This event is great summer entertainment for the entire family!
There will be plenty of shopping vendors and delicious food to enjoy while walking around the rodeo grounds. Live music will hit the stage on Saturday night in the arena after the last bull bucks. County Line will fill the grandstands with country music for everyone to kick up their heels. The rodeo dance is free to attend for all who have purchased a ticket into the rodeo performance.
Make sure you stop by our royalty booth to get an autograph from one of the lovely ladies representing rodeos all over the world. This group travels endless miles each year representing their rodeo and helping to educate the fans on the sport. At rodeos, they sign autographs, help with raffles, push cattle in the timed events, teach kids about rodeo and run sponsor flags in the arena. Not just a pretty face, these women work so hard and are excellent horsewomen.
Each year, the Flagstaff Pro Rodeo donates more than $10,000 back to our mountain town community. We are firm believers that you were put on this earth to give and not to receive. Since 2013, we have given it our best effort to support the community that so graciously supports our event every year. From local youth sports teams, fire departments, 4-H clubs, families in need, equine sports clubs and suicide prevention organizations, we love to give! Every year, opening night is designated to Suicide Prevention Awareness. We ask rodeo fans to wear purple and turquoise colors as well as participate in our fundraising event in which 100% of the proceeds are donated to a local suicide prevention organization.
This year, you won’t want to miss out! Make sure you purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a brand-new Dodge Ram pickup truck by kicking a football into the truck bed. Contestants will be drawn at the event, and you must be present to participate. This year, we also designated our annual rodeo Kickoff Party to support the Tunnel Fire families that lost homes in our recent fire. We will be donating 100% of the proceeds from the event, more than $8,000, to local families in the form of gift cards. We will invite each family to attend our rodeo on opening night and present them with our gift. We offer a special thank you to the Smith family, Karin Ramos, Krista Randall, the FPR Committee and all the ever-so-generous sponsors that made the event possible.
Friday night we like to thank the first responders by wearing black and gold. Saturday night is our patriotic/military night, and we ask that rodeo fans wear red, white and blue. Each night, our National Anthem is sung loud and proud by the immensely talented Emily Johnson. We have some special surprises scheduled as well; be sure to look up in the sky for possible parachuters. Force Skydivers will be our jump team.
Last but definitely not least, our second biggest fundraiser of the year is our Jackpot Barrel Race held the Wednesday night before our rodeo starts. This year, on June 22, starting at 6 p.m., we will set up three metal barrels in the arena for all the contestants to race the clock for the fastest time to take home the buckle! Fifty percent of the entries are donated to the Flagstaff Pro Rodeo to help with operational expenses of the rodeo. Beautiful buckles and prizes will be awarded to all the division winners. Exhibition runs will be from 4-5:30 p.m. Pre entries open June 1 and are appreciated by contacting Carrie at 928-699-9511.
We hope to see you all at the arena on June 23-25 at the Fort Tuthill County Park! FBN
By Kristen Daulton
For tickets and general information, please visit our website: flagstaffrodeo.com.
Kristen Daulton has been working on the Flagstaff Pro Rodeo for the past ten years and currently holds the position on the board of directors as president. She is a long-time Flagstaff resident who loves to be involved with the community and share the rodeo with her family. She can be reached at Flagstaffrodeo@gmail.com
