[GS YouthRiders 2023]
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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME EVERYBODY.
WE WANNA WELCOME ALL OF OUR VIEWERS FROM COX 21 AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT OUT HERE FOR YOU TODAY.
WE ARE IN THE CITY OF CENTRAL IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND OF COURSE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND WE ARE HERE TO SHOWCASE ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT AND ONE OF THE MOST, UM, DEDICATED GROUP OUT HERE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER.
AND WE WANT TO JUST SHOW Y'ALL AND SHOWCASE THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION AND ALL THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDERS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE'RE GONNA TALK TO SEVERAL, WE'RE GONNA TALK TO THE DIRECTOR, WE'RE GONNA TALK TO SOME CAPTAINS.
WE EVEN MIGHT HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS THAT CAN SHOW YOU HOW THEY RIDE AND SOME EVENTS THAT THEY DO.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO CALL IN MR. KEN, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS JUICE RIDERS.
HOW YOU DOING? HOW YOU DOING? WELCOME.
GLAD, LOOK, GLAD YOU COULD, UH, BE A PART OF THIS.
THANKS FOR LETTING US COME OUT HERE AND WHAT Y'ALL DO.
SO LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE KNOW THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDERS HAVE A LONG HISTORY.
AND KINDA START US OFF ON THAT HISTORY AND WHERE WE CAME ABOUT TO BE.
SO THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDERS STARTED IN THE MID FIFTIES, 54 5.
UM, STARTED AS A BOY SCOUT GROUP.
THEN LATER IN THE EARLY SIXTIES, IT TURNED TO LETTING GIRLS COME IN THE CLUB.
AND ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW WITH THE MAJORITY OF GIRLS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT IT STARTED IN THE, UH, MID FIFTIES, LIKE I SAY.
AND IT, IT HAS JUST BUILT SINCE THEN AND BEEN EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT RIGHT HERE IN THIS ARENA SINCE THEY'VE STARTED.
IT WAS AN OLD WOOD PIN BACK IN THE DAY.
AND IN 1968, THIS ARENA WAS BUILT AS YOU SEE IT FOR THE RODEO AND A LOT OF PARENTS OF THE DRILL TEAM.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ENCOURAGED US? WHAT GOT, WHAT GOT THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDER STARTED.
WHAT, WHAT? ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR HAPPENED OR JUST, UM, JUST LIKE I SAY, THE BOY SCOUT GROUP AND JUST AN ACTIVITY.
AND BACK IN THAT ERA IN THE FIFTIES, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD HORSES.
IT'S PRETTY RURAL OUT HERE IN CENTRAL, EVEN TODAY.
SO THEY HAD TO TRAVEL TO OTHER PLACES TO, TO DO RODEOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THEY GO OFF TO PERFORM AT OTHER RODEOS ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST.
SO THEN Y'ALL, YOU GOT YOUR HOME RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL.
THAT WAS, THIS WAS THE BEGINNING, YOUR FIRST HOME AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
AND THAT WAS BUILT ABOUT WHEN? IN THE EARLY FIFTIES.
SO YEAH, THIS ARENA THAT YOU SEE BEHIND US HAS, HAS, HAS BEEN RIGHT HERE FOR, FOR DECADES.
AND I TELL YOU, UM, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE THIS GROUP OUT HERE WITH US FOR ALL THESE DECADES.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT HERE, IT, IT'S DEFINITELY AN EVENT TO SEE NOT ONLY THE RODEO, BUT Y'ALL ALSO DO COMPETITION EVENTS FROM FROM YES.
TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPETITIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN IN AND AWARDS.
SO THIS TEAM HAS BEEN TO EAST TEXAS TO THE DRILL COMPETITION OVER THERE.
IT'S A NATIONAL LEVEL THING AND, AND WON THE YOUTH YOUTH DIVISION OF IT IN THE PAST.
AND WE'RE BUILDING TO GET BACK THERE.
OUR TEAM'S A LITTLE SMALL AT THE MOMENT, SO ANY GUYS WITH OR BOYS WITH HORSES AGES EIGHT TO 18, WE LOOKING FOR YOU TO COME RIDE AND HAVE FUN.
SAY, LOOK, THEY, THEY'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW, ALL EIGHT.
WHAT AGES DID Y'ALL START AT? SAY THEY STARTED EIGHT TO 18.
SO YOU, YOU CAN COME UP AT EIGHT YEARS OLD.
