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BOTAR – Night at the Royal

BOTAR Night at the Royal was held on September 30th. Guests enjoyed drinks and delicious fare from Rudy’s Tenampa Taqueria outside of Hale Arena. Children got the royal treatment, complete with face painting, cookie decorating and bandanna coloring. Afterward, everyone enjoyed the American Royal Rodeo in Hale Arena.

Connor Johnson, Scott Brown, Grant Sitomer, Connor Knabe, Collin Jones, and Nicholas Hense

 

Nicholas Mohajir, Margoth Mackey, Sarah Maner, and Michael Massman

 

Matt and Amy Snively

 

Jake Hense, Abbey Jones, Emma Robertson, and Tyler Stanley

 

Also featured in the October 28, 2017 issue of The Independent

 

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