Sedro Woolley Riding & Racing Club         Pro-West Rodeo stops here July 3rd & 4th            

How it all started:  Sedro-Woolley is an active community with a wide range of events for all ages. Local events celebrate and reflect the diversity of our talents, interests and history.  July is Rodeo time, a combination of two popular events, a logger's festival and rodeo. The event began as a rodeo sponsored by our riding-and-racing club in 1948 and has grown to encompass two weeks of activities with a broad range of appeal. Included are kids' events, arts and crafts, music, dances and plenty of food and frolic. There's a foot race, street dance and barbecue, antique engine show, forest industry exhibitions, logging skills and chainsaw carving demonstrations, carnival rides, a kiddie parade, a bluegrass festival, community picnic, "Wild Women of Woolley" shows, and a great rodeo. The celebration also encompasses the Grand Parade and fireworks on the Fourth of July.

ProWest: The Professional Western Rodeo Association (PRO-WEST) is an association of professional cowboys, cowgirls and rodeo committees that sanction rodeos throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. PRO-WEST represents decades of rodeo experience, the predecessor of the present day PRO-WEST. The Washington Rodeo Association was formed by a small group of rodeo contestants and stock contractors in 1967. Today under a governing Board of Directors, PRO-WEST ranks have grown to a membership of over 700 members. Cowboys and cowgirls are competing for over $1,250,000 in prize money at 85 PRO-WEST sanctioned and co-approved rodeos in 2009!

OFFICIAL PRO-WEST WEBSITE                                    2010 PRO-WEST RODEO SCHEDULE

Professionalism: The PRO-WEST believes in our membership - in their ability as contestants, stock contractors and the different rodeo associations for their professionalism and their integrity.  The PRO-WEST expects - and enforces - high standards of conduct from its members. We believe our members are some of the world's finest athletes. PRO-WEST rodeos match these athletes against some of the best and toughest rodeo livestock in the west.  The PRO-WEST expects the same kind of professionalism from the stock as they do the members. Our association has just as many rules and regulations to protect the livestock as they do the contestants. PRO-WEST stock contractors consistently offer spectators the best rodeo livestock available.  PRO-WEST provides teams of professional judges and timers to rodeos throughout the association. Fully trained, these officials bring levels of expertise and professionalism formerly enjoyed by major team sports.

Tradition: Rodeo is a part of our western heritage. The PRO-WEST brings 33 years of experience to the production of rodeo in the Northwest. So with years of experience mixed with our American heritage we are getting the opportunity to bring to life something that could have been lost years ago.

This combination of top rodeo athletes and rank stock adds up to the unparalleled excitement of America's most dangerous and exciting sport "RODEO".