Around The Barrel

Rodeo Attitude Members Win Awards at IFR Contract Act Showcase
[Jan. 17, 2010] Rodeo Attitude has been notified that Lew Hendricks won the Announcer Competition of the IFR 40 Contract Act Showcase. Lew is a member of the Rodeo Attitude Program and has carried our mission to promote the sport of rodeo and the Western lifestyle to many events this year. We have also been told that the "Coppertown Clown", Bert Davis, another outstanding long time member of the Rodeo Attitude Program won the Dress Act Competition. Rodeo Attitude would like to congratulate both of these men on these honors. By Cindy Meyers, Rodeo Attitude

Send in the clown
[Jan. 11, 2010] Former bull rider uses decades of experience to protect cowboys from bucking bulls...

Rodeo rolls back to town, ‘Wild animals on a wild ride’ this weekend
[Sep. 2, 2009] This ain’t Matt Merritt’s first rodeo.

“I work kind of as a cheerleader to keep the crowd’s spirits up,” said Merritt, a rodeo clown based in Olin, N.C.

2009 RODEO CLOWN REUNION TO BE HELD AT DEADWOOD
[Jul. 16, 2009] The 2009 Rodeo Clown Reunion will be held in Deadwood, South Dakota, during the 87th annual Days of ‘76, July 23rd through the 25th. This event has again been chosen as the PRCA Midsize Rodeo of 2008. This honor has been bestowed on this rodeo numerous times for their consistency in having a top flight rodeo. There will be four performances (two on the 25th) and the honorees of the Reunion will be present to sign autographs and talk with fans at each performance. They will also participate in two parades down the main street of Deadwood on Friday at 1:30 PM and Saturday morning at 10 AM. By Gail Woerner

Rodeo Clown School
[Jul. 10, 2009] After a brief tutorial at rodeo-clown school, our man steps into the world's most terrifying ring.

Rodeo clown reunion: Hear tales of tricks, danger during Days of '76
[Jul. 8, 2009] Contrary to what some may believe, rodeo clowning is serious business. Beneath the makeup, the wigs and the costumes are athletes whose job is to protect the bull riders. Rodeo fans will have several opportunities to hear first-hand stories from some of the best rodeo clowns from days gone. Thirty-nine rodeo clowns from 14 different states will gather for a national reunion of rodeo clowns during the 2009 Days of ’76 events in Deadwood, July 21-25. By Cindy Card Buchholz

Days of '76 Rodeo to Feature Clown Reunion
[Jun. 22, 2009] DEADWOOD (6/22/2009) – The laugh-getters and bullfighters of yesteryear are gathering for their annual reunion during the 2009 Days of ’76 events in Deadwood, July 21-25. Rodeo clowns from 14 states will gather in Deadwood to be honored for their years in the arena entertaining rodeo audiences and saving bull riders from serious injury.

Clown J.W. Winklepleck shines Friday night at Pro Rodeo Series
[Jun. 21, 2009] Steamboat Springs — They’re all different, but when you get down to the basics, every rodeo clown costume is very much the same.

LAUGHS GALORE AT THE RODEO CLOWN REUNION
[Jun. 5, 2009] The rodeo clown said to the announcer “My wife’s so fat. But she is in the audience.”

“I’ve seen your wife, she’s not so fat. Where is she sitting,” asks the inquisitive announcer?

“She’s in the bleachers, sitting in seats 12, 13, and 14,” the funnyman answers!

 

A rodeo clown’s humor never grows old. Some of the oldest jokes in the rodeo arena are still being told by today’s funnymen. The Rodeo Clown Reunion with gather at the Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo on July 23 through the 25th. By Gail Woerner

Cattlemen’s PCA rodeo features top rodeo clown
[May 21, 2009] Troy, AL - A rodeo without a clown is like a day without sunshine.

The rodeo clown is a main attraction for kids of all ages. For that reason, the Pike County Cattlemen’s Association puts on its collective thinking cap each year to make sure that their Professional Cowboy Association Championship Rodeo has one of the best professional rodeo clowns in the business.

For rodeo clown, it’s about having a good time
[May 21, 2009] There are many examples of how athletic genes can be passed along through the generations. One example would be John Harrison, who’s in the area this weekend for the Abdallah Shrine Rodeo at the Leavenworth County Fair Grounds in Tonganoxie. Performances are 7:30 p.m., Thursday to Saturday

Rodeo Clowns Featured in Forbes Magazine
[May 6, 2009] Timber Tuckness, Dusty Tuckness and Flint Rasmussen are highlighted in photo article in Forbes.

The Bullfighters and the Barrelman
[Apr. 27, 2009] It looks so peaceful sitting in it's pen, minding it's own business.- Then a cowboy decides to hop on it's back. After the cowboy is thrown off the bull, he has to scramble away from the infuriated beast. - That is when the bullfighter comes in to save the day.

Wes Curtis Rodeo Clown and Arties Dies at 88
[Apr. 26, 2009] Wes Curtis, age 88, PRCA rodeo clown from 1948 until 1968, died April 19th, in Sutherlin, Oregon. He was born to Ernest and Honor Leone Curtis in Denver, Colorado, March 16, 1921. Wes joined the Cowboy’s Turtle Association and was a lifetime member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA). He started his rodeo career riding in all three roughstock events. Wes served in the United States Navy from November, 1942 and was honorably discharged in September, 1946. In 1948 Wes became a rodeo clown and bullfighter. He had many acts and when he hung up his matador’s cape which he used when bullfighting it was 1968 By Gail Woerner