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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Rodeo is set to return this weekend.
The 91st annual event will be held on Friday, July 9, and Saturday, July 10, at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin St. in Lakeport.
Rodeo gates open at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
At 6 p.m. Friday, the Cutest Cowpoke Competition will be held. It is open to boys and girls ages 3 to 8 years.
The deadline to enter is Friday, July 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds. All participants should arrive at the rodeo on Friday, no later than 5:15 p.m. to check in at the rodeo office.
There is no entry fee and there is no limit to how many children can enter. Winners, one boy and one girl, will each be awarded a silver buckle and a cash prize of $75.
The mutton bustin’ competition takes place both Friday and Saturday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. Ten children, ages 4 to 8 years, will be entered each evening. The winner each night will receive a silver buckle and a cash prize of $75.
On each night of the rodeo, youngsters in the grandstands will be called into the arena for the “Boot Race” where they will leave their boots and shoes at one end of the arena. They will then go to the “starting line” where they will be given the go signal to race to find their shoes/boots, The first one back to the starting line will be awarded a cash prize.
At 7 p.m. each night the California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association-sanctioned professional rodeo will begin with the grand entry, during which 2021 Grand Marshal Bob Anton will enter the arena on a wagon drawn by beautiful Percheron horses.
Anton turned 101 on July 3 and is joined by several family members on this occasion.
The Clear Lake Junior Horsemen Drill Team will lead the competitors into the arena and also will perform each night.
The Rodeo Association is pleased to announce the national anthem will be sung each night by Sophia Claire, a Nashville recording artist. Claire is the niece of Lake County Rodeo Director Lou Riccardi.
Announcer Ted Dwyer returns this year to lead spectators through the excitement of a professional rodeo. He announces several rodeos each year and is remarkably familiar with most of the competitors, sharing information about them with the crowd.
In addition to the professional rodeo events, there will also be local barrel racing both evenings with the ultimate best time winner being announced on Saturday. In addition to cash prizes, the winner will be awarded a silver buckle.
Local team roping happens Saturday evening with the winning team members each receiving a set of silver spurs.
An added treat this year is the Coppertown Clown Bert Davis and his famous dog act — the only animal act in America’s Got Talent to make it to the Las Vegas competition — which will entertain with their canine antics.
Children ages 6 and under may attend for free when accompanied by a paid adult. Tickets for youth ages 7 to 12 are $10, ages 13 and older are $15 each.
Presale tickets are available in Middletown at Koontz Design and Rainbow Ag; Barreda’s Lower Lake Feed and Pasquinelli’s in Lower Lake; RB Peters, Rainbow Ag, West Lake Auto and Lake County Chamber in Lakeport; and in Upper Lake at Upper Lake Grocery.
Presale tickets for Saturday are youth, $8, and 13 and older are $13.
For ticket information call 707-489-8652.
The 91st annual event will be held on Friday, July 9, and Saturday, July 10, at the Lake County Fairgrounds, 401 Martin St. in Lakeport.
Rodeo gates open at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
At 6 p.m. Friday, the Cutest Cowpoke Competition will be held. It is open to boys and girls ages 3 to 8 years.
The deadline to enter is Friday, July 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the fairgrounds. All participants should arrive at the rodeo on Friday, no later than 5:15 p.m. to check in at the rodeo office.
There is no entry fee and there is no limit to how many children can enter. Winners, one boy and one girl, will each be awarded a silver buckle and a cash prize of $75.
The mutton bustin’ competition takes place both Friday and Saturday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. Ten children, ages 4 to 8 years, will be entered each evening. The winner each night will receive a silver buckle and a cash prize of $75.
On each night of the rodeo, youngsters in the grandstands will be called into the arena for the “Boot Race” where they will leave their boots and shoes at one end of the arena. They will then go to the “starting line” where they will be given the go signal to race to find their shoes/boots, The first one back to the starting line will be awarded a cash prize.
At 7 p.m. each night the California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association-sanctioned professional rodeo will begin with the grand entry, during which 2021 Grand Marshal Bob Anton will enter the arena on a wagon drawn by beautiful Percheron horses.
Anton turned 101 on July 3 and is joined by several family members on this occasion.
The Clear Lake Junior Horsemen Drill Team will lead the competitors into the arena and also will perform each night.
The Rodeo Association is pleased to announce the national anthem will be sung each night by Sophia Claire, a Nashville recording artist. Claire is the niece of Lake County Rodeo Director Lou Riccardi.
Announcer Ted Dwyer returns this year to lead spectators through the excitement of a professional rodeo. He announces several rodeos each year and is remarkably familiar with most of the competitors, sharing information about them with the crowd.
In addition to the professional rodeo events, there will also be local barrel racing both evenings with the ultimate best time winner being announced on Saturday. In addition to cash prizes, the winner will be awarded a silver buckle.
Local team roping happens Saturday evening with the winning team members each receiving a set of silver spurs.
An added treat this year is the Coppertown Clown Bert Davis and his famous dog act — the only animal act in America’s Got Talent to make it to the Las Vegas competition — which will entertain with their canine antics.
Children ages 6 and under may attend for free when accompanied by a paid adult. Tickets for youth ages 7 to 12 are $10, ages 13 and older are $15 each.
Presale tickets are available in Middletown at Koontz Design and Rainbow Ag; Barreda’s Lower Lake Feed and Pasquinelli’s in Lower Lake; RB Peters, Rainbow Ag, West Lake Auto and Lake County Chamber in Lakeport; and in Upper Lake at Upper Lake Grocery.
Presale tickets for Saturday are youth, $8, and 13 and older are $13.
For ticket information call 707-489-8652.
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