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By Ellen Ritscher Sackett Being a volunteer has lots of ups and a few downs. Just ask Jill Shaw who has the scars to prove it. “I was a Fairgrounder, [one of] the girls that posts the colors on horses, carrying a flag for the Grand Entry,” the Sanger resident said. At the time, she was in college at Tartleton State University, a two-hour drive from Denton, and drove back and forth twice a week for a month to rehearse. The Fairgrounders had spent hours prior to opening day preparing the intricate riding pattern for the show. “It can be very dangerous,” she said. “I fell off two years ago and my horse stepped on my leg,” Jill Shaw recounted. “I was holding onto his mane, and I was trying to find a safe place to go. He caught me with his foot and slammed me to the ground.” Her father, Tom Shaw, scrambled as fast as he could from the other side of the arena. “Jill, are you okay?” he asked. “Daddy, get my horse!” “Jill! Are you okay?” He just wanted to make sure. “Daddy! GET MY HORSE!” He did, and Jill Shaw jumped back on and finished the show. Jill Shaw has served as a fair volunteer in many capacities and received the 1996 title for Rodeo Queen. She currently co-chairs the Rodeo Queen committee, a responsibility she shares with her lifelong friend, Jana Akins, also a past Rodeo Queen winner. Last year they were recognized with an “Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award” for their improvements to the Rodeo Queens Contest. “We know what it feels like to be one of the girls,” Jill Shaw said. “We can sympathize with them.” The competition is structured into three categories: Rodeo Queen,
“So many people think that when you put on a fair, all you’ve got to do is unlock the front gate. They have no earthly idea what goes on behind the scenes both before it, during it and then also after it.” — Tom Shaw Teen Queen and Princess and is open to girls and young women between the ages of 12 and 24. The contestants go through a rigorous judging process and demonstrate their abilities in four categories: horsemanship, ticket sales, modeling and appearance and personality. Horsemanship is the most important, Jill Shaw said. “We want to see a girl who can ride.” Contestants must complete a reining pattern, trade horses with another contestant, and answer questions about horse anatomy, tack and rodeo. They have to speak publicly on a given topic, answer impromptu questions on current events and ethics, and demonstrate good manners and an attractive appearance. They also raise money prior to the fair through ticket sales at $5 off the entrance price. Each winner receives a crown, saddle, a scholarship, a buckle and are eligible to win additional prizes for each category for which they are judged. They are expected to represent the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo in appearances, such as parades, PRCA rodeos, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Mesquite Rodeo, throughout the year. The committee coaches them “to be pleasant and helpful and to be a true ambassador to the rodeo and the fair,” Tom Shaw said. “We have a really good contest and a good reputation,” Jill Shaw said. The rules are strict as it is a gateway into the state competition, and several winners have gone on to compete for the Texas Rodeo Queen
title. “We like looking at the program on the state level and see all those familiar faces,” she said. Both Jill and Tom Shaw have served as chairmen on the Barrel Racing Committee, a subcommittee of the Rodeo Committee. “With Dad’s help, we did a huge turnaround in the barrel pattern,” said Jill Shaw. “Dad, in his genius, made a graph and measurements so we’d know where to put the stakes. [Now we] use the same pattern every year.” As a result, the North Texas State Fair won a national award from the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association for the most improved arena. “We were quite proud of that,” said Tom Shaw. Being involved with the fair has long been a source of pride for Tom Shaw, a Krum resident whose participation goes back to the 1970s and early 1980s when the fair opened with a trail ride from Sanger. He continued to attend the fair, but he didn’t become an active volunteer until his daughter ran for Rodeo Queen. At that time, he joined the Workhorse and Rodeo Committees, and he continues to serve on both today. “The Rodeo committee is those men and ladies who make up simply the rodeo portion of the fair – what they call “the red shirts.” They’re the ones that handle the livestock, that pull the gates, that set up the barrels [and] do all the things that are associated with just the rodeo itself. They’re also responsible for the rodeo arena. They keep it painted
Tom Shaw and his daughter, Jill, are dedicated volunteers. and maintained, mowed [and] cleaned,” Tom Shaw said. “The Workhorse Committee is in charge of the entire fairgrounds as far as the maintenance and improvements. [It’s] made up a group of volunteers that are electricians, plumbers, carpenters, welders — pretty well any trade that you can think of.” Often they are professionals who donate their services. The members of the two committees are “a lot of the same people,” said Tom Shaw. They first meet in June or July, when the fairgrounds resemble a ghost town, to determine what will need to be done. As opening day gets closer, the Workhorse and Rodeo Committees meet two nights a week and one day each weekend making the necessary repairs and upgrades to the facility. “We get a lot of work done,” he said. In years past, the Workhorse Committee rebuilt the concession stands, which Tom Shaw said was “a major project.” “This year we’ve done a lot of relighting in the rodeo arena and in the fairgrounds itself,
both to give us more light and to conserve energy,” Tom Shaw said. Tom Shaw is the sole member of the Sign Committee, and when he put out the call-out for help, 15 people showed up on a Sunday afternoon in the 106-degree heat. “They don’t care about the heat. It doesn’t bother us. We just keep going,” Tom Shaw said. The crew put up 54 signs all over Denton County including Collinsville, Slidell, Lake Dallas, Decatur and Pilot Point. “Seventy-five next year is our goal. “So many people think that when you put on a fair, all you’ve got to do is unlock the front gate. They have no earthly idea what goes on behind the scenes both before it, during it and then also after it,” Tom Shaw said. “Then it’s got to be cleaned up afterwards. Everything’s got to be put away, all the signs [have] got to be taken down. “The people are so dedicated, and everybody enjoys it,” Tom Shaw said. And after the work is done, they socialize together.
