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CATTLE DRIVE KICKS OFF WEEKEND'S RODEOS.


Byline: - Daily News

LANCASTER - A herd of cattle, horsemen and a mule-drawn wagon moseyed through downtown Lancaster on Wednesday to kick off the annual Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is an organization whose members compete in rodeos around the United States. The PRCA sanctions rodeo venues and events through the PRCA Circuit System.  Showdown Rodeo at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. .

The cattle drive - using steers from the rodeo and local riders - left City Hall and traveled along Lancaster Boulevard, winding up at the fairgrounds.

The rodeo is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the fairgrounds, 155 E. Ave. I.

Tickets are $8 for bleacher bleach·er  
n.
1. One that bleaches or is used in bleaching.

2. An often unroofed outdoor grandstand for seating spectators. Often used in the plural.
 seats, $10 for grandstand seats, or $120 for six box seats.

After Friday night's rodeo performance will be dancing to music provided by radio station KTPI-FM (103.1). After Saturday's rodeo will be a barn dance featuring a band called Pokey and the Runaway Train.

For more information, call (661) 948-6060.

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(1 -- ran in Valley edition only) Cattle amble amble

a slower, non-racing version of pace gait in horses.


broken amble
has many characteristics of the amble but there are four beats to the gait with each foot contacting the ground independently. Called also single-foot.
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 Showdown Rodeos.

(2 -- 3 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) A herd of cattle, right, makes its way down Lancaster Boulevard on Wednesday to promote the upcoming PRCA Showdown Rodeos on Friday and Saturday at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. Devyn Spear, 13 months old, and mom Jennifer Spear watch the cattle drive in delight, lower right.

Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:May 29, 2003
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