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    In Beyoncé’s Loop

    Sep 17, 2021 4 minutes
    —G.R. Schiavino
    ALL IMAGES COURTESY GLYNN TURMAN

    On Instagram this summer, right in the midst of Cheyenne Frontier Days, the PRCA shared a post from Ivy Park. In truth, it appeared a little bizarre there. Where rodeo footage and commentary normally commanded the attention of a devoted following, suddenly there was a hip-hop music video featuring edgy, rodeo-inspired, but urban athletic fashion, promoted by music’s most award-winning female artist, Beyoncé.

    The post—since deleted from the account—caused a shameful stir. But for those willing to look beyond the unfamiliar, looped in with the not-at-all Western music and dance styles was real and true team roping talent. Enter Glynn Turman.

    Turman was born in early 1947 in New York City. At just 12

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