Brian Potter Rodeo Clown PRCA

Newville, Alabama's Brian Potter has been rodeoing for nearly 20 years.  During this time Brian has been riding bareback horses and bulls. In 1997 Brian began his venture as a bull fighter. After fight ing bulls in the area for 5 years, Brian was asked by a stock contractor to keep the crowd entertained between the events. Soon realizing he had a knack for having fun playing and joking with the crowds, Brian stopped fighting bulls and became the clown that he is.

The rest of Brian's story became history. Brian joined the professional ranks of rodeo by becoming a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). Now Brian travels across the US to 26 states and even up to Canada as a professional rodeo clown for most of the year entertaining rodeo crowds. Brian has crowd pleasing acts such as Motorcross Mike and he even has the world's smartest horse.

Brian's 9 year old daughter Cassidy often travels with Brian and has an act of her own. Brian feels his biggest asset in being a professional rodeo clown is his ability to get the crowd involved. He does so by telling jokes and dancing cheering and just plain having fun.

You can find more about Brian at his website www.PotterRodeoClown.com

 

Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls

The Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls represent the dream and life’s work of one man who dedicated his life to teaching young people about our western heritage and cowboy traditions. Riata Ranch founder, Tom Maier, created a place where more than 3000 youth have been taught the valuable life lessons of hard work, discipline, pride and respect on the back of a horse.

Although Tommy Maier passed away in 2002, Riata Ranch is dedicated to providing the same quality instruction and demonstrations that have made Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls well known world wide. Today Riata Ranch International is under the direction of Jennifer Welch, who has been associated with Riata Ranch for 26 years starting as one of the four original trick riding performers in the late 1970s.

Respect, history, self-confidence and showmanship have carried these girls and many others to places like Israel, Spain, Japan and China. To date, they have traveled to 17 countries representing the Western American lifestyle.

The Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls are currently taking new girls to follow in the Red, White and Blue footsteps of a legendary tradition. If you are interested in becoming a member of team, please feel free to meet with the girls directly after their presentation.

 

Kent Lane

Kent Lane is a professional skydiver who started skydiving in 1976. He is known in the rodeo entertainment world for his act of American Patriotism, bringing in the American Flag to the center of the rodeo arena.

Kent will exit the aircraft at 4,500 feet above the arena in freefall. At 3,500 feet his parachute will open. “Proud to be an American” by Lee Greenwood will be playing in the arena as the flag descends. He will perform a series of slow turns to display the flag and if timed correctly, Kent will touchdown in the middle of the arena on the last note of the song. A ground crew selected by the Woodlake Lions Rodeo will pick up the flag and stretch it out in the middle of the arena. The Star Spangled Banner is performed while the flag gently waves.

Kent Lane has competed on national and world levels winning several gold medals and overall champion cups in US Precision Freefall Championships. He is a 2 Time World Champion competing on the US Team and holds 3 World Records. He has competed all over the world including China, Soviet Union (Russia), South Africa, and Yugoslavia.

Kent owns Ortega Mountain Ranch in Southern California where he has 15 horses, 2 burros, 2 rabbits, 3 cats, 6 fish, 1 turtle, and 1 incredible woman.