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FLORIDA PARISHES ARENA Hosts Annual
Loranger FFA “Little Britches” Rodeo
Event serves rodeo participants from 3-18 years old.
AMITE—The Loranger FFA “Little Britches” Rodeo offered a lot
thrills along with a few spills as over 200 children and teens
competed in a variety of rodeo
LOOKING GOOD!—Hailey Goings rides like a champ while professional rodeo
clown Mark Colona follows behind. |
events this past Friday and
Saturday nights. The annual two-day event hosted at the Florida
Parishes Arena attracted participants from three states and is
a primary fund-raiser for the Loranger chapter.
“We are very pleased with this year’s participation
and overall turnout,” said Loranger FFA president David Bailey. “We went with
a more child-friendly rodeo stock in some of the events this year and this
allowed us to attract more first-time participants and still offer the more
experienced riders a challenge. Events like bull-riding are dangerous at
every skill level and provide some of the most exciting moments in sports.”
The rodeo featured a variety of fun events for children
and teens including sheep riding, barrel racing, pole bending, “Buddy Pick-Up”
in an open class, “Chute Dogging” for juniors and pee wee,
and “Goat Tail Pulling” for ages 3-6. The steer riders and junior bull
riders provided the night’s best action and high drama as teen cowboys
tested their skills on board a bucking bull.
The event is scheduled to return in mid September of
this year and local chapter members are already planning and working to
make the next one bigger and better. “While this is a primary fund-raiser
for us, it is also a great learning experience for our officers and chapter
members,” explained Bailey. “Putting on an event of this size requires
a lot planning, coordination
RIDE’EM LAYTON!—A young
cowboy rides in the steer competition. |
and just plain hard work. Chapter members
have an opportunity to learn real world management skills and how to get
things done as a member of a team.”
The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive
difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership,
personal growth and career success through agricultural education. The National FFA Organization
was organized as the "Future Farmers of America" in 1928 in Kansas City, Mo. In 1988, the
official organization name was changed to The National FFA Organization to reflect
the broadening field of agriculture, which today encompasses more than 300 careers
in everything from agriscience to biotechnology to turf grass management. In 1950, Congress
granted FFA a federal charter, making it an integral, intracurricular part of public
agricultural instruction under the National Vocational Education Acts. Two of
the FFA top three executives are employed by the U.S. Department of Education.
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The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the
lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal
growth and career success through agricultural education.
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