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why was the word "🤬" considered a bad word to use back in the day. Well 🤬 ment or means to damage or condemn.

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What caused drive-in movie theaters to decline?

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What caused drive-in movie theaters to decline?

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It is said by Malcom Green, president of the theater owner group, that the decline of drive-in movie theaters include suburban real estate development, the faded novelty of automobiles, smaller numbers of traditional families, and competition from multi screen theaters in shopping mall of why drive-in movie theaters decline.

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How and when did drive-in movie theaters originate?

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How and when did drive-in movie theaters originate?

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The drive-in movies originated back on June 6th, 1933 when Richard Hollingshead found a solution for the people who are unable to sit comfortably in the theaters. Which lead to the Drive-In theaters.

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The status of The Drive in Movie Theaters 

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In the United States there is only about 330 Drive in Theaters reminiscent. In the past there were about 4,000 of the drive in movie theaters.

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The conclusion of the United States Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health in 1964 that excessive cigarette smoking causes lung cancer is cited as the major turning point for public health action against cigarettes.

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they would have a big screen and you would bring your car and stay in it and watch the movie.

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Atlanta native Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel of the Civil War (1861-65) and Reconstruction in Georgia, Gone With the Wind, occupies an important place in any history of twentieth-century American literature. Dismissed by most academic literary critics for being uneven, flawed, and conventionally written in an age marked by literary experimentation, and attacked by some cultural commentators as promulgating racist myths and undermining the very foundations of its basically feminist paradigm, the best-selling novel of the twentieth century continues to withstand its detractors.

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American actor and director whose striking good looks, intelligence, and charisma became hallmarks in a film career that spanned more than 50 years, during which time he became known for his compelling performances of iconic antiheroes.

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He put wry asides and funny observations into his lariat tricks, went into the circus, vaudeville, then Broadway, shuffling onstage to say, "All I know is what I read in the papers," then talk about news, politics, and the human comedy.

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The second generation Ford Thunderbird (also called Square Bird) was produced by Ford for the 1958 to 1960 model years as a successor to the popular 1955–1957 two-seater. In response to Ford-conducted surveys two major changes were made to attract potential buyers: two rear seats were added and the level of luxury and features of a full-sized car were incorporated into a mid-size platform.

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And, in its monumental Hollywood ness, it's often held up as the pinnacle of one of the finest years in film history, 1939. But the film is also incredibly divisive, partly because of the era it represents the South in the Civil War and partly because of its sheer over the top bulk

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The curse word that was used in the movie that made everyone in shock was "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a 🤬."

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American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator.

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After performing in Wild West shows as a young man, Will Rogers broke into vaudeville and then Broadway. His common sense attitude made him one of the most famous actors and authors in the world in the 1920s

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William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, and was known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son".

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In the 1960's, about 42% of people were cigarette smokers. People who smoked back then didn't really know that they would be faced with serious consequences when they smoked a cigarette. Smoking cigarettes back then would cause heart disease, cancer, and many other health complications.

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ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy

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Bareback riding, developed in the rodeo arena many years ago, consistently produces some of the wildest action in the sport. A bareback rider begins his ride with his feet placed above the break of the horse's shoulder. If the cowboy's feet are not in the correct position when the horse hits the ground on its first jump out of the chute, the cowboy has failed to "mark out" the horse properly and is disqualified. Throughout the eight-second ride, the cowboy must grasp the rigging (a handhold made of leather and rawhide) with only one hand.

A rider is disqualified if he touches his equipment, himself or the animal with his free hand or bucks off. The rider is judged on his control during the ride and on his spurring technique. The score also is based on the rider's "exposure" to the strength of the horse. In addition, the horse's performance accounts for half the potential score.
Click here for a list of Bareback Riding World Champions.

