Lancer Rodeo Black Jeans and Gold Buckle Gala is huge success

By HayLeigh Fenner

EWC Student and Rodeo Team Member

On, Friday Nov. 22, the Eastern Wyoming College Lancer Rodeo team opened the doors for the 3rd annual Black Jeans & Gold Buckles Gala. The event, held at the Goshen County Fair’s Rendezvous Center, is a fundraising evening full of memories being made, live music, and auction items.

The crowd enjoyed a great meal served by the EWC Rodeo team, cooked by Reds from the Torrington Livestock Market. This year Kellen Smith and the Misfits made an appearance to put on a live show for the supporters.

The team provided many different options in the silent and live auction. This allowed for a variety of auction items which ranged from household items, to signed football helmets by elite players, tickets to Cheyenne Frontier Days, the PBR, and several hunts.

The Lancer Rodeo team worked hard to gather items to offer to the community, and it wouldn’t be possible without the support system of everyone in and around Goshen County. They had support from surrounding states as far away as North Dakota to Oklahoma.

The event gathered over 400 people in one building to enjoy the western way of life and have a great time with family and friends. The EWC Rodeo team raised over $40,000. The money raised is put towards getting the student athletes down the road. This includes things such as, travel money for fuel, hotel rooms, and meals. The fundraising goes back into this community as well.

The Rodeo Team purchases tens of thousands of pounds of feed raised and produced in Goshen County to feed practice stock. The team also uses this money to help support rental at the Goshen County Fairgrounds which exceeds $40,000 annually.

EWC Rodeo Team would like to thank everyone who has supported them.