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Pedal-steel guitarist Jody Cameron performs at Alvin Community College for students in a country music course. See other photos submitted by readers.

Mr. Turtle, played by Manvel High School student Dustin Olso, shows off during the Mustang Bayou Turtle Race on Saturday. The race usually involves people paying to adopt numbered plastic turtles which are then dropped into the bayou and float to the finish line. But because of this year's record rains, organizers were unable to set up the finish line in the bayou, so the winning numbers were drawn from a drum. The event raises funds for the Alvin ISD Education Foundation's Innovative Teaching Grants. Photos by Wendy Rudnicki.

Click the photo above for more pictures from the event.

When asked to do art with a rodeo theme, Pearland youths at Alvin school district campuses came up with works in which the mood ranges from meditative to boisterious and the subjects range from pigs to cowpokes to desperados.

Want a pick-me-up? Look at this art from young pupils from Pearland school district campuses. Examples include "Rooster With Not Enough Bread" and "The Cowgirl Saver" and this untitled piece from Massey Ranch Elementary School kindergartner Aruna Muthupillai, 5.