“You make some friends who will be there forever,” he said. And often the whole Shaw family is involved. Tom Shaw’s wife Rita also helps out by selling beer tickets, and his son Dan has served as a paramedic for Sacred Cross E.M.S., which is under contract to provide emergency medical services throughout the fair. Parade Committee chairman Susan Schoenthal has attended the fair “all of her life” and has been an active volunteer for over 25 years. “The fair gives back not only to the Denton County youth organizations, but to the surrounding counties as well. Without the fair’s support, some of the FFA youth organizations would not have a place to show and sell their animals. The fair also gives thousands of dollars in scholarships to the youth of the area.” Her husband Eddie has volunteered for over 25 years. He is involved with the beer and ice sales, helps with maintenance and cooks in the barbecue cook-offs along side their two sons. “The fun of volunteering encompasses several things, such as making great friends, knowing that all the hard work by the volunteers is going to a good cause for the youth of our community, and, of course, enjoying the fun and entertainment at the fair,” Schoenthal said. Approximately 400 people serve as volunteers for the fair each year on committees that cover responsibilities such as beer and beer ticket sales, livestock, parking, crafts, the parade, advertising, the beauty pageant, and music and entertainment — to name a few. “A lot of these volunteers take their vacation to do this and have for years,” Tom Shaw said. Many of set up trailers and live on the grounds for the duration of the fair. One volunteer even calls it “her Christmas!” he said. “People ask me why I spend the time,” Tom Shaw said and shrugged his shoulders. “I just like it!
“There’s a level of pride and accomplishment when the lights come on — when you see the crowd and see the people
having a good time,” he added. Jill Shaw agreed. “It’s part of our lives. We’ve been involved in the fair since I
was six, [and] we have not missed a single year,” she said. “I don’t think we’ve missed a show,” her father said, and then
Jill Shaw laughed. “As soon as the last day closes down, we can’t wait until next year!”
