When a bull rider bursts out of the chute on a bucking and snorting bull, he has three fundamental goals: hold on for eight seconds, earn a high score and look for the guys in the funny clothes. Many spectators refer to those creatively dressed guys as rodeo clowns. However, running toward a 2,000-pound animal with deadly horns hardly is clowning around; rather, it is the serious business of bullfighting.
With seven fast-paced, action-packed events and the heartwarming calf scramble, RODEOHOUSTON™ can be compared to a thick novel. To appreciate each event, an investment is required on the part of the spectator. Each day is another page, each week another chapter — but an experienced narrator can make all the difference. That is what makes RODEOHOUSTON such a pleasure for the rodeo fan to attend.
For people with Western or ranching origins, the cowboy boot is almost spiritual in its significance. No matter where one lives or works, it is the single possession that most connects people with Western heritage. Outside the United States, the cowboy boot symbolizes the American West.
Boots are coming to Houston! To raise awareness of the 2007 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, several painted fiberglass boots will kick up the dust throughout the Bayou City during February and March. Boots will be approximately 6 feet high and 6 feet long. The boot sculptures will be painted, costumed and transformed into magnificent works of art.
During the 75th anniversary year, “The Year of the Volunteer,” a badge design contest will give you the chance to submit a design for the Show’s 2008 volunteer badge. The contest is open to all current volunteers and Lifetime Committeemen of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
What happens when chart-topping entertainers, a colorful exhibition of horsemanship skills, a traditional music contest and a unique Tex-Mex diner come together? The result is the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ Go Tejano Day, which drew the highest general admission of the 2006 Show.
Among the 61,130 fans watching the action-packed RODEOHOUSTON™ performance and star entertainer Toby Keith singing in Reliant Stadium were several hundred taking in the entertainment from a private party held in the South Terrace — many of whom had never before attended the Rodeo. Wednesday, March 8, 2006, was Ladies’ Night Out — the first such event at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™.
Letters and comments should be sent to:
Marketing and Public Relations Division,
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™
P.O. Box 20070
Houston, Texas 77225-0070