Wrestling a steer requires more than brute strength. The successful steer wrestler, or bulldogger, is strong but he also understands the principles of leverage. The steer wrestler on horseback starts behind a barrier, and begins his chase after the steer has been given a head start. If the bulldogger leaves too soon and breaks the barrier, he receives a 10-second penalty. The steer wrestler is assisted by a hazer, another cowboy on horseback tasked with keeping the steer running in a straight line. When the bulldogger's horse pulls even with the steer, he eases down the right side of the horse and reaches for the steer's horns. After grasping the horns, he digs his heels into the dirt. As the steer slows, the cowboy turns the animal, lifts up on its right horn and pushes down with his left hand in an effort to tip the steer over. After the catch, the steer wrestler must either bring the steer to a stop or change the direction of the animal's body before the throw or is disqualified. The clock stops when the steer is on his side with all four legs pointing the same-direction.
Click here for a list of Steer Wrestling World Champions.

Like bronc riding, tie down roping is an event born on the ranches of the Old West. Sick calves were roped and tied down for medical treatment. Today, success in tie down roping depends largely on the teamwork between a cowboy and his horse. After the calf is given a head start, horse and rider give chase. The contestant ropes the calf, then dismounts and runs to the animal. After catching and flanking the calf, the cowboy ties any three of the animal's legs together using a "pigging string" he carries with his teeth until needed. If the calf is not standing when the contestant reaches it, the cowboy must allow the animal to stand. When the cowboy completes his tie, he throws his hands in the air as a signal to the judge. He then remounts and allows the rope to become slack. The run is declared invalid if the calf kicks free within six seconds. As with any timed event, a 10-second penalty is added if the roper does not allow the calf the proper head start - this is known as "breaking the barrier."
Click here for a list of Tie-Down Roping World Champions.

Rodeo's "classic" event, saddle bronc riding, has roots that run deep in the history of the Old West. Ranch hands would often gather and compete among themselves to see who could display the best style while riding untrained horses. It was from this early competition that today's event was born. Each rider must begin his ride with his feet over the bronc's shoulders to give the horse the advantage. A rider who synchronizes his spurring action with the animal's bucking efforts will receive a high score. Other factors considered in the scoring are the cowboy's control throughout the ride, the length of his spurring stroke and how hard the horse bucks.

Disqualification results if, prior to the buzzer which sounds after eight seconds, the rider touches the animal, himself or his equipment with his free hand; if either foot slips out of a stirrup; if he drops the bronc rein; he fails to have his feet in the proper "mark out" position at the beginning of the ride; or he bucks off.
Click here for a list of Saddle Bronc Riding World Champions.

Team roping is unique in that two cowboys work together for a shared time. The first cowboy, known as the "header," ropes the steer either by the horns, around the neck, or "half head" which is one horn and the neck. After this catch is made, the header wraps his rope around the saddle horn, commonly known as dallying, and turns the steer in a wide arc to the left. The second cowboy is known as the "heeler." He trails along beside the steer until the header turns the steer, then moves in behind the steer and attempts to rope the back feet. If he only manages one hind foot, the team receives a five-second penalty. Time is stopped when both cowboys' horses are facing each other.
Click here for a list of Team Roping World Champions.

In barrel racing, the contestant and her horse enter the arena at full speed. As they start the pattern, the horse and rider trigger an electronic eye that starts the clock. Then the racer rides a cloverleaf pattern around three barrels positioned in the arena, and sprints back out of the arena, tripping the eye and stopping the clock as she leaves. The contestant can touch or even move the barrels, but receives a five-second penalty for each barrel that is overturned. With the margin of victory measured in hundredths of a second, knocking over one barrel spells disaster.
Click here for a list of Barrel Racing World Champions.

Unlike the other roughstock contestants, bull riders are not required to spur. It's usually impressive enough just to remain seated for eight seconds on an animal that may weigh more than a ton and is as quick as he is big. Upper body control and strong legs are essential to riding bulls. The rider tries to remain forward, or "over his hand," at all times. Leaning back could cause him to be whipped forward when the bull bucks. Judges watch for good body position and other factors, including use of the free arm and spurring action. Although not required, spurring will add points to a rider's score.