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04 Head out to the rodeo for a mutton bustin’ good time competition. On Sunday, the heifer show will occur, with the judges paying special attention to presentation. “It’s a good, fun fair but it’s very competitive.” Jacee Jones added. Monday will open with the open beef cattle show, a competition available to any contenders. On Tuesday and Wednesday, a popular event that draws a large crowd, is the alwaysentertaining mutton bustin’, which is sponsored by the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance and co-sponsored by Weldon’s Western Wear. Landon Boland, Jacee Jones’ son and Judy Jones’ grandson, was a mutton buster before he turned to showing animals. An event that features 4- to 6year-old cowboys, mutton bustin’ is a crowd favorite. On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, 30 young cowboys will each compete for the chance to ride the sheep in the big rodeo arena. Each boy and girl will take their turn clinging to the back of a sheep as it dashes swiftly across the arena floor. Most fall off, unable to hold on, but those lucky few who do hold fast get to display their riding talents in front of the huge crowd in the rodeo arena. “I’ve never laughed so hard
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Through the swirling, dusty air, the lolling calls of cattle and grunts from pigs float among the nervous chatter of livestock contestants. With a $1,000 Grand Champion prize title on the line, most of the juniors are nervously fiddling with the halters on their animals. Most have dedicated about a year of their time to their animal by bathing, feeding, housing, training and working with them. Jacee Jones, a veteran of livestock shows with multiple titles under her belt, attests to how “showing” can make a difference. “It definitely kept me out of trouble and it kept me busy,” Jacee Jones said wisely. “(I) met and kept a lot of great friends along the way. It teaches you a lot of responsibility.” The term, “Junior”, refers to “Show” contenders ages eight to high school seniors. However, once graduation occurs, the only shows one can enter are the open shows. Livestock showing is a North Texas State Fair and Rodeo tradition, existing for almost as long as the fair has been running. Judy Jones, Jacee’s mother and a member of the Livestock Committee, has worked endlessly these past five years to ensure the success of each show. With over seven different livestock shows, the fair draws in a large number of contenders. Last year, the livestock show had contenders from as far away as Missouri, Judy Jones said. “This being a sanctioned show (by the Texas Junior Livestock Association), they’re going for points,” she said. “At the end of a sanctioned year, if you’re a high point winner, you can receive awards.” With the steer show kicking off the livestock shows on the first Saturday of the fair, many contenders have already submitted their competition forms. People have been sending in applications since June, Judy Jones said. But you can still register on the day of
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pig show, but the preparation that it takes to mobilize this weeklong show requires care and dedication. “We have wonderful volunteers,” Judy Jones said. “They come in, make sure all the
stalls are clean, the barns are watered down, they put up pens, and they get the show rings ready. It takes a lot of people and a lot of time. I don’t know what we’d do without them.”
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By Ilea Milare With the cheers from the crowd in the background, the cowboy tightens his grip around a flat, braided rope wrapped around the bull. Clenching his legs, the rush of adrenaline courses through his body as the rippling muscles of the mighty bull tense. The chute gate swings open and the bull’s body jolts into a frenzy of movement, twisting madly to upset the rider atop. The cowboy responds to the bull’s erratic movements and holds fast. Suddenly, the bull makes a violent twist, and the cowboy tumbles off its back, falling to the dirt. The bullfighter moves, distracting the bull away from the fallen cowboy, as he returns to the back pens. The brave men and women willing to risk a tangle with the bulls are the cowboy’s protection, or “Bullfighters.” It is their job to keep the bulls preoccupied and distracted so the riders can move away and avoid injury. This year, the bullfighters will be aiding riders in a range of events. Kicking off the rodeo on Aug. 19-21 is the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, or PRCA. According to the PRCA website, “Professional rodeo action consists of two types of competitions – roughstock events and timed events – and an all-around cowboy crown.” This includes bareback riding, saddle bronco riding, steer wrestling, tiedown roping, and the most recognizable bull riding. On Aug. 22, the Invitational Ranch Rodeo kicks up, allowing cowboys and cowgirls the chance to demonstrate their everyday cattle ranching abilities. Aug. 23-24 bring in the 21 and Under Rodeo, as well as the ever-popular mutton bustin’. An event for the little cowboys and cowgirls, 4 to 6 year olds test the waters of rodeo. Placed on the back of a
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halter where the exhibitor is judged on their conformation, showmanship where the horse performs maneuvers and is judged on their execution and western where the riders are in a western saddle and the horse walks, jogs, and lopes. Another class is English where the riders are in an English saddle and the horse has to walk, trot, and canter. Pattern classes consist of the rider and horse performing a specific pattern or maneuver and then rail classes consist of the horses judged on their performance at the required gates for each discipline as they travel around the show pen. The horse show draws in an average of 50 to 60 exhibitors each year, according to Kim Wendt. “I am part of something larger than the horse show,” Kim wrote. “We are working to keep agriculture-based activities alive in the growing urban areas. In addition, we continue to improve our livestock, horse show, and rodeos as well as entertainment to make the North Texas State Fair one of the biggest and best in the state of Texas.”
