Range Days Rodeo

I was ecstatic to spend time at my second hometown rodeo in Rapid City at the Range Days Rodeo. I had the opportunity to attend the Miss and Jr. Miss Range Days Rodeo Queen pageant during the week where I assisted with the horsemanship and emceed the speeches and modeling portion of the contest. It was wonderful to be back home because it enabled me to visit a few of my very generous Miss Rodeo South Dakota sponsors as well.

During the rodeo, I carried the American flag and did several fundraisers. My fundraising was very successful thanks to the Range Days Queen contestants and rodeo queens, Miss Range Days Rodeo Queen, Jenna Smeenk, Jr. Miss Range Days, Bailey Blane, Miss Rodeo South Dakota Lady-In-Waiting, McKenzie Haley, and South Dakota 4-H Rodeo Queen, Kristina Maddocks as well as my entire family. Special thanks to the entire Range Days Rodeo committee for all your wonderful hospitality, Ron Jeffries, Central States Fair General Manager, and Torey Berdan, for her help and support during the rodeo.

Star of the West hat-maker Brad Montague and I

Donna Barck of Copy Country and I, Copy Country

donated a portion of my autograph sheets for the year.

Pictured with Chad Wojtalewicz from the Sewing Center.

The Sewing Center donated a sewing machine

for me to raffle off during my year as Miss Rodeo South Dakota.

Carrying the American flag

McKenzie and I with Jenna Smeenk, the new

2009 Miss Range Days Rodeo Queen