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WOODLAKE, Calif. – Ethen Thouvenell loves to win rodeos – but he especially loves to win them when he’s in his home state of California.
The Napa, Calif., native turned in a 6.7-second effort to edge Ty Gonsalves and Billy Bugenig and win the Woodlake Lions Rodeo, May 12-13, earning $1,083.
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CLAREMORE, Okla. – When Benje Bendele clicks his fingers, something magical usually happens.
Ah, the life of the preeminent sound and effects man in ProRodeo. If it happens in the arena, the speakers rumble with a complementary sound. It’s a split-second, a click and a style that has led the Texan to many of the biggest rodeos in North America.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – 2005 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Inductee Luke “Leon” Coffee has returned home after nearly a week at North Central Baptist Hospital in San Antonio with bacterial meningitis.
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Curtis Garton has a vision of his family and friends from his home country of New Zealand meeting his friends from his current home, Lake Charles, La., and he is hoping it will happen in Las Vegas.
The 31-year-old saddle bronc rider has never cracked the Top 30 in the final world standings before. He is determined that this is the year that he not only accomplishes that, but also makes it to his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
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Ted Harbin
DUNCAN, Okla. – Hunter Herrin has been one of the best tie-down ropers in ProRodeo much of his eight-year career.
After winning the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo and placing at the Chisholm Trail Stampede in Duncan, Okla., the first weekend of May, he’s surged into the lead in the Prairie Circuit’s tie-down roping standings. Now he’s one step closer to reaching one of his goals, winning the regional title.
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Ted Harbin
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Dale McCracken has multiple personalities, but it’s not a disorder.
It’s quite the opposite, really. Like a superhero donning his cape, McCracken covers his face with greasepaint and enters the world of his alter-ego, Gizmo, the funnyman/barrelman who has entertained rodeo crowds for much of his life. It’s as if Dale drives and Gizmo does all the work, but it works well for McCracken.
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CLAREMORE, Okla. – Jerry Wayne Olson is an entertainer who loves it when thousands of people crowd around an arena to watch him work.
But that’s not his favorite part of being a specialty act in ProRodeo.
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MysticArt Pictures is currently casting for a new show called “The Moment” on USA Network.
The show will feature people who have a dream job in mind. They were pursuing that job in some fashion when something happened that forced them to put their dreams on hold. Now they want to get back on track!
Right now we are looking to cast someone who had a dream of being a professional rodeo cowboy or bullfighter. To be considered, interested candidates should fill out an application at their website, www.mysticartpictures.com. Click on the tab, Now Casting, and scroll down to the show, The Moment.
FMI visit their Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/CastingTheMoment for more information.
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