ProRodeo Sports News - Jan. 21, 2022

SHORT ROUND Country star will serve as grand marshal for Houston parade Grand Marshal

T he Houston Livestock Show and marshal for the Downtown Rodeo Parade.

press release. “From riding on horseback in our parade to performing on the RodeoHouston stage on opening day, we’re excited for Cody to be a huge part of our 90th anniversary festivities.” Johnson has become the sound of the rodeo

Rodeo announced Jan. 18 that Cody Johnson will help kick off this year’s milestone event by serving as the grand

This year the rodeo is celebrating its 90th anniversary. The parade marks the beginning of the rodeo season. “Cody Johnson is a great friend of the Rodeo

season with his performance of “Welcome to the Show,” the official song of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The Texas native will make his fourth appearance on the RodeoHouston stage Monday, Feb. 28. The Downtown Rodeo Parade will be held Saturday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. (CT).

and has become a fan-favorite among our RodeoHouston fans, making him the perfect candidate to lead our parade as grand marshal,” said Chris Boleman, Rodeo president and CEO in a Happy Canyon Board selects new president The Happy Canyon Board of Directors, based in Pendleton, Ore., held its annual stockholders meeting Jan. 5, at which time the Board selected Kenzie Hansell as its 2022 President. “I am honored to have been elected to this role and to carry on the 106-year-old tradition of the Happy Canyon Night Show,” said Hansell, who is beginning his eighth year as a Happy Canyon Director. “I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer alongside some incredible members of our community to put on Oregon’s official outdoor pageant in the Happy Canyon Arena and put on a great time at Goldie’s Saloon in September.” Hansell, 41, has volunteered with Happy Canyon and the Pendleton Round-Up for decades. While on the Happy Canyon Board, he has served as bar director, publicity director and properties director. In addition to selecting Hansell as Happy Canyon’s new president, the board also elected two new board members to fill vacant positions from retiring members: Brian Currin as the new court director and Chris Stuvland as the new grounds director. The Happy Canyon Night Show takes place Sept. 14-17. Tickets are on sale now at www.pendletonroundup.com. ONLINE: For more ProRodeo events and full results, go online at www.prorodeo.com

On Jan. 26, the Rapid City (S.D.) Rush, which plays in the East Coast Hockey League, is hosting Rodeo Night at The Monument where the Rush will be decked out in rodeo-themed jerseys. Before the game at 4:30 p.m. (MT), fans can meet rodeo stars. The game starts that night at 7 against the Idaho Steelheads “It’s going to be a meet and greet at that, with all the special guests, some more special guests are going to be announced here this week and there’s going to be rodeo champions past and present there, you know, rodeo queens in attendance and really just kind of trying to bring the atmosphere of a rodeo and combine it with the hockey game,” Rapid City Rush Media Relations manager Brian Gardner said. Rodeo Rapid City is Feb. 3-5. Rodeo Rapid City will be broadcast on The Cowboy Channel and stream live on the PRCA on Cowboy Channel Plus App Feb. 3-4 at 9:30 p.m. (ET) and 3:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Feb. 5. Hockey, rodeo collide in Rapid City, S.D. arena

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