Meet our Rodeo Personnel
Davie Kimm is a Gold Card member of the professional rodeo cowboys association. Like many rodeo announcers, Davie’s love of rodeo began as a contestant when he joined the Minnesota High School Rodeo Association in the 1980’s. Working both ends of the arena roping calves and riding bareback and saddle bronc horses, he went on to qualify for the National High School Finals Rodeo and later on, the PRCA Great Lakes Circuit Finals 4 times in saddle bronc riding in 1987, ’88, ’89 and ’92.
Along with announcing rodeos Davie also freelances as a commercial voice talent and spokesperson. He is also an endorsee of Wrangler Western Wear, Montana Silversmiths, Resistol Hats, Electro-Voice Microphones, and Prime Performance Nutrition.
His insight as a past contestant and his Midwest work ethic has helped Davie become one of the most exciting and sought after voices in the PRCA. He has been heard at such prestigious events as the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo, PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour, and his voice has been heard on ESPN, ESPN2. He worked alongside ESPN sportscaster Jeff Medders during the 2010 Black Hills Stock Show in Rapid City, SD for the inaugural PRCA Extreme Bulls live webcast on ESPN360.
Davie has been recognized along with some of the industry’s elite by the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association being named the 2016 W.P.R.A. Announcer of the Year, and has been a Top 5 nominee for W.P.R.A. Announcer of the Year in 2009, 2013 and 2021. He has also announced the W.P.R.A. World Finals in Waco, TX 9 times from 2013-2021.
Flying Arena STARS
Allan Dessel grew up in rural Cherokee County. He became a bull fighter at the young age of 15 after listening to stories and seeing photos of his father who fought bulls for 10 years before Allan was born. Already assisting the Barnes Family with their rough stock schools, he was hired by the Barnes family to fight his first high school rodeo in Estherville, Iowa. Accepted into the PRCA shortly after graduating from high school, he fought his first PRCA Rodeo in Cherokee, Iowa in 2003. Working more than 40 performances across 9 states with the Barnes PRCA Rodeo Family, he ended his rookie year in the PRCA working the Benny Binion Bucking Bull Sale at the NFR in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He was soon urged to become a clown/barrelman in addition to bull fighting and trained under nationally acclaimed PRCA barrelman and specialty act, John Harrison. Just one year later, in 2007, Allan worked his first rodeo as a barrelman. He was approved for his PRCA clown/barrelman and specialty act card in 2008. Since then he has worked many PRCA Rodeos including the Prairie Circuit Finals and the First Frontier Circuit Finals. 2024 will find Allan as barrelman for the National Western Stock Show Rodeo in Denver, Colorado.
17 year old Shyla, 13 year old Layna, and 8 yr old Clara are professional entertainers that are following the footsteps of their deeply rooted family tradition. The girl’s parents, Corey and Melissa Navarre, make their home in Weatherford, OK, and Melissa passes the art of trick riding down to her girls as a 3rd generation of performers.
The young sister trio found themselves in Las Vegas at the WNFR in 2023 performing as one of the selected Specialty Acts. Being chosen to work together at the NFR is the highlight of the girl’s young career!
Shyla has been trick riding for the last 13 years, beginning her career with her mother, Melissa Navarre of Weatherford, Oklahoma. Shyla has been across the country, including 2013 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, 2013 Ram National Circuit Finals, and many other PRCA rodeos. Layna is 13 years old and shines in the spotlight alongside her sister, as they both worked the Wrangler Nationals Finals Break Away Roping in 2020. 2021 brought the last sister in to the arena, Clara Rose. Clara has stepped up and put an exclamation point on the sister act! They have performed as a group and entertained at 2021 NFSR and at Texas Motor Speedway at the NASCAR All Star Race in 2021 and 2022 on pit row!
Shyla developed a love for whip cracking and developed the art with the help of her mentor Ryder Kiesner. She will entertain you with different whip cracking maneuvers and do some target popping with the help of Clara, that will keep your attention! Watch as Shyla performs her beautiful and dangerous tricks on her beautiful white horse, Captain and Layna will steal your heart as she flies by on her Quarter Pony, Nugget and Clara steals the show on her Shetland pony Thunder.
Follow their adventures at navarretrickriders.com and on FB and Instagram @flyingarenastars
