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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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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
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tors to catch all the action
with high-resolution
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an educational charity. This year, organizers
expect that more than $7.75 million will be distributed in scholarships
and among other education related endeavors.
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