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Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering July 17 - 19, 2009
Living history, stick-horse rodeo, music and poetry on tap
Ranked in the TOP 5 Cowboy Gatherings in the USA by True West Magazine
ENCAMPMENT, WY - The 7th Annual Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering
will be held July 17 - 19, 2009 in Encampment, Wyoming, with activities ranging from
a stick horse rodeo and melodrama to cowboy music and poetry.
The Cowboy Gathering begins Friday evening, July 17, with a cowboy shootout performed at 6 p.m. by The Gunslingers. This comedy performance about the old west is followed by a melodrama presented by the Grand Encampment Opera Company, which fills the historic opera house to capacity every year. After the melodrama, singers, poets and musicians are invited to the Campfire Jam at Grand View
Park. All of these events are free and open to the public.
Saturday's Stick Horse Rodeo is followed by the Grand Encampment Museum Historic activities, book signings, and a BBQ lunch provided by the local Lion's Club. After lunch, an open mic session of poetry and music.
The ticketed evening performance on at 7 pm in the Encammpment School Gym on Saturday, July 18, features Jean Prescott, Andy Nelson and rounding out the Saturday evening's entertainment, Stampede!. Members receive a ticket with their membership and additional tickets are $15.
Saturday, July 18 events begin at The Grand Encampment Museum with a book signing
at 10 a.m. The Cowboy Outfit will hold the annual Stick Horse Rodeo for kids of all ages
beginning at 11 a.m., followed by the Western Entertainment Roundup beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Following evening events informal music and poetry jam sessions will be held by the
campfire in Grand View Park. Anyone interested in sharing music or a poem is
encouraged to attend.
On Sunday, July 19, events include a cowboy breakfast to be from 8 - 10 a.m. on the
museum grounds and Cowboy Church at 10 a.m., followed by "Ranch Women Then and Now" conducted by Jean Prescott. AND the continuation of The Grand Encampment Museum Living History Days until 5 p.m. Reenactors will be
on hand in the museum’s buildings that include a one room school, print shop, tie hack
cabin, homesteader’s house, and livery stable.
The Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering is organized by ranchers, musicians, poets and
writers living in the area as a way to help preserve and promote ranching and cowboy
culture and lifestyle. It is co-sponsored by the Grand Encampment Museum with
assistance from the Town of Encampment, Town of Riverside and many businesses
and individuals in the Platte Valley.
Photo: Wyoming Travel & Tourism
For more information on the 2008 Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering contact
1-888-828-8855 or www.grandencampmentgathering.org. |
