2017 Texas Longhorn Weekend leather goods, paintings, gift baskets, and more. Thank you to those who donated; In-N-Out Burger, Stockyards Champion Rodeo & Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show, Keith & Tina Dubose, NASA Project, Ms. Becky’s Holiday, TLBAA and Kathy Kittler. Following the dinner and auction all in attendance enjoyed the Year End Awards & Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where we honored and recognized our award winners for their achievements within the Longhorn industry (see pg. 30 for honorees). It was a lovely evening with good food, great Ken Hubbell, Mark Hubbell, Andy Mast, Terry Adcock, Kurt Twining. entertainment, and the best company. Saturday was sale day and time for lucky bidders to take home some outstanding consignments to add to their program! The Eddie Wood Cowtown Classic Sale always draws a crowd and this year was no exception. Co-chairs Keith DuBose and Russell E. Fairchild put together a nice set of consignments and the sale boasted an average of $3,850 per head with all 66 lots selling! See pg. 35 for a full sale recap. On Sunday, the youth of the Texas Longhorn Breeders of Tomorrow held their membership meeting as well as the World Show Committee. It was a great day to take in some of the other Stock Show activities before the Longhorn Shows Monday and Tuesday. We are thrilled to report that this year we received a record number of entries in the Longhorn shows. Our total number of entries was up 177% from 2016, from 240 to 425 entries!! The youth show on Monday and open show on Tuesday drew a great crowd of spectators visiting the Stock Show with lots of folks stopping in to watch some of the show. The cattle barns received a lot of traffic from folks wanting an up-close look at the Longhorns, and this year one of those folks was none other than Mark Zuckerburg, co-founder of Facebook. ZuckBruce Harris, erburg stopped in the barn, visited with Kristin Jaworski of the Fort Frank Peterman & Keith DuBose Worth Herd and took time to pet one of the newborn Texas Longhorn calves all with the media capturing every moment and broadcasting it nationally. Zuckerburg even took to Facebook posting a photo with him and the calf. If you missed Longhorn Weekend this year or have never joined us for this annual event, start making plans for next year. It is a great time for fellowship and fun. We’re looking forward to seeing you in January 2018! Teresa & Brett Krause Photo by
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The newborn calves were a big draw in the barns.
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price brought Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerburg on a tour of the Longhorn barn. The Longhorn show set a record for number of entries this year.
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