entertainment

Trick roping is a real crowd-pleaser. Rodeo fans enjoy watching cowboys and cowgirls twirl their ropes in unique patterns. Not everyone can keep the rope moving smooth and effortlessly though, it takes some real talent! If you want to woo your friends, then try learning this fun trick. Types of Roping Tricks Flat Loop: A...

Most horses have been known to make a silly face or two. From yawning to sticking their tongue out, they can’t help but make us laugh! If you need your daily dose of humor, then check out these horses being real goofs. Smile big for your picture! Someone is enjoying that vacuum a little too...

The biggest night of country music awards was … well it just was. 2020 has really taken grip on every aspect of the music industry, particularly the 2020 ACM Awards.  Between the format, awards and deafening audience-less silence following each performance, the entire event held an aura of weirdness. Like all events these days, the...

Drawing large crowds of cheering spectators, reining freestyles are a one-of-a-kind experience. They combine reining movements with popular music for an amazing performance. Those performing incorporate the use of costumes, props and even actors to further enhance their show. It’s one of the most popular events to watch at Congress and other large shows. Here’s...

An exciting, new entertainment district is being added to Fort Worth Stockyards: Mule Alley. Mule Alley officially opened in 2019, but is not yet finished. Construction has almost finished on the sidewalk and the building facades, but store interiors are still being finalized. This new area of the Stockyards will feature a handful of Western...

Annie Oakley was an expert rifle shot, an accomplished equestrian, the star of the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show, and, in bestselling author Kari Bovee’s latest book, Peccadillo at the Palace, an exceptional amateur sleuth.  Peccadillo at the Palace is the second title in Bovee’s Annie Oakley mystery series, and it’s a clever and...

Maximiliane has two dreams.  They’re the dreams of many young girls.  She wants to learn to ride a horse and to have a horse of her very own.  In the new book Horse Fun:  Facts and Activities for Horse-Crazy Kids authors Gudrun Braun, Anne Scheller, and Anika Hage take readers into the world of horse...

It may be the hat and boots or just a love for the look and lifestyle. Either way, cowgirls are a unique breed with a sense of style and attitude that beckons artists to their door or pasture and, many times, stirs them to become artists themselves.  Art of the Cowgirl, the vision of cowgirl Tammy Pate of...