News and Notes from the Rodeo Trail, February 26
The Buccaneer Commission recently announced its Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas) Concert Series lineup. Two hours of ProRodeo will be followed by lowering a stage from the American Bank Center Arena rafters onto the dirt to allow for an hour-long concert. The four Rodeo Corpus Christi Performances will feature the Josh Abbott Band, April 26; Turnpike Troubadours, April 27; Robert Earl Keen, April 28; and Intocable, April 29. Season tickets may be purchased at www.BucDays.com or at the American Bank Center box office. Individual tickets will go on sale March 1 at 10 a.m. (CT). Ticket pricing ranges from $15-50 and includes the rodeo and concert.
A steer named Checkers was crowned the big winner Feb. 24 at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, fetching a kingly sum of $110,000 for young Dawson Campbell. The boy and his beast triumphed at the junior market steer auction that also earned Campbell, 14, a $10,000 scholarship that will help him pursue his plans to study agriculture at Texas A&M University.
The 64th Buffalo (Minn.) PRCA Championship Rodeo is June 22-23. Two performances of rodeo sanctioned by the PRCA will include “The Art of Trick Roping, Gun Spinning, and Whip Cracking” by cowboy Rider Kiesner, a Wrangler National Finals Rodeo performer. “We are excited to bring Rider to town,” said Stuart Marquette, rodeo chairman, in a press release. “Our rodeo committee is comprised of volunteers that work countless hours throughout the year to make the show bigger and better every year. As a non-profit, we pride ourselves in putting on a PRCA rodeo bringing family-friendly entertainment at an affordable price. Throughout the years the Buffalo Rodeo has grown with the community, and we continue to be an annual tradition,” Tickets can be purchased at www.buffalorodeo.com starting at $10 for adults and $5 for children (ages 4-11) through May 1.
ProRodeoLive.com will broadcast the Division 1 Xtreme Bulls from Fort Mohave, Ariz., at 7 p.m. (MT), March 2, and 7:30 p.m., March 3.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“This win means a lot. San Antonio is an amazing rodeo. If you get hot here, you can win a lot of money. This is going to be one of my best rodeo memories.”
– Saddle bronc rider Jacobs Crawley in a press release Feb. 24 after winning the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Courtesy of PRCA