 Hello everyone, I'm Alicia Anderson and welcome to the Fort Report. It's time to dust off your cowboy boots and take your best Western duds to the cleaners. The Fort Worth Stock Show in Rodeo is back in town and this thing is legendary. You might not know this about me, but I actually have a pet alpaca. And here he is. His name is Al Picasso. I'm taking him this year and entering him in the cuteness competition. He's a ringer for sure. It's going to be 23 days of just all kinds of fun and excitement with our various rodeo performances that we have coming up. Our carnival midway, livestock on exhibit, lots of shopping to do in our exhibit buildings. And so we're looking forward to I think what's a great annual tradition in Fort Worth. And I think an event that connects to that mystique of Fort Worth. When we talk about the city of cowboys and culture, we put a boba, those on display here and it's something I think the city embraces and relishes. Just got this letter from the stock show. Dear Miss Anderson, there is no such thing as a cuteness competition for stuffed toy animals. Competitions are for real animals. What? One thing that's new is just coming out to see the new milking parlor, to see the Tower Promenade and Cattle Barn 2. The Tower Promenade is going to serve as an artery, as a connector that will give visitors easy access from our parking lots on the south up to the main complex. We've renovated Cattle Barn 2, we've got new lighting, we've got different wall treatments, ceiling treatments. And it just really brightens the building and makes the building seem bigger really, which is kind of a neat feature as well. We took one of our old auction arenas and turned that in to wash facility for our exhibitors. Our milking parlor, if you've been out and seen our milking parlor demonstration in the past, you want to come back. Because we've got a brand new state of the art milking parlor complete with video screens, very comfortable seating that will seat up to 120 people at a time. And I think gives people a real opportunity to see what the livestock industry is about. Visit Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo's website for schedules and tickets. Here's a look at other events happening in and around Fort Worth in the next few weeks. For a listing of more events and city meetings, you always can check the calendar at the city's website.