The 100^th anniversary of the Pendleton Round-Up will kick-off with a New Year’s eve celebration on December 31^st, 2009.  The “Let’er Buck Ball” is planned as the initial kick-off event for the 2010 rodeo, to be held September 15^th through the 18^th.

The 21-and-over event, taking place at the Hamley and Co. facility in downtown Pendleton, will feature celebrities, dignitaries, public officials, and cowboys and cowgirls from around the northwest, along with multiple entertainment options through the evening as well as a live and silent auction. Dowload auction information here!

Hawkins says guests are encouraged to wear their favorite rodeo regalia from the past hundred years.  The evening will include live entertainment, food by Hamley Steakhouse, and a live and silent auction for one of a kind Pendleton Round-Up memorabilia.  Auction items will include the first of 100 bronzes titled “Let’er Buck” by Austin Barton, the first of 100 numbered Pendleton Round-Up Centennial blankets by Pendleton Woolen Mills, custom Justin Boots, centennial rodeo contestant numbers, and many other items.

Tickets to the event are $150 and can be purchased at The Pendleton Round-Up Office or by calling 1-800-45-RODEO; Hamley and Co or on their website at http://www.hamleyco.com/webstore.  Proceeds from the Let’er Buck Ball will go toward the Pendleton Round-Up Centennial Plaza project.

For more information please visit www.leterbuckball.com.