Reality:  Houston is home to the world's largest Rodeo and Livestock show that attracts 1.5 million visitors from throughout the world each year.  Many of the nation's top C & W musicians have Houston roots.  However Houston also has a dynamic arts community that receives wide support from throughout the region.  Houston is home to the internationally acclaimed Houston Symphony that presents a full season of subscription concerts in Jones Hall, free concerts at Miller Theater and concerts on tour.  Houston Grand Opera, one of the nation's largest opera company, is recognized throughout the world for the balance between contemporary works and classics in its standard repertoire.  Founded in 1955, Houston Ballet presents a season of local and touring performances.  Theater Under The Stars offers lavish musicals in free summer productions and in a winter subscription season.  Live dramatic and musical theater have developed a committed following in Houston.  The Alley Theater is one of the country's oldest resident theaters and Stages Repertory Theater offers Southwestern and world premiers experimental productions of classic works and revivals of American Masterpieces.  Houston is home to a host of notable non-equity professional companies.  Museums with rare and unique collections abound in Houston, including The Museum of Fine Arts that displays more than 27,000 works from antiquity to the present. Annually, Houston hosts hundreds of festivals and celebrations including two-week Houston International Festival in the spring of each year.