Music, Dancing, Poetry, Storytelling, Wow, what a day! This year's theme was "Barn Dance & Western Swing".
On Saturday February 3 G and I went to Sierra Vista, AZ for the Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering. This post includes a link to a brief video, a few photos and a link.
This is an annual event. This year's gathering had the theme "Barn Dance and Swing". So, there was dancing, music and of course, poetry! The event began on February 2 and ran through the 4th, but we could only attend on the 3rd. Bummer!
The day was arranged into two segments. The first began at 10:00 am and ran until 5:00pm. During this period there were 30 poets, musicians and storytellers in 58 sessions in a variety of areas. The settings were informal and up close. Great opportunity to meet the artists and hear their performance. Each segment was 50 minutes in length. Pick your artists and venue and go to the segments you choose. Three segments were dedicated to lunch. The cost of the day was $10 for adults, and lunch is optional. I understand 30 musicians and poets from all over the US and Canada performed. This included several from Sierra Vista. In addition there were young students who performed their prize winning poems.
There was a break from 4:30 to 6:00pm for the "Barn Dance" with music by Syd Masters & The Swing Riders. Lots of fun and we danced. Good for the soul.
A second ticket allows one to attend the evening's entertainment. The cost for this was $20 per adult and several hours of entertainment were provided in a stage setting after the break.
We'll definitely be attending next year; need to keep early February open in 2019.
Our thanks to the 100+ volunteers who made this event happen.
Books, CDs and so on are available:
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| We purchased a CD |
Here's a short video sampler of the day:
A few photos:
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| OK Chorale Cowboy Trio |
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| Cowboy Thatch |
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| Dave & Kathy McCann |
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| The Cowboy Way |
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| Ron Hinkle |
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| Ron Hinkle |
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| Ms. "V" |
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| Broken Chair Band & Doug Figgs |
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| Evening Stage |
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| Carolyn & Dave Martin |
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| Trinity Seely |
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| Doc Mehl, Washtub Jerry & Doris Daley |
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| Doris Daley |
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| Kylee Crowell |
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| Camila Souza |
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| Cowboy Thatch (Thatch Elmer) |
https://www.cowboypoets.com/
Additional websites:
https://www.cowboywaymusic.com/home
https://www.dougfiggs.com/
http://trinityseely.com/
http://www.cowboypoetry.com/almehl.htm
http://arizonafolklore.com/
Original material: https://roadtrek210.blogspot.com/
