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MAGAZINE COMMITTEE OFFICER IN CHARGE Pam Springer CHAIRMAN Gina Steere A Real Deal ... 8 VICE CHAIRMEN Take a peek at some of the 2010 entertainers. Copy Editor Samantha Fewox Assignments Editor Ken Scott EDITORIAL BOARD Katie Lyons Melissa Manning Kenneth C. Moursund Jr. Tracy L. Ruffeno Marshall R. Smith III Kristi Van Aken Todd Zucker PHOTOGRAPHERS Debbie Porter Lisa Van Etta REPORTERS Sonya Aston Stephanie Earthman Baird Bill R. Bludworth Scott Bumgardner On-the-JobO Training ... 2 Brandy Divin Denise Doyle Student interns work behind the scenes each year. Kate Gunn Terrie James SpeakingS Out ... 4 Sarah Langlois The Speakers Committee can help make Brad Levy Lawrence S Levy your next meeting an entertaining event. Becky Lowicki Elizabeth Martin AllA Dressed Up ... 6 Gigi Mayorga-Wark Rabbits and cavies Nan McCreary Crystal McKeon compete in their Rochelle McNutt FromF Show fi nest costumes. Lisa Norwood Marian Perez Boudousquié tto Shasta ... 10 Sandra Hollingsworth Smith Scholarship recipient Jodi Sohl stands out at her Clarissa Webb school. MakingM a Difference ... 13 Emily Wilkinson Poultry Auction Committee extends HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW its heart to Brookwood Community. AND RODEO MAGAZINE COORDINATION MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION MANAGING DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS VolunteerV by Design ... 14 Clint Saunders COORDINATOR, COMMUNICATIONS Volunteer Torie Halbert makes it as Lauren Rouse a fi nalist on HGTV’s “Design Star.” DESIGN / LAYOUT Amy Noorian STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS Francis M. Martin, D.V. M. Dave Clements Committee Spotlights Lifetime Vice Presidents ... 17 Winter, Volume XVII, No. 4, Llama and Alpaca ... 18 is published quarterly by the Rodeo Express ... 19 The CoverC ... After more than Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Copyright © 2009 TM Tours ... 20 17 RODEOHOUSTON performances, Letters and comments should be sent to: Brooks & Dunn will say farewell Marketing & Public Relations Division Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo with The Last Rodeo Tour. P. O. Box 20070 Rodeo Roundup ... 21 Houston, Texas 77225-0070 832.667.1000 www.rodeohouston.com • www.hlsr.com SHOW OFFICIALS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Charles R. “Butch” Robinson PRESIDENT / C.E.O. Skip Wagner Because of your efforts, I am pleased to share with you that CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER the recently approved Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ Leroy Shafer 2009–2010 educational commitment tops $11 million — in fact, $11.2 million! We also will award approximately $5 million through VICE PRESIDENTS C.A. “Bubba” Beasley cash premiums, auction proceeds and calf scramble certifi cates David Boothe to more than 14,000 junior livestock show exhibitors. Each of our Curtis Brenner 22,000 volunteers and supporters deserve a great deal of gratitude Brandon Bridwell George A. Buschardt for the time, fi nancial support and passion that is extended to this Rudy Cano wonderful organization. Your commitment allows our commitment Tom Davis to the youth of Texas to increase annually — especially important Andrew Dow James C. “Jim” Epps III during these challenging economic times. Warner D. Ervin Preparations for the 2010 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Rey Gonzales Tom Lippincott continue to progress. Committee meetings are taking place nightly Ken McGuyer as our volunteers and staff work tirelessly toward producing Yance Montalbano another great Show. Inside this magazine you’ll see a John Morton ODEO OUSTON Steve Roe preview of the 2010 R H ™ entertainer Darryl Schroeder lineup and our Season and Mini-Season Ticket Pam Springer information. We are off to a great start with these entertainers, so watch for more GENERAL MANAGER entertainer and Show information as it Joe Bruce Hancock becomes available. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Also in this issue we highlight a scholarship Joseph T. Ainsworth, M.D. Jim Bloodworth recipient who defi nitely stands out in a Tilman J. Fertitta crowd — and not just because she can be Wayne Hollis seen wearing a Cougar costume! You also Don D. Jordan Stuart Lang will fi nd out about another group who Jack A. Lyons helps keep the Show running smoothly — Ed McMahon student interns. Louis M. Pearce Jr. Charles R. “Butch” Robinson You will discover how the generosity of John O. Smith one committee is helping a community Paul G. Somerville Keith A. Steffek make a difference. This is just one example R.H. “Steve” Stevens of the many Show committees that extend P. Michael Wells their hearts and efforts beyond the Show. LIFETIME MEMBERS OF THE Lastly, I hope you will enjoy learning EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE how committee volunteer Torie Halbert‘s Don A. Buckalew experiences with the Show enabled her John Causey J.M. “Jim” Clepper to follow her dream to pursue an interior John T. Cook design career — even a chance at winning James M. Windham her own design show on cable