African American Cowboys Saddle Up
The 21st annual Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Finals and Rodeo for Kidz Sake is the only black touring show in the United States, visiting 11 cities across the nation, including Atlanta, San Diego and Denver.
The rodeo is named after Bill Pickett, an African-American cowboy who invented “bull doggin’,” a move in which Pickett rode alongside a steer, jumped onto its shoulders and brought it down by digging his feet into the ground. The move is still prominent today in the form of steer wrestling.
The rodeo will ride into the predominantly African-American community of Upper Marlboro, a suburb of Washington, for the sixth year in a row on September 22-23,2006 at The Show Place Arena and Prince George’s Equestrian Center at 14900 Pennsylvania Ave. in Upper Marlboro.
For information about the rodeo or Bill Pickett, go to billpickettrodeo.com. For tickets, call 301-343-7577.
