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As much as we love the
American Old West"
the very things we love about it are disappearing every
day.
That's why capturing
the stories of the old west,
straight from the
"People Who Have Kept
the Spirit of the Old West Alive"
is an important project.
Join us as we interview
and record oral histories before they fade away...
Our first interview was
with the man who has done the most to promote and
preserve Arizona history in the last four decades,
Marshall Trimble.
Born in Ash Fork, he
has lived and taught Arizona History and is recognized
as the leading authority and holds the position of
Arizona State Historian.
But how much do you
actually know about Marshall?
Or any of our other
award recipients
Come sit with us for
an hour or two as our honorees tell us about their life and
experiences. What is their greatest accomplishment?
Hear about all of the
interesting characters in Arizona history each honoree has met and
his impressions of their significance in history.
If you enjoy Arizona
history this is a must see event!
JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF LIVELY DISCUSSION AND
ENTERTAINMENT
FREE Admission benefits various
charities.
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PAST EVENTS
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Nov 5th, 2008
Marshall Trimble
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Nov 19th, 2008 Bob
Boze Bell
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Jan 7th, 2009 Wyatt
Earp
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Feb 4th, 2009 Alan
Korwin
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Feb 18th, 2009 Mary
Brown
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Mar 4th, 2009
The
Livesay's
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Mar 18th, 2009 Bill Thompson
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Mar 18th, 2009 Sandy Gibbons
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Mar 18th, 2009 Wyatt McCrea
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Mar 19th, 2009 C. Lee Anderson
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Mar 20th, 2009 John Wayne
Anderson
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Mar 20th, 2009 Hugh O'Brian
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Mar 20th, 2009
Bruce Dern
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Mar 20th, 2009
Buck Taylor
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Apr 1, 2009 Gary Martinson
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Apr 10, 2009 Michael Dante
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Apr 15, 2009 Charlie LeSueur
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Apr 15, 2009 Sid Hagel
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Apr 15, 2009 Bob Roloff
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Apr 25, 2009 Jon Messenger
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May 8, 2009
Jim Martin
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June 25th,
2010 Peter Brown
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June 25th,
2010 Spanky Spangler
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June 25th,
2010 Jim Rodgers
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June 25th,
2010 Steve Glick
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July 23rd,
2010
Kerry Keepers
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July 23rd,
2010
Bobbi Jeen Olson
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July 23rd,
2010
Jim
Olson
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July 23rd,
2010 Lily Rodgers
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July 23rd,
2010 Don Womack
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August 27th,
2010 Gayle Martin
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August 27th,
2010 Joe Bethancourt
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September 24th,
2010 Marvin "Big Marv" Dickson
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24th,
2010 Herman Dickson
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October
15th,
2010 Buck Montgomery
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October
15th,
2010 Tammy Young
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October 15th, 2010 Noel Neill
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October 15th, 2010 Don Collier
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October 15th, 2010 Jon Locke
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October 15th, 2010
Chris Enss
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October 15th, 2010
Brad
Zinn
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October 15th, 2010
Ty
Hardin
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October 15th, 2010
Ed
Faulkner
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October 15th, 2010 Barbara Pritchard
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October 15th, 2010 Rod Timanus
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October 15th, 2010
Johnny
"Hot Shot" Tuscadero
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October 15th, 2010
Bethany Braley
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October 15th, 2010
R.H. "Gabby"
Doudell
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October 15th, 2010 Tom Hiatt
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October 15th, 2010
LeeAnn Sharpe
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Chaz Lee October
12, 2012 at Herberger Theatre Copper Wind
Movie Premier |
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Wild Western Festival Oct 15-16-17, 2010
Awards will be presented at various stages
and throughout the weekend.
Updated schedules will be posted at the
Arizona Duuude booth and near each stage.
Friday Oct 15th:
Rod Timanus,
Barbara Pritchard,
Tom Haitt
Saturday Oct 16th:
Buck Montgomery,
Tammy Young,
Don Collier,
Jon Locke,
Chris Enss,
Ed Faulkner, R.H.
