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Show Delfon Galloway And "Rico" Will Perforin i Rodeo fans this weekend week-end will be treated to & special feature performance by Denton Galloway, known across the country for his flaming rope act as well as h'ii work with his horse "Rico" in puformnig Mexican Mexi-can ('anees to music. Galloway is the first and only rodeo performer to use fire ropes. These ropes are regular spinning ropes which are not wires or stiffened in any way which makes handling them while burning more difficult. In addition to roping skills, much planning and testing was necessary to develop de-velop the equipment to safely saf-ely and quickly ignite and extinguish the ropes during performance. The rope act is set to a Spanish theme as is Galloway's Gallo-way's pcifonnance with "Rico". For this performance. perform-ance. Rico is outfitted in authentic Mexican saddle and gear and executes such dance steps as the Mexican Hat Dance, Samba. Bosen-ova Bosen-ova and the Tijuana Stripper. Strip-per. Galloway has done all of .he training of Rico from basic training to the finished finish-ed performance pn duct. A .complimer.t to Galloway's training, Rico has been regarded re-garded by many as "tiv; most highly trained exhibition exhibi-tion horse in rodeo." I |