{"id":24979,"date":"2023-07-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=24979"},"modified":"2023-07-03T16:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:06:07","slug":"despite-rainy-weather-locals-filled-up-the-bleachers-at-thomasville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/family\/despite-rainy-weather-locals-filled-up-the-bleachers-at-thomasville-20230703","title":{"rendered":"Despite Rainy Weather, Locals Filled Up The Bleachers At Thomasville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Thomasville, Mo. \u2013 <\/strong>Thomasville, Missouri, held its Fourth of July festivities on Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Thomasville. The rodeo was the night&#8217;s main event, but there were several other highlights.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4AneW7uT9I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Rainy Weather<\/h2>\n<p>Locals in the area got about 1\/4 inch of rain in the afternoon. The rodeo arena was a mud pit, but riders and attendees still showed up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24997\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Thomasville4thofJuly-3-2-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"A barrel race rider gallops toward the last barrel at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"324\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A barrel race rider gallops toward the last barrel at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Concessions<\/h2>\n<p>Different vendors were set up around the Thomasville Community Center, selling kettle corn, pork rinds, drinks, and more. Inside, ice cream was available.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24998\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Thomasville4thofJuly-4-1-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks blasting in the air at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"324\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks blasting in the air at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Rodeo<\/h2>\n<p>The rodeo, presented by Ozark Family Rodeo, started at 7:00 pm with the <em>Star-Spangled Banner<\/em> and a prayer. Barrel and pole racing were the first of the night&#8217;s events. Mutton busting and mini bull riding followed. After the fireworks, the older age groups for bull riding came out along with team roping.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24995\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Thomasville4thofJuly-7-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"Riders warming their horses up before the rodeo at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"324\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riders warming their horses up before the rodeo at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Fireworks<\/h2>\n<p>Around 10:00 pm, the lights were turned off, and the fireworks lit up the sky. The show lasted for about ten minutes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24999\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24999 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Thomasville4thofJuly-5-1-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks lighting up the sky at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"324\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks lighting up the sky at the Thomasville, Missouri, 4th of July celebration on July 1, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomasville, Missouri, held its Fourth of July festivities on Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Thomasville. There were several highlights of the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[243,225,229,250,220,258,201,264,205],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24979"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25005,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24979\/revisions\/25005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}