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		<title>Breakaway Wins Western Heritage Classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABILENE,TX-If it&#8217;s Mother&#8217;s Day, then you know the Western Heritage Classic is in Abilene, TX.  It&#8217;s a long weekend of EVERYTHING COWBOY, from bits and spurs, to horse races, ranch rodeos, chuckwagons, dances and the list goes on and on.  If you ain&#8217;t seen it, you just ain&#8217;t living, so many people and this year it even rained, and horse races are a lot better in the rain?  Kinda evens out the competition.
 
1-This is the better half of Breakaway, Annette Wilson, Stamford, TX, (while she&#8217;s working, you can figure Wilbur&#8217;s off talking to someone!). In addition to winning Overall, they also won Wagon, 1st in Bread and 1st in Potatoes 2-This is the Scorpion wagon and they also won 2nd in Wagon, 2nd in Dessert, 5th in Brad, 4th in Beans 3-Butch Hester, Ft. Worth, TX, finished third overall and took home 4th in Potatoes and Dessert, 1st in Beans, 3rd in Meat ...]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Screen Legend XV Benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[APPLE VALLEY,CA-Legendary singing cowboys Tex Ritter and Eddie Dean were stars of radio, film, records, TV and personal appearances and heroes to millions of fans from the Saturday matinee era of the 1930’s and 40’s  on into the television era.

Both men were born and raised in Texas and their careers were similar in many ways. Tex was born Woodward Maurice Ritter on January 12, 1905 in the little town of Murvaul, TX. Eddie Dean was born Edgar Dean Glosup on July 9, 1907 in the small town of Posey, TX. Both had musical careers on radio before coming to Hollywood in the mid-1930’s.  Between 1935 and 1945, Tex starred or co-starred in 60 B-western feature films. Dean appeared in dozens of movies between 1934 and 1945, often as a member of the gang, one of the posse, or part of a group of cowboys singing around the campfire. Many of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Gathering Receives Governor&#8217;s Award by Nika Nordbrock</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESCOTT,AZ-Congratulations to the all volunteer Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering, Prescott, Arizona, for receiving the 2012 Arizona Governor’s Arts Award for a Community Organization on March 27, 2012. President Jim Buchanan was delighted to accept the award on behalf of the Gathering from last year’s awardee Barbara DuVal Fenster, executive director of Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona.
The Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering, the oldest in Arizona, will celebrate its 25th anniversary on August 9-11, 2012. Its mission is to educate, promote and preserve cowboy poetry, music and western heritage culture and history. The Gathering not only provides entertainment, but an opportunity for poets and bearers of cowboy oral traditions to assemble in a spirit of mutual appreciation and support and to strengthen ties with the ranching community and general public. In recent years, the organization has brought poetry into fourth-grade classrooms in the Prescott area to introduce students to poetry, ...]]></description>
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		<title>26th Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering by Nika Nordbrock</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALPINE,TX-Over the weekend of February 24-26, 2012, the cowboy poets, storytellers, and musicians gathered in Alpine, Texas, to help celebrate the 26th year of the Gathering. The steering committee members (Lynn Baldwin, Bill Brooks, Don Cadden, Pam Cook, Jane Garrett, Ida Hoelscher, Chuck Jividen,
 
