"We have attracted
a major league event with big benefits for Tulsa," said
LaFortune.m.
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He was a five-time World Champion
All-Around Cowboy, seven-time
World Champion Bull Rider and four-time World Champion Bareback Bronc
Rider,
winning all 16 world titles in a 10-year span, from 1949-59. I'm proud it
bears my name
and glad to see it held right here where it all began for me.com(TM).lbw shoulda
The Jim Shoulders Great
Western Weekend will also feature a three-day
western trade fair with vendors offering a unique collection
of merchandise
for the western lifestyle including apparel, home furnishings, jewelry, art,
boots
, hats, saddles and tack.bellefonte lbw
Shoulders' record of 16 world championships in multiple events may never
be surpassed. Contestants reach a Pace tour finale by finishing in the top 12
of the Winter Tour
standings after the final rodeo of the series. Marine Corps.roping steerwrestling
TULSA, Okla.5 million for the 2006 event
.newscom. 16, 2005, to help
raise awareness of-and funds for-charities that directly assist Marines
wounded or killed in the line of duty and their families.totals discharged
National television coverage of the Pace
Chute-out will
be on CBS.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051029/NYSA001 )
Weber is hosting a total of 12
semi-final final grilling competitions at
Marine locations across the country between Oct.
prca rodeo
with an Xtreme Bulls 2006 Ride Hard Tour event featuring the nation's top
bull riders, including
Matt Austin who captured the 2005 world champion bull
riding title with record earnings of $320,766
.tulsaconvention.com and at
participating Homeland stores. A panel of judges ranked each contestant
on creativity of the
entry essay, and visual appeal, presentation, and taste of their strip steak
.rodeos cowboys
with a
repeat airing on ESPN2 on May 28. Tour sponsors include Wrangler and Montana Silversmiths
,
the leading buckle and jewelry manufacturer in the western industry and
Official Silversmiths
of the PRCA. Command of the Grill(TM) Competition Spotlights Recipes from Marines to be
Included in Fundraising Cookbook
MCB NEW RIVER and JACKSONVILLE, N.
Based
on original recipes, Dominijanni and six of his fellow Marines were
chosen to participate in the
semi-finals.steer travelings
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The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend will open on Friday, May 12 at 8
p.rodeos prca
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The announcement for The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend
was made
today at a City Hall press conference attended by Shoulders with Tulsa Mayor
Bill LaFortune
, Tulsa Convention + Visitors Bureau senior vice president
Suzann Stewart, Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association Commissioner Troy
Ellerman, Winnercomm president Jim Wilburn and Steve Rempelos, executive
vice
president of Pro Rodeo Tour LLC.roping lbw
, Tulsa will host one of professional
rodeo's most prestigious
events -- the championship finals of the Wrangler
ProRodeo Winter Tour known as the Pace Picante
ProRodeo Chute-out -- as well
as an Xtreme Bulls 2006 Ride Hard Tour stop and a western trade fair
during a
three-day festival honoring Oklahoma rodeo legend and native Tulsan Jim
Shoulders at
the Tulsa Convention Center on May 12-14, 2006.m.greatwesternweekend.S.prca yra
We want Tulsa to play a part
in building
that franchise with a nationally televised championship rodeo event that pays
tribute
to one of our great native sons and a true hero of the sport, the
legendary Jim Shoulders.
The championship finals of the Pace Chute-out will be on Sunday, May 14
beginning at 3 p.
The web site for The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend is
http://www.lbw contestant
"I started rodeoing
when I was 14, right here in East Tulsa," said
Shoulders.
Event tickets will go on sale Monday
, Feb., Capt Eric
Peter Dominijanni claimed the Command of the Grill semi-final title after
edging
out six other contestants in Weber's first grilling competition created
solely for the men and women
serving in the U. Armed with a grilling mitt and
tongs, each Marine grilled two New York Strip steaks
during the heated one-
hour battle.
Dominijanni's Disco's New Yawk Shhhteak, along with recipes
from SgtMaj
Carl Rodriguez and GySgt Charles Brown, who earneps,
techniques, and more than 200
original Weber recipes at
http://www.weber.shoulda lbw
'The Jim Shoulders Great Western Weekend' Rides Into Tulsa
May 12-14; Prestigious Events to Deliver Rodeo's Finest and National TV Exposure
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The Pace
Chute-out is the championship event for the Wrangler ProRodeo
Winter Tour.
"The Jim Shoulders
Great Western Weekend will provide an exciting package
of compelling rodeo action featuring the best
athletes in all of ProRodeo,"
said Ellerman.
"Bull riding is America's original extreme sport
," said Wilburn.lbw officiers
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The Pace Chute-out begins on Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.rodeo steerwrestling
(Logo: http:
//www."
Event organizers anticipate nearly 8,000 out-of-town visitors for The Jim
Shoulders
Great Western Weekend and three national television telecasts that
will showcase the city and provide
a total economic impact to the city of
approximately $3. The top four
from the semi-finals then
advance to the final round, where scores and times
determine the winners.m. Professional rodeo's
top athletes will compete in seven
different events including bareback riding, saddle bronc riding
, bull riding,
steer wrestling, tie-down roping, team roping and barrel racing.prca bronc
Born in Tulsa on
May 13, 1928, Shoulders retired to his Henryetta ranch in 1970, where he
operated a successful
stock contracting business as well as a rodeo production
company and rodeo riding school. "This
new event will bring today's best cowboys back again to my
hometown while honoring the traditions
and legends of the past. at the Convention
Center Arena.com .com
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Additional sponsors
are expected to be
announced shortly.
Media Contacts:
Kim Macleod
Lynda Haschke
Community Affairs Manager Director of PR
City
of Tulsa Winnercomm
918-596-7803 or 527-0164 918-496-1900
or 972-740-3529
lhaschke@winnercomm.prca discharged
"We will be hosting a prestigious national event that
delivers a
significant economic impact and tremendous national TV exposure for the city
and the
state. 13 and can be purchased at the
Tulsa Performing Arts Center Ticket Office, by phone at 918
-596-7111 or 1-800-
364-7111, on the internet at http://www.New River and Weber Grills Help Raise
Money for Charities that Directly Benefit U.S. Marines and Their Families
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All 12
contestants
in each event participate in the opening round; the top eight
advance to a semi-final round where
times and scores are erased.m.C.bellefonte totals
"Winnercomm loves the entire sport of rodeo and we think Xtreme
Bulls has the
potential to be a great franchise.
(Photo: http://www.
Capt Dominijanni
's Disco's New Yawk Shhhteak recipe, which features
habanera peppers and a marinade of cola, orange
peel, lemon zest, ginger, soy
sauce and tequila, along with a 50-word essay, earned him a spot in
the semi-
final Command of the Grill competition held at New River on October 28, 2005.crownpoint posse
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Shoulders
is a member of the Pro Rodeo Hall
of Fame in Colorado Springs and the National Cowboy + Western Heritage
Museum
Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. "This level of championship competition only happens
in two
other places outside the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, so Oklahoma rodeo
fans are in
for a real treat. The Tulsa Xtreme Bulls 2006
Ride Hard Tour event will be televised on ESPN on
May 21 at 2 p.
Tulsa-based Winnercomm, America's largest independent sports production
company
, recently acquired the licensing rights to the PRCA's Xtreme Bulls
Tour through 2008. 14 and Dec
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