For March, April, May 2003
By Larry Maurice
(published whenever we feel like it or sooner)
Well, if you are reading this it means that you found the new web site. You all know how much I have resisted getting involved with this whole computer based info. Center.. but times change, horses get better, cows are fatter and I just plain ran out of excuses.
So download this thing to your hearts content, send it to others, plagiarize, memorize and chastise it. I will continue to send out snail mail notices to specific areas for specific shows etc.
As is the custom,, if you don't want this thing showing up on your e-mail just let me know and I will delete you from the list….But will cherish your memory.
Let's catch up a little. It has been Nov. since I've let you know what's
happeniiin. Lone Pine Film Festival was terrific. "The Campfire Cowboys"
gave two really good shows to sold out crowds. All of you who have continued
to support the Lone Pine Film Festival and the Film History museum, we
can't say thank you enough for making us so welcome.
Dave Stamey and I did another concert in the Alabama Hills on Saturday
night for Lee and Jennifer Roeser of Mcgee Creek Pack Station and it was
one of the highlights of my year. It was so gratifying to see how the
people responded to Dave Stamey and his music. His talent and persona
just keep growing and endearing him to more and more folks. Whether they
are western music fans or not, his talent is undeniable.
Loren and Jan Janes(stuntman extraordinaire)
Diamond
Farnsworth, Peter Brown(Lawman) Peggy Stewart, Alex Cord, Ann Francis( beautiful)
Paul Picerni (The Untouchable) etc. etc. etc…..were everywhere Good
guys Joe "Hoppy" Sullivan and Don "Paladin" Shilling
were on hand for everyone's cameras snapping. "BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK"
sure looked good on the big screen as did all the films/westerns shown that
weekend. The new SCI-Fi panel and the Audy Murphy panel were very well attended, so we can look for more specialty panels in the future. Have to thank Chris Langley for all his work on "Bamboo Saucer", "Tremors" and the sci-fi panel. Golf(in my case "goof") thanks Jacque Hickman and her crew…sunrise tour, horse back rides…mounted shooting, stuff to buy and sell, parades ….Man what a weekend.
Put it on your schedule for this fall Oct. 9-12…Don't forget about the June fund raiser for the museum. June 14-15, concert in the rocks featuring "Westwind". This great brass ensemble has entertained all over the globe and everyone is excited about having them perform in "Lone Ranger Canyon". Imagine the sound of !!!! Go to www.lonepinefilmfestival.org for ticket info.
From Lone Pine things moved pretty fast for the rest of the year….Senior
Pro Rodeo Finals in Reno( sung National anthem, me and Tagger, he's good
on the high notes). Calpine, Ca.
With good friend John Tyson, Burt Braun's cowpoke event in Loomis, Las
Vegas. Texas and all over Nevada and Calif.
The ski season got off to a good start and we have been busy as all get
out since the get go. Things start to wind up around Easter.
Still good snow and lots of fun to be had...
Put Tagger in Auburn. Ca. with Charlie Horse at friends Chris and Dave
Bugenig. This is the first winter I haven't had Tagger close by and I
sure missed him. He has matured into a real nice guy and fun to be around.
His eye problems have settled down, not any better but don't think any
worst, so we are looking forward to some ridin' and ropin' this summer.
So things are pretty good on the home ranch.
Lonnie has been busy and now is doing a fair amount of consulting work for other ski related companies.
We were in Texas looking at a couple of paint colts. Haven't found the right one yet but have some really good prospects in Colorado. We have always wanted a baby (horse) so we are looking at several new born prospects. Will let you know when the blessed event occurs.
Just got back from FESTIVAL OF THE WEST in Scottsdale, AZ. Mary Brown (head wrangler) has told me how great this event is and for some reason my schedule just didn't click with the event.
This year Bob Sigman of CATTLEMAN'S TRADING COMPANY, (more about this later) was bringing out his Cowboy Coffee and chuck wagon products to the general public, so I figured I'd better go and keep him out of trouble.
Nice event! Lots of space to move around, good vendors, good entertainment, CMSA point event, celeb's and just a darn good western atmosphere. Poured like a monsoon on Sunday but didn't seem to dampen anyone's spirits.
Thanks Mary (and Rick Felix, the music man) for your hospitality, hope we can do it again.
Great event coming up next week March 27-30. SANTA CLARITA COWBOY
MUSIC AND POETRY FESTIVAL, Santa Clarita, Calif.
Folks In my opinion this is the BEST cowboy gathering anywhere so far.
All the top names in the entertainment business…from Riders in the
Sky, Baxter Black Dave Stamey , Don Edwards, etc.
And I get to hang around a little myself. I will be emceeing "The
Walk of Western Stars" Gala dinner on Friday night.
They will be inducting riders in the Sky, Hopalong Cassidy,
Buck Taylor, Bruce Dern and a few others into the walk of fame. Good friends
Prickly Pair and Don Edwards will entertain. This is usually a sold out,
fancy shhmancy affair(in the tradition of the Golden Boot Awards) so you
might just check out www.santaclarita.com
Dave will be doing a solo concert at the William S. Hart Museum on the
same night(tough choices) and Sourdough will be performing all weekend
also.
At this writing all concerts are sold out… but go any way…the
festival is on the old Gene Autry "Melody Ranch" which is the
"Gunsmoke" set and many other movies were and are still being
made there. It is the only time that the set is open to the public.
The street is dirt, the vendors are in the shops along main street, the
coffee is hot and entertainment the best around. There is lots of free
entertainment on the outside stages. And some of the featured performers
will show up on these free stages from time to time. Great event don't
miss it.