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By Ellen Ritscher Sackett This isn’t Pauline Reese’s first rodeo. Her sixth studio may be entitled, “Just Getting Started,” but she’s definitely not. The singer-songwriter has earned her place as an altcountry artist steeped in Texas roots who can get down with the best of them. In a fickle industry that’s always looking for a catchy hook and pretty face, Reese has proven she’s got all of that and much more. She paid her dues early on, performing at honky-tonks and bars when she was in her early teens, and by the time she was 18, she was fronting her own band. She was mentored along the way by the other band members as well as some of the state’s musical greats, among them, Freddy Power, Merle Haggard, and Willie Nelson, who calls Reese his “favorite female vocalist.” She’s performed at almost every one of Nelson’s Fourth of July picnics since 2004 and has shared bills with Neil Young, Toby Keith, Dwight Yokum, Bob Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Jerry Jeff Walker, Roger Creager and Sonny Throckmorton – to name a few. “I was just like a little sponge,” Reese said in a recent telephone interview. “I got to ask questions from these veterans, these people that already made it.” They took her seriously and treated her like “one of the guys.” “They trained me how to talk to the club owners and promotion and what to do. So I just started learning and
“I am full of surprises. I am full of mistakes. Everything I’ve learned I’ve learned it the hard way. I have tasted the sweetest victory. I have fallen on my face. But you better believe that I’m still in the race. And I’ve just hit my stride this ride ain’t over yet. My heart is racing to see what’s waiting up ahead. To make my mark, I’m just getting started.” — From “Just Getting Started” by Pauline Reese
dove into the business side,” Reese said. She was “all about PR and marketing” and on occasion Reese even pretended to be her own agent so she could handle the bookings herself. “I basically took myself to school. I don’t think you can go to college and learned what I learned on the road.” Reese’s determination and hard work paid off. She started racking up awards and nominations at the Texas Music Awards, and last year, she won Entertainer of the Year for exemplifying the true spirit of Texas and the music of Texas – the first female to win in the show’s history. “Texas is a huge state and there’s a lot of musicians,” Reese said. To have earned “the respect of her peers and people in the industry” is a “big, big deal,” she said. “[It’s] the highest,” Reese said. Reese, who is currently negotiating with new management, has had success in Europe and anticipates a
national tour within the next year. Her new single, Front Porch Sunday, is doing well on the Texas Regional Radio Report and on the Texas Music Chart. “I want longevity,” she said. “There are still people out there who don’t know my music. I’m determined to make sure everyone has heard it.” Reese juggles the responsibility of family along side her career. Her two daughters are not quite 3 years old and 10 months old, and her husband, Bill Herbert, a PRCA rodeo champion, also spends considerable time on the road. “He’s a great husband and a wonderful father. He understands my business.” “He’s No. 1 right now in 3 circuits. He’s doing really well, so he’s extremely busy,” Reese said. “We make family time, and we just make it work with our schedule.” “There are times when it’s tougher than I’d like it to be, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world because I wanted a fam-
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ily. I always wanted a family,” said Reese, who said she understands why some women opt for a more predictable 9to-5 job. But she’s committed to the demands of both her family and career, combining both whenever possible. Reese will be singing the National Anthem on horseback at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo on Sunday, Aug. 21. “Then my husband rides, and then the next day I’ll perform with the band,” she said.
Reese said she’s built a strong fan base from performing at events such as the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo. “I like playing to all ages, and that’s who’s there – everybody!” “I have a great live band,” Reese said. Reese’s band members are Matt Danko on drums, Scott Henning on lead guitar, Michael Davids on keyboards and Vance Hazen on upright and electric bass. “We try to put on the best show possible, and it’s a really high energy, fun time.”
Music lineup features nine nights of top entertainers There’s going to be nine nights of great Texas music on two stages at the North Texas State Fair. Here’s the lineup of entertainment sure to light up the Budweiser Stage: Aug. 19 — Casey Donahew Band The Casey Donahew Band’s latest release, Movin’ On, debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard top country albums chart and sold over 14,000 copies in five months. Texas Music Magazine
described it as “a vibrant collection matching eternally restless anthems against engaging narratives, [it] rattles and rolls and rumbles like a youthful Robert Earl Keen fronting Reckless Kelly.” The band has played sell-out performances at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, and at the 12,000-seat Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie. But for all of the achievements and accolades, Donahew calls himself “a normal guy.” He grew up
in Fort Worth, was active in rodeo and discovered his love of music about the time he got his driver’s license. He became familiar with Red Dirt music listening to the radio, and started writing his own songs about heartbreak and music that rocked out. His then girlfriend, now wife Melinda became his manager and booked him in every possible venue, creating a grassroots following that
continues today. The band is now represented by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and it has released four albums in five years on its own Almost Country label. Donahew is backed by ace players J.J. Soto (lead guitar), TAZ (drums), Steve Stone (bass), Josh Moore (fiddle), and A.C. Copeland (keys), with Donahew covering acoustic, electric, and vocals.
