Calling all Santa Clarita businesses and organizations! The 26th Annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, presented by California Resources Corporation, is looking for one local group that can mount up and show it has what it takes to be the head honcho in the all-new Best in the West display challenge.

The Best in the West challenge encourages businesses and organizations to get into the competitive spirit, and celebrate Santa Clarita’s rich western heritage leading up to the Cowboy Festival on April 13 and 14 at William S. Hart Park in Newhall. Participating groups will be tasked with decorating their store front in the spirit of the wild, wild west.

Groups can register for this friendly competition by clicking the Best in the West link at the top of the official Cowboy Festival website, cowboyfestival.org. Once registered, businesses and organizations can then begin decorating their store front, shop or display window.

The deadline to enter the Best in the West challenge is Friday, April 5. Judges will visit each participating location the week of April 8, and one entry will win four VIP passes to the Cowboy Festival. The winner will also be awarded the Best in the West trophy onstage at the SENSES Cowboy Roundup, the official after-party of the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, on Thursday, April 18.

For more information about the Best in the West display challenge, please email cowboy@santa-clarita.com or visit cowboyfestival.org.