EVEN YOUR HORSE CAN GROW UP WITH YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE EVENT.
SO, SO WHICH TAKES US TO OUR NEXT THING.
NOW WE HAVE AN ACTUAL RODEO COMING UP HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH, RIGHT? YES SIR.
WE, OUR RODEO IS MAY 5TH AND SIXTH, SEVEN 30 AT NIGHT.
THIS IS OUR 65TH ANNUAL RODEO AND IT IS A FULL SLATE, PROFESSIONAL RUN RODEO.
OUR DRILL TEAM WILL PERFORM, WE'LL HAVE A, A SPECIALTY ACT COMING OUTTA NORTH MISSISSIPPI NAMED TIM LEPERT AND THE GHOST RIDERS, WHICH IS MONKEYS RIDING BOARD OF COLLY DOGS AND PIN AND SHEEP.
IT'S A WHALE OF AN ACT AND ALL KIDS LOVE IT.
UH, WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL CLOWN.
WE ALSO JOINED FORCES WITH DREAM DAY FOUNDATION.
SO A HUGE PORTION OF OUR PROCEEDS GO TO THAT.
SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU SUPPORTING YOURSELF WITH THIS RODEO, BUT YOU'RE HELPING TO SUPPORT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE SUPPORTED OVER THE YEARS? OH GOSH, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF 'EM THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT LAST YEAR WE, LIKE I SAY DREAM DAY FOUNDATION, WE GIVE TO ST.
ALFONSO'S BOY SCOUTS, WE GIVE TO ZACHARY HIGH FFA.
WE GIVE TO CENTRAL HIGH THE VIDEOGRAPHY CLASS, MR. ADAM WATER.
NOW ALSO, AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS CUZ I, I, UH, RUN THE CENTRAL CHRISTMAS PARADE OR HELPED HOUSTON RUN THE CENTRAL CHRISTMAS PARADE.
AND Y'ALL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION THAT RIDES IN THAT.
SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DO, AND HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN COME OUT AND SEE THE CENTRAL CHRISTMAS PARADE AND SEE 'EM RIDE IN THAT.
THEY'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND SANTA CLAUS WHERE THEY'RE ALWAYS AT.
BUT, UH, Y'ALL RIDE IN OTHER PARADES ALSO, OR WE DO.
WE'RE TRAVELING AREAS, OTHER PARADES AND WE REALLY WANTING TO GET US A PARADE STARTED OUR RODEO PARADE.
WE'RE DEFINITELY, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
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AND YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF CENTRAL USED TO DO A RODEO PARADE MM-HMM.AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND, UM, I KNOW I'D LOVE TO HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, WORK ON GETTING ONE GOING AND HOPEFULLY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT'LL KICK IN YOUR RODEO WITH A MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE WITH THE PARADE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
JUST CALL YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT GOING FOR YOU.
SO, WELL, MR. KEN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THE, THE RODEO RODEO COMING UP OR MR. RODEO'S A GREAT FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT? IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
WE HAVE AN OUTDOOR SCREEN COME THIS YEAR, A HUGE OUTDOOR SCREEN WHEN INSTANT REPLAY, FULL CONCESSION STANDS, UH, JUMBALAYA, SOME SHRIMP AT TWO FACE, SO COME EARLY, THE PARKING, WE ARE SHUTTLING PEOPLE IN PARKING FROM JOURNEY CHURCH AND FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, WHICH IS AT THE THROUGHWAY BEHIND SONIC.
UM, BUT WE TRY TO MAKE THAT VERY ACCOMMODATING THE BEST WE CAN.
WE JUST HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING NOWADAYS.
IT'S, IT'S GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.
LOOK, LOOK, I'VE SEEN IT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT I'VE COME OUT MYSELF AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S, IT'S AN EVENT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUT HERE AND LOOK FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BRING YOUR FAMILY OUT HERE.
KIDS, THERE'S PLENTY OF EVENTS TO DO.
SO YOU CAN COME OUT, UH, GET YOU SOME GOOD CONCESSION FOOD, SOME HAMBURGERS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WATCH THE HORSES WALK AROUND, WATCH 'EM PRACTICE.
BUT WE JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY OUT TO THIS AMAZING EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE RIGHT HERE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WITH US MISS SYDNEY AND SHE IS THE CAPTAIN OF THE SQUAD THIS YEAR.
AND PREVIOUSLY WE HEARD ALL ABOUT THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDERS AND HOW THEY GOT STARTED AND WHAT THEY DO AND, AND WHAT ALL THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, Y'ALL.
