One particular was a truck and trailer from one of the good barbecue business, on it with the biggest barbbecue grill in the back. followed by two other trucks that was going to be competeing in a barbecue cook off on the last day of the two day event, one of them was another barbecue business also in Winters Haven The last one was a local farmer who competes in the county fair every year. On the side he smoke different meats for the community. A lot of hunters have him smoke their game animals for them. There was five judges picked out to judge the event. The judges were Judge Horold Elliot, his brother attorney at law Gene Elliot, Pastor Matthew Hastings, Fire Chief of Winters Haven Alan Brown, and Quit Meadows own Fire Chief John Stern
Doctor Elizabeth Shank was picked as an alternative judge in the event just in case one of the judges was pulled away on business or for personal reasons. The second alternative judge was Quiet meadows barber Mr. Owen Shepherd. The third and last alternate was Dean Bishop of the Winters haven college wher Rosemary was a professor at.
On the first day of events was the sack race, bobbing for apple competetion, the first event of the rodeo was barrel race. Lucas won first place for getting his horse around the barrels without hitting any barrels in the fastest time. The second event was roping a steer. Lucas won that event also, Samatha was very pleased and her smile showed it. After Samatha's brother told her that Lucas was smitten by her she started noticing signs of it also and had to take the initiative and now they seem to be an item..