CTR Festival Magazine 2021

OFFICIAL GUIDE June 10-12, 2021

A special production of the Lockhart Post-Register

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Schedule Overview Map What’s Cooking No Saddles Required Music Mutton Bustin’ Parade Watermelon Thump

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This informational booklet is published by the Lockhart Post-Register in cooperation with the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce and all of our sponsors and advertisers, with input from the City of Lockhart. The information provided is intended to be a broad overview of the events and activities Lockhart has to offer during the Chisholm Trail Roundup Rodeo and Music Festival.

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Welcome to Lockhart

On behalf of the citizens of Lockhart, the Lockhart City Council is proud to welcome you to the

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Schedule of events

Wednesday, June 9 6:30 a.m.-9 a.m.: Cowboy Breakfast presented by Lockhart Kiwanis Club & First Lockhart National Bank

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Thursday, June 10 BBQ & Chili Cooks begin to arrive in City Park 5 p.m.-midnight: Chisholm Trail Roundup in City Park (Carnival, Kid Zone, Rodeo, Live Music) 5 p.m.- 8 p.m.: Presentation of Watering Hole with a Sponsor Appreciation Dinner 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.: Rough Stock Rodeo with Dynamite Dames Trick Riders

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5 p.m.-midnight: Chisholm Trail Roundup in City Park (Carnival, Kid Zone, Rodeo, Live Music)

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ow in its eighth year, the CTR Rodeo continues to be a huge draw for Chisholm Trail Roundup visitors. The Lockhart Chamber, along with dozens of rodeo sponsors, is proud to partner with the Diamond Cross Rodeo Company to bring a full-scale, threenight rodeo to Lockhart.

The rodeo is hosted in connection with the rest of the CTR events at Lockhart City Park, and final preparations for the arena are underway this week. The rodeo arena will overlook the pond and parking area, in the old softball field near the

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The week kicks off on Wednesday, June 9 with the $6 cowboy chuckwagon breakfast from 6:30-9 a.m. on the Caldwell County Courthouse lawn.

Lockhart City Park opens from 5 p.m.-midnight June 10-12 as the rodeo and carnival events get underway.

Thursday, June 10 will have a different feel than previous CTR opening Thursdays. The kickoff party has been replaced by a sponsor appreciation meal hosted by Steele Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in the brandnew “watering hole,” which has replaced the VIP tent.

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access to the watering hole throughout the event, and the public may purchase day-passes to it at $10 per day.

Access grants you the ability to sit in the shade and buy beer at a reduced cost from what you would pay at the beer tent. Children are welcome in the tent until 9 p.m. each day.

The rodeo itself also kicks off on June 10 with the Rough Stock Rodeo (bull riding, saddle bronc and bareback riding) and live music from Mario Flores and the Soda Creek Band, who will take the stage at 9:30.

The Chisholm Trail BBQ Cookoff will unofficially get underway Friday night when the

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The traditional rodeo events begin Friday night. Tickets are for sale at the gate and at www.lockhartchamber.com.

Featured all three nights are: The Dynamite Dames, a stunt horseback riding troupe The Kid Zone, complete with the Swifty Swine Pig Races, Davenport Farms Petting Zoo, a dunking booth and milking demon-

strations by the Southwest Dairy Association The fan-favorite mutton-bustin’ event The stick horse parade, featuring horses designed and constructed by Haden herself, will be Saturday night at 7:15. Stick horse sales will help support the Gaslight-Baker Theatre summer program.

About 450 horses and unicorns will be for sale this year.

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the rodeo arena all three nights as well as at the cowboy breakfast.

Giovannie & the Hired Guns will be the featured musical act on Saturday night.

Wristbands are being presold for $15 for all three nights. If tickets are purchased at the gate, they’re $15 per night per person.

Wristbands may be purchased through the little miss and queen candidates as well as at the Chamber office.

Prior to each night’s rodeo, a “Stick Horse Parade” will take place, inviting children of all ages to take a turn in the rodeo arena on stick horses.

Proceeds from sales of stick horses will benefit the Gaslight-Baker Theatre’s summer reading program. For information on the Stick Horse Parade, contact the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce at (512) 398-2818.

