Kevin Costner named this year's Calgary Stampede parade marshal
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Summary
Kevin Costner will lead this year's Calgary Stampede Parade on July 8th. The Yellowstone megastar spent a few months in and around Calgary on the Stoney Indian Reserve while shooting Open Range in 2002. Costner said it felt nice to be selected as the parade marshal in a taped video.
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Yellowstone megastar, legendary actor, producer, director and musician Kevin Costner will lead
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this year's Calgary Stampede Parade on July 8th. The Yellowstone megastar spent a few months in
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and around Calgary on the Stoney Indian Reserve while shooting open range in 2002. Costner said
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it felt nice to be selected as the parade marshal in a taped video. Hello Calgary, Alberta. I just
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got to tell you how nice it felt to be selected as the parade marshal. You know, you don't see those
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kind of things coming and I'm not sure what the list looked like. I'm glad I was on it. I have a
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lot of fond memories of being in Calgary. It's made a big difference to me in my life to make open range
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there and let them go. It's one of the beautiful spots and the world kind of focuses on Calgary.
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This thing has started a long time ago celebrating western heritage and so on July 8th I'll be there and
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I'm really honored to have to be a part of what you guys have done for so long and carry on a tradition.
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So see you at the parade, okay? Costner, a Hollywood legend, was born in 1955 in Linwood, California.
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His blockbuster hits and most memorable films include The Bodyguard from 1992 with Whitney Houston,
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Dances with Wolves from the 1990s, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves was in 91, The Big Chill from 1983,
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The Untouchables filmed in 1987, Bull Durham in 1988 and Field of Dreams in 1989. For the Western Standard,