BUT WHAT WE WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS WHAT THEY GO THROUGH DAY TO DAY AND PRACTICE AND REHEARSAL AND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING READY TO SHOW Y'ALL.
SO MS. CITY, IF YOU CAN KIND OF JUST WALK US THROUGH KIND OF WHAT Y'ALL DO TO GET STARTED.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP NOW IF Y'ALL HAVE A PRACTICE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.
SO KIND OF JUST GIVE US A WALKTHROUGH OF HOW YOU GET EVERYTHING GOING AND ORGANIZED.
WELL FIRST, WHEN EVERYBODY STARTS TO GET HERE, WE ALL PRETTY MUCH GROUP UP AND THE FENCE AND WE START WARMING UP.
SO PEOPLE START LOING THEIR HORSES AROUND, YOU KNOW, TROTTING, GETTING REAL WARMED UP SO WE CAN GET READY FOR PRACTICE.
AND THEN, SO Y'ALL GOTTA GET THE HORSES WARMED UP JUST AS MUCH AS Y'ALL GET WARMED UP.
SO KEN WILL BLOW THE WHISTLE AND WE'LL ALL MEET UP OVER THERE BY THE GREEN FENCE OR BY THE ARENA AND HE'LL JUST TELL US, WE'LL DO A LITTLE PRAYER BEFORE TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, GOD IN OUR HEARTS.
AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT DAY.
SO WHETHER IT BE FLAG DRILL OR JUST REGULAR DRILL, WE GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE GET OUR SPOTS AND THEN WE JUST START PRACTICING.
SO WHEN Y'ALL START YOUR, DO Y'ALL MAINLY WHEN YOU START PRACTICE, YOU MAINLY START WITH THE DRILL AND THE, THE COMPETITION SHOW THAT Y'ALL DO OR? WELL, IT DEPENDS.
IF WE HAVE A RODEO COMING UP AND WE HA DO FLAG DRILL THERE, WE'LL START WITH FLAG DRILL TO GET THAT OVER WITH.
SO IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, FLAG DRILL, LIKE OUR RODEO, WE'LL START WITH FLAGS DRILL FIRST SO WE CAN GET EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT'S A BIT SHORTER THAN DOING REAL DRILL.
SO A LOT OF YOUR MEMBERS THAT YOU HAVE NOW, DO THEY NOT ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THE DRILL PART, BUT DO THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE DIFFERENT RODEO EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE ALSO? YES.
PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE TEAM DOES OTHER EVENTS, WHETHER THAT BE BAIL RACING, ROPING, DIFFERENT EVENTS LIKE THAT.
NOW WHAT, WHAT ARE THE EVENTS THAT Y'ALL DO ON THE RODEO SIDE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT, THAT ARE AVAILABLE IF THEY WANT TO, IF THEY DO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE THAT THEY MAY WANNA LOOK INTO? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT GO ON? WELL, YOU HAVE BARREL RACING, WHICH IS WHERE YOU TAKE YOUR HORSE AND YOU RUNNER HER AROUND THREE BARRELS.
AND THAT'S A TIMED EVENT, RIGHT? YES, YES.
SO YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE A CERTAIN FIGURE THAT YOU DO IN A TIMED EVENT? YES.
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AND THEN WE HAVE POLES, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO BARRELS, BUT IT'S A FEW POLES IN THE CENTER OF THE ARENA AND YOU GO AROUND.OH, THAT, THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE, UH, IF YOU WATCH THE, UH, THE, THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL DOG SHOW, WHERE THEY RUN IT THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT POLES, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING REAL QUICK, KIND OF LIKE THAT,
BULL RIDING AND BRONC LIKE HORSE? YES.
BRONCS ARE HORSES, BULLS ARE BULLS.
SO I MEAN, DO THEY USUALLY, DO THEY BOTH GO COINCIDE TOGETHER OR THEY, SOMEBODY A MEMBER WILL DO ONE OR THE OTHER MEMBERS WILL GO AND DO OUR DRILL AND THEN THEY'LL GET OFF AND GET DRESSED FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS LIKE THAT.
TYPICALLY IT'S MORE BULL RIDING'S, MORE OF A MALE SPORT.
WE USED TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO DID BULL RIDING THEN.
SO TELL US ABOUT THE, THE SHOW OR, OR WHEN IT COMES UP IN, IN MAY OR WHATEVER.