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It’s not just the rodeo competitors who are in it to win it at Chisholm Trail Roundup.

CTR’s Saturday slate of activities also includes the Barbecue Capital of Texas Championship cookoff. Cooks set up shop at city park, with many of them lending a personal touch to their sites, with some regulars even setting up pop-up bars.

Prizes will be awarded in brisket, pork ribs and chicken, as well as in beans and chili, with the winners receiving their prizes late Saturday afternoon.

See the full judging schedule in our Schedule of Events, pages 4-5.

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No saddles required T he presence of colorful hobbyhorses appears to be one Chisholm Trail Roundup tradition that is sticking around.

The horses are the invention of longtime rodeo supporter Linda Haden, who used to be an avid competitor as a kid, along with her husband, Caldwell County Judge Hoppy Haden.

Haden’s stick horses have been a big hit with the kids since she first began selling them ahead of the 2016 CTR event.

Now in its fourth year, the tradition continues at the June 10-12 rodeo, with the $15 horses for sale at Printing Solutions, Wendy R Gifts and at the rodeo arena.

Each year, all proceeds from hobbyhorse sales support a different local cause.

This year, the stick horses will create a stable source of funding for the Gas-

light-Baker Theatre’s summer program.

“I try to pick a different charity every year,” Haden said.

The horses’ popularity was a bit of a surprise to Haden, who donated the proceeds to Caldwell County flood relief the first year.

“It took off all on its own,” she said. “A Blanco County donor matched the money we raised that first year, and so the $4,000 we made really became $8,000.”

Haden made all of the horses by hand herself the first two years, but beginning in 2018 she got some help from Chase Lore at Capital Farm Credit.

Kids who find themselves in possession of one of the unique toys get an opportunity to horse around at the Chisholm Trail Roundup. Prior to the last day’s events, children get to participate in the hobbyhorse race.

Beginning in 2019, the hobbyhorses began to include unicorns.

But horn or not, one thing remains consistent.

“Every horse is unique,” Haden said.

“You won’t find any two that are alike.”

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Giovannie & The Hired Guns take spotlight Giovannie & The Hired Guns is this year’s featured musical act at Chisholm Trail Roundup & Rodeo, taking the stage at Lockhart City Park Saturday night.

This year’s headliner will take the stage after Carson Jeffery, who goes on at 9:30 p.m.

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At a very early age Carson discovered artists such as Cross Canadian Ragweed, Ryan Bingham, and Chris Knight. He grew up in the ranching and western way of life, spending a lot of time at his family’s ranch in Dryden, Texas, as well as his hometown of Cat Spring, Texas. Most every weekend was spent going down the highway to another rodeo to another town. With the highway as his guide, he picked up a guitar and started writing songs in his high school years. It wasn’t until college that he began to play acoustic shows and realized that people actually listened to his songs. In the summer of 2019, Carson recorded his debut album “Muchos Sonidos,”and formed a band to start trying to make his mark in the Texas Music Scene.

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Some of the rodeo’s biggest stars aren’t even tall enough to ride the biggest rides at the carnival.

Children on each night of the rodeo will be invited to participate in the time-honored tradition of Mutton Bustin’, with all safety gear being provided by Diamond Cross. Two champions are crowned each night.

Mutton busters should between 4-8 years by June 10, 2020, and weigh less than 60 pounds, and registration is available online at www.chisholmtrailroundup.com.

At this time, all Mutton Bustin’ slots are full, but you can sign your child up to join the alternates list. Please note, joining the alternates list does not guarantee a ride.

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Downtown Luling puts on its festival hat as seed spitters, melon eaters and fun seekers of all ages gather to celebrate the delicious, nutritious, and auspicious watermelon.

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A giant watermelon auction, Coronation of the Queen, Arts Fair, golf tourney, 5k run, street performers, music galore and lots of fun folks all can be found at the Thump.

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The Thump got its start in 1954 when community leaders wanted a venue to honor the local agricultural producers, namely tomatoes and watermelons at that time, and went to the Elementary school with a contest to name the event. The Watermelon Thump came out as the winner and folks have been thumping in Luling ever since.

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