I arrived in Red Lodge late Wednesday night and was greeted by my great contact Corinna and she helped me get settled in at the rodeo grounds. The next day I awoke early to help out with slack. It was there that I met all the rodeo Royalty. The Red Lodge Home of Champions Queen is Miss Alyson Grinestaff, the Princess is Miss Jessica Roller, and the Little Miss is ShayLe Hildebrand. They all treated me very kindly and helped me out so much. Right after slack we attended the first of several Red Lodge parades.
I couldn't believe all the turnout they got for these parades! There were so many people. There was one problem with the parades though... It rained everyday right before the parade!! You try keeping curly hair during a rain storm!! :) Luckily though on the Fourth of July the rain held up and it was a beautiful day for a parade in Red Lodge Montana.
There was a Kiddie Rodeo held after one of the parades and I had so much fun! There was an announcer and everything and plus I really think the kids enjoyed it, I sure did. After the Kiddie Rodeo had ended we headed back up the hill to the rodeo grounds where we had a small break before the rodeo... just enough time for me to re-curl my hair!! There were three nights of PRCA rodeo and let me tell you they were incredible! There were the biggest names in rodeo there! Including Fred Whitfield, James Irish, and even Tuf Cooper! It was a great experience to see all of these athletes perform. I had a blast doing a queen buzz and pushing cows every night.
I want to give a big thanks to Corinna, my contact, she was so very helpful. And also to the Home of Champions Royalty. They were very accomadating and helped me out so much. Congratulations to the Home of Champions Rodeo comittee they put on a great show. "80 Years and Still Bucking!" See you at the rodeo!Love,
Sam
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