Home for a few days and then pard…. The daddy of them all….The
Single Action Shooting Societies, "END OF TRAIL", Norco, Calif.
April 9-13. It's all here…Guns, cowboys, horses, dancin' girls, settlers,
settlers, full Wild West Show,
mounted shooting, chuck wagons, music, poetry, celebs, shady ladies, gambling, kids, dogs, anything and everything cowboy. Has to be the largest single action shooting event in the world. Open to the public from 9am-6pm and then only to SASS members and conventioneers. This is more people buckaroo'd up then you will ever see anywhere. Come out and join the fun.. check out www.sass.com
Then things really start to get busy….April and May are filled to
capacity with schools, schools and schools. This school thing is becoming
a lot of fun and I just may think about doing nothing else. The kids are
great and the teachers say I'm better than a film strip.
If you think your kids need a shot of cowboy history and logic? Check
out my "schools page"
April 26. Barnes&Noble in Reno..,.April is national poetry month
and I will be waxing poetic at 2pm in the Reno Store. I have done several
programs for Barnes & Noble and it is a really good atmosphere for
stories and poetry to reach the unsuspecting.
May 4, I will be in COOL, Ca. for the AQHA RIDE 2003. I have been involved
with this ride for the past few years and it is always fun. One of the
largest AQHA trail rides in the USA. Come ride with us…check out
www.aqha.com .
Mule days in Bishop, Calif. over Memorial Day weekend and a little opening
stuff for Dave Stamey who is doing a benefit concert in Lone Pine for
the Lone Pine Film History Museum. This is your chance to get a full evening
of just Dave and his Guitar. E-mail for reservations lpfilmfest@schat.net.
Or
www.davestamey.com
at this 5 star spa and resort. The DRAGON is one of the most beautiful and challenging golf courses in the U.S. Check out www.nikoma.com.
The summer is going to be too busy again. Rodeos, Hawaii (Kauai) cattle drives, horse drives, team ropin's a couple of ranch rodeos, dog shows ….enough.
Check out the "schedule page"
I have included a lot of friends and stuff on the "links page".
I will try to let you know about people, products and places that I find
interesting or useful.
The "BUY THIS STUFF" page is very important…You need to
buy stuff or my dogs will starve, my horses won't have new shoes, and
my wife will have to buy her stuff at Sam's Club in stead of Club Med.
Lonnie and I were very saddened at the quick passing of Cowboy Poet/Rancher/father/all
around good guy, Larry McWorter. He was a driving force in the Cowboy
poetry world and gave much inspiration to all those he came in contact
with. Our hearts go out to his wife and family. We will not let him pass
from our memories. Send condolences through,
www.workingcowboy.com
It is called CATTLEMAN'S TRADING COMPANY and Bob is producing some of the tastiest cowboy food products you have ever wrapped a lip around. Cowboy coffee that is 100% Arabica beans slow roasted to perfection. This coffee has outstanding flavor and was a real hit at Festival of the West. Bob sold out faster then he could have imagined.
Other products include Cowboy beef strips. Not the hard, dry jerky that you have come to know and distrust but moist, thick strips of great beef, vacuum sealed in their own juice and storable and portable. Biscuit and corn bread mix from a 150 year old mill in Virginia and lots of other great stuff.
Now that you have your cowboy coffee and biscuits you might just want to sit back and relax and listen to some real cowboy music and poetry. Well Bob has taken care of that also.
As part of his gift packaging and his product line Bob got Sourdough Slim, Les Buffam, Dave Stamey and yours truly to pick some of our best work and he has put them togetherin a great album called "Cowboys 'Round the Campfire".
This cd has 22 songs and poems and we could not be prouder of the job Bob did in putting it together. I guess some other folks liked it also because we just found out in was
nominated for "Album of the Year 2003" by the Academy of Western
Artists.
It is available on my BUY THIS STUFF page. Or go to Bob's web site and
check it out his entire product line. You will not be disappointed. www.chuckwagonsbest.com
Speaking of ACADEMY OF WESTERN ARTISTS. You have heard me talk about this
organization many times and all the good things they do for things Cowboy.
The nominations have just been announced for the 2003 awards (July 8,
2003 Ft. worth, Texas) and darned if you guys didn't nominate me again
for "COWBOY POET OF THE YEAR, 2003".
To vote go to their web site www.workingcowboy.com If you have not joined this great organization then you owe it to yourself to do so.
With their "Rope Burns" newsletter and various web sites they will keep you in touch with all things western from coast to coast. I unashamedly solicit your vote once again so that my hat won't fit for about another six months
Quick loops
Don S. sorry you had to split at FOTW….Diamond, great shooting…thanks Mary B…Doc S. good to finally meet you…TrueWest magazine, now there is a class act…John T. let's go get some cows…Dutch, can it be that time already?? Michael M. thanks pard for all your help…Greg Johnson, could not have done it without you..Billinghurst School could not have been better…Dale A. I didn't forget about golf…Gene, Ken B. and Stella Luna thanks for a great season…Dave A. don't weaken, it will be a magic carpet..Dave B. Mule Days run???
In these strong times of patriotism and the quest to bring freedom where
none has ever existed, don't forget your family, friends and the time
to laugh.
Every once in awhile take the scenic route, even if you have to go the
long way around.
I look forward to seeing you all somewhere down the trail. Feel free
to e-mail me your comments or what ever.
…thanks for the moments and the inspiration and I will never forget
why we come for my friends, new and old
and the ones in my soul the journey has only begun.
Larry Maurice
P. O. Box 10211
Truckee, Calif.
96162
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