Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfa.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!ptsfa!rob
From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Texas Gay Rodeo
Message-ID: <333@ptsfa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 16:52:32 EST
Article-I.D.: ptsfa.333
Posted: Thu Oct 25 16:52:32 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Oct-84 07:04:24 EST
Distribution: net
Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco
Lines: 48

Some of you have requested info on the upcoming Texas Gay Rodeo
which I mentioned in earlier news in net.motss. Here is what I
know:

This is the first rodeo to be put on by the 1 year old (I think)
Texas Gay Rodeo Association.

Place: Round-up Rodeo Grounds in Simonton, Texas, (a suburb of Houston)
       The grounds are very nice, I hear.

When:  Friday, November 2nd through Sunday, November 4.

Schedule of events (as best as I can recall off hand):
	Friday	6pm - barbeque
		9pm - barn dance with live entertainment including
		      Stella Parton (Dolly's sis).

  	Saturday noon? - rodeo events
		 evening - guided tour of the Houston bars

	Sunday	1pm?	- rodeo events
		evening - rodeo awards ceremony/party/etc.


At the Reno Gay Rodeo this last July I met some nice people from that
area of the country (OK, TX, etc) who were very definitely planning on
being there, so, I think, it promises to be a fun event.

There is a travel agent who is making package deals, but they sounded
incredibly expensive: e.g.  tickets to rodeo events, shuttle bus to
Houston bars, plus three nights in a very nearby hotel ranged from
$300+ for single occupancy to $200 per person for quadruple occupancy.
What I and a friend have done is rented a car and made reservation in
a Motel 6 (which is located between Houston and Simonton), and spending
a lot less money.

I don't remember the name or number of the travel agency, HOWEVER,
the Texas Gay Rodeo Assoc. is listed with Directory Assistance in
Houston under 'TGRA'. Their office seems to be staffed many hours
of the day (I have not had trouble getting a hold of them), and they
have all the info you'll need, including the name of the travel agent.

I'd like to hear from anyone who's planning on going.
-- 


Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California
{ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!pbauae!rob