A busy weekend is in store for Clarendon and should generate several visitors for the city.
Trade days, a rough stock rodeo, and college commencement activities will be drawing people to Clarendon.
Hundreds of people will be attending graduation exercises at Clarendon College Friday as students receive associate degrees and certificates during three ceremonies at the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center over the course of the day.
Commencement for those graduating with an Associate of Science degree will start at 10 a.m., the Ranch & Feedlot Operations ceremony is at 1:30 p.m., and Associate of Arts, Associate of Applied Science, and certificates of completion will be awarded at 6 p.m. Doors will open one hour before each ceremony.
The monthly Whistle-Stop Trade Days will be open Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and features more than 100 different vendors carrying a wide variety of goods along with food booths, live music, and a beer garden located on the north side of the building.
Also on Saturday, the Clarendon Outdoor Entertainment Association is hosting its second annual Saints’ Roost Rough Stock Challenge rodeo. Activities will begin at 1 p.m. with a washer pitching contest that will run most of the afternoon before the rodeo begins at 6 p.m.
The Rough Stock Challenge will feature Ranch Bronc Riding and Bull Riding. The Buster Bledsoe Band will entertain on the COEA Slab after the rodeo.
Admission for the Rough Stock Challenge is $10 for adults and $5 for kids ages six to 12.
Clarendon High School students will also hold their prom Saturday night.
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