Museum to host pep rally, promote book
By Kristi Walker
Staff Reporter

The nearby National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is scheduled to host a TCU pep rally at 6:30 p.m. today on the museum’s front lawn.

The event will feature performances from the TCU pep band, the cheerleaders and the Showgirls, said Jessica Burnham, assistant marketing director of TCU athletics. Members of several TCU athletics programs will be in attendance to support the event, Burnham said.

Following the pep rally, local radio station 95.9 The Ranch will host a concert by country singer Mike Graham, said Susan Fine, director of membership and communications at the Cowgirl Museum.

On Saturday, the museum will host the launching of former TCU professor Joyce Roach’s book for children titled “Horned Toad Canyon,” Fine said.

“We want people to come out for the pep rally and for the concert, so they should bring lawn chairs and come to have a good time,” Fine said.

The event starts at 10 a.m. A representative of the Fort Worth Zoo will talk about the horned toads and their possible extinction, Fine said.

“With the book being about horned toads, TCU has a natural tie-in to the launch of the book,” Burnham said.

The event will finish in time for the TCU game against Army Saturday, Burnham said.

Children from Daggett Montessori School will present a special musical performance of “Horned Toad Canyon,” and children can make horned toad masks at the Cowgirl Cafe.

Nick Whitesell, a junior communications studies major and president of HyperFrogs, said members of the HyperFrogs would be in attendance at the pep rally.

The museum is at 1720 Gendy St.