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Contact us for a supply of handout postcards about CowboyPoetry.com for your event.
Two CowboyPoetry.com information postcards are available .
One features William Matthews' painting, "Waxed Jacket," chosen as the image for the 2008 Cowboy Poetry Week poster and the other is the image selected as the cover for the 2008 CD, The BAR-D Roundup: Volume Three, (a photo of Perry Preston ("P. P.") Dickinson, circa 1912, Texas cowboy. Perry Preston was the grandfather of Deanna Dickinson McCall, and great grandfather of poets and reciters Rusty McCall and Katie-McCall Owens.
The reverse sides of the postcards have information about the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry and CowboyPoetry.com.
Thanks to the following gatherings, organizations, and individuals for helping to spread the word by making CowboyPoetry.com information cards available to date and for providing space for them: The Heritage of the American West show; the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Saddle Up! in Pigeon Forge, Sierra Vista's Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, Wyoming Wintercamp Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Chadron State College Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Red Rock Writers, Montana Cowboy and Ranchwomen Dinner Show, Montana Country Poets and Pickers Annual Gathering, Festival of the West, Alpine Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering, Nara Visa Cowboy Gathering, National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo, Kamloops Cowboy Gathering, Estes Park Cowboy Poetry and Music Round-Up, Wyoming's Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering, Lee Earl Memorial Scholarship Gathering, Oklahoma Cowboy Poetry and Songs, Kane County Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Dollarwatch Cowboy Show, Gila Valley Poets Spring Gathering, Idaho City Gathering, Booth Western Art Museum, Los Rios Rancho and Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Cowboy Culture Corner, Truckee Western Week and ProRodeo Cowboy Poetry and Music, Conifer Trails and Tales, Triple Creek Ranch, Eldorado Running of the Bull, Oklahoma Centennial Covered Wagon Rendezvous, Annual Reno Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, Friends of Marty Robbins, Southwestern Idaho Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Visalia Fall Roundup, Annual Grand Union Gathering, Badger Clark Hometown Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, Old West Days, Pinedale Roundup, Grand Junction Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Grass Valley Elks' Cowboy Poetry, Annual Gila River Heritage Round-Up, Cowboy Poetry Hootenanny, Spirit of the West, Annual Bosque County Chuckwagon Cookoff & John A. Lomax Music Festival, Annual Stony Plain Cowboy Poetry, Music & Art Gathering, and First Annual Utah, Arizona, Nevada (& Neighbors) Cowboy Poetry Gathering & "Old Timers" Get Together, First Annual Golden Spike Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, Annual Missouri Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Boys Town Nevada; and Tom Morgan, Jeri Dobrowski, Smoke Wade, Yvonne Hollenbeck, Susan Parker, Ken Cook, Linda Kirkpatrick, DW Groethe, Gwen Petersen, Janice Coggin, Sandi and Jay Snider, Nika Nordbrock, Karen Neurohr, Jo Lynne Kirkwood, Lauralee Northcott, Kathy and Van Criddle, Doris Daley, Tex Tumbleweed, Laurali Noteman, Alfred Janssen, Hal Swift, Diane Tribitt, Ann Blackford, Doc Stovall, Bobbie Hunter, Jim Hawkins, Al Mehl, Don Hilmer, Geff Dawson, Mick Vernon, PJ and Dallas McCord, Carla Bell, Jim Runge, Tom Cole, Linda Record, Cheryl Park, Lowell Moore, Jon Chandler, Jerry "Brooksie" Brooks, Juanita Buckley, Almeda Terry, Ronna Lee Sharpe, Laura and Tony Argento, Sr., Ralph Smith, Steve Conroy, Donnette Engebrecht, Fred Liese, Harlo Birkholz, Mark McMillan, Beth Bender, Kay Duke, Jackson Mackenzie, Francie Ganje, Pat Richardson, Sam Jackson, Stan Tixier, Tom Weatherby, Jennie Cummings, Maryanne Patterson, Mike Moutoux, Cimmaron Sue and Nevada Slim, and Ted Flaum.
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We do our best to provide accurate information, but please confirm dates directly with gathering organizers.
