:55:07
Busted?
:55:11
Opportunity of a lifetime.
:55:15
Come on, girls.
:55:16
All bronc riders report...
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Acuff, Terwiliger,
Carson, and Bonner.
:55:26
Damn it.
:55:29
Well, if it isn't
Junior Bonner.
:55:33
Hey, folks,
this is Junior Bonner.
:55:37
Burt Hunsacker.
:55:39
You remember me.
:55:42
Six years ago,
a little place in Nogales.
:55:45
Right after the Tuscon show?
:55:47
Six years is a long time.
:55:49
But you're sure
lookin' good, Burt.
:56:04
Here's your grand entry...
:56:05
for this, the 84th annual
Frontier Days Rodeo...
:56:08
the oldest professional rodeo
in America.
:56:11
It was on July 4th, 1888...
:56:13
that cowboys
from the surrounding ranches...
:56:15
first gave as an entertainment
to the people of Prescott...
:56:17
an exhibition
of ranch activities...
:56:19
and cowboy sports...
:56:22
Hi, J.R.
:56:27
The Prescott Frontier Days
celebration...
:56:29
is the original cowboy rodeo
in America...
:56:32
and in the years since,
it has continued to be...
:56:34
one of the most honored and
well-known rodeos in America.
:56:38
Hey, Bill, let me have
that rope, will ya?
:56:46
I should mention here
that if any of you...
:56:48
were at the big parade
downtown earlier this morning...
:56:50
and are wondering if that fella
in the blue shirt...
:56:52
on the Roan horse
is gonna compete today...
:56:54
I can tell you he will.
:56:56
Ace Bonner will be a contestant
in today's rodeo.
:56:58
He's been a part of the rodeo
for 42 years.