The Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering 2008 News
The Dates for the "Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering 2009" are February 27th, 28th & March 1, 2009.
The Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering committee would like to extend our thanks to the Underwriters, Partners In Poetry and Volunteers that helped put the 2008 Gathering together.
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This year our Gathering will be dedicated to our friend Ray Owens.
The headliners for the Friday Stage Show are:
Charley Chambers – Kansas
Michael and Dawn Moon – ColoradoThe headliners for the Saturday Stage Show2008 are:
R.P. Smith – Arizona
The Gillette Bros. – Texas
View the 2008 Schedule of Events
Poets confirmed so far include:
For accommodation details, please visit the Alpine Texas – Where to Stay website.
The commemorative spurs for the 22nd Gathering in 2008 will be built by Cotton Elliott.
Cotton, a fourth generation Texas cowboy, has been making spurs for over twenty years. His work has been shown in "Trappings" shows in Flagstaff, Elko, Alpine and Cody. Forged in one piece of carbon steel and overlaid with Sterling Silver, his spurs are both functional, sturdy and a work of art.
Cotton grew up on the Waggoner Ranch in North Central Texas where his dad held down a camp job before becoming a brand inspector. Cotton also served as a brand inspector in New Mexico. He has spent most of his life cowboying in Texas, N.M. and Arizona on outfits like The Babbitt CO bar, the UU bar and the 06 to name a few. This life in the saddle plays a significant role in his ability to build a durable, functional spur that looks good and appeals to working cowboys. His spur forging was influenced quite a lot by the techniques employed by the legendary Adolph Bayers.
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