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RODEO: Would You Risk Your Life to Save Others?

Patch caught up with Johnny Dudley, this year's rodeo clown for the P.R.C.A Professional Rodeo, which starts 8 p.m. tonight.

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Would you risk your life to save another person? That's what a rodeo clown does each time he enters the ring.

Johnny Dudley may be a clown, but he takes his job very seriously—for the most part. 

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Patch caught up with Dudley, this year's rodeo clown for the P.R.C.A Professional Rodeo, which starts 8 p.m. tonight at . There are also rodeos scheduled for 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. Reserved seating is $12, general admission is $10, children 4-12 are $6 and children younger than 3 are free.

Watch this video and see his specially built barrel that protects him from the bulls, and hear what it's like to be a rodeo clown.

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