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What's up this weekend? A look at what's going on around Sandoval County Oct. 25-27
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1. From Oct. 24-26, the Cleveland High School choir students will be hosting a haunted house.
The haunted house, called “Twisted Wonderland,” will be located in the Cleveland Concert Hall.
Entry is $10 for adults, $5 for students. Only 20 tickets are available for each time slot.
To buy tickets, visit cur8.com/25747/project/126200.
For more information, contact CHS choral director Jadira Flamm at 505-938-0300 ext. 52286 or by email jadira.flamm@rrps.net.
2. From noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Rio Rancho Fire & Rescue will be opening Fire Station 1, 2810 Southern Blvd., for a Halloween Open House Trunk or Treat. The event will include the smoke house, firetrucks, a costume contest from 2-3 p.m. and, of course, popcorn and candy.
3. It’s the final weekend of the the 2024 Galloping Goat Pumpkin Patch outside the Rio Rancho Events Center. The Galloping Goat Pumpkin Patch is in its 18th year of existence (12th year in Rio Rancho) and open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Oct. 31.
“Some of our biggest attractions include our animals, lot of animals that people can interact with. We have a corn pit that has over 22,000 pounds of corn that the kids can play in,” co-owner Max Wade said. “Good, family activities like cornhole, and basketball toss, and duck races. We got places where the kids can play like in dino-land and Hot Wheel town.”
Other fun things at Galloping Goat’s include an axe throw area, a maze, putt-putt golf, paintball, tractor races and, of course, a ton of pumpkins.
Admission to the Galloping Goat Pumpkin Patch is $9.99 for children ages 3-17, $11.99 for adults, and $10.99 for seniors and military. Cash is not accepted.
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4. The MercyMe Together Again ... Again Tour 2024 comes to the Rio Rancho Events Center at 7 p.m. Sunday night. The concert also features Crowder and Cochren & Co.
MercyMe’s latest single, “To Not Worship You,” hit No.1 on four different Billboard and Mediabase charts. The song is the second No.1 from their latest best-selling project, Always Only Jesus.
The group was recently named Billboard ’s Top Christian Artist of the 2010 decade, and in 2020 received their eighth American Music Award nomination.
Tickets are available at mercyme.org.
5. The New Mexico Athletic Association will be hosting its State Marching Band Contest Saturday at Rio Rancho High School. According to the NMAA website, “The NMAA Marching Band Contest, in partnership with the New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA), was initiated to provide an opportunity for high school marching bands to participate in a statewide marching band festival with the intent of bringing together New Mexico’s best bands in competition. State Marching Band Contest participants represent a variety of populations, school sizes, and geographic locations. Any marching band whose school is an NMAA member can participate in this festival if they meet eligibility requirements.”
Trophies are awarded to the top three bands in each classification with an NMAA state banner awarded to the first-place band in each class.
The contest kicks off at 8:30 a.m. with the New Mexico Military Institute. Rio Rancho High School is scheduled to perform at 12:45 p.m. and Cleveland at 3:30 p.m. Finalists will be announced at 4:45 p.m. with finals kicking off at 7 p.m. The awards ceremony is slated for 9:45 p.m.
Cleveland placed second at the 46th annual Zia Marching Band Fiesta Saturday at the University of New Mexico University Stadium, with RRHS taking third. Less than a point separated the two schools.
Tickets are $7 for students, seniors ages 65-plus, and military; no re-entry is allowed. Adult tickets are $12 with no re-entry allowed, and day passes, which allow re-entry, are $17.
For more information and tickets, visit nmact.org/activities/marching-band.
6. Rio Rancho Police Department is hosting a prescription drug take-back day from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Residents are encouraged to bring unused or expired medication to police headquarters, 500 Quantum Road, for safe disposal.
“This important event is a crucial step in combating prescription drug abuse and keeping our community safe,” RRPD said in a post on Facebook. The department goes on to say that such events prevent misuse of prescription drugs, protects the environment by preventing contamination in the water supply that flushing or throwing them away may cause, and provides an opportunity to talk about responsible medication management and resources available for those struggling with addiction.
