ProRodeo Sports News - May 13, 2022

SHORT ROUND Bust Unveiled

Bronze likeness of Hall of Famer announcer Barrett on display Photo courtesy Nebraska Land Days Left to right are Randy Corley, Michelle Corley, Brittany Ballard holding her daughter (and Hadley’s great-granddaughter) Hadley Ann; Kim Jurgens; Wyatt Barrett and Trent Barrett.

A bronze bust of North Platte, Neb., native and ProRodeo Hall of Fame announcer Hadley Barrett was unveiled on April 30 at the Wild West Arena in North Platte. The bust will greet rodeo fans as they enter the grandstands at the Wild West Arena. Barrett announced some of the biggest ProRodeos across the nation, including the National Finals Rodeo four times and as television announcer for the Finals 22 years. Barrett passed away March 2, 2017, at the age of 87, less than a week after announcing the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Barrett started his son-in-law, Randy Corley, in the rodeo announcing business in North Platte, and the two co-announced several rodeos, including the Buffalo Bill Rodeo, which Barrett began in 1965 and Corley in 1980.

“Hadley took me under his wing,” Corley said. “He never tried to tell me how to announce a rodeo, but he told me the shortcuts. He was one of the greatest mentors a person could have. He was so good. There’s not a rodeo that he and I worked together, that I go today, that I have a real emptiness in my heart for what Hadley Barrett was.” The sculptor of Barrett’s bronze is Jake Hebbert, who was born and raised in the Sandhills of Nebraska, near Hyannis. This year›s Buffalo Bill Rodeo will be held June 15-18 at the Wild West Arena in North Platte, Neb. Performances begin at 8 p.m. (CT) nightly. Tickets are on sale at NebraskalandDays. com and range in price from $10 to $23. For more information, visit the website or call the office at 308.532.7939.

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