SO HOW'S IT GONNA START OFF? DO YOU START OFF WITH THE, YOU START OFF WITH A A, A GRAND OPENING, CORRECT? YES, YES.
SO, SO WE START WITH OUR FLAG DRILL, WHICH WE PRACTICE WHENEVER WE CAN.
SO WE'LL DO OUR FLAG DRILL, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR AMERICAN FLAG COME OUT AND DO A CEREMONY FOR US.
AND THEN WE'LL START WITH OUR GRAND ENTRY, WHICH IS WHERE EVERY, EVERY COMPETITOR GOES AROUND THE ARENA.
I TELL YOU THE, THE, THE FLAG DRILL THAT Y'ALL DO AT THE BEGINNING, IT JUST, IT A LOT OF THE TIMES AND, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE CROWD AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THEIR HEARTS, THE, THE, THE, THE GOOSEBUMPS THAT POP ONTO THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD WHEN Y'ALL COME THROUGH WITH THAT FLAG.
AND AS PEOPLE STAND, AS YOU GO AROUND THE ARENA, IT TRULY IS BREATHTAKING AND, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO, TO WATCH Y'ALL DO THAT.
SO WE GO, YOU GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND THEN Y'ALL DO SOME OF THE COMPETITION STUFF AS FAR AS LIKE, UH, BARREL RACING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, CORRECT? YES.
AND Y'ALL HAVE A, DO Y'ALL HAVE LIKE A HALFTIME SHOW? IS THAT WHEN YOU DO YOUR DRILL
IT'S NOT REALLY HALF THERE, BUT LIKE A FEW EVENTS I FIGURED MOST PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND A HALFTIME SHOW, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S A GOOD COMPARISON TO IT.
SO A FEW EVENTS IN, WE WILL GET LINED UP AFTER OUR GRAND OPENING AND WE'LL DO OUR DRILL AND YOU COULD BASICALLY CALL IT A HALFTIME SHOW.
AND THEN YOU GO BACK INTO THE, THE COMPETITION PART AGAIN? YES.
DOES ANY OF YOUR TEAM MEMBERS BECOME THE CLOWN
SO WE'LL HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR PRODUCERS AND ALL THAT, THEY'LL COME AROUND AND THEY'LL HELP OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOING RIGHT BACK KIND OF BACKSTAGE.
AND I KNOW THE CLOUDS PUT ON LITTLE SHOW AND EVERYTHING TOO, SO, WELL, LOOK, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION.
I, I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SEE AND SO ON.
SO AGAIN, WE, WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO COME OUT.
LOOK, THE, AGAIN, WHAT I SAID EARLIER, THE OPENING CEREMONY, UH, IS JUST A SIGHT TO BEHOLD TO SEE THIS TEAM COME THROUGH THIS ARENA AND THE REACTION FROM THE CROWD IS JUST OUTSTANDING.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, THE RESPECT THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR THE FLAG OUT HERE AND, AND JUST THE OPENING IS WONDERFUL THEN TO GET INTO THE COMPETITION.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A HALFTIME SHOW WHERE YOU COME IN AND YOU WATCH THIS WONDERFUL DRILL THAT THEY'VE BEEN PRACTICING ON FOR, FOR ALL YEAR AND THEY DO IT DIFFERENTLY EACH YEAR.
IT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT SHOW, SORT OF.
WE, WE TEND TO CHANGE S**T UP NOW THEN, RIGHT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU GAVE US, AND WE'RE BACK OUT HERE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST WITH US.
THIS IS CAITLIN, AND SHE IS THE CO-CAPTAIN OF THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDERS.
CAITLIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR HISTORY WITH THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AND AND WHAT DOES A CO-CAPTAIN DO? OKAY, WELL, THIS IS MY FOURTH YEAR BEING A PART OF THIS TEAM.
AND, UM, REALLY AS CO-CAPTAIN, MY JOB IS JUST TO HELP
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OUR CAPTAIN AND JUST LEAD THE OTHER KIDS AND SHOW THEM WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND HOW THEY CAN STEP UP AND BE A BETTER PART OF THE TEAM.SO AS CAPTAIN AND CO-CAPTAIN, THEY KIND OF WATCH Y'ALL AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ASPIRE TO, TO BE WHERE Y'ALL AT, TO BE LEADERS IN THIS GROUP.
AND I, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT, UH, Y'ALL TAKE THE TIME TO STEP UP TO DO THAT AND EVERYTHING.
