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Xtreme Bulls event kicks off Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo

Tanya Tucker to perform after Friday night competition

RAPID CITY, S.D. (1/11/10) -- The PRCA Xtreme Bulls rodeo event will ride into Rapid City’s Rushmore Plaza Civic Center on Jan. 29-30 at 7 p.m. nightly, with a special concert by Tanya Tucker following Friday night’s competition.

More than 15 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) bull riders will be on hand to match up with some of the best buckers in the business, courtesy of South Dakota’s own Sutton family. The fifth-generation rodeo stock contractors from Onida annually produce some of the nation's best rodeos, from the high school ranks through the PRCA. Superstar bulls from other stock contractors including Dakota Rodeo Company, owned by Chad Berger, will also be featured.

Included on the contestant roster are five-time Wrangler NFR bull rider Bobby Welch of Gillette and South Dakota’s own roughstock star, Jesse Bail of Camp Crook. Bail,a former national collegiate all-around champion, has earned more than $1.5 million and owns 11 NFR qualifications in bull riding and saddle bronc riding. Also, look for defending PRCA Bull Riding Rookie of the Year Tyler Willis, of Wheatland, Wyo., to start another career season.

The bull riding action, which is being webcast and streamed live to overseas troops, kicks off  the 33rd edition of Sutton’s Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo, Feb. 1-7, also in the Civic Center. The annual rodeo has been named the PRCA’s top indoor show twice, and nominated 13 times.

During the bull riding and rodeo, check out the Sutton Rodeo Zone, free to the public and open Jan. 29- Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. daily. It offers interactive booth displays, a mechanical bull, games and giveaways for all ages, autograph signings, live music and a beer garden

Following the bull-riding competition on Friday, January 29, recording artist Tanya Tucker will perform. Tucker, known for her affection for rodeo, was a superstar by the time she was a teenager, first reaching the Top Ten with “Delta Dawn,” and the No. 1 hit “What’s Your Mama’s Name?” She was voted the CMA’s Female Vocalist of the Year in 1991 while eight consecutive singles reached the Top 10, including “What Do I Do With Me,”  “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love”and “Strong Enough to Bend.”

Tickets for Xtreme Bulls and the following seven rodeo performances are available now for $12.50 up to $40 for VIP and Gold Buckle seating, and season tickets are on sale from $116.

Host hotels include the Radisson Hotel, the Ramkota, Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Country Inn and Suites, and the Grand Gateway Hotel, and ISIS Hospitality in Rapid City.

For tickets or more information, call (800) GOT-MINE.

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