FOR FOOTBALL FANS: You can also see the other Broncos
The Denver Broncos’ playoff game can be viewed at the National Western Stock Show at the Cowboy Experience in Stadium Hall, level 2, and in the Cowboy Bar in the Hall of Education on the first level. There are large screens and lots of seating.
100 AND COUNTING: NUMBERS FROM THE NWSS
17% Increase in horse entries over last year
14% Increase in cattle entries over last year
10 Number of horse breed and discipline shows
19 Breeds of cattle at the livestock show
THE COWGIRL WAY: More than a hat, hair and buckle
Tressie Knowlton of Fowler was crowned Miss Rodeo America 2006 at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas last month. A former Miss Rodeo Colorado, the 22-year-old is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. Knowlton will travel approximately 100,000 miles over the next year and appear at nearly 100 rodeo performances and special events.
POWER UP: Energy ideas that keep on giving
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory is offering consumer workshops on solar, wind and biomass energy for farms and ranches during the stock show.
The workshops feature hands-on displays of clean, renewable energy systems, which can provide power for irrigation, stock watering, electric fences and other practical uses.
The free workshops are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today and 10 a.m. on Jan. 22. All workshops will be held in the Beef Palace Auction Arena, in the basement of the Hall of Education.
Call 303-275-3023 for additional information.
SCHEDULE
SATURDAY
7 a.m. – Hunter/Jumper Classes
7:30 a.m. – Collegiate Carload Judging Contest
8:30 a.m. – Hereford Bull Show
9 a.m. – Angus Carload/Pen Bull Show
– Charolais Pen Bull/Female Show
10 a.m. – Free Workshops on Solar and Wind Power for the Farm and Ranch
11 a.m. – ProRodeo
1 p.m. – Shorthorn Pen Bull Show
2 p.m. – Free Workshops on Solar and Wind Power for the Farm and Ranch
3:30 p.m. – ProRodeo
4 p.m. – Denver National Maine-Anjou Bull Sale
5 p.m. – Wild West Show
– Llama Show
6:30 p.m. – Jumper Classes with $5,000 Top of the Rockies Open Jumper Stake
8 p.m. – ProRodeo
SUNDAY
8 a.m. – Hunter Classes
9 a.m. – Denver National Maine-Anjou Junior Heifer Show
10 a.m. – Chianina Pen Bull Show
– Galloway Show
11 a.m. – Chianina Sale Cattle Evaluation
– Fellowship of Christian Cowboys Service
– National Shorthorn Sale Cattle Parade
Noon – Denver National Maine-Anjou Gold Standard Futurity
1 p.m. – National Shorthorn Sale
3:30 p.m. – Shorthorn Junior Heifer Show
4 p.m. – Wild West Show
5 p.m. – Denver National Maine-Anjou Sale
6:30 p.m. – ProRodeo
– Jumper Classes