1-Andy Hedges and Family 2-Jean &#38; Rolf Flake and Chris Isaacs 3-Jerry Brooks and Audrey Hankins 4-Knox and Cadden Crews
Paul Loeffler, Kay Nowell, Shelly Rogers, and Nelson Sager) put many long hours into seeing that all the poets and musicians were well cared for with Texas-sized hospitality. They welcomed all the poets on Thursday evening at Kokernot Lodge with delicious authentic Mexican food. This outstanding Poet’s Party was again sponsored by McCoy Building Supply Centers. The room was packed friends and sponsors greeted each other. One of the parts that all the participants love and look forward to is the chance to spend some time visiting with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Doc Stovall Passing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Booth Western Art Museum Mourns Loss
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CARTERSVILLE, GA- Mar. 21 &#8211; It is with great sadness Booth Western Art Museum shares the news of the sudden passing of Entertainment &#38; Sponsorship Manager Doc Stovall.
Executive Director Seth Hopkins states, &#8220;Booth Western Art Museum is so sorry to have lost our long-time friend and employee, Doc Stovall, in a tragic accident this morning. He will be sorely missed.&#8221;
A native Virginian, Doc was well known as a Western singer and cowboy poet throughout America, having performed in twenty-five of the fifty states. Honored in 2002 as Georgia&#8217;s Official Cowboy Balladeer by the Georgia State Legislature, he entertained audiences both young and old as he strived to keep alive the history of the West in music and song. In November of 2004, Doc was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, the first cowboy singer so honored, and in October ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spirit of the West by Tommy Tucker</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spirit of the West doesn&#8217;t disappoint by &#8220;Toe Tappin&#8217;&#8221; Tommy Tucker , Western Heritage Show Host, KRLC Radio, Lewiston, ID (Photos by Molly Morrow www.mollymorrow.com)
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ELLENSBURG,WA-Cold, wet and icy weather certainly didn&#8217;t dampen the spirits of those attending the “Spirit of the West” Cowboy Gathering this past President&#8217;s Day weekend in Ellensburg, Washington!  A large turn out enjoyed a break in the weather, to enjoy the delicious chuck wagon fare of beef, taters, beans, biscuits and desert of course washed down with real cowboy coffee as they watched the kids hone their roping skills and bull-whip demonstrations by Bink Picard.

1-Adrian 2- Alan Halvorsen, Rocking HW 3-Gary Allegretto 4-Michael Martin Murphey
The Spirit of the West just keeps getting bigger and better as this year they added several  new programs to the agenda.  Starting with a Thursday night concert by the Central Washington University Symphony Orchestra, conducted  by Dr. Nikolas Caoile, and Men&#8217;s Choir, conducted by ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lewiston Gathering Returns by Robyn Anderson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LEWISTON,ID-The Lewiston, Id Gathering is back on after a six year hiatus. Sam Matisse and many a crew drove through snowstorms, Dallas McCord raced ahead of the storm, and some lucky enough to live nearby, missed the whole thing. But all was worth it when the guitars were tuned, the sound system set, the vendors in place, and the Warrior
Ballroom ready for two full days of some of the best cowboy entertainment around.
Jim Aasen and his wife Linda had a few entertainers over for a great dinner the night before everything was to start, but the jamming began even before dinner was served. That’s where you hear new ideas, blending of voices that haven’t sung together for years, get caught up on families and ranches and the roundup times. And it sets the tone for what’s to come.
Friday morning started off with the next generation of great western entertainers. Elliott
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		<title>6th Annual Mesquite Roundup by Russ Westwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MESQUITE,NV-The 6th Annual Mesquite Western Roundup was held on February 24 and 25, 2012. Our feature entertainer, Mary Kaye performed a good mix of traditional
Western songs and Contemporary Western music. She was very well received. Jo Lynne Kirkwood did an outstanding job as MC for both shows and recited a couple of her own poems. The audience was treated to
two rousing clogging numbers presented by the Mesquite Toes senior dance team. The Mesquite Strings n&#8217; Things, provided lively pre-show entertainment. Poetry was provided by veteran Cowboy Poets from around the region.
Mostly humorous, sometimes serious poems were presented by Maarleen Bussma, Lee kimberlin, Barb King, Ken Marshall, Hap Stuart. Bill Taylor and Russ Westwood. Also in attendance to
greet our guests  and help with our raffle and door prizes were Miss Rodeo Nevada, Ann Clemmitt and Miss Rodeo Utah, Jamie Udell The Program was directed by Russ Westwood and sponsored by the ...]]></description>
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		<title>15 Years of Campfire Tales by Charles Williams</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FT. WORTH, TX-The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, whose slogan is &#8220;This Thing is Legendary&#8221;, was the home of &#8220;The Legend Within The Legend&#8221;-  as Campfire Tales brought together an incredible array of performers for their Fifteenth Annual Show.  From

