LAS VEGAS — Inside the Thomas & Mack Center, every second of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo is choreographed down to the beat. This year, that rhythm is being set by a Montana native.

Brad Narducci, a Columbia Falls native, is serving as the music director for the National Finals Rodeo for the first time — a role he calls the biggest honor of his career.

After spending the previous two years as an assistant, Narducci stepped into the lead role at rodeo’s biggest event, where production moves faster and timing is more precise than anywhere else in the sport.

“It was a pretty big honor when they asked me to be the music director,” Narducci said. “That’s the phone call as a production guy that you always dream about.”

Narducci said the moment didn’t fully sink in until he hung up the

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