Saturday, April 9, will start a little differently than most Saturdays on the Plains. Students will not sleep in all morning and enjoy a lazy Saturday. Instead, mass amounts of people will set their alarms for as early as 6 a.m. to get all their rowdy friends, a cooler full of beer and their cowboy/cowgirl attire and head down highway 14 for a full day of the Alpha Psi Rodeo.

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Each year, the Alpha Psi rounds up more than 8,000 students, rodeo livestock, and hundreds of rodeo participants who have never even seen a bull for what some call, “Christmas in April.”

Eric Newton, a senior at Auburn University senior, said that he attends the rodeo every year. 

“I’m so excited for rodeo, I can’t barely stand it," he said. "I have reserved a trailer for the past three years, and I’m doing it again this year.”

Gates open at 8 a.m. and hundreds of dusty pickup trucks full of camo-covered boys and girls will pour in to the rodeo lot. Country musician Blake Shelton will perform at the event at 7 p.m. 

The attire is much different than a normal class day. Guys usually wear a classy attire of jorts (jean shorts) and Nascar shirts and hats. Gals will arrive wearing the shortest pair of cutoffs they own and the most redneck tee they could find. 

There are hundreds flatbed trailers and pickup trucks surrounding center stage, the arena. Rebel flags are flown everywhere. Old school country music, such as Pat Green, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and more can be heard all around.

The events start at approximately 11 a.m.

Some think the best part about the rodeo is the drinking policy BYOB, bring your own beer. Directions are easy. The arena is located right behind Good Ol’ Boys Restaurant. Take college five miles South before turning left onto Lee County Road 10. Follow County Road 10 for less than two miles until Good Ol' Boys restaurant is on the left.

Tickets are usually sold at the local Chevron stations, but this year they will be sold differently. Tickets will be purchased online at the official rodeo website, http://alphapsirodeo.com/buy-tickets/.  They will go on sale early March. You can follow the rodeo on facebook or twitter and be the first to purchase your ticket.