Aug. 20 — Jack Ingram Jack Ingram has some big-time awards to his credit. He won the 2007 Country Music Television Music Award for Wide Open Country Video of the Year and the 2008 CMT award for Top New Male Vocalist. In 2008 he was nominated for another Wide Open Country Video of the Year and last year he was nominated for the Academy of Country Music’s Vocal Event of the Year for the song, “Seeing Stars,” with Patty Griffin. The 40-year-old American Texas Country artist has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and 18 singles. His first U.S. country Top 40 hit came in late 2005 with the release of his single, “Wherever You Are.” It hit number one on the Billboard country charts and was also his first release for independent record label Big Machine Records, and six more of his songs have hit the country Top 40 since. He’s even set the Guinness World Record for the most radio interviews in one day, when he
was interviewed 215 times on Aug. 26, 2010. His latest release is Big Dreams & High Hopes, now available on iTunes. Aug. 21 — Emilio Navaira San Antonio native Emilio Navaira has been a strong force in the Tejano music scene for over 10 years. He won Album of the Year (Progressive in 1993), Video of the Year in 1995, Tejano of the Year in 1996 and Humanitarian of the Year in 1998 as host of the Emilio Navaira "Tejanos for Children" Foundation benefiting the Santa Rosa Children's Hospital and the Children's Miracle Network. He began singing with his family at an early age, attended Southwest Texas State University on scholarship as a music major and returned to his Tejano roots to sing with David Lee Garza y Los Musicales. He formed his own band with his brother Raul, and their first record was nominated for a Grammy. Several of his 12 albums on the Capitol/EMI label
turned gold and platinum. His CD, Acuerdate, won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album and was also nominated for the 2003 Latin Grammy for Best Tejano Album. Pauline Reese — Aug. 22 Pauline Reese knew she wanted to be a singer from the time she was in fourth grade when she received a standing ovation for singing “America the Beautiful.” From then on, she was hooked. The Marble Falls-based altcountry singer has gone on to become the first woman to win Texas Music Awards’ Entertainer of the Year in 2010 and she also won the Texas Music Award for Best Album of the Year for “Too Texas” in 2007. Willie Nelson, who joined her for a duet on “Pick up the Pieces” from her album, “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” calls Reese “my favorite female artist.” Her sixth studio release and most recent album, “Just Getting Started,” on the Porch Music Group label, came out in October of last
year and is available on Amazon, iTunes and CD Baby and through her website. Reese has performed at four of Nelson’s Fourth of July picnics and two Farm Aid concerts, has appeared on a Merle Haggard music video, and she’s toured with such notable Texas musicians as Cory Morrow, Jack Ingram, Kevin Fowler and the band, Green. She performs over 150 dates a year, backed by her touring band that includes Scott Henning (lead guitar/vocals), Michael Davids (keyboard) and Matt Danko (drums). You can bet Reese will perform songs from her new album, some of her earlier material as well as a few covers – with her special twist. Aug. 23 — Dale Watson This fiercely independent alt-country singer based in Austin is a advocate of old-style honky-tonk and Bakersfield country music. See MUSIC on Page 14
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9:00 am – Jackpot Jr. Heifer Showmanship – First State Bank Livestock Pavilion 10:00 am – Open Range Cowboy Church – West Porch of Fair Hall 10:00 am – Junior TCCA Heifer Show – First State Bank Livestock Pavilion 1:00 pm - Gates & Carnival Opens 1:00 - 6:00 pm – Afternoon Arm Band honored for the Carnival 1:00 pm – Denton Record Chronicle Photography Exhibition - Fair Hall 1:00 pm – Commercial Exhibit Building Opens 2:00 pm – BBQ Winners Announced – Fair Hall 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, & 8:00 pm – Peterbilt Kid’s Tractor Pull – DATCU Kid Zone 3:00, 6:00, & 7:30 pm – Spirit of the Horse – First United Bank Fun Zone 3:00 pm – Little Mister and Miss NTSF Pageants - Fair Hall 3:30, 5:00, & 8:00 pm – CoServ presents Great White Shark Experience – First United Bank Fun Zone 6:00 pm – Matt Wayne, Barrett Turner & Mike Ryan on “Bud Light Stage” 7:00 pm - Close – Evening Arm Band honored for Carnival 7:30 pm – PRCA Rodeo – Miller Lite Rodeo Arena 7:30 pm – Northstar Rodeo Queen Coronation – Miller Lite Rodeo Arena 9:30 pm – Emilio Navaira on “Budweiser Stage” 10:30 pm – Commercial Exhibit Building Closes 11:00 pm – Gates & Carnival Closes
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He coined the term "Ameripolitan" to refer to a new genre of original music that has a prominent American roots influence. He’s a favorite of both music critics and alt-country fans, and has a large fan base in Europe, where he tours annually. He spent time in the midst of California’s alt-country scene before moving to Nashville to experience commercial country music, but eventually made Austin his home. Watson is a member of the Austin Music Hall of Fame and performs regularly at Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon and on Monday nights at The Continental Club in Austin. He is also a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry. He continues to record, and his most recent releases are “The Little Darlin' Sessions” and “The Truckin' Sessions, Vol. 2,” which won Best Country Album at the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards.
