Western Music Association Festival
2006

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This is page 2. Page one, with the festival report and more photos, is here. The 2006 18th Annual Western Music Association (WMA) Festival  took place in November in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Page one includes a report and photos, and information about the recipients of the annual awards. Below are more photos. See the Western Music Association web site for information about membership, the annual festival, and more.      Below: More Photos See many, many more photos at Lori Faith Merritt's web site:  www.PhotographyByFaith.com   On Page one: Report and photos from the 2005 Festival report by Rick Huff Photos by Lori Faith Merritt (Photography By Faith), Van Criddle, and Linda Kirkpatrick   2006 Winners and Top Five Nominations with selected photos by Lori Faith Merritt (Photography By Faith)     The WMA welcomed poet members in 2006, and introduced awards that recognize cowboy poets: Female Poet of the Year, Male Poet of the Year, and Best Collaboration of Poet and Musician. In 2007, two new awards will be added: Best Cowboy Poetry Book and Best Cowboy Poetry CD.

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More Photos

(See many, many more festival photos at Lori Faith Merritt's web site:  www.PhotographyByFaith.com)

 

photo by Linda Kirkpatrick
Jay Snider

 

photo by Van Criddle
Geff Dawson

 

photo by Van Criddle
Linda Kirkpatrick

 

photo by Lori Faith Merritt, www.PhotographyByFaith.com]
Les Buffham

 

photo by Lori Faith Merritt, www.PhotographyByFaith.com]
Mike Moutoux

 

photo by Lori Faith Merritt, www.PhotographyByFaith.com]
Juni Fisher and Bill Barwick

 

photo by Lori Faith Merritt, www.PhotographyByFaith.com]
Jinny Lowe (publisher of Cowboy Troubadour), Joe Baker, and Kathy Camden

 

photo by Lori Faith Merritt, www.PhotographyByFaith.com]
Jam session, including Bill Chiles and Laurie Wood, seated

 

photo by Van Criddle
Juni Fisher and Kathy Criddle

 

photo by Lori Faith Merritt, www.PhotographyByFaith.com]
English DJ Graham Lees with Kip Calahan

 

photo by Van Criddle
Yvonne Hollenbeck and Juni Fisher

 

photo by Lori Faith Merritt, www.PhotographyByFaith.com]
Bill Barwick and Andy Nelson

 

photo by Van Criddle
Stampede! (Steve Taylor, David Anderson, and Terri Taylor)

 

photo by Van Criddle
Van Criddle and Terri Taylor)

 

photo by Linda Kirkpatrick
Jim Nelson, Curly Musgrave , and Andy Nelson

 

photo by Linda Kirkpatrick
Dee Strickland Johnson ("Buckshot Dot")

 

photo by Linda Kirkpatrick
Sharon Wrango of Kansas Saddlery (with The BAR-D Roundup)

 

 

More photos on page one

And there are many, many more festival photos at Lori Faith Merritt's web site:  www.PhotographyByFaith.com