“Backflip” Johnny will be featured during the Freestone County Fair & Rodeo 100-Year Celebration UPRA rodeos. The two performances will be held on Friday and Saturday night, June 17 and 18, starting both nights at 8 p.m. on the W. L. Moody Fair Grounds in Fairfield, Texas.
Professional rodeo clown and barrel man “Backflip” Johnny Dudley of Dayton, TX is one of the top talents in pro rodeo. He is known for amazing feature acts, along with his quick wit and off-the-cuff banter that keeps crowds laughing until their sides hurt.
He has performed at rodeos from Florida to Alaska and just about everywhere in between; including the pro rodeo tour finale in Puyallup, WA and twice in the barrel at the San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo. He has been chosen for the Texas Circuit Finals rodeo, three times for the Turquoise Circuit Finals, six times for the PRCA’s All American Finals, nominated twice for PRCA Comedy Act of the Year, top 5 multiple times for the National Finals Rodeo and in 2019 he was voted as the winner of the prestigious Coors Man in the Can award. But, before becoming a rodeo clown, Johnny served 8 years in the United States Marine Corps and then went to college where he graduated with degree in International Business. Johnny is one of the most likeable people you will ever meet and greets everyone with a big Texas smile.
Visit the website www.fcfar.org or Facebook page Freestone County Fair and Rodeo Association for more information and schedule of events including the parade, nightly entertainment, queen coronation, home and garden show, livestock show and sale, youth rodeo and the UPRA rodeos celebrating the 100-Year Traditions and Heritage of the Freestone County Fair and Rodeo Association.
(Submitted by FCFA, Kelly Tyus)
