The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo begins tonight, the first of twenty consecutive days of excitement pitting man against farm animal -- and bringing some of the best in concert entertainment to Houston.

That distinct farm animal smell, the click-click of spurs and signs advertising every food imaginable "on a stick" have returned to Reliant Park.

That's right — it's rodeo time.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo kicks off today, bringing thousands of youth livestock raisers to Reliant Park.

This year's 75th anniversary edition also features a new rodeo scoring system with more prize money, a different entertainer every night of the 20-day event, and a carnival with hair-raising rides and heaps of fried food.

It's a diamond anniversary organizers promise you won't want to miss.

"This is going to be a fun year," said Leroy Shafer, the show's chief operating officer.

Seriously, the rodeo is one of the best entertainment values I've ever encountered -- tickets for tonight's competition and the post-rodeo concert by George Strait could be had for a face value of under $20.00. Try getting into any concert by a top-name star for that price anywhere else. And its good to know that the money made at the rodeo goes for scholarships for Texas students.

Cowboy up!

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