Mutton Bustin on Western Festival to be next weekend

Mutton bustin performance will mark kick off of Western Festival. The festival will be held next weekend on June 12, 13 and 14.

The events will kick off Friday evening with a performance by World Champion trick roper Joan Wells. Following her performance will be the first of two days of Mutton Bustin’ before the Extreme Bull Blowout.

“We are doing mutton bustin’ both days because it was such a big hit,” said Lindsay Baines, Main Street interim director.

Following the bull riding competition, LoCash Cowboys will take the stage to perform the evening’s concert.

“We are so lucky to have them performing for us,” Baines said.
Immediately after performing in El Dorado, they are headed to Nashville for the Country Music Association Awards.

“They are playing in the CMA Festival and have been on the CMA’s Top 10 ballot for Duo of the Year the last two out of three years,” she said. “They are very talented guys and it will not be your average country concert.”

Their music is a combination of country and rock-n-roll.

Then events pick back up Saturday at the Civic Center and Butler County History Center.

A free chuckwagon breakfast will begin at 10 a.m. outside the Civic Center and continue until they run out of food.

The Heritage Events will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and include such things as a fast draw competition, lil’ cowpoke roping and Western art and other items.

There also will be entertainment throughout that time, including performances by Jena Wedman, The Beasley Boys and a Navajo Spirit dancer.

Other events will be held at the History Center’s Cowboys, Crops & Combines events. They will have kid’s rope making, a tractor and engine show, Bluestem Vintage Car Club Show, Kansas Pigeon Club Show and kid’s barrel train rides, pony rides and a kiddie tractor pull, among other activities. The Dutch Oven Cook-off also will be held at the History Center.

“We’re just excited to be able to join an existing festival and enhance that with more of our agriculture focus down here,” said Teresa Bachman, History Center director.

“We’re going to open our north gate and people will just be able to walk right down here from the Civic Center,” she continued. “We have lots of shade and green grass.”

Their events will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the center being open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Then Saturday evening, things will heat back up with another performance by Wells, more mutton bustin’ and another Extreme Bull Blowout.

Following the bull ride, will be the big dance with Trent Crisswell On Tap performing.

The Frontier Western Saloon also will open at 5 Friday and Saturday nights. Beer will be sold until the end of the activities those evenings.

Then things will continue Sunday morning with cowboy church held at 9 a.m. in the arena. At 10:30 a.m., Wild Wiley’s Trail Ride will be held at the new horse arena at the El Dorado Lake and State Park. Barrel racing will follow the trail ride at the lake.

A $4 button gives people access to everything except the bull rides, which also require a $10 ticket for adults for one day or a $16 two-day ticket. Children 5 to 12 are $5 and children under 5 are admitted free.

source:eldoradotimes.com

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