January 15-18, 2009
The 20th Annual Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering Arvada, ColoradoRead Yvonne Hollenbeck's report on the 2008 event
Read Yvonne Hollenbeck's report and Donna Hatton's report on the 2007 event
Read Yvonne Hollenbeck's report about the 2006 event
Read Yvonne Hollenbeck's report about the 2005 event
Read Jeri Dobrowski's report about the 2004 event
Read Pat Richardson's report about the 2003 event
January 23-24, 2009
2nd Annual Gila River Heritage Round-Up Thatcher, Arizona
Read Ralph Smith's report on the 2008 event
January 24 - January 31, 2009
The 25th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Elko, Nevada
View webcasts and more on the Western Folklife Center web site.
See 2008 reports.
See 2007 reports
See our feature with all years' programs and a list of all years' performers
See our 2006 report with additional contributions from Janice Gilbertson and Van Criddle, along with photos by Jeri Dobrowski and Yvonne Hollenbeck
See our 2005 report with additional contributions from Linda Kirkpatrick, Doug Brewer, and John Tierney, along with photos by Jeri Dobrowski, Andy Nelson, Jo Lynne Kirkwood, and Linda Kirkpatrick
See our feature on the 2004 20th anniversary of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Read reports from 2003 here from Rod Miller, Janice Gilbertson, and Steve Dirksen
tt's report about the 2003 Larry McWhorter benefit here
Read Virginia BenneRead reports from 2002 here
tt's report about the 2002 Joel Nelson benefit here
Read Virginia Benne
Visit our Sponsor supporters: The Western Folklife Center
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Heritage of
the American West Spearfish, South Dakota
Live
on
the web, 7PM MT
See our feature about the Heritage of the American West here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Fort Worth Stock Show Fort
Worth, Texas
"Campfire Tales" presented by Texas Cowboy Poets
Association - West Arena
Read Charles Williams' report from 2008 here
Read Charles Williams' report from 2007 here
See Wayne Scott Wolfe's photos from 2005
Read Charles Williams' report from 2004 here
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Wyoming Wintercamp Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Powell, Wyoming
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo
Rapid City, South Dakota
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Montana Country Poets and Pickers 14th
Annual Western Heritage Roundup Chinook, Montana
** Cowboy and Western Music Events for January are listed here.**
See our Internet (and other) Radio Broadcast schedule here.
February 6-8, 2009
17th Annual Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Future dates:
18th Annual Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music
Gathering: February 12-14, 2010
19th Annual Cochise Cowboy Poetry and
Music Gathering: February 11-13, 2011
20th Annual Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering:
February 3-5, 2012
reports about the 2008 eventRead William Merritt and Les Buffham's
February 14, 2009
16th Annual Bootheel Cowboy Poetry Fiesta Lordsburg, New Mexico
Read reports from Steve Conroy and Allen
"Hook" Hill on the 2008 event
Read Steve Conroy's report on the 2007 event
February 13-15, 2009
Fifth Annual Spirit of the West
Cowboy Gathering
Ellensburg,
Washington
Read Doris Daley's report about the 2008 event
Read Doris Daley's report about the 2007 event
February 27-March 1, 2009
23rd Annual Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering
(Sul Ross) Alpine, Texas
Read Doris Daley's report of the 2007 event
Read Linda Kirkpatrick's report of the 2006 event
Read Linda Kirkpatrick's report of the 2005 event
Read Ann Sochat's report of the 2004 event
Read Jack Sammon's report of the 2002 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
17th Annual Sagebrush Cowboyography Poetry and Music Gathering Buffalo,
Wyoming
Read Deb Sustrich's report on the 2005 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Annual 100 Mile House Cowboy Concert 100 Mile House,
British Columbia
see the British
Columbia Cowboy Heritage Society (BCCHS)
site
for details
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Emerald Valley Opry
Eugene, Oregon
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Heart City Bull Bash
Valentine, Nebraska
Read Yvonne Hollenbeck's report about the 2006 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboys at Heart Wilcox,
Arizona
Dates not yet received
for 2009
The Happy Trails
Breakfast Club Victorville, California
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cruising the Roots of the West
Caribbean Cruise from Galveston
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Moab's Western Stars
Moab,
Utah
Moab about the 2008 eventSee Jo Lynne Kirkwood's
Dates not yet received
for 2009
2nd Annual Cowboy Poetry and Music Show Martin,
South Dakota
See Ken Cook's report about the 2008 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Heritage
of the American West Spearfish, South Dakota
Live
on the web,
7PM MT
See our feature about the Heritage of the American West here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
International Folk Alliance Conference Memphis, Tennessee
Dates not yet received
for 2009
9th
Annual Saddle Up! Celebration Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Read Yvonne Hollenbeck's report about the 2008 event
Visit
our
Sponsor
supporters:
Saddle Up!
