I could not understand any lyrics tonight. Terrible backfeed.

And the wine garden was an epic cluster.

Mustang1 said:

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I could not understand any lyrics tonight. Terrible backfeed.

And the wine garden was an epic cluster.

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How is this different than any other night?

Rodeo needs to hire whoever does the sounds for Zac Brown Band full time. They're consistently the best sounding act and it's usually pretty clear from the jump. By a few songs it's usually dialed in real strong.

Even with the sound issues it was great to see Felker happy. I saw them at White Oak last year but seeing them at Rodeo on that rotating stage with 70K+ in attendance is pretty special.

It's crazy to think Turnpike was almost done for. Glad to see all the guys happy together and performing. They're really one of a kind in Red Dirt.

Rodeo will never be the greatest concert but it's still a spectacle unlike any other. That's good enough for me.

Left there happy last night no matter how bad the sound was just for the fact of seeing Felker happy, healthy, and onstage in the venue where some of his issues were so apparent a few years ago.

For me at least, his last rodeo show was almost the sign of an inevitable end so glad he's got it back together seemingly

Download the app. It has a detailed schedule of all events

Jack Klompus said:

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Congratulations on a record breaking year! Can you give us a behind the scenes look at how this whole process works?

Guessing the committee is responsible for identifying buyers from their list of contacts, etc. and that the committee has a good feeling of which group(s) is going to win the grand champion auction before it even starts.

When does the process start of identifying buyers? Next week?

$300K is a life-changing amount of money. Does it all go to the Grand Champion or does the champion get a % of the winning bid and the rest goes to the general scholarship fund?

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I am extremely exhausted still, but this is my best explanation in the state of mind I am currently lol.

Yes, the auction committees (Poultry, Steer, Swine, Lamb & Goat and School art) are responsible for securing purchase commitments to the auction. We will start getting donations in the fall but it usually picks up in January after the concerts are announced.

There are two ways to think about growing sales, new donors outside the HLSR family and then within the HLSR committee family. A majority of our donors are already HLSR members that support the auctions, but there are still a lot of HLSR members that do not fully understand what other committees do, especially the auctions. We are always wanting new buyers which is typically a result from new members coming on or younger committee members bringing more friends around.

The idea is to have the top 4 lots locked up as much as possible before the auction. Organizing that is the responsibility of the chairman. I was fortunate enough to have a few things fall into place this year to were I had 8 groups for 4 spots. So it turned into a true auction with some big time money guys bidding against each other.

Here is how the payments are distributed. I want to try to get more $ to my exhibitors than to the general education fund in the future. After all the bills are paid and the ed fund has been given their $, the left over $ is distributed to the exhibitors.

https://www.rodeohouston.com/Visit-the-Rodeo/Livestock-Horse-Show/Auctions-Sales

Congrats FWA. Wonderful work by you and your team.