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Show St. George Plans Special Events For Rodeo Activities The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Finais will be held June 27 to July 1 at the Lions Dixie Sun Bowl in St. George. About 85 colleges and universities uni-versities from all sections of the country and Canada will compete in the NIRA finals. Collegiate cowboys refer to the UNIRA Finals as the "Rose Bowl of Rodeo." The action starts at 8 p. m. June 27, 28, 29 and 30. The final day of riding and roping rop-ing begins at 3 p. m. and will be covered by national television. tele-vision. ABC's Wide World of Sports will telecast the finals the following week end on July 8. j During the five days of fin-1 als, it is anticipated that over 50,000 rodeo fans will watch ; the action. The Sun Bowl will seat 10,000. Temporary seating will be added to accommodate expected overflow crowds. To provide guests the full flavor of the West, St. George has organized a week of events for cowboys and tourists tour-ists attending the rodeo. Among the special attractions will be parades, community barbecues, dances special horsemanship demonstrations, and a variety of other activities. activi-ties. The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Queen Contest will be held June 28. Six matched Shetlands will perform precision maneuvers while pulling a five-eighths scale production of a 1900 fire wagon. Indian dancing by Navaios from northern Arizona and Pi-utes Pi-utes from southern Utah is another event that is planned to flavor the week for the visitors. vis-itors. Bucking stock fpr. the rodeo will be provided by Cotton Rosser, owner of the "Flying U" ranch in Marysvale, Calif. Nationally known rodeo announcer, an-nouncer, Lex Connelly, will handle the announcing of the finals, and some of the country's coun-try's best rodeo clowns will provide laughs for the fans and protection for cowboys thrown from brahma bulls. Dixie Junior College, which recently staged an NIRA regional reg-ional rodeo will host the national na-tional event. |