By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter

Taber wins Coors Banquet “One Horse Town” national competition

Jul 25, 2018 | 12:59 PM

TABER – On September 15, Taber will play host to a country music concert featuring Dallas Smith, Tim Hicks and Kira Isabella.

The town won the national “Coors Banquet One Horse Town” competition, from a list of six across the country, including Williams Lake, B.C.; Miramichi, New Brunswick; Napanee, Ontario; Nicolet, Quebec; and Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.

The competition began on April 30 and was open to all towns across Canada with populations under 50,000. Residents were asked to upload pictures of their town via Twitter, Instagram, or on the Coors Website until the contest closing date of May 27.

Coors Spokesperson Jessica Teixeira says Taber residents have a lot to be proud of, and they’ll be releasing more information about the upcoming concert at a later date.

“There’s going to be a lot of questions around tickets, how you get them, what the restrictions may be, etc. So, on August 6 we’re going to be posting a document on our website of frequently asked questions. It’s basically just a series of questions that we’ve seen come our way over the last three years of doing this.”

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The ticket website will open on August 20. According to the rules posted on the Coors webpage (http://coorsbanquet.ca/en/oht), the total value of the prize is about $40,000 and each ticket is worth about $20. There will be anywhere from 1,000 to 3,000 tickets available, depending on the venue capacity or location chosen.

The rules also state that when tickets become available, each person can request up to a maximum of four. Also,

“The winner and the attendees must be residents of the winning town itself to attend the Event and to receive a ticket to the Event, all attendees will be required to visit the Contest Website and complete the online registration form in full.”

Teixeira says it was a close race between first and second place with only about five thousand online votes separating the two.

Overall, there were about 235,000 votes, up from 180,000 in 2017.