As in all the riding events, half of the score in bull riding is determined by the contestant's performance and the other half is based on the animal's efforts. A bull rider will be disqualified for touching the animal, himself or his equipment with his free hand or bucking off.
Click here for a list of Bull Riding World Champions.

In the steer roping rodeo event, a cowboy and horse pursue a steer whose horns have been reinforced for protection. The cowboy must rope the steer's horns with his rope already tied to his saddle horn. He must stop his horse promptly so that it throws the steer to the ground. The cowboy then quickly dismounts in order to tie three of the steer's legs together. He raises both hands to indicate completion. Just like tie-down roping, the tie must hold for six seconds. Steer roping is a timed event such that the competitor with the fastest time wins.

The Top 15 steer ropers in the PRCA based on PRCA | RAM World Standings at the end of the regular season head to their own national championship in November in Mulvane, Kan., which is a separate event from the NFR.
Click here for a list of Steer Roping World Champions.

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It's bulls and blood
It's dust and mud
It's the roar of a Sunday crowd

Or so says Garth Brooks.

More often than not, as sung about on country radio by the likes of Brooks, the heritage and tradition of rodeo is painted as the quintessential cowboy life. The aw-shucks-All-American-George-Strait-types who work day in and day out, eeking a living underneath those Western skies, is ingrained in the history of rodeo. And while most certainly those types are plentiful, like all things American, the backstory about the world of rodeo is a little more complex than what meets the eye.

Rodeo, and the story behind it, is a blend of cultures, traditions, and upbringings all melded into this one thing they call the rodeo.

Spanish Origins

The roots of today's rodeo culture reach way back to the cattle industry of the American West, where it was originally influenced by Spanish conquistadors in the 1700s. There, rodeo inherited many of its practices from Spanish ranchers and their Mexican ranch hands, known as vaqueros. The word "rodeo" itself is derived from the Spanish word "rodear" meaning "roundup," in reference to the roundup of cattle.

As pioneers from the East interacted with the Spanish, Mexican, Californian, and Texan cowboys, they inevitably picked up many of the vaqueros' styles and traditions of working the ranch.

The blending of Anglo and Spanish-Mexican cultures led to the birth of the American cowboy era in the 1800s. Breaking horses to ride and catching cattle for branding, medical attention, and sale required roping and riding skills on the frontier ranches. In the 1820s and '30s friendly ranch-versus-ranch contests began to spring up with cowboys and vaqueros testing their skills against each other.

The Cowboy Era

It wasn't until after the Civil War, however, that the cowboy era truly began, as ranchers from the Southwest organized cattle drives to deliver cattle to trains where they would then be transported East. In their free time at the end of a drive, cowboys would hold informal competitions against each other to see which group had the best skills in riding and roping. These gatherings soon translated into competitions on display at race tracks, fairgrounds, and festivals across the West. From these initial contests, modern rodeo would eventually be born. And many of the skills showcased evolved into today's tie-down roping, team roping, steer roping, and bronc riding events.

As the railroad expanded and fencing was introduced to the West, this brought an end to the open range and left many cowboys without regular employment. With only seasonal work available, they began to participate in cowboy entertainment programs that were being established. Social occasions, like the Fourth of July, provided cowboys the chance to challenge the bronc riding and roping skills of cowboys from other ranches, and these contests soon became annual events.

The First Rodeo

Some allege that the first official rodeo was born in 1869 in Deer Trail, Colorado, when two groups of cowboys from neighboring ranches met to settle an argument over who was best at performing everyday cowboy tasks, including breaking wild horses, which is today's saddle bronc riding event.

While many consider this event to be the first rodeo, over the years, a culmination of skills and techniques from Spanish-speaking cowboys, vaqueros, and cowboys from the East combined to bring us today's modern rodeo.

Many others claim to be the first rodeo in the U.S., including Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1872; Winfield, Kansas, in 1882; and Pecos, Texas, in 1883. Still, these early contests were primarily simple displays of riding and roping skills and not the organized events now standard in today's rodeo industry.

