Dozens of kids laughing and rolling down a grassy hill inside Reliant Center might be an unexpected sight at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™. Wait a minute, that is not a hill, it is a platform, and that is not grass, it is green carpet. What is going on? The kids have taken over and transformed the milking parlor’s observation area into an imaginary hill of fun.

Cattle Drives

From its early occupation by the Spaniards, and their imported Spanish Andalusian cattle — ancestors of the Texas Longhorns — Texas was destined to become the
birthplace of many legendary cattle drives. Spain lost control of the area now known as Texas, and what was to become known as the southwestern United States, in the early 1800s.

Late Night With Show Volunteers

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ consists of thousands of volunteers who come from all walks of life. Some committee members work their required hours
throughout the year before the Show even starts — fund raising and promoting the educational and community service programs provided by the Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo — while others perform their volunteer hours during the run of the Show.

The Science of Gaits

Think back to some of the more notable scientific discoveries. Archimedes discovered the principle of buoyancy while he took a bath. Gravity was discovered when an apple fell out of a tree and landed on the head of Sir Isaac Newton. Ben Franklin went out to fly a kite and discovered electricity. While watching a bucking bronc at RODEOHOUSTON™, Martin Golubitsky, Ph.D., developed a new understanding of the role of symmetry in a central pattern generator. What was that last one again?

More Than Wrestling in the Dirt

Even though bobbing, weaving and leaping are part of a calf’s master plan to avoid being captured, all calves at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ calf scramble are caught by 14 of the 28 determined scramblers.

 

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