MiserablesThrough May 10303-682-9980jesterstheatre.com224 Main St., Longmont
Rialto TheaterLoveland Choral Society:
An Evening with Tony & Oscar Through May 3, $17970-962-2000rialtotheatercenter.org228 E. Fourth St., Loveland
Sudoku is anumberplacing puzzlebased on a 9x9grid with severalgiven numbers. The object is toplace the num-bers 1 to 9 in theempty squaresso that each row,each columnand each 3x3box contains thesame numberonly once.
Celebrating Colorado, and girls named HeidiLocal travel writer hosts
her own festival in OurayBy John GardnerThe Surveyor
If anyone knows about a greatsmall-town festival in Colorado,it’s Heidi Kerr-Schlaefer, oras avid Surveyor readers mayknow her, the Mayor of Heidi-Town.
As a travel writer and blog-ger of Colorado festivals, whenthe Mayor of HeidiTown goeson a weekend trip, over 3,000people accompany her on her ad-ventures through her social mediaposts and her blog; Heiditown.com.
“I probably love Colorado more than most peoplebecause I lived in the Pacic orthwest,” said Kerr-
Schlaefer. “I’m so amazed at how many different kinds oflandscapes we have in this state; you have mountains andplains, small towns and big. It’s just so dynamic.”
HeidiTown.com is a blog focused on Colorado festivalsand travel, which Kerr-Schlaefer started in 2007; review-
ing books, movies and restaurants. It wasn’t until
about 2010 that she dedicated the blog to coveringColorado festivals. If it’s ice climbing in Ouray or
drinking beer at the Winter Park Beer Festi-val, HeidiTown subscribers get all the detailsof adventure and relaxation around Colorado.
“I always hear people say, ‘I live vicari-ously through you,’” Kerr-Schlaefer said.
So, after a several years of traveling tofestivals, the mayor decided that she may
as well have one of her own. HeidiTown Fest,scheduled for Memorial Day weekend (May 23-
24), is a festival celebrating Colorado, as well asgirls named Heidi, according to Kerr-Schlaefer.
“It’s really not a festival in that we’re going to have aband or anything like that,” said Kerr-Schlaefer. “It’s achance to visit Ouray and live life like the mayor.
HeidiTown Fest offers two unique packages: Guestscan choose between two hotels, the Ouray Chalet Inn orthe Matterhorn Inn; and two excursions, including a four-wheel-drive excursion with Alpine Scenic Tours, or raft-ing with RIGS Adventure Company. Each package alsocomes with passes to Ouray Hot Springs Pool and ticketsto the HeidiTown Fest VIP party on Saturday night.
Packages start at $280 and include two nights for twopeople. A third night can be added for $80.
“This is your chance to come do a weekend as I do aweekend,” she said.
On Friday and Saturday nights there will be socialevents at locations around town.
Kerr-Schlaefer, who lives in Loveland, chose Ourayspecically to get people to travel to some of Colorado’smost remote and beautiful destinations.
“Ouray is thrilled to be the location for the rst an-nual HeidiTown Fest. icknamed The Switzerland of
America,’ we are the perfect Coloradomountain location for unique gather-ings and festivals,” said Heidi Pan-kow, public relations manager at theOuray Chamber Resort Association.
Being the inaugural HeidiTownFest, the mayor is unsure as to howit will be received, but she hopes tocontinue the festival, popping up indifferent towns across the state eachyear.
“The thing that sets this eventapart from anything else in the stateis the fact that it will be mobile,” shesaid.
But the goal is what the mayor’sgoal has been from her rst blog postget people interested in the thingsthat happen in their home state.
“Get around your state and seewhat’s out there, you know” Kerr-Schlaefer said. “If HeidiTown Festis the only way you do it every year,then alright, cool. Every year we’llnd a new, cool place to bring youto.”
Photo by Ryan Schlaefer
Ice climbing at Ouray Ice Park in March 2013.