"Gabby" Doudell, Johnny
"Hot Shot" Tuscadero,
Bethany Braley
Sunday Oct 16th:
Brad Zinn,
Noel Neill,
Ty Hardin, Ron
Nix, SourDough, John Hockley, Mad Dog Gary
Bennett |
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October 15th, 2010 Mad Dog Gary Bennett |
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October 15th, 2010 John Hockley |
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October 15th, 2010 SourDough |
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October 15th, 2010 Ron Nix
Ron Nix was born in
Phoenix, Arizona in 1943. He is happily
married. His wife is named Mary. Ron Nix
is a legend in the motion picture and
television industry. Since the early
days of westerns on television, Ron has
been wearing many hats on movie sets,
from the black Stetson of a bad guy
being thrown from a horse to a baseball
cap as he coordinates stunts in films.
Ron built his first western movie town,
Cowtown, in 1977. Over 200 productions
have been filmed there including "Night
Rider 2010" and "Dead Man" starring
Johnny Depp. Ron has also appeared in
many foreign productions released in
Mexico and the Phillipines.
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October 15th, 2010
LeeAnn Sharpe |
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October 15th, 2010 Tom Hiatt http://www.tomhiatt.net/ |
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October 15th, 2010
R.H. "Gabby"
Doudell |
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October 15th, 2010
Bethany Braley
Bethany
Braley, Executive Director &
Publisher for the National
Day of the Cowboy
organization, is available
for interviews or to speak
to your group or
organization regarding the
history of this campaign and
the challenges we face in
achieving permanent passage
of the Day of the
Cowboy resolution. She has
been working continuously on
the effort since November
2004, and offers key
information on how you and
your community or
organization may become
actively involved in
contributing to the success
of this historic grassroots
quest.
Email
info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com
to discuss public speaking
opportunities you may have.
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October 15th, 2010
Johnny
"Hot Shot" Tuscadero |
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October 15th, 2010 Rod Timanus
http://www.rodtimanus.com/ |
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October 15th, 2010 Barbara Pritchard
Tumbleweed Tillie's Olde Tyme Photos website
has just been completed.
www.backintymephotos.com |
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October 15th, 2010
Ed
Faulkner |
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October 15th, 2010
Ty
Hardin |
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October 15th, 2010
Brad
Zinn |
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October 15th, 2010
Chris Enss |
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October 15th, 2010 Jon Locke |
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October 15th, 2010 Don Collier |
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October 15th, 2010 Noel Neill
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October
15th,
2010 Tammy Young |
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October
15th,
2010 Buck Montgomery |
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September 24th,
2010 Herman Dickson
Also honored is Herman
Dickson. Herman is the world's leading
authority on Lon Menargee and A-1 Brewing
Company artifacts, both a major piece of old
west history. Herman will share his
experiences and wow the crowd with his
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September 24th,
2010 Marvin "Big Marv" Dickson Big
Marv has been the head cook at Pinnacle Peak
Patio for 50 years! His history parallels
the growth of Phoenix and the story of an
era. Everyone visiting the Valley of the Sun
went to PPP for dinner as an iconic venue in
the north Valley desert. Marv has stories
and pictures with every major celebrity
including the likes of Waylon Jennings,
Jessie Coulter (still a regular guest),
President Bush, Liza Minelli, Stephen
Spielberg, Michael J Fox, Amanda Blake, the
Petty Racing Family, Wayne Newton, Herb Drinkwater, Joe Jackson, and more. Sports,
politics, actors, you name it they went to
PPP.
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August 27th,
2010 Joe Bethancourt |
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August 27th,
2010 Gayle Martin |
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July 23rd,
2010 Don Womack |
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July 23rd,
2010 Lily Rodgers |
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July 23rd,
2010
Jim
Olson |
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July 23rd,
2010
Bobbi Jeen Olson
Bobbi Jeen's unique style of
incorporating a country/western flare in her
work has captivated many from magazine
covers & articles, to catalog & print ads,
to music videos, movies & TV Shows.
