Behind the Scenes with rodeo clown Ray Sikula
Ray Sikula enjoys some television and popcorn in his trailer behind the rodeo arena.
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Sikula applies his clown makeup before a recent competition.
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Sikula talks to Mike Latting, owner of the Latting Rodeo Productions, and his wife, Janet, in the contestant staging area at the Golden Oaks rodeo grounds.
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Sikula, in his clown make-up, has a laugh with the cowboys in the corrals at the Golden Oaks rodeo grounds.
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Sikula herds a bull into a sorting corral before the start of the 48th-Annual IPRA Rodeo.
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Sikula, of Crystal Lake, is the rodeo clown and bullfighter at the 48th Annual IPRA Rodeo hosted by the Wauconda Chamber of Commerce at the Golden Oaks rodeo grounds.
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Sikula talks to announcer Tom Nealy in the contestant parking area at the Golden Oaks rodeo grounds.
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Sikula waits with the cowboys near the corrals before going into the arena to face the bulls.
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Bullfighter Ray Sikula stands near a bull as it tries to get rid of its rider in the rodeo arena.
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Sikula wears a Wauconda rodeo t-shirt at the Golden Oaks rodeo grounds.
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Sikula stands on the corral as he looks at the horses and bulls before the start of the 48th Annual IPRA Rodeo at the Golden Oaks rodeo grounds.
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Sikula, dressed in his rodeo clown outfit, leaves his trailer behind the stands at the Golden Oaks rodeo grounds.
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Sikula puts on his Kevlar vest before putting on the rest of his clown costume in his trailer prior to competition.
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