1-Eli Barsi, Charles Williams &#38; Janet McBride 2-Devon Dawson, Kristyn Harris, Teresa Burleson 3-Carolyn, Janet McBride &#38; Jerry
January 23rd to 26th, musicians, poets, storytellers and Cowboy entertainers of all sorts put on a show to remember for the anniversary.  The show got off to a spectacular start, with Miss. Devon (Dawson) and Outlaw Jessie (Del Rio) performing their unique blend of

The Wallace Family
Swing, Cowboy and Western music.  Despite the banner announcing the show was Miss. Devon all the time, she was joined by other performers.  On Monday, Devon and Jessie were followed by Charles Williams, poet, storyteller, sometime MC and reportedly one of the ones responsible for this event.  Showing ...]]></description>
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		<title>19th Annual Boothill Gathering by Steve Conroy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LORDSBURG, NM-The Land of Enchantment has given us another delightful experience as Allen “Hook” Hill and his wife, June, continue to host the 19th Annual Bootheel Cowboy Poetry Fiesta in Lordsburg, New Mexico.  This is a fund-raising event to help support the Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Museum, which is where the Gathering is held.

1-Diane Kennedy 2-Harold Keith 3-Hook Hill &#38; Bill Cavaliere 4-Jon Messenger
It’s is highly recommended to come early and tour the Museum prior to the show.  There are artifacts and stories from Lordsburg’s early involvement with the Mining industry.  Lordsburg was the location of one of the World War II Prisoner of War camps and they had Germans, Italians and “American Japanese” during the war.  Tom Mix made his last ride through their town.  It is certainly an opportunity to get a taste of history and also enjoy a great show of music and poetry.  By the way, at intermission, ...]]></description>
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		<title>20th Annual Cochise Cowboy Gathering by Steve Conroy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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SIERRA VISTA,AZ-From February 3rd to the 5th of this year, The Cochise Cowboy Poetry &#38; Music Gathering, held annually in Sierra Vista, AZ, celebrated its 20th Anniversary, along withArizona’s Centennial.  It was a phenomenal event and provided the community with

1-Mary Kaye &#38; Larry Maurice 2-Larry Maurice 3-Mike &#38; Emily Moutoux 3-Ken &#38; Lyn Mikell
some of the best talent in the United States.  The Theme this year was “Celebrating Statehood” and “20 Years of GREAT Cowboy Poetry and Music.”  As in the past, the Gathering turned to the history of the state and had articles in the program about Arizona’s struggleto become a state.

1- John &#38; Lucy Shaver 2-Shannon Harris, Bill Barwick, Sam DeLeeuw &#38; Paul Harris 3-Sue Harris &#38; Fred Jones 4-Gail Starr &#38; Caroline Baker
The Co-Chairs, Steve Conroy and Mike Barker, wanted to ensure all of the cultures that helped settle the Arizona Territory were represented this year and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Riding the Rim Cowboy Poetry Gathering by Nika Nordbrock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Photos 1-Riding the Rim Crew  2-Phil Ellsworth 3-Jim Dunham &#38; Duane Steinbrink  4-Gail Steiger
PRESCOTT,AZ-The 10th Annual Riding the Rim Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Sunday, January 22, 2012, was held at the Phippen Museum of Western Art in Prescott, Arizona. Riding the Rim featured some of Yavapai County’s local poets reciting cowboy poetry and singing cowboy music. The Riding the Rim Gathering was held as part of the 21st annual Trappings of the American West exhibit. This exhibit runs through February 19, 2012, at the Phippen Museum and is organized each year by Linda Stedman of the Dry Creek Arts Fellowship. It is a unique contemporary showcase of functional and fine art of the American cowboy. It is a juried sales exhibition, which features the work of 91 artists from 14 western states, Hawai’i, and Canada and displays 200 works of art. Dry Creek Arts Fellowship (DCAF) Executive Director Linda Stedman said, ...]]></description>
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		<title>24th Annual Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering by Nika Nordbrock</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESCOTT,AZ-It was a fantastic weekend at the 24th Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in Prescott, Arizona, on September 15-17, 2011. The weekend weather was absolutely perfect, and the town was brimming with activities as our Gathering coincided with the Prescott Best Fest Film Festival and the Prescott Best Fest which began the celebrations leading up to Arizona’s Statehood Centennial on February 14, 2012.

