COUNTDOWN TO RONDY 2012

2012 Collector Pin Designer

 

Brittany Kennard, designer of the 2012 Fur Rendezvous collector pin, desired to represent an important part of Alaska history while also capturing the essence of Fur Rondy. Featuring an Alaskan bush plane in flight under the dancing colors of the aurora borealis, and soaring over majestic mountains, the design illustrates a vital means by which the people of Alaska were and are able to support one another and maintain community.

Born and raised, Brittany has called Anchorage, Alaska home for all 26 years of her life. She has a bachelor of science in psychology, with academic and departmental honors, from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She values people and helping others, aspiring to be a positive force in everything she does. For the past year, she has enjoyed being a barista and assistant manager for Kaladi Brothers Coffee. Brittany has always had a passion and love for art and design. After studying painting, drawing, and fashion design in Florence, Italy, she has a renewed passion to pursue a career in design, and would love for her art to inspire and have a positive influence on the lives of others.

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Open Year Round!

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Have you heard the news!! Rondy is open year round!!

Come on down to 400 D Street on the corner of 4th & D right on the starting line of the Race, by the statute of Balto and check out our Rondylicious Coffee Shop, Ice Cream and Rondy Retail. Want more… we even have the Dog Mushing Hall of Fame! Come on in and find out what Sprint Racing is all about.

The Rondy Shop proudly supports the men & women in uniform serving our Great Nation and Great State of Alaska. Come into the Rondylicious Coffee Shop on 4th & D and receive a free Cup of Joe on us.

 

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Seventy Seven Years of History!

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The Fur Rondy Festival is a significant part of the history and tradition of Anchorage. In the mid 1930's, Anchorage was just a small town of about 3,000 people that stretched between Park Strip and Ship Creek. There were no televisions, malls or movie theaters, no video games, ipods or computers, not even an Iditarod! Winters were brutal and stoking fires, shoveling snow and surviving the elements was the basic daily pastime in those days.

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