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<v Speaker 1>You know, I was talking about the fact that KOA

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<v Speaker 1>has been around for one hundred years. We're coming up

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<v Speaker 1>on our hundredth birthday, and they have been woven into

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<v Speaker 1>the part of Denver for that long. And another thing

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<v Speaker 1>that has been woven into the part of Denver is

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<v Speaker 1>the Fort Restaurant, even though.

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<v Speaker 2>Technically very outside Morrison.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's fine, we don't talk about that.

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<v Speaker 1>And the owner Turner mic on Aron, and the owner

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<v Speaker 1>Holly Kinney is with me today to talk about one

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<v Speaker 1>of their outstanding events that they put on with the

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<v Speaker 1>Tosorrow Cultural Center, which is kind of is do you

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<v Speaker 1>call it kind of an arm of.

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<v Speaker 3>The Fort or is the Fort an arm?

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<v Speaker 4>Well to Sorrow was created to celebrate all the cultures

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<v Speaker 4>that traded at ben Sold Fort, and it's a five

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<v Speaker 4>oh one C three. It's a nonprofit and I created

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<v Speaker 4>it in nineteen ninety nine to really provide more education

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<v Speaker 4>and more events that like our rendezvous coming up this weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>But I have to give you a little trivia about me,

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<v Speaker 4>oh please. I started in radio on ko I used

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<v Speaker 4>to sell time on KOA Radio out in nineteen seventy

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<v Speaker 4>five and seventy six and seventy nine, when Elway was

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<v Speaker 4>the quarterback for the Broncos and we went the Orange Crush.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's fantastic. I had no idea. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 3>that about you.

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<v Speaker 2>So Koa has a special place in my heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's wonderful. That's a great story. I love that, Holly.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk a little bit about the rendezvous and

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<v Speaker 1>to the point you were just making this did you start?

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<v Speaker 1>And I know we've talked about this before, but people

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<v Speaker 1>don't always hear every interview. The Tsorial Cultural Center came

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<v Speaker 1>out of sort of the intent that your father had

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<v Speaker 1>when he built the fort in the first place, right

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<v Speaker 1>the original.

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<v Speaker 4>In nineteen sixty two, we created a replica of Ben's

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<v Speaker 4>old fort, which was a famous fur trading fort from

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<v Speaker 4>eighteen thirty three to eighteen forty nine, and we started

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<v Speaker 4>doing school tours because every teacher wanted to take their

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<v Speaker 4>kids on.

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<v Speaker 2>A school tour to see the fort.

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<v Speaker 4>And we actually had a little museum in the building.

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<v Speaker 4>We had to turn it into a restaurant to pay

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<v Speaker 4>off the mortgage, but it turned out that the history

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<v Speaker 4>was as important as the food. But then the food

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<v Speaker 4>kind of took over. It became very famous because we

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<v Speaker 4>are fine dining. And so when I joined my father

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<v Speaker 4>in partnership in nineteen ninety nine, I said, well, let's

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<v Speaker 4>get back to the school tours and educating the public,

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<v Speaker 4>which was what the building originally was designed for. And

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<v Speaker 4>we created to Sorrow Cultural Center, and my dad called

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<v Speaker 4>it Desorro because there are many amazing artists, like the

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<v Speaker 4>Spanish colonial artists, the mountain men who hand make flintlock

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<v Speaker 4>guns and who do it as works of art, and

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<v Speaker 4>that is their treasures and their treasures to our society

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<v Speaker 4>and to us. And let's use the fort's platform and

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<v Speaker 4>market them and call it the Tesoro. The treasures mean

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<v Speaker 4>it means treasures in Spanish.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I can vouch for the food we ate there

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday night with friends who had never eaten there. And

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<v Speaker 1>the patio, Oh, hollie, the patio is glorious.

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<v Speaker 3>It is gorgeous out there.

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<v Speaker 1>You just have this incredible view of Denver in the distance.

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<v Speaker 1>It is stunning, and the magical is second to nine.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about what's happening this weekend. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that is so cool about what you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>is for people who either don't know themselves a lot

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<v Speaker 1>about Native American culture, or maybe you want your kids

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<v Speaker 1>to have a better understanding of Native American culture. The

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<v Speaker 1>rendezvous is even I think better than the powwow for

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<v Speaker 1>kind of getting a feel for more about the culture,

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<v Speaker 1>not just dancing and things of that nature.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's a mix of cultures.

