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IT IS NOW MY DISTINCT HONOR TO WELCOME TO THE STAGE TWO OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR MAYOR, MR. JOHN WHITMEYER, AND OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO, MS. PAT MANN, PHILLIPS, TEXAS.

THANK YOU DR. BOWMAN.

THANK YOU CHAIR PERSON, PAT MANN.

BUT REALLY THANK YOU TO SO MANY OTHERS.

WE MIGHT NEVER LEARN YOUR NAME, BUT WE CERTAINLY SEE YOUR WORK AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING AT YOUR CITY HALL THIS MORNING 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL.

SOMETHING WE DO ANNUALLY, BUT I'M GONNA SUGGEST IT IS GONNA BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE.

STARTING 93 YEARS AGO AS A YOUNG MAN, I WOULD GO TO THE RODEO IN THE CITY AUDITORIUM ACROSS THE STREET, , LITTLE LARGER THAN A BIG BASKETBALL ARENA.

I WOULD NAME THE ENTERTAINERS, BUT YOU WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE 'EM.

MAYBE I SEE SOME FOLKS THAT WOULD REMEMBER ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS AND I COULD GO THROUGH THE LIST, GENE AUTRY, BUT THOSE WERE GREAT DAYS THAT WE'RE STANDING ON THEIR SHOULDERS.

CERTAINLY THE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS CONTINUED THE SUCCESS OF THE RODEO.

I WAS AT THE COOKOFF LAST NIGHT, AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE HAD A BETTER TIME AND I'M INVITED TO MULTIPLE HUNDREDS OF EVENTS ACROSS THIS GREAT CITY.

AND I KNOW YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO.

WE COME TOGETHER DURING THE RODEO SEASON AND WE'RE HOUSTONIANS, WE WORK TOGETHER.

THE VOLUNTEERS, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT, YOU COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP AND WHAT WE'RE DOING, CELEBRATING OUR SUCCESS, BUT WE'RE ALSO INTRODUCING NEW HOUSTONIANS PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING HERE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

ALWAYS WONDER WHAT IT'S LIKE IF YOU FLY IN BUSH INTERNATIONAL TO ATTEND AN EVENT.

JUST TO POINT OUT, WE'VE GOT 70,000 CHEERLEADERS IN OUR CITY TODAY.

ISN'T THAT HECK OF A DEAL? THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE US CHEERLEADER CONTEST IS UP THE STREET AT THE GEORGE BROWN .

NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT OUR FRIENDS FROM UP NORTH COMING IN THE LOOP AND THEY RUN INTO OUR TRAIL RIDERS? I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THE HELL THEY THINK IS GOING ON HERE.

WHAT THEY'RE BEING INTRODUCED TO OUR GREAT CITY.

AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE.

WE'RE GONNA GET BIGGER AND BETTER.

AND WE WELCOME OUR IMMIGRANTS.

WE WELCOME HOUSTONIANS, LET'S MAKE THIS AN EVEN GREATER CITY.

AND I'VE GOT A PROCLAMATION THAT RECOGNIZES GO TEXAN DAY.

IT RECOGNIZES THE HISTORY OF THIS SUCCESS PART OF OUR CULTURE, THE CULTURE WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE BECAUSE OF YOU AND HOUSTONIANS ACROSS THIS GREAT CITY.

SO THEREFORE, AT JOHN WHITMER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 27TH, 2026 IS GO TEXAN DAY ACROSS THIS GREAT CITY.

THANK YOU.

AND ONE MORE MOMENT WHILE I'VE GOT YOUR ATTENTION.

WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE CHAIRPERSON I SPOKE TO LEADERSHIP.

YOU KNOW, VINCE, LIKE THE RODEO DON'T JUST HAPPEN.

IT'S THE SEEDS THAT WERE PLANTED YEARS AGO, THE LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP.

AND I COULD NAME OUTSTANDING FORMER CHAIRMEN, BUT TODAY WE'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE PAT MANN, THE FIRST CHAIRWOMAN WHO HAS SERVED FINISHING HER THIRD YEAR.

HER TERM IS THE CHAIRPERSON.

NOT ONLY DID IT BEGIN WITH HER BEING THE CHAIR OF THE LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS A VOLUNTEER, AS SHE IS NOW, THE JOB IS AROUND THE CLOCK.

SHE DOES IT OUT OF HER LOVE AND PASSION FOR OUR RODEO AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR.

