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or calf and steer roping action at its best, roping fans and competitors from all over the United States converge on San Angelo the last full weekend in October each year for the Cinch Roping Fiesta.
This year the 60th annual Roping Fiesta is scheduled for Oct. 25-27 at the Fiesta Outdoor Arena at the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo grounds. An estimated 10,000 fans are expected and as many as 400 ropers.
New this year, Cinch Roping Fiesta's preliminary and invitational tie-down roping competitions will be be used as qualifying events for RFD-TV's "The American," to be held March 2, 2014 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The American is the world's richest one-day rodeo where contestants from all seven traditional rodeo events will compete for $2 million in prize money.
In August every year, the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo Association's Roping Fiesta Committee begins the...