Club Rodeo


Posted May 11, 2009 by John Clanton Comment on this article Leave a comment
A bullrider waits for his turn during a night at Club Rodeo in Oklahoma City last Summer.
A bullrider waits for his turn during a night at Club Rodeo in Oklahoma City last Summer.

Last Summer, one of the reporters from The Oklahoman and I went to a club to photograph bull riders. Club Rodeo in Oklahoma City has an intriguing juxtaposition. There’s dancing and drinking at one end of the large room, but a few times a night, everyone gathers around to see amateur bull riders trying to earn a few hundred bucks.

Club Rodeo 8-22-08 Oklahoma City. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman
Club Rodeo 8-22-08 Oklahoma City. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman

Some of the guys were looking for an adrenaline rush, others were riding for practice, hoping to get to another level. There were a couple of interesting stories at the club on south Meridian. We planned to produce a story or multimedia package, but as often happens, we got busy. Then he got laid off, so that put an end to the Club Rodeo story. I found these images last week when I was cleaning off my computer’s hard drive. It seemed a shame that nobody would ever see them, so I put them here for both of you to enjoy.

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