SO WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE, IN THE DRILL? SO DO YOU HELP WRITE THE DRILL OR ORGANIZE THE DRILL OR DO ANY, UH, ORGANIZE THE BACKGROUND, WHY SHE'S GETTING OTHER STUFF READY? MM-HMM.
WELL, WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO INTO THE ARENA, SYDNEE IS USUALLY IN THE FRONT, IN THE FRONT PAIR AND I'M IN THE BACK.
SO IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, I CAN HELP THE PEOPLE IN FRONT, UH, AND TALK THEM ALONG THROUGH IT, AND ME AND MY PARTNER JUST BRING UP THE REAR.
SO Y'ALL JUST, Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE THERE KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYTHING AND YES, SIR.
WATCHING AND MAKE SURE THAT, OKAY, THIS IS GOING CORRECTLY AND YOU'RE KIND OF KEEPING THE SHOW RUNNING WHILE SHE'S GETTING EVERYBODY IN PLACE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO HAVE YOU ENJOYED BEING CO-CAPTAIN? DO YOU PLAN ON BEING CAPTAIN? UM, I'M NOT SURE.
UH, I MEAN, YES, I HAVE ENJOYED IT.
IT WAS KIND OF THROWN AT ME RANDOMLY, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN A GREAT LOOK, I CAN TELL YOU.
SO YOU STEPPING INTO SOME THINGS, IT KIND OF GETS THROWN AT YOU.
LET THEM TAKE CARE OF THAT OR WHATEVER.
BUT NO, IT, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A BLAST JUST BEING OUT HERE WITH Y'ALL AND I DO WISH Y'ALL THE BEST OF LUCK AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL SHOW AS ALWAYS.
AND WE ARE HERE WITH A VERY, VERY SPECIAL GUEST THIS TIME.
IN THE LAST TIME WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OPENING CEREMONY AND HOW, HOW TOUCHING AND GOOSEBUMPS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GET.
WELL, THIS IS OUR SPECIAL GUEST THAT IS GOING TO LEAD EVERY BIT OF THAT OFF.
MS. CATHERINE, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THE RODEO COMING UP? YES, SIR.
PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GONNA BE DOING IN THIS RODEO.
I'M GONNA BE CANNON AMERICAN FLAG.
THIS IS OUR FLAG BEARER RIGHT HERE.
WHEN YOU SEE HER COME IN, EVERYBODY WILL STAND AND CHEER AND APPLAUD.
AND SO TELL US, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND PRACTICING AT? AND YOU GOT SELECTED TO DO THIS BY YOUR PEERS? YES, SIR.
THAT IS WHAT YOU MUST BE A GREAT RIDER.
AND SO, AND THIS, TELL US ABOUT WHO IS THIS HORSE HERE THAT YOU RIDE? ANNIE, THIS IS ANNIE.
HOW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH ANNIE? UM, FOUR.
WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, Y'ALL LOOK AMAZING AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU WHEN YOU COME INTO THIS ARENA WITHOUT AMERICAN FLAG.
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE FLAG BEARER THIS YEAR.
YOU'RE WELCOME AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE.
IN CLOSING, WE JUST WANTED TO REINTRODUCE EVERYONE HERE AND, AND INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND SEE THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDERS AND THE RODEO COMING UP.
THIS MAY 5TH AND SIXTH IS THE CORRECT DAY.
MAY 5TH AND SIXTH COME ON OUT HERE TO THE CITY OF CENTRAL AND EAST, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND SEE THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AS THEY PUT ON A GREAT PERFORMANCE FOR YOU AT THIS TIME, LIKE YOU GIVE IN CLOSING, JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, AND WHAT YOU DO.
UM, MY NAME IS BRIANNA MCCRAE AND I AM A MEMBER OF GS Y R.
HI, I'M KAYLIN STEIN, I'M CO-CAPTAIN AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS TEAM FOR FOUR YEARS.
I AM CAPTAIN AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS TEAM FOR EIGHT YEARS.
I'VE BEEN IN THE DOOR TEAM FOR TWO YEARS, AND MY NAME IS AARON MOKE, EAST BAT ROUGE PARISH METRO COUNCILMAN AND THANK Y'ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT ON COX 21.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE Y'ALL GO VISIT THE GREENVILLE SPRINGS YOUTH RIDERS FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND ALSO YOU CAN VISIT GS YR.WEBS.COM TO GET FULL INFORMATION ON THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION.