April Belecky Jones has been involved in Frontier Days practically since her birth on July 20th, the first day of that year’s rodeo. As the daughter of Al Belecky, a HEEL and chuck wagon outrider, and Fern Belecky, a flag bearer, April learned to ride at a very young age and took part in the parades as early as age five. After many years of parade involvement she was chosen Lady-in-Waiting to Miss Frontier, Mary Weppner in 1961. That same year she and her husband, T.V., met while working at Cheyenne Frontier Days™. T.V. “Tommy” Jones, a Torrington native, was fresh out of college with a history degree and working next to Dazee Bristol at the Wyoming Stockman Farmer newspaper. He was hired by “Dutch” Buckles, Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Chairman, to announce the Chuck Wagon Races and night show events. He went on to announce the “Thunder Out of the North” so called because of the sound the wagons made as they came around that track, for the next 32 years. In 1962 when she became Miss Frontier, April also contributed significantly to the history of Frontier Days. As she was doing the grand entry, she realized that the announcer had no lineup and many girls were introduced before or after they passed the grandstand. In 1963 she started doing a lineup for the announcer, so that all the girls were able to pass the grandstand as their names were called. She went on to do this for parades and grand entries for over 20 years. Separately, April and T.V. have been great assets to Frontier Days but together their involvement has been overwhelming. As night show committee hosts for fifteen years, the Joneses hosted entertainers such as Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Roy Clark, Tanya Tucker, Barbara Mandrell, and Pete Fountain. In 1980 both were founding members of the Cheyenne Frontier Days™ Western Art Show. It was expected that it would be five years before there would be any profit, but the first year they made a whopping $13.00. The CFD Western Art Show has gone on to provide the Museum with considerable income to preserve and interpret the history of Cheyenne Frontier Days™ for years to come. Though they do not advertise their accomplishments, April and T.V.’s time and dedication to Cheyenne Frontier Days™ for the last thirty years have profoundly added to the legacy of the “Daddy of ‘em All.”