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Michael D. Chason
Director of Public Relations
ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway
Tifton, GA 31793-2601

Phone 229-391-5055
Fax 229-391-5056
mchason@abac.edu

 

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IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MARCH 5, 2007

 

ABAC TO HOST PEACH STATE STAMPEDE RODEO MARCH 30 - 31

TIFTON--The 14th Annual Peach State Stampede will be held March 30 - 31 at the ABAC Rodeo Arena on the campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College as part of this year’s Homecoming festivities.  Gates open at 6:30 p.m. each night, and the rodeo begins at 8 p.m.  The Stampede is sponsored by the ABAC Rodeo Club and Dodge Trucks.

Members of the Professional Cowboys Association will compete in a number of events including bareback bronco riding, saddle bronco riding, team roping, calf roping, bull riding, steer wrestling, and barrel racing. This is a United States Cowboy Tour sanctioned event.

General admission to the Stampede is $8 for adults and $5 for children ages 6 – 12.   It is $5 for ABAC faculty and staff, and free to ABAC students with I.D. and children 6 years of age and under. 

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