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Yee hah! It's Glennville's 60th Rodeo Round-Up
| Tuesday, Jun 3 2008 3:42 PM
Last Updated: Tuesday, Jun 3 2008 3:33 PM
In the realm of pageants, the rodeo queen is a smart, no-nonsense, bronc-busting role model.
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WHAT: 60th annual Glennville Rodeo Round-Up
WHEN: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday Roping contests will get under way at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday, with the rodeo at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. (Gates open at 12:30 p.m.)
WHERE: Greenhorn Mountain Veterans Association Rodeo Arena, at Highway 155 and Pascoe Road in Glennville.
ADMISSION: Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children ages 5 to 8 (children under 5 are free) and are available at Western Emporium Store, 1031 19th St. in Bakersfield. Tickets at the gate are $12.50 for adults and $8 for children.
Pre-registration for the “mutton bustin’” event — in which children ride sheep, much like bulls — is also available at Western Emporium. The event is open to children ages 5 to 8 who are under 50 pounds.
For more information: Call 393-4556 or go to http://kcsos.kern.org/glennvillerodeo
Thursday
3 p.m. Glennville rodeo queen horsemanship competition
Friday
8 a.m. Roping registration begins
9 a.m. Truck roping begins
6 p.m. Queen speech and modeling
Saturday
8 a.m. Glennville jackpot roping registration begins
9 a.m. Jackpot roping begins
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Queen's barbecue
5 p.m. Barbecue at the GMVA Arena grounds
8 p.m. GMVA rodeo dance
Sunday
9 a.m. Cowboy church at GMVA Hall
10 a.m. Breakfast parade, entries check-in
11 a.m. Rodeo Round-Up parade begins
11:30 a.m. Parade ends rodeo grounds/Barbecue
12:30 p.m. Rodeo gates open
1:30 p.m. Queen announced/rodeo
Photos:
Marv Hurley hangs on for a full ride in the bareback riding competition at the Greenhorn Mountain Veterans Association Glennville Rodeo in 2007.
Chan Krainock, center, stands with Jimmy, left, and Ben, before the start of the tie-down roping event at the 2007 Glennville Rodeo.
Girls vying for princess, junior princess and queen at the 60th annual Glennville Rodeo Round-Up this weekend must have a firm knowledge of horsemanship plus those public speaking skills, said Kellie Grisedale, queen competition co-director. With Wranglers and blazer, shiny belt buckle and boots, a cowgirl’s dress is a bit more practical than Miss USA and her evening gown.
The queen’s spoils include a two-horse trailer and a crown, of course. Winners also receive saddles, jewelry, spurs and buckles.
After the downtown parade and cowboy church service Sunday, you can watch the queen’s grand coronation during this little town’s big rodeo, a Glennville tradition since the end of World War II.
Rodeo chairman Joe Trahan said the event should draw 3,000 to 4,000 people and 154 rodeo contestants.
They’ll vie for a share of more than $16,000 in prize money for bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie-down roping, team roping, barrel racing, and steer wrestling.
The sponsor, Greenhorn Mountain Veterans Association, was formed in 1948 by veterans who wanted to provide community entertainment. The old days sound quite romantic, the way Trahan described them. Way back when, he said, cattlemen herded their stock “head and heel” over the mountains from Kernville just for the rodeo.
Tradition isn’t the only lure, added Grisedale.
“It’s just a great time to be up in the cool air and breathe the mountain air,” she said.