From the 1880s through the 1920s, frontier days, stampedes, and cowboy contests were the most popular names of what we now call the rodeo. Buffalo Bill Cody and his Fourth of July Wild West show in North Platte, Nebraska, in 1882 was the first competition to offer prize money, with Prescott, Arizona, claiming to hold the "first formalized rodeo" on July 4, 1888. From there, Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1897, the Pendleton Round-Up in 1910, and the Calgary Stampede in 1912 followed as popular rodeo venues.

A Sport for All

Initially, rodeo was a fairly nondiscriminatory sport, often including Hispanic, African American, Native American, and female contestants in an era when race and gender discrimination were commonplace. Women competed in many events at mixed-gender rodeos well into the 1930s. During this time, ladies often competed against men and won in a variety of rodeo events, including bronc riding and steer roping, as well as trick and fancy roping and riding.

One of the more well-known female competitors was Phoebe Ann Moses Butler. Butler grew up in a poor family in Ohio, where she took up hunting to provide for her family after her father died. From those marksman skills developed as a hunter, she earned the nickname "Little Sure Shot" and joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show as Annie Oakley in 1885.

Rules Changing

In 1929, two events occurred that changed the course of rodeo history:

1. Well-known cowgirl Bonnie McCarroll died in a bronc riding accident at Pendleton, Oregon, leading many rodeos to drop women's contests.

2. That same year, the Rodeo Association of America was formed in an effort to bring organization and structure to the chaotic contest. It was established by rodeo organizers, and not the cowboys themselves, to standardize rules, establish a point system, monitor judges, and establish fair prize money. In large part because of McCarroll's death, the RAA was organized as an all-male entity.

On October 30, 1936, cowboys and cowgirls boycotted the rodeo in Madison Square Gardens in order to demand better prize money and judges who understood rodeo. The cowboys organized the Cowboys Turtle Association on November 6, 1939 - a name they picked because they had been slow to act, but had finally stuck their necks out for their cause. In 1945, the Turtles became the Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA), which evolved into the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) in 1975.

1945 marks the year professional cowboys officially adopted the term "rodeo" for their sport. The PRCA went on to sanction the events and rules for saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping, and single steer roping.

Women Rally

When Gene Autry created his own rodeo company in the early 1940s, one of his first actions was to discontinue the cowgirl bronc riding contest. With that event gone, there was little left for the cowgirls to participate in except the invitation-only sponsor girl event. Soon, cowgirl contests disappeared from rodeos nationwide.

However, it was these first sponsor contests that led to today's barrel racing.

Women realized it would be up to them to get back into the mainstream of the sport and in 1948, the Girl's Rodeo Association, now the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), was started by a group of Texas ranch women. The WPRA was highly successful in restoring cowgirl contests to PRCA rodeos. Barrel racing was the most popular WPRA contest, and it spread rapidly throughout the country. It is now the only women's event standard at PRCA rodeos and often ranks second only to bull riding in popularity.

If not for the McCarroll tragedy and Gene Autrey, it is unlikely there would ever have been a need for the WPRA, and barrel racing would probably not exist.

Today's Rodeo

Today's National Finals Rodeo (NFR), organized by the PRCA, is the premier championship rodeo event and is held the first full week of December each year in Las Vegas. In addition to barrel racing, the rodeo consists of bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle-bronc riding, tie-down roping, and bull riding.

Bull Riding

The most popular event in the sport of rodeo is bull riding, hands down. In a twist of tradition stemming from bronc riding, bull riding initially began in the 1910s - but it wasn't until the 1930s that the larger Brahman and crossbred bulls became the norm.

The bull riding event involves a bull weighing in the realm of a ton being ridden by a cowboy using a flat-braided rope to hang on for eight seconds while his other hand remains free. If he touches the bull, the rope, or himself with the free hand he is disqualified. The cowboy is judged not only for his ability to stay on the bull, but for his ability to ride the bull well (staying balanced, staying in control, and being able to spur the bull) as well as the bull's power, agility, and bucking motion.

