Barrett-Corley tandem highlights personnel selections for 22nd DNCFR

By Courtesy PRCA
Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For the first time since its inaugural rodeo in 1987, the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo is bringing back two legendary announcers to Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho. Hadley Barrett, a ProRodeo Hall of Famer and four-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, will share the announcer’s stand with his son-in-law, Randy Corley, a 10-time PRCA Announcer of the Year, for the 22nd DNCFR, March 19-22.

In addition, Corley’s daughter, Amanda, was chosen as one of the two timers for the annual rodeo.
A PRCA announcer for more than 40 years, Barrett, of Kersey, Colo., has been chosen to call the action at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo four times (1968, 1976, 1979 and 1983) and the National Finals Steer Roping twice (1967, 2007). He also served as Wrangler NFR television announcer for more than two decades.

Corley, a seven-time Wrangler NFR announcer (1985-86, 1992, 1994-96, 2007), also worked the 1997 DNCFR and many of the PRCA’s elite rodeos.

The personnel list for the DNCFR is: announcers – Barrett and Corley; bullfighters – Kelly Jennings of Shoshone, Idaho, and Al Sandvold of Belgrade, Mont.; barrelman – Frankie Smith of Easley, S.C.; specialty act – Max Reynolds of Lexington, Neb.; pickup men – Butch Braden of Welch, Okla., and Jason Bottoms of Corsicana, Texas; rodeo secretary – Linda Alsbaugh of Alamosa, Colo.; assistant rodeo secretary – Cathy Wieferich of Sidney, Mont; and timers – Corley of Laramie, Wyo., and Kathy McCloy of Ottumwa, Iowa.

The rodeo, held in Pocatello since 1987, annually showcases champions from each of the country's 12 regional circuits in an exciting elimination format.

Both Sandvold and Smith will make their Pocatello debuts. Jennings was chosen as DNCFR bullfighter in 2005, and Reynolds worked the 1990 DNCFR as specialty act.