Western colleges with rodeo AND ballet??

twinklehooves · 09-08-2006, 08:07 PM

Hi, I'm new here. I'm 17 years old, and a senior in HS in Central Washington. I'm heavily involved in ballet [11 years] and rodeo [my entire life]. I also do track and field. My grades are above average and I do quite a bit of extracurricular stuff. Anyways, I don't think that I want to major in dance, but I definitely would enjoy having a dance program at the college that I go to, and maybe I would minor in it. I am pretty interested in business and possibly education. I'm not sure that I have a love for teaching, but I would enjoy summers off to rodeo. I don't want to leave the West Coast, I want to stay pretty close to home. My family isn't rich, so I'm mostly going to depend on financial aid and scholarships. Staying within the state would be nice, but I think we could venture out of the state for colleges as well.... Here are some colleges I'm looking into...Oh, and I'm not exactly sure I want to do with my life yet, but I'm interested in business and education.

*Has ballet
**Has rodeo
***Has both

Central Washington University [hometown.] ***
Eastern Washington University
University of Portland
UC: Irvine *
Utah Valley State College ***
Washington State University **
University of Washington ?

Anyone know of any good schools that have ballet? Or both ballet and rodeo?
Basically ANY input with info about schools with rodeo [NIRA: National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association] or a reputable ballet program would be awesome. Thanks.

ebeeeee · 09-08-2006, 08:23 PM

Twinklehooves...love that, by the way my sophmore daughter rides and dances but no rodeo for her...anyway I'm not sure about schools that have both but I do know the UC Irvine area. It is a very commercial (think chain restaurants and lots of office buildings) area and the stats for students staying on campus are:
82% of first-year students live in college housing
34% of all undergraduates live in college housing
I would definitely go visit if possible, not sure if it is what you are looking for.

GreenDayFan · 09-08-2006, 08:53 PM

Rodeo??? Oh boyyyyyyy.

dhl3 · 09-08-2006, 09:10 PM

UCLA.

Rodeo Drive is just 5-10 miles away from the campus.

Corbett · 09-08-2006, 09:17 PM

Cal Poly has very competitive men's and women's rodeo teams, and offers a minor in Dance. The town of San Luis Obispo, while relatively small and isolated, supports a ballet company, which probably welcomes Cal Poly students.

If you are from Ellensburg, then you might like SLO, since they are both historic college towns located well outside the big cities. However, SLO is larger, has a milder climate, and is much closer to the ocean. You might like riding on the beach for a change.

elsijfdl · 09-08-2006, 09:19 PM

"UCLA.

Rodeo Drive is just 5-10 miles away from the campus."

lol

BandTenHut · 09-08-2006, 10:11 PM

I don't know ANY schools with rodeo. I mean, it's not something that's discussed.

But I can tell you with great confidence that UW-Seattle has no horses on campus.

TourGuide446 · 09-08-2006, 10:29 PM

Not ANOTHER rodeo and ballet thread. Haven't we done this enough?

LFWB dad · 09-08-2006, 11:51 PM

^^^^^^^
That was the funniest thing ever on CC!

Papa Chicken · 09-09-2006, 12:38 AM

University of Wyoming
- don't know how good the ballet instruction is, but the rodeo is sure good.
- perhaps too far from "west coast"?

Dance dept (one can get a BFA in Dance...plenty of ballet courses):
http://www.uwyo.edu/th&d/

Rodeo club (member of NIRA):
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Rodeo/

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However, holding to your west coast wish, here's the best academic school I could find with dance dept & rodeo, & its big enough to cover your other academic interests:
CAL POLY San Luis Obispo
dance dept:http://cla.calpoly.edu:16080/thtrdanc/dance/index.html
rodeo club (NIRA): http://www.cagr.calpoly.edu/Clubs/rodeo.asp

heck, the rodeo club even has scholarships (plus, looks like they are very good at rodeo), & Cal Poly is a very good school, and has both business & education schools, so you are covered academically.

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If you can forego your geographic restrictions, you may also wish to check out some of the other bigger schools that are in the NIRA, as they are more likely to have the ballet & other academics you'd like. Here's a few NIRA schools, listed by highest USNews rank:
- U of Georgia
- Texas A&M
- Michigan State
- Iowa State
- U of Arizona
- U of Nebraska
- Colorado State
- Washington State

twinklehooves · 09-09-2006, 05:18 PM

Thanks everyone!! Your replies have been very helpful. Thanks MUCHO!!

I do have access to the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association [NIRA] webpage, so I do know where I can find schools with college rodeo, but as for the ballet part, there isn't exactly a ballet association that I can just go look up, so your replies are great appreciated.

I found out yesterday that the U of Arizona has both ballet and rodeo. I think I could go to Wyoming, as I have been looking at it for a while for rodeo, plus a couple of people from my hometown are going there for school as well. But I don't want to go any farther east than that. That is my limit.

Thanks for the replies once again. Being the indecisive person that I am, I'm am about to freak out with all this time running out! Thanks so much. =)

lotsofbooks · 09-09-2006, 11:20 PM

My daughter is from Washington, and she loves horses too, but she really likes dressage. We did a lot of looking also for horse places that weren't too expensive. Someone posted that U. of Washington doesn't have horses, which is true, but they do have a club that meets near Duvall. Utah has great dance programs, but don't know about horses. U. of Wyo is really affordable if you have good grades. My daughter liked it when she went there. I noticed the U of Wyom. counselors have been coming to the Seattle college fairs lately. Good luck, my daughter has a horse at college (AFA) and he provides hours of pleasure for her. Some of the boys are more interested in the rodeo events, when we watched the riding club in action last parents weekend.

TacticalNuke · 09-10-2006, 02:08 AM

So, are you a guy or a girl? This factors heavily into the decision.

NotReady4Purple · 09-15-2006, 10:40 AM

Colorado State Rodeo Team

http://lamar.colostate.edu/~bull/

Canyon Concert Ballet

http://www.ccballet.org/ - in Fort Collins, CO - not part of CSU

Check out the Western Undergraduate Exchange - for potential tution reduction.

http://wiche.edu/sep/wue/

jhype17@yahoo.co · 09-15-2006, 11:23 AM

Rodeo Drive is actually around 2 miles from campus...

And I second the recommendation of Cal Poly (as a SLO native).