The Amazing People Behind The Rodeo
A huge thanks to all the wonderful and willing volunteers who make That Famous Preston Night Rodeo happen! If we list all the great people by name, who helped behind the scenes and on the scene, we will surely leave someone out! So thanks to the ticket takers and ushers who come all three nights to make sure everyone who has a ticket has a seat to sit in. Thanks to Preston High School and the men who ran the spotlights, the wonderful military that came to represent on military night, the video screen company and its cameramen, the men who provided the scissor lifts, the hospitality room chef and servers, the Rodeo Club for providing and serving the slack cowboy breakfast, and all the generous sponsors who made food, drink, outstanding personnel and acts, the barrel man, the new announcer, all possible.
Thanks to electricians, carpenters, boom truck drivers, sheep wranglers, trophy makers, t shirt makers, hat makers, and queen sponsors. Thanks to the Plaza motel for housing and the photographer, the press, the number one cowboys, the NFR quality stock and producer who worldwide all make this show the quality rodeo that it is. Thanks to the parade people, the sidewalk sale people, the entertainers in the city park, truck drivers, barrel rakers, Search and Rescue, police, ambulance, vets, doctors, sports medicine, ticket sellers, and so many, many more.
This rodeo committee works hard all year long to plan and orchestrate this event and the people on the ground and in the trenches help make it the award winning rodeo that it is. Thank you Preston, Franklin County, worldwide fans, ticket holders, and support system. See you next year on July 30, 31, and August 1, 2020 for our 85th year!!
Preston Rodeo Committee
Richard Swainston, Jeff Hollingsworth, David Jeppsen, Doug Webb, Thane Winward, Sheryl Kimball, Kris Beckstead
Thanks to electricians, carpenters, boom truck drivers, sheep wranglers, trophy makers, t shirt makers, hat makers, and queen sponsors. Thanks to the Plaza motel for housing and the photographer, the press, the number one cowboys, the NFR quality stock and producer who worldwide all make this show the quality rodeo that it is. Thanks to the parade people, the sidewalk sale people, the entertainers in the city park, truck drivers, barrel rakers, Search and Rescue, police, ambulance, vets, doctors, sports medicine, ticket sellers, and so many, many more.
This rodeo committee works hard all year long to plan and orchestrate this event and the people on the ground and in the trenches help make it the award winning rodeo that it is. Thank you Preston, Franklin County, worldwide fans, ticket holders, and support system. See you next year on July 30, 31, and August 1, 2020 for our 85th year!!
Preston Rodeo Committee
Richard Swainston, Jeff Hollingsworth, David Jeppsen, Doug Webb, Thane Winward, Sheryl Kimball, Kris Beckstead
Many visitors ask for the secret behind our rodeo success. When its all said and done, you can give credit to the quality of people involved. The Rodeo Committee and the many other volunteers are determined to make That Famous Preston Night Rodeo a memorable experience for all that participate.
Volunteers
Why do the Preston Rodeo volunteers turn out every year? They say its the pleasure of participation, the fun of the event, and the family tradition. Volunteers work on every aspect of our rodeo from the board to the ticket takers. It's been like that for 75 years. Many of the volunteers have worked at their jobs 30 years or more. Without them, we wouldn't have a rodeo worthy of the name That Famous Preston Night Rodeo. Volunteers work hundreds of hours during the year for the rodeo. Our rodeo's lifeblood is it's volunteers
Volunteers
Why do the Preston Rodeo volunteers turn out every year? They say its the pleasure of participation, the fun of the event, and the family tradition. Volunteers work on every aspect of our rodeo from the board to the ticket takers. It's been like that for 75 years. Many of the volunteers have worked at their jobs 30 years or more. Without them, we wouldn't have a rodeo worthy of the name That Famous Preston Night Rodeo. Volunteers work hundreds of hours during the year for the rodeo. Our rodeo's lifeblood is it's volunteers
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That Famous Preston Night Rodeo was awarded Large Rodeo of the Year in Idaho for the Wilderness Circuit!