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Aug. 24 — Cody Canada and The Departed First Cody Canada made it big with as the former lead singer of Cross Canadian Ragweed, a red dirt rock and roll band with nine albums, four of which charted on Billboard’s Top Country Albums list. To fans’ dismay, the band stopped touring last year, but it didn’t take long for Cody Canada to resurface. Now there’s Cody Canada and The Departed, a group of friends and musicians who all came from other bands to form a new group, including Seth James on guitar, Jeremy Plato on bass, Steve Littleton on the Hammond B3 organ and keyboards and David Bowen on drums. The band’s debut album was released in June, Cody Canada and The Departed have been on tour since the album’s release, so these new tunes will have spit and polish on them by the time the band lands in Denton. Aug. 25 — Josh Abbott Band Josh Abbott was studying communications at Texas Tech
in 2004 when he started to hang out at the Blue Light, a downtown Lubbock club that gave Cross Canadian Ragweed and Ryan Bingham their starts. Abbott soon realized his own songwriting talents. He formed his first band with some guys from his fraternity, and they began performing at other local bars. It wasn’t long before the Josh Abbott Band met his first taste of success with “Taste” — one of the band’s first songs to become a hit after receiving local radio airplay. Abbott dropped out of school, reorganized his band with a new lineup: James Hertless, Caleb Keeter, Edward Villanueva and Preston Wait. The band recorded its 13-song debut album, Scapegoat, in 2009. Hot on the heels of its success, the band recorded another on its independent label last year. Aug. 26 — Randy Rogers Turn up the volume and get ready to get rowdy. The Texasbased Randy Rogers Band kicks you-know-what on every stage with a good ballad thrown in every now and again for good measure, whether its opening for Willie Nelson, Gary Allan or The Eagles or rocking with television spots — on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno or the Late Show With David Letterman. Rolling Stone magazine listed the band in its summer of 2007 list of Top 10 Must-See Artists. The red-dirt band’s latest release, Burning the Day, is the creative collaboration of its five longtime members: Brady Black (fiddle, harmony vocals), Geoffrey Hill (electric guitar, harmony vocals), Les Lawless (drums), Jon "Chops" Richardson (bass, vocals) and Randy Rogers (guitar, lead vocals). Their two previous albums previewed at No. 1 on the iTunes Country Chart and landed in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums Chart. They’ve earned two American Country Music nominations for Vocal Group of the Year and Playboy magazine named its self-titled studio album best country album of the year. Aug. 27 — Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence began playing honky-tonks, bars and
jamborees when he was a teenager in Arkansas, but his career took off in 1991 when he landed a recording contract with Atlantic Records only months after arriving in Nashville. His first album, Sticks and Stones, soon followed and went straight to the top of the charts with three No. 1 hits, and it eventually went platinum. He’s since had another platinum record, two double-platinums and a gold, created a music publishing company and produced other artists’ albums, and in 2006, he created his own label, Rocky Comfort Records (RCR). Lawrence’s awards include being named Billboard’s Top New Male Vocalist, the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Male Vocalist, the Country Weekly Golden Pick Awards’ Video Artist of the Year and its Editor’s Choice Platinum Pick crown. Last June, he released “The Singer.” Bud Light Stage On the Bud Light Stage, check out The Brison Bursey Band on Aug. 19; an acoustic set with Ben Smith, Cody Chance and Matthew Slovacek at 6 p.m. on Aug. 20; Kyle Park
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Shopping, Services are big draw for fairgoers By Ellen Ritscher Sackett For many visitors to the North Texas State Fair, it’s all about the shopping. Fancy Western bling, handcrafted leather cowboy hats and belts, designer sunglasses, tasty dried fruits and nuts, Beth Marie’s ice cream, scented candles and perfume are just some of the many items that can be purchased from more than 50 exhibitors who come from all over the region to sell their wares — including some merchandise that can’t be found just anywhere. While some booths are outside, most
are set up inside the air-conditioned Exhibit Building, which provides a comfortable respite from the late August temps. Featherama For Tammy Galvan and her husband Rafael Perez, the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo is all about the feathers. The owners of Featherama will spend most of their time installing feather hair extensions and selling feather clips and feather earrings at their booth located inside the Exhibit Building. Galvan, a hair stylist from
