Sparks Agency

01/01/2025

2024 brought us some really great moments. When Swift and Henny Penny met Tito Beveridge…when 600 nurse practitioners all wanted cowboy hats in Nashville…when Speed Bump went to Yale…when virtual meets reality and Roblox wanted an interactive Texas experience…the night that the lights went out in Houston…spinning ropes at The Alamo…take Emalee to work day…STEP Conference…Lone Star Lids 200MPH at COTA… making new friends in Tulsa…the event where there was a monkey…TEXperts go to OKC… The Sparks Agency Fair Day…ME on a panel for TxACOM at PartyFest…Cowgirl Barbie in ATX…cowboy hats as far as the eye can see in FW…¡Viva Verde! ¡Viva Speed Bump!

We are ready for the adventures 2025 brings us!

01/01/2025

The TEXperts at The Sparks Agency wish you a New Year full of happiness and good fortune!

10/29/2024

Ready for another Lone Star Branding event in Houston!

10/26/2024

Central Texas friends, y'all go see Speed Bump and your favorite TEXperts at the Cedar Park Parks & Recreation Fall Roundup! Have all the fun from 12:00pm - 4:00pm with Armadillo Races, a Hay Ride, Calf Ropin', a Petting Zoo, a Texas Leathercraft Station, live music, and more. FREE admission! cedarparktexas.gov/roundup

10/18/2024

“It's lights out and away we go!"

Y’all come see us at the US Grand Prix Formula 1 races in The Ranch and Lone Star Land to buy a Lone Star Lids Cowboy Hat with Custom Branding. Your favorite TEXperts are here!

10/05/2024

Y’all go see Speed Bump and Crew at the Pioneer Heritage Fest at Doss Heritage and Culture Center TODAY!

🏁 A huge THANK YOU to Texas Tire Sales - Weatherford, Texas for being our Pioneer Raceway Sponsor at the Pioneer Heritage Festival on October 5th from 10am-4pm! 🏆

Thanks to their support, this exciting area will feature our ever-popular water pump races and, new this year, armadillo races! 🐢🎉 We’ll also have classic fun like sack races and the egg and spoon races after the armadillo heats wrap up in the afternoon.

Armadillo Racing Heats:
🐢 11:30am
🐢 12:30pm
🐢 1:30pm

Get ready for a day full of fun and friendly competition! See you at the races! 🚩

10/01/2024

Y’all join us this Saturday in Victoria!

Tejas Fest is THIS WEEKEND in downtown Victoria! Learn more: https://www.victoriatx.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1785
You won't want to miss this celebration of everything that makes Victoria "True to Tejas!" Here are just a few of the things attendees can look forward to:
🎸 Performances by Bobby Pulido, Josh Abbott Band and many more artists
🐔 Tejas Fest Market hosted by Mother Cluckers Downtown
⚡ Armadillo races (Sparks Agency will supply the armadillos--no BYOA!)

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Victoria Main Street Program

08/14/2024

Nominations are now open for the Texas Commission on the Arts 2025 and 2026 Texas State Artists in the following categories: Texas Poet Laureate, Texas State Musician-Nonclassical, Texas State Musician-Classical, Texas State Two-Dimensional Artist (visual arts), and Texas State Three-Dimensional Artist (visual arts). Any Texas citizen is able to nominate a living artist in any of the five categories and self-nominations are welcome. Y'all go nominate somone (or yourself!). https://www.arts.texas.gov/initiatives/texas-state-artist/

Our August newsletter is out, with news you can use, including:
✨ Nominations are open for Texas Poet Laureates, State Musicians, and State Artists
📝 TCA grant report forms are due soon, part of closing out the 2024 fiscal year (reports are online, no paper or pencil required)
📋 Take our short survey about the Texas Touring Roster
🎤 We're taking Poetry Out Loud signups
🎯 Our October Speaker Series on fundraising boards
🤸‍♀ And more!

See it all at: https://conta.cc/3yyToTu

Pictured: Top row, left to right: Gary Clark, Jr., 2023 Texas State Musician (photo: Frank Maddocks); ire'ne lara silva, 2023 Texas Poet Laureate; Gaspar Enriquez, 2023 Texas State Artist 2D; James C. Watkins, 2023 Texas State Artist 3D (photo: Bonni Oakes). Bottom row, left to right: Kelly Clarkson, 2024 Texas State Musician; Amanda Johnston, 2024 Texas Poet Laureate (photo: Cindy Elizabeth); Michael Ray Charles, 2024 Texas State Artist 2D (photo: Aarik Charles); Diana Kersey, 2024 Texas State Artist 3D (photo: Clara Lewis-Valero)

08/07/2024

We've been waiting for this all year, and it's finally here! The list of finalists for the Big Tex Choice Awards at the Great State Fair of Texas!

~ Whic ones do YOU think will be the will win Best Taste Sweet and Best Taste Savory?

https://bigtex.com/big-tex-choice-awards/

07/30/2024

Today is National Paperback Book Day. Here are a few of our TEXperts' favorite books about or by Texans!

~ what are your favorite Texas books?

07/23/2024

Our TEXperts have been working trend number FIVE for a while, providing fun, unique TEXpert Interactive Take-away Stations like a Lone Star Lids Cowboy Hats, a Lone Star Branding, a Texas Leathercraft Station, and our Texas Dry Rub Station. Let us know when we can help share a little bit of Texas with YOUR guests.