Award-winning Ismaili volunteers: History of Stampede float in Calgary

Dreamed up by Rahim Rawji “Waving Cowboy” steel float with wiring, controlled by electronic control-board using numeric movements. The float would have been quiet an accomplishment for Hollywood, let alone bunch of volunteers in a warehouse in Calgary.

Award-winning Ismaili volunteers with different skill sets, striving for excellence.

Watch this flashback from history.

http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1153888

 

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