Amici Hair Salon, said she started installing the hair feathers “a couple of months ago” out of her shop. After a customer first mentioned it to her, she and Perez started looking into the prospect of creating a business. “It’s a pretty hot trend,” said Perez, who handles the ordering, researching and marketing. Celebrities, such as actress Hilary Duff and singer Miley Cyrus have helped draw attention to feathers as a hair accessory. See SHOPPING on Page 20
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By Ilea Milare Self titled the “Dr. Drew” of horse guidance, Robert M. Liner, a renowned horse trainer and North Texas State Fair and Rodeo veteran has been working with “un-trainable and undesirable” horses for many years. His demonstration Spirit of the Horse, sponsored by Darr/GCB, at the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo is highly successful, and draws in huge crowds curious about his exhibit. “What I want to do is expose to the public a different way of working with horses,” Robert Liner said in a telephone interview. Primarily using female assistants in his show, Robert Liner is far from what one would classify as conventional. “I want to encourage girls that they can do things with horses that men say they can’t,” Robert Liner said. Another distinguishing factor about Robert Liner is he deliberately chooses to work with the type of horse that is written off and labeled untrainable. “Give me the horses that nobody wants,” he said “and I’ll see if I can turn them into something where the emphasis isn’t necessarily on showing them or competing.” His special technique displayed in his show makes Spirit of the Horse unique. Instead of training, the horse trainer prefers to label his style as “guiding” and allows the horse to dictate how it wants to be handled. “What you’re watching is the same thing you’d be watching if you came up to my ranch in Collinsville, where I train the horses,” Robert Liner said. “Except, here, I‘m talking about it. I use the same methods every single day.” Gaining international attention, he had the opportunity to work with two “scrappy gals” from England. They traveled to Texas to train with him at his ranch in Collinsville last year. They were inspired by Lonesome Dove and rode
horses from Texas to Montana, Robert Liner said. In addition to Spirit of the Horse, a brand new exhibit sponsored by CoServ Electric, The Live Shark Encounter, travels to Denton. The theme song to “Jaws” suddenly blares from the speakers and smoke begins to billow from under the stage. Anticipation builds as a huge tank begins to ascend. Inside the 7,000-gallon tank, rows and rows of sharp teeth flash as several species of sharks circle, mere yards from the crowd. As the music slowly dies, a man in a diving suit appears and then begins to enter the tank full of sharks. The only traveling shark show in America, the Live Shark Encounter seeks to educate its audience about sharks and fight the stigma people place on sharks. The always-popular Kid’s Tractor Pull returns to the fair for its second year running. Sponsored by Peterbilt Motors Company, the tractor pull incorporates learning with play. “Our show has educational components,” said Alan Bruess, a representative of the tractor
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Shopping “This summer it has really sky-rocked,” Galvan said. Galvan and Perez mainly sell raw feathers from ostriches, roosters, pheasants, chickens and grizzlies. They can be washed, ironed and curled. The natural grizzlies, which are white with black stripes, are “the most popular,” Galvan said. Grizzly feathers also come dyed, as do the other solid color feathers. “The most popular colors are purple, pink and teal,” Galvan said. Featherama also carries brown, red, orange, lime green, yellow and a few blacks. Some feathers come split into two, thinner pieces. Installation is quick and easy. “The process is beading and crimping,” Perez said. “It takes a minute or two,” Galvan said. “It takes longer for a person to pick their feathers out than it does for me to install it.” “We are also going to have anywhere from two to three feathers in a group attached to a clip for those who do not want them beaded in.” Feathers installed with a bead are $10 each, cash only, tax included. Earrings are $7 a pair, and feather clips, which have three feathers per clip, will be $30. The feathers are popular with girls and women of all ages. “There is not one age group,” Galvan said. “I’m putting them in little girls’ hair, say, anywhere from 8 years up to 60 and 70 year olds. Some go for the natural, while others prefer the bright colors. “There’s a mixed group there.” Feathers are not for girls only. In fact, celebrity Steven Tyler, the front man for the rock and roll band Aerosmith, sported this latest hair trend during his appearances as judge on television’s American Idol last season. “We welcome anyone who wants a feather,” Galvan said. Whitson’s Chili Products For Sarah Whitson Bourbon, it’s all about the
