Luna Rodeo Scheduled For July 24

Mountain Mail Reports

They call it the Best Little Rodeo in the West.
The Luna Rodeo will be held on July 24 and there promises to be fun for everybody.
Action starts at 9 a.m. with a slack barrel race. At 10 a.m., the parade will be held, and at 11 a.m., there will be a slack team roping event.
Lunch will be served at noon with a barbeque at the Community Center.
At 1 p.m., cowboys and cowgirls will line up for the main event – the rodeo. Considered home of the famous wild cow ride, there also will be bull riding, calf roping, bareback and saddlebronc, breakaway roping, barrel racing, team roping, steer riding, calf riding, mutton busting. There also will be an egg toss and calf scramble.
A western dance will be held at 8 p.m. and music will be provided by “Bobby and the Buckers.”
Susan Ley, Susan Erb, Myrna and Lavar Nikolaus, Jeanette Jackson and Jim Williams finished painting all the old bleachers on the west side Monday. Besides those, there are 12 new sets on the east side that were bought last year. Henry Zamora, Pascual Trujillo, Lloyd Jackson, Jim Williams, Pat Morrison and Richard Ley worked on getting them all set up. The Luna Pioneer Rodeo Association board members are: Lloyd Jackson, Pascual and Becky Trujillo, Henry Zamora, Janice Kiehne, Louise and Dan Estrada, Corwin Hulsey and Susan Ley.
For more information, call 575 547-2176 or 547-2144, check http://www.lunarodeo.com or surestrike@gilanet.com.

Luna Rodeo Scheduled For July 24