TEXAS INDEPENDENCE TRAIL RIDERS TO STOP AT JSC



February 6, 1998



Ed Campion
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Phone: 281/483-5111

<h4>Release: J98-5</h4> <h3>Texas Independence Trail Riders to Stop at 
JSC</h3> 

The Texas Independence Trail Riders will take their trail directly to 
the Johnson Space Center on their way to the Houston Livestock Show 
and Rodeo.



For the first time these riders will stay overnight at the space 
center. Special events open to the public have been planned to mark 
the occasion.



The public will have an opportunity to see the trail riders as they 
travel from Egret Bay Boulevard down NASA Road 1 into the Johnson 
Space Center at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. The riders will enter through 
the Space Center Houston tram underpass near Rocket Park and the 
Longhorn Project pasture where they will be met by Johnson Space 
Center riders. About 150 horses and riders and 10 to 13 wagons will 
ride through the center, stopping at the Gilruth Center. The Texas 
Independence Trail Riders will set up camp in the wooded area around 
the pavilion and spend the night at the Gilruth Center.



The festivities begin later that evening at 7 p.m. when the NASA/Clear 
Creek/Friendswood Subcommittee of the Houston Livestock Show and 
Rodeo&rsquo;s Metro GO Texan Committee invites the public to join 
them and NASA at a Shuttles &amp; Spurs Dinner/Dance at the Gilruth 
Center ballroom. A steak dinner provided by Sonny&rsquo;s Crazy Cajun 
will be served from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Music will be provided by Willie 
Clements and "Down Under."



A limited number of tickets for the dinner/dance are available for $15 
at the JSC Exchange Store or by calling Kevin Suedecor at 
281-335-5370. Proceeds will go to the scholarship program of the 
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

	
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