SHE'S INCREASED THE SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN OUT ACROSS THIS GREAT REGION, NOT JUST THIS CITY.

THE COUNTY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE RODEO.

SO I COULD GO ON AND ON.

THE DIFFERENCE SHE'S MADE, AND SHE'S NOT GOING

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ANYWHERE.

SHE MAY BE FINISHING HER TERM, BUT SHE'S GOT THE EXPERIENCE, THE TALENT, AND THE PASSION THAT MAKES THIS SUCH A HUGE PART OF THE HOUSTON SUCCESS.

THEREFORE, I'M JOHN WHITMEYER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 27TH, 2026 IS PAT VAN PHILLIPS DAY ACROSS HIS GREAT CITY.

YES, I DIDN'T YEAH, YOU DID.

THAT WAS THANK YOU.

DESERVE IT SO MUCH NOW.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AWESOME.

WOW.

OKAY.

I AM OVERWHELMED.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT GREAT HONOR THIS IS.

TO JUST BE A PART OF THIS GREAT CITY THAT YOU LEAD.

YOU SET US, YOU, YOU HAVE SET THE HOUSTON ON THE GLOBAL STAGE AND DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB.

AND YOU'RE A WONDERFUL SUPPORTER OF THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW IN RHODIA.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTINUED LEADERSHIP THAT MAKES THIS GREAT CITY, THIS CITY OF OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS AND THE EVENT, THE EPIC EVENT OF THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO THAT BRINGS THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY TOGETHER EVERY YEAR AS A FAMILY.

SO THANK YOU MAYOR, APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IF YOU WOULD, UH, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR ANNUAL JACKET AND YOUR CREDENTIALS FOR THE 2026 SHOW.

JUST GOT YOUR NAME ON IT.

YEP.

GOT HIS NAME READY.

I THINK WE MAY HAVE TO.

THERE IT IS.

THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

TOO WARM TO PUT.

I KNOW.

I WAS GONNA SAY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET, CHANGE THAT INTO A VEST.

, UH, , WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT THE GREAT SUPPORT OF MAYOR WHITMEYER, THIS GREAT COMMUNITY, ALL OF OUR DONORS AND SPONSORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTED THAT, THAT, THAT SUPPORT US.

BUT OF COURSE OUR AMAZING 36,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THIS HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.

AND THAT'S YOU.

THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO, GIVING YOUR TIME, TALENT, AND TREASURE TO THIS SHOW.

WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HOSTING ALL OF YOU AT THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO STARTING MARCH 2ND.

THAT'S MONDAY THROUGH THE 22ND BARBECUE'S GOING ON NOW.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.

THIS IS OUR 94TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO.

LET'S MAKE IT THE BEST ONE YET.

THANK Y'ALL.

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO RO, UH, TO, TO DR.

CHRIS BOWMAN, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO ONE MORE TIME, LET'S RODEO.

ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR PATMAN PHILLIPS AND MAYOR WHITMEYER FOR ALL THEY DO FOR OUR SHOW AND FOR OUR CITY.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

I'LL START TO WRAP IT UP.

AS PAT SAID, THIS IS OUR 94TH SHOW.

IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT YEAR.

UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING IT WITH EVERYONE HERE.

THIS YEAR WE'RE MAKING OUR LARGEST EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT IN OUR HISTORY TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS, OVER 30 MILLION TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS IN 2026, WHICH IS AWESOME.

WHICH MAKES OUR GRAND TOTAL OF NOW OVER 660 MILLION TO THE YOUTH OF TEXAS.

SO MAN, IT'S SO GREAT TO DO AND IT'S SO GREAT TO BE DOWN HERE TODAY.

AND DON'T FORGET, WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

TOMORROW IS THE DOWNTOWN PARADE.

WE'LL KICK OFF JUST RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD RIGHT OUTSIDE OF HERE.

WE'LL WELCOME EVERYBODY.

OBVIOUSLY AS WE KICK OFF THE SHOW.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BARBECUE IS, UH, IS HAPPENING TOO.

WANTED TO MENTION TOO, FOR THE, UH, DOWNTOWN PARADE.

TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE US COAST GUARD PETTY OFFICER, SCOTT RUSKIN BEING OUR GRAND MARSHAL, WHICH IS GONNA BE AWESOME.

HE WAS RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDENT, UH, DURING THE STATE OF THE UNION.

SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR HIM, ALL THE LIVES THAT HE SAVED DURING THE FLOODS IN THE HILL COUNTRY.

