Jerry Dias, a one-armed cowboy who was judged Entertainer of the Year by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association also will perform, as well as the Front Street Crystal Palace Review, an entertainment troupe whose performance is highlighted by reenactments of scenes from the Old West. The ball is held to promote beef in a healthy diet and to showcase rural Nebraska. All of the money raised will stay in Nebraska with 10 percent directed to health care in the Ogallala area. The remainder of the proceeds will go toward research projects at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center. Neb. Specifically, the funding went for the development of new anti-cancer drugs, the use of new technologies to screen for differences in cancer cells, and to study the immune system response to cancer cells.
Tickets are limited.