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<v Speaker 4>You have the traders and trappers who were trading at Bensfort,

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<v Speaker 4>and re enactors and interpreters, and then you also have

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<v Speaker 4>the Spanish colonial artists because Ben's Sport was on the

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<v Speaker 4>border of Old Mexico, which at that time was the

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<v Speaker 4>Arkansas River. So you had the Spanish colonial artists who

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<v Speaker 4>hand carved the saints, and they are they're demonstrating their

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<v Speaker 4>carving and there just as they did hundreds of years

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<v Speaker 4>ago at the same time of Ben's Sport. And then

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<v Speaker 4>we have a scavenger hunt for kids, so they have

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<v Speaker 4>they're given a sheet of paper admission, and then they

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<v Speaker 4>go round to each artist and mountain man encampment and

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<v Speaker 4>ask the question that's on the piece of paper and

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<v Speaker 4>if and they're given a string of sinew or like

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<v Speaker 4>a string, and then they get the answer from the

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<v Speaker 4>artist or the blacksmith or whatever, and they are given.

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<v Speaker 2>A trade bead.

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<v Speaker 4>But each encampmen they collect a trade bead after hearing

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<v Speaker 4>the answer and understanding the answer. So they stay there

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<v Speaker 4>for our with their parents following behind them, and they

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<v Speaker 4>collect their trade beads by asking the questions, and they

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<v Speaker 4>learn all about how did they make the dye from

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<v Speaker 4>rocks and through kochiel, which is like an insect that's

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<v Speaker 4>bright red, and how did they weave the wool and

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<v Speaker 4>what type of wool did they weave and it's Churro

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<v Speaker 4>wool and the Truro sheep were brought from Spain. So

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<v Speaker 4>it's a whole day of interactive learning.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like a living museum.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's really fun though, it's like an adventure. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>and then we have also you get a trade beat

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<v Speaker 4>if you go sit and listen to the Ricaramandan hadatsa

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<v Speaker 4>tribe doing a dance and talking about the Indian tribes

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<v Speaker 4>at vent Sport. But then you go to the blacksmiths

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<v Speaker 4>and learn there and so it's really a great family

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<v Speaker 4>of event and it's an adventure and fun and it's interactive.

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<v Speaker 1>Holly Kenney is my guest, and this is all happening

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend. There are you can buy your tickets. I've

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<v Speaker 1>got the link online with all the information. How much

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<v Speaker 1>your tickets it's a very modest dollars, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And then five dollars for kids six and older and

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<v Speaker 4>six and or five and under are free.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay. And to be clear, Holly doesn't do this to

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<v Speaker 3>make money at all.

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<v Speaker 2>I donate my time for twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, she doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a money maker. So that ten dollars

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<v Speaker 1>just gets plowed back into two to to Sorrow, Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you to to Sorrow, and so it just perpetuates in

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<v Speaker 1>the future.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, and helps cover the costs we have, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>part of potties and other expenses related to it, just

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<v Speaker 4>out of pocket expenses.

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<v Speaker 1>And can people get some fort food while they're.

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<v Speaker 4>There, Yes, the fort has concessions and we're doing Buffalo

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<v Speaker 4>Burgers and Buffalo Broughts and a Freedo pie.

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<v Speaker 1>When you say concessions, like people think, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the concessions at a Fort event are like next level

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<v Speaker 1>can sessions. Okay, They're not just your like hot dog hamburger.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like they're Buffalo burgers and things of that nature.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's happening. What's a timeframe on Saturday and Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>ten to four most days, Saturday and Sunday. I think

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna have some crummy rain on Saturday, but hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>it'll clear up on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 4>The dancing is under our patios, so it's undercovered, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>wear a jacket.

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<v Speaker 3>But mountain men were never dissuaded by rain.

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<v Speaker 4>No and the Spanish artists are inside. There's and they'll

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<v Speaker 4>do lectures going on. There's a great lecture about Henry

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<v Speaker 4>Darringer trade rifle discovered it in Ben's Sport by Bill Gwaltney.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's in the Benz quarters.

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<v Speaker 4>So we have, you know, lectures and things going on inside.

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<v Speaker 4>So there's a lot going on inside as well as

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<v Speaker 4>outside encampments.

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<v Speaker 1>And as I said, I put a link to the

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<v Speaker 1>website on the blog today if you want more information.

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<v Speaker 3>Holly Kenny, thank you so much. Thank you for everything

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<v Speaker 3>that you do for.

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<v Speaker 1>You you would just bring so much opportunity to this

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<v Speaker 1>area for people to really learn about Native Americans and

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<v Speaker 1>the history of this part of the country.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just a really well done job. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 3>much for inviting me. You're the best. You are