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Alpine Cowboy Poetry Gathering By Nika Nordbrock

  30th Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering  By Nika Nordbrock Over the weekend of February 25-26, 2016, the cowboy poets, storytellers, and musicians gathered in Alpine, Texas, to help celebrate the 30th year of the Gathering. The steering committee members (Lynne Baldwin, Bill Brooks, Don Cadden, Gail Collier, Pam Cook, John Davis, Jane Garrett, Ida Hoelscher, Paul Loeffler, Joel Nelson, Shelly Rogers, and Nelson Sager) once again put many long hours into seeing that all the poets and musicians were well cared for with West Texas-sized hospitality for this very special gathering. As many poets said, “We never thought when we started that we would still be doing this gathering thirty years later!” The many sponsors who have supported the Gathering over the thirty years deserve and standing ovation and a big thank you. … Read entire article »

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