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KEITH URBAN TO PERFORM WITH YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION®’S GRAMMY CAMP® ON “AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS” MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, ON FOX

Hosts Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth Also Set to Perform

Country music superstar Keith Urban is set to perform with seven young musicians who have participated in the GRAMMY Foundation®’s GRAMMY Camp® music program on the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS, airing live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. The performance is intended to highlight the need to support music-based initiatives that attract young people to music and encourage their musical pursuits. As part of the campaign, a $25,000 donation will be made to support the GRAMMY Foundation’s GRAMMY in the Schools® programs, including scholarship support for GRAMMY Camp.

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Events Horse Happenings Western

Double vision: Twin Wright brothers win Wrangler NFR’s third round

LAS VEGAS – A record crowd at the Thomas & Mack Center felt like it was seeing double.

The 17,702 fans in attendance set a mark for the largest third-round crowd in Wrangler National Finals Rodeo history Saturday night, and Jesse and Jake Wright gave them something to cheer about by becoming the first twins to share a round victory in NFR history.

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Events Horse Happenings Western

Gorsuch, Cooper take over top spots on Wrangler NFR’s second night

LAS VEGAS – Steer wrestler Ethen Thouvenell and tie-down roper Justin Maass stood atop the world for the final seven months of ProRodeo’s regular season.

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Events Horse Happenings Western

2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo: NFR has roots in informal gathering of cowboys in Colorado

Rodeo has come a long way since a group of cowboys from neighboring ranches in Deer Trail, Colo., got together to settle an argument over whose wrangling skills were the best.

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English Events Horse Happenings

Werner Ulrich (SUI) starts off his FEI World Cup™ Driving season with a victory in Stockholm

Werner Ulrich (SUI) got off to a flying start in the FEI World Cup™ Driving 2012/13 season when he won the series’ fourth leg held in Stockholm (SWE) on Sunday 2 December evening. Runner-up Tomas Eriksson (SWE) made up for his two knockdowns in the first round with a great performance in the Winning Round. Georg von Stein (GER) finished in third place.

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English Events Horse Happenings

Werner Ulrich (SUI) starts off his FEI World Cup™ Driving season with a victory in Stockholm

Werner Ulrich (SUI) got off to a flying start in the FEI World Cup™ Driving 2012/13 season when he won the series’ fourth leg held in Stockholm (SWE) on Sunday 2 December evening. Runner-up Tomas Eriksson (SWE) made up for his two knockdowns in the first round with a great performance in the Winning Round. Georg von Stein (GER) finished in third place.

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English Events Horse Happenings

Werner Ulrich (SUI) starts off his FEI World Cup™ Driving season with a victory in Stockholm

Werner Ulrich (SUI) got off to a flying start in the FEI World Cup™ Driving 2012/13 season when he won the series’ fourth leg held in Stockholm (SWE) on Sunday 2 December evening. Runner-up Tomas Eriksson (SWE) made up for his two knockdowns in the first round with a great performance in the Winning Round. Georg von Stein (GER) finished in third place.

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English Events Horse Happenings

HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013: Nicholson crowns a great year with victory at Pau

Andrew Nicholson (NZL) crowned perhaps the best season of his long and distinguished career when he won Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), the first leg of the 2012/2013 HSBC FEI Classics™, on Libby Sellars’ talented chestnut Nereo this weekend.

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English Events Horse Happenings

HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013: Nicholson crowns a great year with victory at Pau

Andrew Nicholson (NZL) crowned perhaps the best season of his long and distinguished career when he won Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), the first leg of the 2012/2013 HSBC FEI Classics™, on Libby Sellars’ talented chestnut Nereo this weekend.

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English Events Horse Happenings

HSBC FEI Classics™ 2012/2013: Nicholson crowns a great year with victory at Pau

Andrew Nicholson (NZL) crowned perhaps the best season of his long and distinguished career when he won Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), the first leg of the 2012/2013 HSBC FEI Classics™, on Libby Sellars’ talented chestnut Nereo this weekend.