Phoenix Magazine Article
My Cowboy Heroes
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July
23rd,
2010
Kerry Keepers
Actor and
re-enactor at Rawhide and various westerns
shows and events Kerry
founded Pistols and Petticoats with Rob
Trygg about 2001. He has done numerous local
and national commercials, some TV
appearances, a couple of films as well as
some local radio. He has also performed in a
variety of dinner theatre productions before
deciding to form “Pistols & Petticoats.”
See
http://www.pistolsandpetticoats.net/
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June 25th,
2010 Steve Glick
TV
Producer for the show Arizona Country TV |
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June 25th,
2010 Jim Rodgers
Chairman of
Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association |
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June 25th,
2010 Spanky Spangler
The World's
greatest stuntman! |
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June 25th,
2010 Peter Brown
Western movie
star and the series Lawman |
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May 8th,
2009 Jim Martin
Gunsmith & gun coach to the
stars.
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April 25th,
2009 Jon Messenger Cowboy Singer Songwriter
Singer and
Songwriter. |
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April 15th, 2009
Bob "AZ Duuude" Roloff
Author and western
celebrity. Bob Roloff the Arizona Duuude
travels the state at his own expense to
promote his love for Arizona history to the
younger generation.
www.arizonaduuude.com |
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April 15th, 2009
Gayle "Sid" Hagel
Publisher and expert on the
west. As publisher of the Wild West Gazette
www.wildwestgazette.com Sid Hagel has
reinvigorated a love for the history of
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April 15th, 2009
Charlie LeSueur
Author,
actor, performer, teacher. These are just a
few of the ways Charlie LeSueur occupies his
time. Charlie started in the entertainment
business with his own Salt Lake City based
show, "Hotel Balderdash," on which he played
several different characters; as well as
hosting Arizona based shows such as, "Dining
Out In Arizona," "Chrome Highway," and "At
Home in Arizona." He has also appeared in
movies and network television programs such
as: "The Highriders," "Good-bye, Franklin
High," "The Lucifer Complex," "Greatest
Heroes of the Bible," and "Mark Twain's
America." His books on the history of the
silver screen keep that part of the history
of the old west alive.
http://www.silverscreencowboys.com/
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April 10th, 2009
Michael Dante
Award winning actor Michael Dante has
starred in 30 films and 150 television
shows. Under contract to three major
studios; MGM, Warner Bros. and 20th Century
Fox. Michael is the recipient of the 'Golden
Boot Award,' the 'Oscar' of westerns for his
lifetime career achievement in westerns on
television and in motion pictures. He also
received the 'Silver Spur Award' for best
acting throughout his career in the western
film industry and 'The Southern California
Motion Picture Council Award' for 'best of
the best' for his excellence in the
entertainment industry and the performing
arts. Michael Dante has a sidewalk star on
the 'Walk of Stars' in downtown Palm
Springs.http://www.michaeldante.com/
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April 1, 2009
Gary
Martinson
Bison Homes CEO and host to
the Spirit of the West Awards from November
2008.Gary has built an exciting collection
of art and artifacts for the Bison Western
Museum which he will now be moving from
Scottsdale to a new home at the Grand Canyon
where hundreds of thousands of visitors will
enjoy the western art experience. |
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March 20th, 2009 Buck
Taylor
Born the son of a
famous Hollywood actor, Buck grew up on
movie sets, watching his father, celebrated
actor Dub Taylor, appear with such movie
greats as John Wayne, Tex Ritter and Bob
Wills and the Texas Playboys. Buck took up
the family business and appeared in
everything from the Adventures of
Ozzie and Harriet and My
Favorite Martian to the classic
period westerns, including Have Gun
Will Travel with Richard Boone,
The Rebel with Nick Adams
and Bonanza. He is best
remembered for his eight-year run as Newly
on Gunsmoke, which ended in 1975.
