State Fair of Texas
You could be the next Big Tex. Since 1952, Big Tex has greeted millions of fairgoers at Fair Park as the State Fair ambassador. The most recent voice of Big Tex was Robert "Bob" Boykin, who voiced the larger-than-life cowboy for seven years before he died in January, according to his obituary. Now fair fans have the chance to audition and become the next Big Tex themselves.
Those who are up to the 55-foot-tall challenge should go online, review the scripted lines, record their audition, upload their recording and apply at BigTex.com. Submissions for the first round of auditions will be accepted until April 15. Those who advance could go through three more audition rounds that include an in-person interview, an in-studio recording session and a PA system test.
The next voice of Big Tex will be selected by July. The State Fair of Texas is currently still scheduled to open on September 25.