St. Paul Rodeo court dominated by OSU
Oregon State students get back to roots and claim spots on the St. Paul Rodeo Court
Nick Ngo
Issue date: 11/10/06 Section: News
Gina Cloepfil, a junior in merchandising management, and her cousin Tory Boline, a freshman in business administration, carry on the family tradition of participating in the St. Paul Rodeo. They are the new princesses of the royal court.
The St. Paul Rodeo Queen, Christina Delpozo, is also a student at OSU.
"That's four generations of it and we wanted to keep it up," Cloepfil said.
Their great grandfather was part of the very first rodeo in 1936. He was the arena director and was involved with it for many years. Their grandmother also participated in the rodeo by doing specialty acts for a number of years.
"My mom was the queen in 1977. Gina's sister was a princess in 2005," Boline said.
Director of St. Paul's Royal Queen and Courts, Dave Wilson, said as rodeo court princesses, Cloepfil and Boline's job is to act as ambassadors of the St. Paul Rodeo.
"These girls are the PR people, we go to parades and other rodeos to let people know that our rodeo is on July 4. They are to go out and talk about our rodeo and history, our traditional rodeo of St. Paul," Wilson said.
The princesses will attend about eight to nine rodeos next summer, as well as a parade and a number of luncheons. At each rodeo they attend, they appear during the grand entry where everybody comes in.
In order to become a rodeo court princess, the women have to try-out. Boline said there were six other girls that tried out as well. The try-outs took place on Oct. 15.
The first portion was a private interview with 16 judges and each judge asked the contestant a question.
They asked rodeo and current events questions. The judges look at their poise, grammar and how well they handle the questions. Wilson said this portion of try-outs is supposed to test how well they do in an interview when they're a princess and how well they can project information about the rodeo.
"They like outgoing people who talk because when you're on the court, people come up and talk to you all the time," Boline said.
The St. Paul Rodeo Queen, Christina Delpozo, is also a student at OSU.
"That's four generations of it and we wanted to keep it up," Cloepfil said.
Their great grandfather was part of the very first rodeo in 1936. He was the arena director and was involved with it for many years. Their grandmother also participated in the rodeo by doing specialty acts for a number of years.
"My mom was the queen in 1977. Gina's sister was a princess in 2005," Boline said.
Director of St. Paul's Royal Queen and Courts, Dave Wilson, said as rodeo court princesses, Cloepfil and Boline's job is to act as ambassadors of the St. Paul Rodeo.
"These girls are the PR people, we go to parades and other rodeos to let people know that our rodeo is on July 4. They are to go out and talk about our rodeo and history, our traditional rodeo of St. Paul," Wilson said.
The princesses will attend about eight to nine rodeos next summer, as well as a parade and a number of luncheons. At each rodeo they attend, they appear during the grand entry where everybody comes in.
In order to become a rodeo court princess, the women have to try-out. Boline said there were six other girls that tried out as well. The try-outs took place on Oct. 15.
The first portion was a private interview with 16 judges and each judge asked the contestant a question.
They asked rodeo and current events questions. The judges look at their poise, grammar and how well they handle the questions. Wilson said this portion of try-outs is supposed to test how well they do in an interview when they're a princess and how well they can project information about the rodeo.
"They like outgoing people who talk because when you're on the court, people come up and talk to you all the time," Boline said.
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