Dates not yet received
for 2009
12th Annual Fisher Poets Gathering
Astoria, Oregon
** Cowboy and Western Music Events for February are listed here.**
See our Internet (and other) Radio Broadcast schedule here.
through March 1, 2009
23rd Annual Texas Cowboy
Poetry Gathering
(Sul Ross) Alpine, Texas
Read Doris Daley's report of the 2007 event
Read Linda Kirkpatrick's report of the 2006 event
Read Linda Kirkpatrick's report of the 2005 event
Read Ann Sochat's report of the 2004 event
Read Jack Sammon's report of the 2002 event
March 5-8, 2009
Fifth Annual Lee Earl Memorial Cowboy Gathering
Lewiston, Idaho
Read Bobbie Hunter's report about the 2008 event
Read Smoke Wade's report about the 2007 event
Read Smoke Wade's report about the 2006 event
Read Smoke Wade's report about the 2005 event
March 12-15, 2009
13th
Annual Kamloops Cowboy Festival Kamloops,
British Columbia
Read reports by Doris Daley and Mike Puhallo about the 2008 event
Read reports by Mag Mawhinney, Diane Tribitt, and Mike Puhallo about the 2007 event
Read Mike Puhallo's report about the 2006 event
Read Mike Puhallo's report about the 2005 event
Read Mike Puhallo's report about the 2003 event
Read reports from Mike Puhallo and Mark McMillan about the 2002 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
6th Annual Southeastern Cowboy Gathering
Cartersville, Georgia
Doc Stovall's report on the 2007 gatheringRead Karen DeCicco's report on the 2008 gathering
Read
Visit our Sponsor supporters: Booth Western Art Museum
Dates not yet received
for 2009
15th Annual Cowboy Jubilee and Poetry
Carson City, Nevada
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Emerald Valley Opry
Eugene, Oregon
Dates not yet received
for 2009
8th Annual Cowboy Poetry
and Music Festival Torrey, Utah
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Farm and Ranch Heritage
Museum Cowboy Days Las Cruces, New Mexico
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Hole in the
Wall Gathering at the Festival of the West Phoenix,
Arizona
See Janice Chapman's photos from the 2005 event
Read Byrd Woodward's report about the 2002 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
19th
Annual Festival of the West Phoenix,
Arizona
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Third
Annual San Ramon Valley Horsemen's
Association Cowboy Poetry Alamo,
California
Read Frank Thornburgh's report about the 2007 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
23rd Annual Vinton Cowboy Poetry Show
Vinton, California
Read Jean Myles' report about the 2008 spring event
Read Jane Richardson's report about the 2004 fall event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
6th
Annual Bosque County Chuckwagon Cookoff & John
A. Lomax Music Festival
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Mavericks
Coffee House Visalia, California
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Entertainment Houston, Texas
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Heritage of the
American West Spearfish, South Dakota
Also live
on
the web, 7PM MT
See our feature about the Heritage of the American West here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
93rd Annual Meeting, Texas Folklore Society
Lubbock, Texas
Dates not yet received
for 2009
18th Annual Tribute to
Marty Robbins
Wilcox, Arizona
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Hootenanny Mesquite, Nevada
Read Smoke Wade's report about the 2007 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
6th
Annual "Them Dang Cowboys" Domain,
Manitoba
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Seventh Annual Brazos River Music Festival
Glen Rose, Texas
** Cowboy and Western Music Events for March are listed here.**
See our Internet (and other) Radio Broadcast schedule here.
