Wednesday, May 30, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
CONTRACTORS:
Presenters make
Rodeo a big show
Continued from page 3
Rodeo is an event of
impromptu action and unpre-
dictability. The music in
the arena reflects that, with
Buchanan picking from a
broad base of music styles, a
mix of old and new country to
rock and even some hip hop.
He lets the circumstances
dictate his on-the-spot music
choices.
The
professional
team includes five-time
Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association Announcer of the
Year, Wayne Brooks. The vel-
vet voiced cowboy on horse-
back shares the stage with
one of the best historians and
statisticians in rodeo, Curt
Robinson, who is returning to
Sisters for his 25th year.
The complementary duo
keeps the crowd informed and
interested in all eight events
of the rodeo. Their quick wits
highlight the unusual and
unexpected twists that spice
up any rodeo. Both announc-
ers are familiar figures and
voices at National Finals
Rodeo in Las Vegas.
In the arena, the bullfight-
ers are superb athletes who
fire on a fast trigger to pro-
tect a bull rider, sometimes
putting themselves in danger.
Rowdy Barry will be working
his last Sisters Rodeo, retiring
after a long, rewarding career.
His partner in the arena is Dan
Newman, with whom Barry
has worked more rodeos than
with any other bullfighter.
At the Xtreme Bulls per-
formance, Ryan Manning will
again join his dad, Rowdy, in
the arena. The young bull-
fighter is living his career
fantasy.
JJ Harrison, barrelman
and clown, has risen to rodeo
world fame from a PRCA
career that began at Sisters
Rodeo. Rodeos clamor for a
chance to have this energized
rodeo entertainer. After a bull
ride, it is up to JJ to keep a
bull’s attention and draw it
away from both the cow-
boy and the bullfighters. The
goal is to keep it focused on
him until it can be released
through the exit gate.
With the popularity of JJ,
Sisters Rodeo is offering face-
painting at the Sunday Family
Day performance. The stands
then become full of little JJs,
who will be invited into the
arena for a massive group
photo with their favorite
clown.
The stock contractor, Mike
Corey, brings rodeo stock that
continues to enhance the rep-
utation of Corey and Lange
Stock Contractors all the way
to National Finals Rodeo. The
company has acquired some
new, tough bucking horses
that will either help a cow-
boy score high points or find
himself on the dusty end of a
short ride. One of these horses
gave one cowboy a high score
in the 88-point range, having
defeated all its other riders in
the current season.
With a specialty in buck-
ing bulls, Corey is pleased
to have bulls that make eight
seconds seem like a dream.
In 32 outs this year, only one
ride was completed on his
Trusted. Professional.
Reliable.
bulls. Cowa Bunga gave a
rider 92 points, a huge score
for a bull ride.
From behind the chutes to
the mounted pick-up men in
the arena, John Leavitt, the
Arena Director, is grateful for
his arena crew.
“We have a great pro-
fessional crew with Mike
Corey’s team,” said Leavitt,
“and we also have a crew of
volunteers behind the chutes
who have become an excep-
tional group, with years of
experience at Sisters Rodeo.”
Tomas’ Garcilazo and his
La Charreria act will stun
fans with an unbelievable
choreographed horse perfor-
mance along with Maguey
rope tricks. The performer
has taken this act all over the
world, to the White House
and to Kennedy Center. The
rodeo prides itself on its spe-
cialty acts like this one, bring-
ing the best in the business to
entertain its crowds.
Tickets are selling fast, so
Sisters Rodeo recommends
purchasing tickets early. The
ticket office is open from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. every day.
Sisters Rodeo will begin
June 6 with Xtreme Bulls
followed by four rodeo per-
formances June 8-10. For
tickets and information, call
the ticket hotline at 541-549-
0121 or 1-800-827-7522, or
visit the ticket office at 220
W. Cascade Ave. in Sisters.
For information visit www.
sistersrodeo.com.
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The Sisters Rodeo stands will be full of little JJs thanks to a face-painting
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