It is not easy making 1,700 kids feel special, but that’s exactly how the teenage horse judges feel after they have competed in the Show’s Junior Horse Judging Contest.
Cross a Fortune 500 company board meeting with a high school pep rally and you experience the purpose and intensity of the Show’s Speakers Committee.
More than 180 charismatic, articulate men and women work as a team to provide quality speeches and promote the mission of the Houston Livestock Show and
Rodeo.
At any given moment during a Houston Rodeo performance, more than 100,000 people walk about the Astrodome property. Many will arrive by automobile, looking for one of the 15,000 spaces that remain available after a significant amount of the Astrodome’s parking has been absorbed by the Show’s operations.
There is another facet of transportation at the Show that few people think about until they need a truck to haul something on the Astrodome grounds, or when they need a golf cart to ferry a corporate sponsor from one event to another. That’s when they call chairman Wendell Kendrick and the volunteers of the Transportation Committee.
When Group Ticket Sales Committee Chairman F. Barron Hobbs joined the group in 1980, the committee had 125 members and a goal to sell $250,000 in tickets. Fourteen years later, with only 25 additional people, the group sold $3.5 million in tickets for the 1994 Show.
Imagine a career spanning four decades which combines exhibiting cattle in dirt-covered arenas and being a major benefactor of Houston’s most refined cultural activities. Past president of the Show, enthusiastic contributor to the performing arts, well-known business leader and successful rancher, Allen H. “Buddy” Carruth’s interests and efforts have enhanced virtually every aspect of our community.
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