1-Bud Strom, Chris Isaacs, Steve Lindsey &#38; Vess Quinlan 2-Carole Jarvis and J.C. Mortenson 3-Don Edwards, Don Cadden &#38; Kathy Edwards 4-Steve Lindsey &#38; Bobby Fields
Many very talented poets, reciters,and musicians gathered together to celebrate the twenty-fourth gathering withthe multiple day sessions and three evening shows. In keeping with the theme of Faithful Pards, on Thursday, the evening show was held at the newly restored Elks Opera House while on Friday and Saturday, the Gathering was held at the Yavapai College Prescott Campus, 1100 E. Sheldon. The all-volunteer Gathering crew ...]]></description>
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		<title>Billings Montana Western Expo by Slim McNaught</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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(Cowboy Poet Duane Nelson,;Cowgirl singer, Susie Knight; G.T. Hurley; Slim McNaught; Photos by Bob Kisken) 
BILLINGS, MT- For a first time event, the Western Expo Entertainment Stage, Oct. 19-22, 2011, “Cowboy Code”, for the Northern International Livestock Expo (NILE), put together by Almeda Bradshaw, was an over-the-top success. From the first mike check Wednesday, to the final hooraw Saturday, this was a well received, well planned, successful program. There were so many events going on at the Metra Park grounds that it was nearly impossible to attend them all. But one thing folks were talking about was the entertainment stage at the North end of the vendor area in the Rimrock Auto Arena exhibit hall and rodeo arena. This is the same building that lost the roof in a tornado June 20, 2010. The folks responsible have done a remarkable job of rebuilding this arena. Picture in your mind, if you will, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Texan Micaela Howeth Wins National Music Award by Janet McBride</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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DALLAS, TX-One of our Buckaroo&#8217;s Micaela Howeth/Mustang  Mikki/won the internet promotion contest for the HAYLOFT GANG WLS  DOCUMENTARY that will be on PBS beginning soon.  They had  60 video entries of people young and old performing songs of the old WLS  Hayloft Artists like Patsy Montana, Gene Autry, Rex Allen, Lulu Belle &#38;  Scotty and others.
Micaela entered with three separate videos of three  songs.  It was a national contest with 60 entrants.  There was  about a month of popular vote and then 5 finalsts were selected from the  voting.  Micaela was in the TOP 5 FINALISTS WITH &#8216;I WANT TO BE A  COWBOY&#8217;S SWEETHEART&#8217;. Her video entry had her horse, herself dressed as a  cowgirl of course and she was playing her guitar in her best &#8216;Devon  Dawson&#8217; style.  She sang, played
and yodeled really well and won the popular vote  again.  From that point the 5 top were judged by ...]]></description>
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		<title>20th Annual Old West Days by Willard Hollopeter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VALENTINE,NE-It rained off and on during the Twentieth Old West Days and Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering, October 6-9, 2011,  which, I think, helped with audience attendance. There was a good crowd for the dual day sessions, The two evening and Saturday afternoon Reunion Performances.
Friday evening performers: Host Teresa Kay Orr, Barry Ward, Gale Patzlaff, Chuck Larsen, Bill Barwick.
Saturday Reunion performance: Host Dr. Al Mehl, Paul Larsen, Bonnie Krogman, Marty Blocker, Ken Cook, Janet Parkhurst, Otto Rosfeld, Chuck Parker, Robert Dennis, Willard Hollopeter.
Saturday Evening: Host Lyn Messersmith, Jean Prescott, Mike Logan, Yvonne Hollenbeck,. Brenn Hill.
Chris did good with the trade show and the auditorium was full. Steve reported the Sunday trail ride was down in riders from previous years, but that could be expected when it is raining.
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		<title>ACWA Chuckwagon Meeting at National Cowboy Museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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OKLAHOMA CITY,OK-A good crowd was on hand for the annual American Chuckwagon Association meeting at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City. Nov. 5, 2011.
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Madison Allen from Amarillo gave a nice presentation and also did a terrific job of a miniature chuckwagon and a scene which she had done for school.  It was a very impressive job.
She had also cooked with Honey Do Spoiler, which was her inspiration and had a great time.  Great to get the young folks involved..
A very good program was presented by David Sneed of Flipping, AR (www.wheelsthatwonthewest.com).  He is very knowledgable about everything that concerns wagons and has some great books out.  I won&#8217;t say he knows &#8220;everything&#8221;, but he sure comes close.  If you&#8217;ve got questions about a wagon, he would be the place to start asking questions.
Also, Doug Hansen of Hansen Wagon Works (www.hansenwheel.com) in South Dakota also gave a good presentation concerning ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sept. 4, Devils Tower CB Poetry Gathering HULETTE,WY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Devil&#8217;s  Tower Gathering, HULETTE, WY   Story by Robert Dennis, Photos by Bob Kisken
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HULETTE,WY-It was another sunny beautiful day at Devils Tower on September the 4th, for the 16th annual Cowboy Poetry Gethering. The Park service started this event as a way to say thank you, to the surrounding ranchers and people who live in the area. The performance is held in the shade of the picnic area with people bringing their lawn chairs and lunch and just setting out in nature, enjoying the afternoon. Many families came with the children playing off away from the performance, disturbing no one, yet their parents could still keep an eye on them and enjoy the show.

