This Friday is Tough Enough to Wear Pink Night at the Kaw Valley PRCA Rodeo in Manhattan.

The rodeo begins at 8 p.m. at Wells Arena in Cico Park.

There will be a pink balloon release during the Grand Entry and a special breast cancer awareness performance by the McPherson Silver Buckle Drill Team.

The audience, rodeo participants, and horses wear pink, pink merchandise is sold, and rodeo winners wearing pink get bigger prizes. The event honors cancer survivors and supports K-State cancer research.

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The Kaw Valley Rodeo is a three-night event. It is also runs Thursday and Saturday nights at 8 p. m.

Thursday will be the 8th annual Military Family Appreciation Night Pre-rodeo Picnic, sponsored by BriggsAuto.com from 5:30 until 7 p.m.

Three-time Pro Rodeo Entertainer of the Year, Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey will be performing all three nights of the rodeo. Whiplash is a capuchin monkey.  He is billed  as a true fan favorite as he shows off his skills and cowboy spirit herding wild Barbados sheep at rodeos and events across the world, aboard his trusty border collie, Boogie.   Whiplash has appeared on ESPN, Good Morning America, and the Today Show, and appeared in a series of television commercials for Taco john’s in 2004.