television. ‘Tis the holiday season! We wish you and AGRICULTURE your family the very best. The new year will ★ be here soon and RODEOHOUSTON 2010 is right around the corner. EDUCATION ★ Sincerely, ENTERTAINMENT ★ WESTERN Butch Robinson HERITAGE 1 any people are familiar with the Houston Capital One Bank AGVENTURE Interns Livestock Show and Rodeo’sTM educational Students work with Show volunteers in Capital One Bank programs, from direct scholarships to the Rodeo M TM AGVENTURE, taking on a variety of duties, including talking Institute for Teacher Excellence , but there’s a behind-the- to visitors about the various species of livestock and the scenes opportunity that teaches hands-on, professional skills agriculture industry. Students in the birthing center have and leadership to a unique group of college students. assisted with farrowing piglets and caring for newborn For more than 30 years, interns have come to Houston to lambs and calves. work alongside volunteers and staff in various areas of “Interacting with livestock and learning how to assist the Show. Students from Alvin Community College, Texas livestock with birth was my favorite part of the internship,” A&M University, and the Texas A&M University College of said Texas A&M University senior and past Capital One Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences take time out Bank AGVENTURE intern Enrique Mendiola. He said he also of their spring semesters to intern from a week to the entire enjoyed teaching the basic aspects of agriculture to people three weeks of the Show. who do not have the chance to interact with livestock. During 2009, nearly 200 students participated in the Show’s intern program. 2 Editorial Interns As editorial interns, students interview Houston Livestock Show™ winners and auction buyers and write press releases covering the contests or events. They also help produce the Commercial Exhibitors Newsletter and the Rodeo Roundup E-newsletter, writing articles and photographing events. Executive Offi ce Interns Executive offi ce interns prepare meeting agendas, assist in daily offi ce procedures and coordinate and organize daily events. Interns also escort Show guests and dignitaries as needed and assist with Executive Offi ce and chairman of the board’s Grand Entry guests. “Since I was in the third grade, I have shown steers at the Houston Livestock Show,” said Texas A&M University senior and past executive offi ce intern, Brooke Hoelscher. “In addition, my senior year I was awarded the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 4-H Scholarship. Interning for [the Show] gives me the opportunity to give back to an “As a fourth-year veterinary student who will soon be going organization that has given to me in so many ways. out into the real world, I think it is very important to know I truly feel at home at the Houston Livestock Show and how to relate to and communicate with the general public Rodeo,” Hoelsher said. “To me [the Show] is really like one about events relating to veterinary medicine,” said past big family; full of childhood friends, extension agents and veterinary intern Keri Ford. “Working at the birthing center FFA teachers, employees of the Show, volunteers and interns. gave me a lot more experience communicating with the It is exciting to reunite with so many old friends each year.” public. They were very inquisitive about the details of the birthing process and how it differed in each species.” Livestock and Horse Show Interns Video Interns Livestock show interns are assigned to specifi c livestock shows and work with the superintendents and livestock Video interns work in all areas of the Show’s studio facility. offi ce personnel. The students sell items to exhibitors, and They write scripts, run cameras, produce graphics and edit check in and release exhibitor trailers and livestock. and log video. The students also produce a video feature for the Show’s Web site called “Stampede TV”, which features One of the major responsibilities of horse show interns is to short programs written, fi lmed and edited by the student check in exhibitors as they arrive at the Show. The interns interns. ensure that all information and documentation has been collected and fi led appropriately. This includes verifying “I like to give people a chance to get real-world experience membership under the correct breed associations and in the business,” said James Davidson, video intern verifying horse registration papers. Students also answer superintendent and managing director of the Show’s Audio/ exhibitor questions and work with the staff and volunteers to Visual Presentations and Broadcast Department. “In this successfully run the horse show. case, they get to do it alongside working professionals and on state-of-the-art technology. As our technology advances Veterinary Interns and gets more sophisticated, so do they. They’re getting more Veterinary interns work with the Show’s veterinarians and specialized than ever. We benefi t from that and also their Veterinary Committee to check health papers, conduct urine eagerness to learn new things.” testing, assist with animal births and handle other tasks.