April 19-25, 2009
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Eighth Annual Celebration
See a report from the 2008 event here.
2008 event
Songs of Yellowstone and Tetons concert
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2008 event
Songs of Yellowstone and Tetons concert
Bozeman, Montana
Dates not yet received
for 2009
4th Annual Oklahoma Cowboy
Poetry and Songs Stillwater,
Oklahoma ~ Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Dates not yet received
for 2009
27th Annual Cowboy
Songs and Range Ballads Cody, Wyoming
Read Jeri Dobrowski's report about the 2005 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
6th Annual Columbia River Cowboy Gathering
Pasco, Washington
Read
Smoke
Wade's report about the 2007 event
Read
Smoke
Wade's report about the 2006 event
Read
Smoke
Wade's report about the 2005 event
Read Clark
Crouch's report about the 2004 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Read Sandra Herl's report about the 2004 event
Read Sandra Herl's report about the 2003 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Emerald Valley Opry
Eugene, Oregon
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Folkfest New
Braunfels, Texas
Read Janice Chapman's report about the 2002 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
See our feature about the Heritage of the American West here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Shindig at the
Memorial Libary
Liberal, Kansas
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
2008 event
Paula Saletnic Fundraiser
Scottsdale, Arizona
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Almita 2nd Annual Cowboy Poetry Evening & Dinner
Panoka, Alberta
Dates not yet received
for 2009
22nd Annual St. Anthony
Cowboy Poetry Gathering St.
Anthony, Idaho
See Bobbie Hunter's report about the 2008 event
See Bobbie Hunter's report about the 2007 event
See Bobbie Hunter's report about the 2006 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Booth Western Art Museum
Youth Cowboy
Poetry Finals Cartersville, Georgia
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Visit our Sponsor supporters: Booth Western Art Museum
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Mavericks
Coffee House Visalia, California
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Week at the
Conifer Library
Conifer, Colorado
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Western Music Association
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Week at the
Ogden Valley Branch Library Huntsville, Utah
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Brunch Among the Books at the Real County Public
Leakey, Texas
~
Celebrating
Cowboy Poetry Week
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Week at the Gold Hill Hotel
Gold Hill, Nevada
~
Celebrating
Cowboy Poetry Week
Dates not yet received
for 2009
See a report from the 2008 event here.
2008 Event
Liberty Theater fundraiser
Dayton, Washington
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Dates not yet received
for 2009
2008 Event
Cowboy Poetry at the Buhl Public Library Buhl, Idaho
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Cowboy Poetry Week at the
Safford City
Graham County Library
Safford, Arizona
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Cowboy Poetry Week with Michael Martin Murphey at the
Safford Center for the Arts
Safford, Arizona
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry and Music Prescott, Washington ~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Week at the
Leslie J. Savage Library,
Western State College Gunnison, Colorado
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
See a report from the 2008 event here.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Grass Valley Elks' Cowboy Poetry
Grass Valley, California ~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
See Harold Miller's report from the 2008 event.
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Writing
Workshop Abilene, Texas ~ Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Cowboy Poetry Week at the
Oliver Warner Memorial Library
Hooker, Oklahoma
~ Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Dates not yet received
for 2009
16th Annual
Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival Santa Clarita, California
Visit our Sponsor supporters: Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Gila Valley Cowboy Poets Spring Gathering
Safford/Pima
Arizona
~ Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Dates not yet received
for 2009
Second Annual Utah, Arizona, Nevada (& Neighbors) Cowboy Poetry
Gathering & "Old Timers" Get Together
Kanab, Utah
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
Visit
our
Sponsor
supporters:
Western Poetry Writers'
Association
Dates not yet received
for 2009
11th Annual Missouri Cowboy Poetry Gathering Mountain View,
Missouri
~
Celebrating
Cowboy
Poetry Week
See Jerry Schleicher's report about the 2008 event
Dates not yet received
for 2009
"Winds Of The Chaparral" Convention
Ontario, California
