Join us for a week of festivities in celebration of our 45th Anniversary!!
August 5 – 9, 2024 activities and demonstrations at the Hall of Fame.
August 10th – Celebration open house at the Hall of Fame.
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ProRodeo Hall of Fame Prepares to Celebrate 45 Years Press Release:
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame will officially turn 45 on August 6, but this week, the Hall will open its new exhibit, “45 Years of Memories.” The exhibit, in the 101 Gallery, celebrates the Hall of Fame’s 45 years of preserving rodeo history and telling the stories of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s champions and legends.
“It is an exciting exhibit, detailing the 45-year history of this museum,” said Kent Sturman, Director. “The timeline featuring major milestones for the Hall includes photographs of each class of inductees by year.”
Items featured in the gallery include unique pieces from the Hafley-Shelton Wild West Collection, the Ralph Ardourel Bit and Spur Collection, the Barrel Racing Clothes of Gayle Bannon, Rodeo Clown memorabilia, and masterpieces of art including sculptures and paintings. The exhibit will be available in the 101 Gallery until September.
The “45 Years of Memories” exhibit kicks off the anniversary year and will help promote the 45th Anniversary Celebration, Open House, and Exhibition Rodeo to be held in August. The celebration will officially begin on Friday, August 2 with the Rodeo Clown Reunion where over 30 retired and active rodeo clowns will be featured at the Hall throughout the day. Activities planned for this first day include autograph sessions, clown act performances, magic tricks, clown storytelling, and much more. On August 3 and 4, the clowns will be appearing at the Douglas County Fair and PRCA Rodeo in Castle Rock, CO.
Anniversary activities continue daily at the Hall of Fame Monday through Friday, August 5-9 with demonstrations, performances, film premiers and educational presentations. On Wednesday, August 6, the Little Champions Youth Program will be offered. Also on August 6, the Hall of Fame will roll back admission prices to what they were when the museum opened on August 6, 1979. Throughout this week of anniversary events, the Hall will feature showings of several rodeo documentaries and feature length films in a “rodeo film festival” atmosphere.
The celebration will conclude on Saturday, August 10 with a free open house at the museum from 9 am to 5 pm. An Exhibition Rodeo will be held on Saturday at 6 pm in the Hall’s Ed Honnen Priefert Arena. This full day of fun will feature music, cowboy poetry, equine drill teams, children’s activities, anniversary cake, autograph sessions, vendors, food trucks and much, much more. The day will conclude with the Exhibition Rodeo produced by award-winning PRCA Stock Contractors Cervi Championship Rodeo.
“We are excited to plan and execute this milestone anniversary,” said Sturman. “As a museum and hall of fame, we have a lot to celebrate and honor. We are proud of our history and want to share our successes with the fans and museum visitors. There is so much rich history to preserve and stories to tell.”
A complete schedule of events and activities will be released later, and more information can be found at www.prorodeohalloffame.com.