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The Battalion Aggielife Page 3 • Friday, February 19, 1999 Livestock show and rodeo begin this weekend STORY BY MARIANO CASTILLO • GRAPHICS BY RUBEN DELUNA ig houses, big hair, big belts and big cars — what makes some- , thing Texan is that it can be discribed as being big. This week- ^^^end the biggest event of them all will begin in Houston — The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. |®This year’s activities includes 17 days of concerts by famous coun try, tejano, and R&B artists, a rodeo featuring the top 64 cowboys and cowgirls and a variety of exhibitions in the Astrodome-Astrohall-As- troarena complex. J Show President Jim Bloodworth said the 67th annual Hous ton Livestock Show and Rodeo, running Feb. 19 ^^■igh March 7, has a wide appeal. are excited about the 1999 show and believe . that it offers something for everyone,” Bloodworth ’ | said. “The attractions of the show appeal to both young and old, the rural farmer and the city dweller and people of all ethnicities and heritages.” 4 jR. h. Some of the artists performing will be featured C onghe Nashville Network’s “Prime Time Country” variety show. The show will film twice at the Hide out in Agventure Plaza, Feb. 19-23, and Feb. 25- Mardi 1. SAUJEiWB Tickets are free, but only 250 tickets are avail- sis major,tries eac h session. Artists scheduled to appear in- ychologyma: dude Hank Williams Jr., Lee Roy Parnell, Neal Mc Coy, Jack Ingram, Faith Hill, Ricky Van Shelton, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson and Wynonna Judd. - J In addition to the country music stars who usually highlight the show, R&B stars Brian isJSjllflf McKnight and Monica will III Ctll/V ^ perform on Saturday, nications major, said the rodeo can be a great family outing. “A lot of people think [the rodeo] is easy to attend and fun, and it can be done as a family event. That’s what makes it inviting,” Smith said. In addition to the competition and entertainment value, the Hous ton Livestock Show and Rodeo is also Alcatel USA, If rinity Industre; , Ricca said, npanies who iff A&M students rtsulting.JCPen nd Enron. ‘ includes 150s7 mtatives of the 1.’! ssociations, 168f icers, five exeat t officers a ss senators fa'f ovemmentAss# I and the Cole? the Businessfp. M the event, on o A&M for onet H nester. Feb. 27 to celebrate Black Heritage Day. The Houston rodeo has the highest award money in the world with a purse of $731,757. Only the top contenders, as ranked by the Professional Rodeo Cow boys Association (PRCA), are invited to participate. Events include bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc rid ing, bull riding, steer wrestling, calf rop ing, team roping and barrel racing. Meg Smith, a senior speech commu the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest. Texas A&M’s Parsons Mounted Cavalry participated in the parade. Victor Garza, a Pason’s Mounted Cavalry member and a junior me chanical engineering major, said Parson’s Mounted Cavalry is no stranger to the event. “The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade is one of the sev eral events Parsons Mounted Cavalry participates in every year,” Garza said. “The people in Houston really enjoy having us there and it is exciting for us to be able to represent Texas A&M and the Corps of Cadets since the ‘Cav’ is the only existing ROTC mounted unit in the nation.” Thirty three thousand entries are expected this year in the live stock show. Professional breeders will compete the first week, while the junior livestock competition will feature high-school FFA and 4-H members from around the state. Eleven students from Bryan will be among those competing in mar ket steers, market barrows, dairy heifers, market goats and the dairy scramble events. Several of the activities are aimed at entertaining the younger au diences. The diversity of this year’s show can be seen in the various petting booths, which will feature exotic animals such as wallabies, llamas, miniature goats and Chinese silky chickens. The final attraction is the Houston horse show. The competition in cludes both halter showmanship and performance classes. Seven dif ferent breeds of horses will compete. The donkey and mule show is also part of this event. Other entertainment includes a laser and lights creation by Hous ton Industries. The show will also include pyrotechnics and video en hancements. Houston Industries is also enhancing the technology at the Live stock Show and Rodeo with new Power Vision screens that allow specta tors to catch all the action with high-resolution terns. Other an educational charity. This year, organizers expect that more than $7.75 million will be distributed in scholarships and among other education related endeavors. The festivities kicked off last weekend with the Rodeo Parade and scheduled weekend sheep dog tractor contest. activities for this include trials, a mechanics an interna tional trading post, a carnival, a special cowboy’s church, pony rides and pig races. IT’S 11:59 ON NEW YEARS EVE. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR RATE IS? luting irpool to Winff) ling: $3.00 ig to join as! .'oiftimie ffine. m, 775 - 96 - 0024 .Editor 7 City E# : ocelr, Gr# ; Sports £7; huiddin, ic, Aggie ’ rekh, Opi iS, Ph0t0 : ' Night Ne» ;;; rrano, Nif iriani. /n, Web^ Api lisnolS#' Ben Affleck Casey Affleck Dave Chappelle Guillermo Diaz Angela Featherstone Janeane Garofalo Gaby Hoffmann Kate Hudson Courtney Love Jay Mohr Martha Plimpton Christina Ricci Paul Rudd IN THEATRES THIS FEBRUARY Avnet, Inc. One of the World’s Largest Electronics Distributors You may not know the name, but we are a leading electronics distribution employer with 9,000 employees worldwide. 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