Check out the 42nd Annual UP Championship Rodeo footage below (2009):

Schedule of Events:

Located in Iron River, MI (All times CST)

July 31 - August 2, 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009
8 a.m. - Miss U.P. Rodeo Pageant Horsemanship Competition - Rodeo arena
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Downtown Market Days Celebration - Downtown Iron River
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - 30th Annual Art Round-Up - West Iron County Middle School grounds 
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Rodeo Vittles Luncheon - First Presbyterian Church
11:30 a.m. - Miss U.P. Rodeo Pageant Luncheon - Extemporaneous Questions - First Presbyterian Church
2 p.m. - Miss U.P. Rodeo Pageant Speeches and Modeling - IC Fairgrounds Rotunda

Evening - Country Music Concert - Luke Bryan with opening singer Tay Humphrey

Saturday, August 1, 2009
10 a.m. - Wild West Parade - Downtown Iron River - registration begins at 8am with no preregistration. Prizes will be given out in categories to be announced. Horses are needed as well as “pooper scoopers”!
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - 30th Annual Art Round-Up - WIC Middle School grounds

12 p.m. - Rodeo Arena Gates Open
1 p.m. - Pre-Rodeo Entertainment - Chet & Ginny followed by Rodeo City Riders Drill Team of Manawa, Wis.
2 p.m. - First Performance - Rodeo Arena

5 p.m. - Rodeo Arena Gates Open
5:30 p.m. - Pre-Rodeo Entertainment - Chet & Ginny followed by Rodeo City Riders Drill Team of Manawa, Wis.
7 p.m. - Second Performance - Rodeo Arena 

Sunday, August 2, 2009
12 p.m. - Rodeo Arena Gates Open
1 p.m. - Pre-Rodeo Entertainment - Chet & Ginny followed by Rodeo City Riders Drill Team of Manawa, Wis.
1:30 p.m. - Crowning of New Miss U.P. Rodeo Queen
2pm - Third Performance - Rodeo Arena

Check out the 41st Annual UP Championship Rodeo footage below (June 2008):