| Jubilee Days rodeo under way
Pro rodeo, dances, cookoff head up this summer event
By MIKE BROWN
Reporter Editor
Jubilee Days, Rockdale’s annual mid-summer celebration, featuring pro rodeo action and weekend dances, has a different look and definitely a tasty aroma this time around.
The first-ever Jubilee Days Barbecue Cookoff will be held Saturday at Fair Park’s “barbecue alley” near the park clubhouse and if the sights, sounds and smells remind Jubilee Days-goers of the Rockdale Fair, that’s not by accident.
“We’re trying to make this cookoff just as much like the Fair’s as possible,” Leroy Stephens, president of the Rockdale Roping & Cutting Club, said. The roping club organizes Jubilee Days.
Deadline extended
“The cookoff is looking very good so far as participation goes,” Cindy Hughes, event co-chair, said. “We still have some sites available and will continue to accept applications until Friday.”
She said check-in and set-up for teams is Friday and cooks will follow this turn-in schedule on Saturday:
11 a.m., exotics; 12-noon, chicken; 1 p.m., pork; 2 p.m., beef.
“Awards will be announced at 4 p.m.
Calf scramble
An old Jubilee Days event gets a new wrinkle this year with three calf scrambles during CPRA professional rodeo performances Friday and Saturday in the Roping & Cutting Club arena.
Last year there were two scrambles, children’s and adults’. “This year we’ll have one for ages 6 and under, one for ages 7-12 and another for ages 18 and over,” Stephens said.
“First prize in the adult scrambles is $50, with $10 in the kids scrambles,” he said
Sponsors are B.S. Tire and Whiteley Farm Supply.
Rodeos, dances
Professional rodeo action gets under way at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the roping club arena.
Arena action starts Wednesday at 7 p.m. with team roping and continues at 7:30 p.m. Friday with barrel racing.
There will be dances Friday and Saturday at the park pavilion. The Debonaires will perform for the 9 p.m. to 12-midnight dance Friday.
Saturday headliner will be Rockdale native Lange Debault. That dance begins at 9 p.m. and ends at 1 a.m.
Tickets
Season tickets, admitting the bearer to pro rodeo action and dances are now on sale at $10 for adults and $5 for children 7-12. Children 6 and under and those over age 75 are admitted free.
Tickets are on sale at Citizens National Bank (Rockdale and Cameron), Rockdale Federal Credit Union (Rockdale and Thorndale), Rockdale General Store, Classic Bank-Rockdale, Whiteley Farm Supply (Rockdale), M&M Farm Supply (Cameron), Stanley-Lynd Autoplex (Cameron), Prosperity Bank (Lexington) and Bank of Texas (Thorndale).
“If you wait until Friday to buy a season ticket the adult price goes to $12,” Stephens said. Tickets at the gate each night are $10 and $5.
No admission is charged Wednesday and Thursday.
No carnival
There’s no carnival at Fair Park for Jubilee Days this summer.
Overall Jubilee Days sponsors are Rockdale Roping & Cutting Club, Dodge Trucks and Stanley-Lynd Autoplex, Jack Hilliard Distributors and the Rockdale Chamber of Commerce.
mike@rockdalereporter.com
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