A previous Lone Star event at Calsonic Arena (Lone Star Rodeo Company web site photo) [Click to enlarge]

Lone Star World Championship Rodeo, a perennial favorite at Calsonic Arena, will make its annual Shelbyville stop 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2, with show time at 7:30 p.m.

Billed as "the largest one-day rodeo in Tennessee," the event will include sanctioned competition in bareback bronc riding, calf roping, breakaway roping, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, cowgirls' barrel racing, team roping and brahma bull riding.

Preston C. Fowlkes of Crofton, Ky., is the event's producer.

Attractions will include S.L. Pemberton & Family with an exhibition of fancy trick riding and roping, as well as rodeo clown and barrelman "Mighty" Mike Wentworth. "U.S. Army Night" will be observed.

There will be children's activities prior to showtime, including a best-dressed cowboy and cowgirl contest for children 10 and under at 7 p.m. and a "gold rush" for children 10 and under.

Advance tickets for the event are now on sale at the Celebration office and at World Champion Horse Equipment in Shelbyville, and at Tullahoma Drug Store in Tullahoma. To order by phone with Visa or MasterCard, call 684-5915. Advance tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for children 12 and under. Advance tickets will be available until 5 p.m. Feb. 1.

Tickets at the door will be $15 for adults, $10 for children 12 and under.

Children under 3 are admitted free.

For more information, call the Celebration ticket office or go to www.lonestarrodeocompany.com .