This award is a great honor and is voted on by the cowboys. It is based on their overall experience at the rodeo, our production, our arena, and our hospitality. This is the third year we have received this award. In 2013, it was for Best Small Rodeo in Idaho, but we increased our purse to move us into the big rodeo status, so 2014 and 2015, we won Best Large Rodeo. What a great honor for our event!!! We have been Best Large Rodeo in Idaho for the Wilderness Circuit for 2013. 2014. 2015, runner-up in 2016 and we have received awards for arena dirt at the NFR in Vegas every year for the past 6 years! Find out more on our Facebook Page. |
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The Rodeo Committee
Each current member of our rodeo committee has served for many years. Each spend countless hours throughout the year to make sure this event continues its successful heritage. The members have assignments of sponsors, tickets, arena maintenance, queen contest, advertising, the list goes on. The chairman is Kris Beckstead with Thane Winward, Richard Swainston, Sheryl Kimball, Doug Webb, David Jeppsen and Jeff Hollingsworth. Most members are lifelong residents of Franklin County and is personally connected to the tradition of the rodeo. They pride themselves on keeping the rodeo progressive and solvent, without any public taxes or funds.Standing from the left: Dave Jeppeson, Jeff Hollingsworth Thane Winward, Kris Beckstead . Kneeling from the left: Richard Swainston, Doug Webb and Sheryl Kimball. |
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Rodeo Announcer
Andy Seiler's love for the sport of rodeo combined with his broadcast journalism degree make his career choice as a rodeo announcer a winning combination. He has been called “an up-and-coming voice for professional rodeo,” by Boyd Polhamus. “I truly enjoy being a part of an industry that embodies an American icon that is the cowboy,” Seiler says. “I grew up on a farm, loving the honesty, toughness, and the integrity that comes with the ranching and farming way of life and today’s contestants keep that tradition of yesterday alive.” |
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Rodeo Clown
JJ Harrison is a professional Rodeo Clown...who quite simply said...loves his job. Catch him at one of his shows and you will understand completely. |
Stock Contractors
Pro Rodeo is a competitive sport between cowboy contestants and healthy rodeo animals, bucking horses, bulls, steers and calves. The people who breed, raise and care for those animals are known as the stock contractors and are perhaps the single most important factor in the production of a successful rodeo.
The Bar T Rodeo Company was founded in the red rocks of Moab, Utah over 60 years ago by Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees, D.A. “Swanny” Kerby, his wife Verda, and their son Rex “Bud” Kerby. Swanny brought the first rodeo to Utah and continued to produce top quality rodeos all across the western United States. Bud and his wife Evelyn took the Bar T to the next level making it a Utah state icon and one of the top rodeo companies in the United States. He built a breeding program that today is one of the most sought after horse herds in the world.
Bar T Rodeo has been awarded twice with the PRCA’s prestigious Remuda Award in 2005 and 2011. They have won PRCA horse and bull of the year several times most recently in 2011 Fancy Pants was nominated as best saddle bronc horse of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. They have been awarded many times with the top stock awards for the Wilderness Circuit. In 2002 they helped to produce the first Olympic Rodeo in Farmington, Utah. Bar T Rodeo has had stock nominated to attend all of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo’s since 1959.
Today the company is owned by Bud and Evelyn’s Daughter Wendie, her husband Jeff along with their son Cody Flitton. The Flitton’s added to the company’s breeding program in 1999, they started a bull breeding program, which has produced many award winning bucking bulls. The Bar T is operated by many of the Kerby and Flitton family members you will even see fifth generation grandchildren doing their part to help during their performances.
The Bar T Rodeo family works hard to maintain the high quality bucking horses and bulls that the company has been known for and generations of cowboys have preferred. They have a goal to preserve the western heritage and the sport of rodeo. They want to make sure that for many years to come generations of families have the opportunity to enjoy top quality professional rodeos.
Pro Rodeo is a competitive sport between cowboy contestants and healthy rodeo animals, bucking horses, bulls, steers and calves. The people who breed, raise and care for those animals are known as the stock contractors and are perhaps the single most important factor in the production of a successful rodeo.
The Bar T Rodeo Company was founded in the red rocks of Moab, Utah over 60 years ago by Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame inductees, D.A. “Swanny” Kerby, his wife Verda, and their son Rex “Bud” Kerby. Swanny brought the first rodeo to Utah and continued to produce top quality rodeos all across the western United States. Bud and his wife Evelyn took the Bar T to the next level making it a Utah state icon and one of the top rodeo companies in the United States. He built a breeding program that today is one of the most sought after horse herds in the world.
Bar T Rodeo has been awarded twice with the PRCA’s prestigious Remuda Award in 2005 and 2011. They have won PRCA horse and bull of the year several times most recently in 2011 Fancy Pants was nominated as best saddle bronc horse of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. They have been awarded many times with the top stock awards for the Wilderness Circuit. In 2002 they helped to produce the first Olympic Rodeo in Farmington, Utah. Bar T Rodeo has had stock nominated to attend all of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo’s since 1959.
Today the company is owned by Bud and Evelyn’s Daughter Wendie, her husband Jeff along with their son Cody Flitton. The Flitton’s added to the company’s breeding program in 1999, they started a bull breeding program, which has produced many award winning bucking bulls. The Bar T is operated by many of the Kerby and Flitton family members you will even see fifth generation grandchildren doing their part to help during their performances.
The Bar T Rodeo family works hard to maintain the high quality bucking horses and bulls that the company has been known for and generations of cowboys have preferred. They have a goal to preserve the western heritage and the sport of rodeo. They want to make sure that for many years to come generations of families have the opportunity to enjoy top quality professional rodeos.