Happy Birthday America! You’re looking pretty good for someone your age.
There are many reasons to celebrate not just our country’s 250th birthday, but also the freedoms we enjoy and the great communities we live in. We are truly blessed.
So let’s kick up our heels and get the party started.
It’s the 92nd edition of Ogden Pioneer Days.
When Roger Mooney, our famed announcer, steps out to announce “The greatest show on dirt,” each night, raises his acclaimed voice and says to those in the stands and watching on The Cowboy Channel those heart-pounding words, “Rodeo fans, are you ready?” ,you know it’s time to hunker down for an amazing experience.
Some of you are hard-core rodeo fans, you know the cowboys and cowgirls and follow their progression to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas each December. We welcome you.
But for most of you, it’s just a great time, an annual family tradition at Spencer Fox Eccles Pioneer Stadium. You want to see the contestants do well and if we’re honest with ourselves, you kinda like it when a bull stomps a cowboy just a little. We welcome, you, too!
It’s great to feel the excitement and see the pageantry while taking in one of the west’s most-iconic settings. Deal with the heat until about 8 and then it’s the coolest show in town.
Our event committees and 500 volunteers love putting on the show. And we love that you love it.
You should know that Ogden Pioneer Days is on a roll:
And we vote you the best fans and best sponsors in all the world. Thank you.
So sit back, shake hands with your neighbor and give them a real western “Howdy.” Then get ready for some rip-roarin’ fun and be sure to stay for the drone show after the last bull has bucked. And don’t forget to treat yourself to some of our outstanding concessions. Thanks for coming.
So, Ogden are you ready? I know that I am. Let’s rodeo!
Steve Handy
Chairman
