Yee Haw! Cowboy boots and bronco busting replaced sandals and keg stands over this years Spring Break, as the city of Houston hosts the Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Students staying in state traveled to southeast Texas during Spring Break to eat championship barbeque, witness daredevil bull riding and experience great entertainment showcased at this year’s Houston’s Livestock show and Rodeo.
It is considered as the world's largest livestock exhibition and has the world's largest rodeo event. Rodeo Houston has an average of almost 2 million attendees a year, and requires the support of approximately 19,000 volunteers.
Rodeo Houston has a gaggle of events that take place over the month of March, including a barbeque cook off, a huge carnival with rides and games, a array of performers and musicians, and of course, a rodeo and livestock show.
Though the main attraction is the rodeo, the entertainment also draws in huge crowds. Rodeo Houston had a lineup of top performers from around the nation. Brook and Dunn, Taylor Swift, and ZZ Top are a few big name artists who played at this year’s rodeo.
Ashley Coppens, 25-year-old Texas State alumnus, recalls her experience watching a couple of the performances.
“ Some friends and I came and saw Brooks and Dunn and Taylor Swift, it was a blast, especially Taylor Swift, she is awesome live,” said Coppens.
Along with the concert performances the cook off and carnival are huge events. Lee Evans, a 19-year–old soon to be transfer student from San Jacinto Community College and avid rodeo attendee, told of his fascination for barbeque and vomiting.
“ I love the cook off and carnival, they are right next to each other, and eating a lot of barbeque can be a overwhelming and devastating because I gagged up pork ribs on one of the rides,” said Evans.
Competitions are held for livestock show and Super Series, which showcases the bull riding, bareback riding, barrel racing, and calf roping competitions for the rodeo.
Sean Marlin, 23-year-old Texas State communications junior, enjoyed his first time watching Super Series at the Rodeo Houston.
“ I was visiting friends in Houston and so excited to see the Bull Riding competition at the rodeo, it takes courage to get up on a bull,” said Marlin.
Students staying in Texas for Spring Break also believed it was the only way to save money. Brandon Rodriguez, 21-year-old sales manager from Nacogdoches, decided that going home had its perks over going to the beach.
“ I did not want to go broke in South Padre, so I decided to drive down to Houston to see family and visit old friends and also be apart of Houston’s Livestock show and rodeo, and my parents paid for everything,” said Rodriguez.
The final day of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was held on the 22nd of March and showed the Super Series finals and ended with a performance by Houston legends ZZ Top.
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