Umbrellas were used by many Hamel Rodeo audience members to keep the Sun at bay until the sky opened up and rain fell in a great torrent for several minutes during the Saturday matinee, July 10, in Hamel.

Delano cowgirls Alexis Klevann, 11, and her sister Paige, 7, pose inside the fence at the Hamel Rodeo Saturday matinee, July 10 in Hamel.

Several photographs are stitched together to make a panoramic image of the west-side spectator grounds at Corcoran Lions Park Saturday during the Hamel Rodeo.