ProRodeo Sports News - April 28, 2023

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James Fain photo Late ProRodeo Hall of Fame announcer Hadley Barrett shakes hands with President Ronald Reagan prior to the Command Performance Rodeo put on by the PRCA.

Hail to the Chief

Thanks to Bill Palanuk, the media director at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora, the PRCA recently landed on a video treasure. The Command Performance Rodeo was put on by the PRCA on Sept. 24, 1983, at Landover, Maryland’s Capital Centre. The White House invitation-only rodeo event included special

VIDEO

guests President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan and there were 10,249 government

dignitaries, including ambassadors from 46 foreign countries.

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