Rodeo Personnel

• announcer •

Will Rasmussen: A smooth, easy-listening voice, a vast knowledge of rodeo and a style that is both entertaining and informative are the mix of elements that make Will Rasmussen one of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s most popular rodeo announcers. With more than two decades of experience in the industry, he is a veteran rodeo announcer who, since advancing to the PRCA ranks in 1994, has shared his style of announcing with rodeo fans in Montana and across the United States.

Bennie Beutler was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., in July of 2010. The famed stock contractor from Elk City, Okla., is the third generation of Beutlers to be in the stock • stock contractor • • stock contractor • contracting business. Beutler and his son Rhett make up the Beutler and Son Rodeo Co., which provides bucking horses and bulls for rodeos across the nation. The company has had animals selected to buck at pro rodeo’s world championship, the Wrangler National

Finals Rodeo, for nearly every year of its six decades of existence.

• sound •

Jill’s Sound: Jill Franzen is a professional sound and music technician who has been doing rodeo sound and music for thirteen years. In those years, she’s provided sound for various rodeos around the country. Her personality coupled with her perfectionism makes her a big hit at any rodeo. Jill is very easy to work with and is successful at making any rodeo a sensation!