Robert Dennis has been the event coordinater since the beginning and he takes pride in the fact that all the performers who have ever been there are all still connected to the ranching way of life, either as ...]]></description>
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		<title>October 22, 2011 Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering FORT WORTH, TEXAS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Pulling out of the huge metropolis of Gene Autry, OK on Saturday morning, Oct. 22, on the way to Fort Worth and the annual Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering, we are constantly amazed at the traffic on I-35. Traveling a little over 70 MPH, the cars went around us like we were sitting still. I was almost tempted to get out and see if we were still moving, but calmer heads prevailed. It used to be a pleasant ride, now it’s like downtown Ft. Worth.


Anyway, crossing the bridge into Texas.
We were stopped to make sure we had our passport and had all our shots. (You can never be too sure about what you might catch there and NEVER drink the water). We continued until the traffic started looking like a parking lot.
They were having an air show at the Alliance Airport. Why folks would go to see air amazes me, but ...]]></description>
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		<title>August 2011 Texas Ranch Roundup 2011 WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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          -In every sport, there is one event which stands sout from the other. In baseball, it is the World Series, in football, the Super Bowl, horse racing the Kentucky Derby. In the sport of Ranch Rodeo, it is The Texas Ranch Roundup, the Original and still the best in the world.
Rolling in to Texas, the thermometer tops out about 106, but you know they&#8217;re now in an inside airconditioned building, which is a pleasant thought. In the past, you were at an outside arena, hot dusty, but that&#8217;s where the cowboys live, but city folks love their comforts so the cowboys accommodate them.
This year, the action was no less than thrilling both nights. In a huge arena, there are few seats to be had and long lines to watch the most historic ranches in Texas fight amongst themselves to see who is best on this weekend.
After the dust had ...]]></description>
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