Buck appeared in other popular shows
including Wagon Train,
The Virginian,
Dallas, and Walker, Texas
Ranger.
Preserving and celebrating the heritage of
the American West is the driving force
behind Buck’s career as a watercolor artist.
On movie locations he found himself
sketching and painting during breaks in
filming.http://www.bucktaylor.com/ |
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March 20th, 2009
Bruce Dern
American television and film
actor who has appeared in over 128
productions including his famous role in The
Cowboy's where he killed John Wayne's
character. Dern
is generally regarded as a character actor.
He has a reputation of playing unstable and
villainous characters, although his
best-known role may be that of Freeman
Lowell, the caretaker of Earth's last
forests in Silent
Running. |
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March 20th, 2009
Hugh
O'Brian
American actor best known for
his starring role as Wyatt Earp in the ABC
television series The Life and Legend of
Wyatt Earp (1955–1961). His
Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY)
non-profit youth leadership development
program empowers 10,000 sophomores annually
through its over 70 leadership programs in
all 50 states and 20 countries. Since its
inception in 1958, over 355,000 young people
have been inspired by HOBY, including Gov.
Mike Huckabee. |
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March 19th, 2009
John
Wayne Anderson
John Wayne Anderson has a
gift for voices and takes his impersonation
of John Wayne his hero to a new level. He
portrays John Wayne in a dignified and
respectful way as the Duke would want it
done. And his frequent appearances and
education of young people not familiar with
the Duke's history keeps the Duke's spirit
alive for another generation to appreciate.
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March 19th, 2009
C. Lee
Anderson
Lee is an
Educational Living History Re-enactor,
located in Central Arizona. He will take you
back to relive Arizona’s Territorial Days.
Watch and learn as this working cowboy and
his horse Dusty perform in Living History.
Lee has
nurtured a lifelong interest in early
southwestern U.S. History, antique firearms,
western clothing and horses and their
training. Additionally, over the years Lee
has developed various skills in metal
fabrication, leatherwork and woodworking,
that lend themselves to making much of his
equipment, clothing. His talent in
horsemanship rose to the national
competition level. Most recently as
Executive Director – Pioneer Living History
Village, he helped establish it as true
living history museum.
Lee
and Dusty participate in as many
parades and western events as
possible, where you'll usually
see them carrying the National
Day of the Cowboy flag. They
present a striking image with
their historic costumes and
tack, and Dusty clearly loves
being the center of attention as
he dances under the National Day
of the Cowboy's official banner.
Lee began promoting the National
Day of the Cowboy long before he
became an official spokesperson.
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March 19th, 2009
Wyatt
McCrea
Wyatt McCrea helps preserve
the dream of his famous grandparents, actors
Joel McCrea and Frances Dee by preserving
the large ranch they established at the edge
of the Conejo Valley. The McCreas devoted
time and effort to help people in Camarillo,
Moorpark and Thousand Oaks. Dee honored her
late husband’s final wishes and donated the
remaining 280 acres of the ranch property to
the Conejo Parks and Recreation District.
Now McCrea’s descendents and the park
district are planning to use the ranch for
the benefit of school children and preserve
the open space for wildlife. The ranch is
still inhabited by Wyatt McCrea.Wyatt serves
on the community advisory council for the
Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo. He’s also on
the board of directors for Ride On, a group
that helps physically-challenged children
and adults ride horses. Wyatt also is on the
executive committee of the Golden Boot
awards, an organization that honors current
and past actors in western productions. He
serves on the National Cowboy and Western
Heritage Museum board in Oklahoma City.
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March 18th, 2009
Sandy
Gibbons
Sandy has
played a number of roles in movies including
Tombstone, Tin Cup, Lightening Jack & Used
Cars. Sandy’s TV credits include The Wallace
and Ladmo Show, Channel 5 News Anchor,
Dialing for Dollars as well as working
on-air at KOY. Sandy’s talent and experience
always makes for a great show.. Sandy
is a veteran actor with 50+ films under his
belt. |
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March 18th, 2009
Bill
"Wallace" Thompson
For 35 years
Wallace has entertained Arizona with his wit
and humor making him one of the most loved
people in the state. He joined a number
of regulars from the Wallace and Ladmo Show
to remember good times from all of those
years and even acted out a skit or two. Ladmo
bags were won by a few lucky audience
members!