SO IT'S GONNA BE A DAY TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM.

OPENING DAY, AS PAT SAID, WILL BE MONDAY, A DAY EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY DO BECAUSE WE'LL WRAP UP WITH OUR 21ST DAY WITH A SPECIAL CONCERT BY CODY JOHNSON.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AT THE SHOW.

WE'LL START DOWN AT THE PARADE TOMORROW.

BARBECUE, THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BARBECUE IS OPEN TODAY AND TOMORROW.

LET'S HAVE A GREAT SHOW.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

NOW I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE JULIA FITZGERALD.

SHE'S GOING TO SING TEXAS.

OUR TEXAS, TEXAS, OUR TEXAS ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY STATE, TEXAS,

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OUR TEXAS.

SO WONDERFUL, SO GREAT, BOLD AND GRANDEST WITH STANDING EVERY TEST.

OH, EMPIRE WIDE AND GLORIOUS.

YOU STAND SUPREMELY BLESSED, GOD BLESS YOU, TEXAS, AND KEEP YOU BRAVE AND STRONG THAT YOU MAY GROW THROUGHOUT THE AGES.

LONG GOD BLESS YOU, TEXAS, AND KEEP YOU BRAVE AND STRONG THAT YOU MAY GROW.

SHE JUST STARTED LACKING CHEATING SONGS.

AND WHAT BOTHER ME IS I KNOW IF CHEATING, SHE LIKE JUST A MELODY.

I'VE NEVER HAD ANY REASON TO DOUBT HER AS FAR AS I KNOW SHE'S BEEN TRUE.

AND LATELY SHE'S HAD A DIFFERENT LOOK IN HER EYES.

I WONDER IF SHE'S SEEN SOMEBODY NEW.

CAN'T BLAME.

THERE'S PEOPLE OUT.

I HOPE SHE'S NOT TAKING ANY CLOSER.

I TELL YOU LATELY, FRANKLY, HAVE BEEN SCARED.

SHE JUST STARTED LOCKING, CHEATING.

SO WHAT FATHER WOULD ME, I, I'VE GOT TO ADMIT, I'VE DONE SOME LOOKING INTO, BUT SHE'S THE ONLY ONE I LOVE.

SHE STILL TELLS ME SHE LOVES ME.

WONDER IF MY, IF SHE JUST STARTED LIKING CHEATING SONG AND WHICH BOTHER ME OUT ON CHEATING.

SHE LIKE JUST, IF SHE JUST STARTED LACKING CHEATING SONG AND WHAT BOTHERED ME IS I IF CHEATING, SHE LIKED IT.

JUST, OH, THANK Y'ALL.

I'D LIKE TO THANK GO TEXAN FOR HAVING ME OUT HERE TONIGHT OR TODAY.

AND UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE SWING MUSIC NOW FOR Y'ALL TEXAS LOVERS TO EVERY SPOT IN TOWN.

LONELY, LONELY, TIME TO KILL.

I CAN SAY THE PAST, MY MEMORIES JUST MAKE MY, I THINK OF HER.

I DYING TO SHAPE MY LIFE IS IN THE JEWEL BOX.

PLAY LIFE FACE AMONG

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THE, MY SAY ON THAT STEEL GUITAR.

JAMIE MCKAY RATHER LAY ME DOWN THAN SHAPE MY LIFE AMONG THE, THIS ONE GOT ME UP AND GOING ON TIKTOK BLEW UP ON TIKTOK AND SO I HOPE Y'ALL LIKE IT.

IT'S ONE OF MY FIRST RELEASES IS CALLED WHEN I FELL FOR YOU, ALL MY BUDDIES BECAUSE I LIKE BEING WITH YOU SAW THE NOTEBOOK FIVE TIMES, YOU WATCHED IT FAST OR TWO, YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS A SAD TRUE.

YOU HAVE FELL ON HARD TIMES AND I FELL FOR YOU.

OH MY HEARTS LIKE A, WITHOUT ANY FOOD, LIKE EVERY, WITHOUT A NOTHING TO DO.

YEAH, I FELL HARD AND I FELL FOR YOU.

WEATHER WASN'T ALL BAD OR WAS IT ALL LIE.

YOU SURE MOVED ON THAT OTHER GUY.

BUT I KNOW IT WON'T.

BEFORE HE LEARN TO, HE'S GOING TO FALL ON HARD TIMES.

HAS HE FELL FOR YOU ON HE'S PROBABLY WITH YOU, YOU, YOU.