Bronc Riding

Bronc riding was derived from the necessity of breaking and training wild horses on the frontier and today has two different events in modern rodeo: bareback and saddle.

Bareback cowboys ride the horses without saddle or rein and ride while holding onto a leather rigging with one hand. While a bareback rider has a rigging to hold onto, the saddle bronc rider has only a thick rein attached to his horse's halter. Both events last for eight seconds and cowboys are judged on their ability to stay in control as well as their spurring technique. The horses are judged as well, with saddle broncs typically being several hundred pounds heavier than bareback horses and generally bucking in a slower manner.

Calf Roping

Calf roping is generally referred to today as tie-down roping and is another event evolved from frontier life where calves needed to be caught and secured for branding and doctoring.

In today's rodeo, a cowboy is timed as he attempts to rope a 250- to 350-pound calf from the back of a horse while simultaneously bringing his horse to an abrupt stop, consequently stopping the calf. The horse keeps the rope pulled tight while the cowboy dismounts, runs to the calf, throws it on its side, and ties three legs. Time is called after the cowboy throws up his or her hands after the tie-down, and the calf must stay tied for six seconds in order for the time to be qualified.

Team Roping

The main difference between the purpose of calf roping and team roping is the size of the cattle being roped. Team ropers work together because the steers they need to catch are often too big for one person.

The first roper, the "header," catches the steer by the horns and secures the rope around the saddle horn and changes the direction of the steer. Meanwhile, the second roper, the "heeler," ropes the steer's back feet and secures the rope around the saddle horn while stopping the horse. The event is scored based on time and was another essential skill for the original cowboy.

Steer Wrestling

Steer wrestling, also called bulldogging, is the one rodeo contest never actually practiced on the range. Bull wrestling has been known to be part of ancient traditions throughout the Mediterranean world, including Spain, and is said to have originated with Mexican contests where the cowboy would ride up behind the steer, grab its tail, and twist the steer to the ground.

The American rodeo derived its own version of steer wrestling from Black cowboy Bill Pickett, who created a different method of bulldogging steers. He would jump from his horse onto a steer's back, biting its upper lip, and throwing it to the ground by grabbing its horns. This is the only rodeo event that can be attributed to a single individual. Today, cowboys no longer bite the steer's upper lip, but the rest of the event remains the same, with the prize being given to the cowboy who can get the steer to the ground the quickest.

If you get the chance to attend one of many rodeos held all around our nation on any given Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, it truly is like Garth Brooks says:

It's boots and chaps
It's cowboy hats
It's spurs and latigo
It's the ropes and the reins
And the joy and the pain
And they call the thing rodeo

But now you know those skills, techniques, and traditions aren't just for the Anglo-Cowboy, but also for the cowgirl, the Spanish, the African American, the Native American, and all others whose cultures blended to make this great thing we call the rodeo.
Katie Murray is a lifelong promoter of agriculture and lover of good stories. She enjoys communicating the story of agriculture and of the people behind our industry.

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Top 10 Cowboys and Cowgirls Announced for The American Rodeo 2021 to Compete At The World's Richest Weekend in Western Sports March 6-7, 2021 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
RFD-TV's The American Rodeo presented by Durango Boots announced the top 10 cowboys and cowgirls in each event who will be competing at this year's richest weekend in western sports taking place March 6-7, 2021 at AT&T Stadium.

"The American Rodeo is the only place to see the top 10 best cowboys and cowgirls in the world compete under the same roof, on the same night, other than the NFR," said Randy Bernard, The American Rodeo CEO. "This rodeo is life-changing with the amount of money that is available for these athletes to win in one weekend and brings out a level of competition you just don't see at other rodeos."

The American Rodeo has catapulted careers for competitors such as Richmond Champion, who in The American's inaugural year, won the bareback riding at the age of 21 and was awarded $1.1 million dollars as he not only won the event but won as a qualifier which made him eligible for the million-dollar bonus. That year he then qualified for his first NFR. Hailey Kinsel who also competed as an American qualifier first won the 2017 American in barrel racing and continues to break records today as a WPRA and NFR World Champion.
The following are quotes from several top competitors for this year's event:
"The American is like no other!" said Shad Mayfield, Tie-Down Roper. "It's been an amazing feeling to get to compete at the highest level against the best for the highest amount of money and I am really looking forward to it this year."