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March 4th, 2009 Dakota &
Sunny Livesay
Dakota Livesay is the publisher of the
Chronicle
of the Old West the newspaper,
narrator of
Chronicle
of the Old West the daily radio
show, and host of the hour-long weekly show,
Chronicle of the Old West Weekly Edition.
Chronicle of the Old West
contains reprints of 1800's articles and
current articles about Old West events
written as if they just happened. They also
have a section that tells readers about
places to go and activities to attend to
enjoy the Old West today. (www.chronicleoftheoldwest.com
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Dakota says, “We call
Chronicle
of the Old West "a transporter" in that when
you read it you'll be transported back to
the 1800's. Each month contains articles
about events that took place during that
month.” |
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February 18th, 2009
Mary
Brown
Mary Brown founder of Festival of
the West has certainly contributed to
keeping the spirit of the old west alive!
She joined us as we discussed her life and
the last 19 years running the largest and
highest rated western festival in the
country.
Festival has awarded the coveted Cowboy
Spirit Award to the likes of Roy Rogers &
Dale Evans, Gene Autry, Ben Johnson, Rex
Allen, Jack Palance, Shirley Jones, and John
Wayne. (
www.festivalofthewest.com )
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February 4th, 2009
Alan
Korwin
This was an exciting evening as
the author of so many Gun Law books and an
ardent defender of 2nd Amendment
Rights is honored as
one of the people who keep the “Spirit of
the Old West Alive. With a change of
administration in Washington DC, the need to
stand diligent in guarding our rights has
people engaging in conversation and on
guard. Many groups are attending this event
to show their concern and support. (www.gunlaws.com)
Alan Korwin
wrote his first book,
The Arizona Gun Owner’s Guide, in
1989. It is now in its 23rd edition with
more than 100,000 copies in print. He went
on to write or co-write seven more books on
gun laws, including state guides for
California,
Florida,
Texas and
Virginia, the unabridged federal guide
Gun Laws of America, and his 11th,
which debuted at the 2008 Gun Rights Policy
Conference,
The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed!
With his wife Cheryl he operates Bloomfield
Press, which has grown into the largest
publisher and distributor of gun-law books
in America. His website, gunlaws.com,
features a
National Directory to every gun law in
the country and more than 160
books and DVDs for gun owners and the
freedom movement. Alan’s blog,
PageNine.org, is carried by dozens of
paper and online outlets, and rumors about
his political parody band,
The Cartridge Family, cannot be
confirmed.
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January 7th, 2009
Wyatt
Earp
Wyatt
Earp portrays his ancestor the famous lawman
in his docudrama one man shows written by
his talented wife Terry Earp. The family
resemblance along with a tremendous gift for
projecting the speech and dialect one would
image Earp should have, make his portrayal
especially engaging. |
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November 19th, 2008
Bob
Boze Bell
Bob
Boze Bell is the Executive Editor of True
West Magazine. He's also a talented artist,
cartoonist and humorist. Tie that in
with lifelong historian and you have an
interesting package of talent that fills the
desires of many an arm chair old west buff
every time the True West Magazine hits the
stands.
www.truewest.ning.com/profile/BobBozeBell
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November 5th, 2008
Marshall Trimble
Marshall
Trimble, an
Arizona
native is one of the state's most popular
and colorful personalities.
He’s the
state’s favorite native son and is often
referred to as the ‘Will Rogers of
Arizona.’
He is the official Arizona State Historian.
www.marshalltrimble.com
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Make
your nomination for the next event held in
October
Plan to attend the
Wild Western Festival to see this years
awards!
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