chili. Actually, it’s all about the chili-seasoning. Bourbon owns and operates Whitson’s Chili Products based in Terilingua, Texas, a town that’s famous for its annual chili championship cookoffs. But the company’s original Moist Chili Seasoning recipe was created by Bourbon’s father’s father, Warren P. Whitson Sr., at his store right here in Denton, back in 1932. According to Bourbon, her grandfather and his three sons grew the business over the course of decades into Whitson Food Products with seven factories in five states. The company shut down during World War II when all three sons joined the Army Air Corp. The company was later sold and went out of business in 1970. Until 2004. That’s the year Bourbon decided to start up the family business again. Her father and uncles were enthusiastic. “I spent a long time picking their brains,” Bourbon said. “Moist Chili Seasoning is the only product originally made by the company. Everyone in the family kept getting requests. There were still people who remembered it, wanted it and asked for it,” Bourbon said. The original recipe had “a lot more salt in it,” Bourbon said. “I reduced the salt, and that’s really all.” An all-natural preservative has also been added. This pre-cooked blend of chile peppers and spices can be added to cooked meat to make a pot of chili that’s ready to eat in 15 minutes. Whitson’s bestseller, according to Bourbon, is its spicy Terilingua Sweet Hots pickles, made with candied crinkle-cut cucumber pickles, seasoned with jalapenos garlic and a blend of spices. This is Bourbon’s own recipe, and it comes packaged in 16-ounce jars or by the gallon. This product won a first-place trophy and a second-place ribbon at the 2011 Fiery Food Challenge in Arlington. Whitson’s Candied Heat jalapenos won the trophy in 2009. Whitson’s Chili Products also carries a glutenfree spicy honey mustard salad
dressing and marinade, called Whitson’s Bee Stings, which took third place in this year’s contest Whitson’s products are sold in many stores throughout Texas, including Central Market, and the company is expanded to other states, including Colorado and Maryland and the West Coast. The company also exports to Norway. Whitson’s products will be offered as samples at booth No. 41 inside the Exhibit Building. “I’ve got good products,” Bourbon said. “They sell themselves once you get people to taste them.” Services A number of nonprofit organizations and business vendors will provide information about their services to fairgoers. The North Texas State Fair offers them high visibility to the thousands of people who pass by their booths over the course of nine days. For the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 920 Denton, it’s all about the raffle. “It’s one of our biggest fundraisers,” said retired Air
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The fair offers a variety of western items for sale. Force master sergeant André “Frenchy” Rheault, a lifetime member of the local chapter. Raffle tickets are $10 each, and the lucky winner will take home a shotgun and gun safe, valued at $3,000. “We are a very active organization,” said Dennis Boots, a charter member of the organization who is currently on its board of directors. “The proceeds go to support our various projects throughout the year.” The chapter has approximately 150 members, and over half are lifetime members. “We are there to support the troops,” Boots said. The group sends packages overseas to the National Guard, helps mem-
bers’ families in need, marches in parades, maintains a fleet of military vehicles, contributes bicycles to Cumberland Children’s Home and offers its uniformed honor guard for funerals of fallen soldiers that includes flag folding, a gun salute and two buglers who play taps. Those who want more information can pick up business cards and brochures at the booth or talk to one of the organization’s members. Stop by after 10 p.m. on any night, and you may get to speak with Frenchy himself. The raffle drawing will take place at 11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, at the end of the fair.
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Exhibits pull event. “But mostly, it’s supposed to be fun for the kids. It’s a game for them.” An event for children ages 4 through 12, the tractor pull requires its contenders to peddle a “tractor” down a 25-foot track. The catch is the further down the track they travel, the harder it becomes to peddle because weight is added with each push. With each weight amount varying by age, not all contenders complete a “full pull or pull out” which means
they can peddle the tractor for the full 25-feet, but all are praised for their effort. “It’s a celebration of kid’s accomplishments.” Alan Bruess said. “That’s what this show is all about.” “I really enjoy the North Texas State Fair because school is startin’ and kids are coming out,”. Robert Liner said. “People who come to Texas want to see it all — the cowboys, the boots, the hats, the horses.”
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