"I'm glad that a rodeo like The American is sticking their neck out in the midst of what's going on to allow us to make a living," said Will Lummus, Steer Wrestling.

"I'm thankful for The American because in a time of uncertainty, they always press forward for the sake of the Cowboys and Cowgirls, helping us fulfill our American dream," said Tim O'Connell, bareback rider.

The 2021 American Rodeo Top 10 Contestants are as follows:
Bareback: Kaycee Feild, Tim O'Connell, Jess Pope, Tanner Aus, Cole Reiner, Orin Larsen, Clayton Bigelow, Richmond Champion, Mason Clements and Tilden Hooper. (Leighton Berry qualified for the Top 10, however due to injury at Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo, he is unable to compete and therefore Tildan Hooper, the #11 in the world standings from NFR is taking his place)

Saddle Bronc: Ryder Wright, Wyatt Caspter, Brody Cress, Rusty Wright, Allen Boore, Lefty Holman, Stetson Wright, Chase Brooks, Zeke Thurston, and Shorty Garrett.

Bull Riding: Stetson Wright, Ty Wllance, Colten Fritzlan, Ky Hamilton, Sage Kimzey, Roscoe Jarboe, Jeff Askey, Dustin Boquet, Brady Portenier, and Boudreaux Campbell

Steer Wrestling: Jacob Edler, Stetson Jorgensen, Tyler, Waguespack, Matt Reeves, Will Lummus, Dakota Eldridge, Jacob Talley, Blake Knowles, Bridger Anderson, and Jace Melvin.

Team Roping (Header): Colby Lovell, Luke Brown, Erich Rogers, Nelson Wyatt, Andrew Ward, Clay Smith, Dustin Egusquita, Jeff Flenniken, Clay Tryan, and Chad Masters.

Team Roping (Heeler): Paul Eaves, Paden Bray, Joseph Harrison, Levi Lord, Buddy Hawkins, Jade Corkill, Tyler Worley, Jake Long, Travis Graves, and Wesley Thorp.

Tie Down Roping: Shad Mayfriend, Marty Yates, Shane Hanchey, Hunter Herrin, Cory Solomon, Westyn Hughes, Haven Meged, Tuf Cooper, Ty Harris, and Ryan Jarrett.

Barrel Racing: Hailey Kinsel, Brittany Pozzi-Tonozzi, Jill Wilson, Emily Miller, Jimmie Smith, Stevi Hillman, Jessica Routier, Lisa Lockhart, Shelley Morgan and Tiany Schuster.

For this year's competition, the American Rodeo extended an exemption invitation to tie-down roper Caleb Smidt and barrel racer Dona Kay Rule. Due to an unfortunate turn of events last year and testing positive for COVID-19, both Smidt and Rule were sent home and unable to participate in the 2020 National Finals Rodeo (NFR) and interfered with the opportunity to be invited to compete at the 2021 American Rodeo as a Top 10 contestant. Rule accepted the exemption invitation and will be joining the Top 10 barrel racers in the world to compete for $100,000 at AT&T Stadium. Smidt, thankful for the exemption opportunity, decided to turn the invitation down and try to make the finals on his own and win a shot at the $1 million qualifier cash bonus.

The American Rodeo is known as the world's richest weekend in western sports due to its tremendous prize offering of $2.3 million. Qualifying events are held across the country, throughout the calendar year, as ropers and riders hope to compete and make it to The American Rodeo Semi-Finals and Finals in Texas.

The 11-day rodeo competition kicks off on February 25th in the Fort Worth Stockyards for slack and semi-finals and the finals take place over the weekend of March 6-7, 2021 at the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. The American Rodeo unites the top athletes in the world from the PRCA and pits them against underdogs who advance from The American Rodeo Semi-Finals, together to battle for the biggest single, life-changing paycheck of their lives. All events will be broadcast live on The Cowboy Channel and RFD-TV.

