Roaring Springs will soon be filled with visitors for the 98th Annual Motley-Dickens Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo. Events take place Thursday, August 26 through Saturday, August 28. An interactive theme park, food trucks and music are all expected to be part of the fun. A drawing will be held on Saturday for handmade spurs and a buckle set by Matt Humphreys and Clint Martin.
Admission is free on Thursday, though tickets will be purchased at the gate on Friday and Saturday for adults. Admission for children under 12 will be free all weekend. Concessions will be available all three days, featuring Charlie Carter’s World-Famous Goat Wraps.
Rodeo events will include a flag race for children and a barrel race open to all ages in the arena starting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, followed by team roping. The RHAA Ranch Horse Competition starts at 9 a.m. on Friday for junior and senior youth classes and also includes wrangler, ranch hand, and cowboy class. A junior flag race, mutton bustin’ and junior Sheltland Bronc riding will take place on both Friday and Saturday. Some of the events are limited in the number of participants accepted. The Ranch Rodeo Invitational is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
A parade is set to begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday after the slide roping events. A memorial service will follow.
Kids of all ages can enter a washer-pitching contest and there will be goat-roping for 12 and under. Emily Smith of Spur grew up in a ranching family and looks forward to watching people she knows compete. She and her daughters have already begun training for their favorite Saturday event—the snapping turtle race.
“We train them with hot dogs,” said Smith.
The “Old Folks Dance” is free on both Friday and Saturday at 5 p.m. with Rex Thomas and friends, followed by the Cadillac Jack Band later Friday night at 9:30 p.m. The late-night dance on Saturday night will feature Jason Nutt and Highway 70.
This year’s Queen, Lynndee Rose Foster, is the daughter of Cliff and Shantel Foster of McAdoo. She is fourteen years old and will be a freshman at Guthrie this fall. Raffle tickets can be purchased from Foster during the rodeo.
For more information about tickets, teams or times, contact Billy Campbell at (806) 252- 7695.
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