Special Events

Texas Independence Day Celebration and Bull Riding Tournament

Saturday, February 27, 2:00 - 7:00pm
Johnny Utah's - 25 West 51st Street
$5 at the door and $5 bull riding fee (unlimited rides)

Join the New York Texas Exes for our 2010 Texas Independence Day Celebration & Bull Riding Tournament! There will be prizes, drink and food specials, plenty of rides on the mechanical bull and a game room for flip cup and beer pong.

We're celebrating in Texas style and with Texas prices like:

$2 Bud & Bud Light Cans
$3 Rolling Rock & Coors Light Drafts
$5 Hound-Dog Lemonades & Bull Ride Margaritas
$10 Coors Light & Rolling Rock Pitchers

$5 Rattlesnake Nachos
$5 Sliders
$5 Chicken Quesadillas
$5 Pork Quesadillas
$5 Beef Quesadillas
$5 Wings
$5 Cheese Fries
$5 Chili

Get there early! Feel free to invite your Texan friends or friends who might just enjoy a Texas experience, as we will have full reign of Johnny Utah's from 2-7.

Prizes:

VIP tickets/backstage passes to the Pat Green, Reckless Kelly, Eli Young Band, and Roger Creager concert that night. The after tournament party is the concert at Terminal 5! Buy your tickets here: http://bit.ly/9B27YF

Texas Independence Day History:

On March 2, 1836, Texas severed ties with Mexico and became a free and independent republic. It was a short-lived country: a little less than 10 years later Texas joined the Union. As early as 1900, March 2 became a day for Texas Exes to observe a holiday. A great deal of tradition and sentiment surrounds the celebration on the local level. In that year, The Ex-Students Association adopted a resolution:

Whenever two ex-students of the University of Texas shall meet on Texas Independence Day, they shall sit and break bread and pay tribute to the institution which made their education possible.