Tickets for The American Rodeo at AT&T Stadium March 6-7, 2021 can be purchased at SeatGeek.com. Standard ticket prices range from $20-$150, encompassing four pricing tiers for every level of rodeo fan. Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, only a limited number of tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets will be sold in seating pods of 2, 4, or 6. Tickets to The American Rodeo Semi-Finals March 3-5, 2021 at Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards can be purchased at CowtownColiseum.com. Standard ticket prices range from $25-$55.

For more information and a complete listing of all RFD-TV's The American Rodeo presented by Durango Boots events in Fort Worth and Arlington, please visit www.americanrodeo.com
About RFD-TV:
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RFD-TV is the flagship network for Rural Media Group. Launched in December of 2000, RFD-TV is the nation's first 24-hour television network featuring programming focused on the agribusiness, equine and the rural lifestyles, along with traditional country music and entertainment. RFD-TV produces six hours of live news each weekday in support of rural America and is a leading independent cable channel available in more than 52 million homes on DISH, DIRECTV®, AT&T U-Verse, Charter Spectrum, Cox, Comcast, Mediacom, Suddenlink, and many other rural cable systems. In addition, RFD-TV can be streamed online via RFD-TV Now at watchrfdtv.com, DIRECTV NOW, Roku, iOS, Android, Firestick, Apple TV, and Sling TV's Heartland Extra package. For more information, please visit RFDTV.com.

Facebook: @OfficialRFDTV | Twitter: @OfficialRFDTV | Instagram: @RFDTV

About The Cowboy Channel:

The Cowboy Channel is the official network of PRCA and the first 24-hour television network totally dedicated to western sports and the western lifestyle. Headquartered in the Fort Worth Stockyards, The Cowboy Channel also features a wide variety of "live" coverage from major western events showcasing the world's toughest and most talented cowboys and cowgirls. The network reaches 42 million homes on cable/satellite systems on Altice, Charter Spectrum, DISH, DIRECTV®, AT&T U-Verse, Cox, Comcast, Mediacom, Verizon FIOS TV, and many other rural cable systems. The Cowboy Channel can also be streamed online via The Cowboy Channel Plus at cowboychannelplus.com, DIRECTV NOW, Roku, iOS, Android, Firestick, Apple TV, and Sling TV's Heartland Extra package. For more information, please visit thecowboychannel.com

Facebook: @CowboyChannel | Twitter: @Cowboy_Channel | Instagram: @TheCowboyChannel

About AT&T Stadium:

AT&T Stadium is the largest, most technologically advanced entertainment venue in the world. Designed by HKS and built by Manhattan Construction, the $1.2 billion stadium features two monumental arches, the world's largest HDTV video board cluster, an expansive retractable roof and the largest retractable end zone doors in the world. Features of the stadium include seating for 80,000 and expandability for up to 100,000, over 300 luxury suites, club seating on multiple levels and the Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop, open to the public year round. The stadium is also home to a world-class collection of contemporary art, made up of over 92 works of art by 62 established and emerging artists displayed on the walls and in the grand public spaces of the venue. In addition to being the home of the Dallas Cowboys since opening in 2009, the stadium has hosted Super Bowl XLV, the 2010 NBA All Star Game, the annual Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, the 2014 NCAA Men's Final Four, the 2015 inaugural College Football Playoff Championship Game, the 2015 50 thAnniversary Academy of Country Music Awards show and WrestleMania 32. The venue has also played host to high school and college football, concerts, championship fights, international soccer matches and other special events. For more information, go to attstadium.com.

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Top 10 Cowboys and Cowgirls Announced for The American Rodeo 2021 to Compete At The World's Richest Weekend in Western Sports March 6-7, 2021 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas RFD-TV's The American Rodeo presented by Durango Boots announced the top 10 cowboys and cowgirls in each event who will be competing at this year's [...]