About 38,000 people gathered in the historic district of San Antonio for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo's fifth annual cattle drive, organizers said.

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The event Saturday took place after the city was hit by the winter's worst storm, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

"It never rains on my parade," said Alex Pena, who organized the pre-rodeo downtown cattle drive.

Pena said there were about 8,000 more people at this year's cattle drive than last year's, despite the poor weather conditions.

A parade was held after the cattle drive, which had 300 participants and included an Army marching band from Fort Sam Houston and vintage horse-drawn buggies and stagecoaches.

The cattle drive and parade serve as the kickoff for the rodeo and stock show that begin Thursday at the AT&T Center.