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In the CorralJun-Jul 2007
Great Scott! During his career as a wrangler, producer, host, promoter, stunt coordinator, talent scout and actor, Scott has helped promote Alberta and Western Canada as a premiere movie site. His involvement with the film industry has contributed significantly to the growth of the movie business into what is now a $250 million industry in Alberta. Put ‘er There, Pardner!
The biggest country music festival in Alberta has announced the addition of a brand new showcase of traditional cowboy skills, art and music. The new area has been branded Cowboy Country. Cowboy Country will feature artisans creating and demonstrating their craft on site, and will include modern masters such as horsehair hitcher Esther Nagel, rawhide braider Vern Ballantyne, big loop roper Don Wudel, saddlemaker Deryk Pitts, custom cowboy hat craftsman Mark White and blacksmith Dennis Hobman. As well, some great western music will be performed live on stage. Cowboy Country will be open each day August 2 – 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and offers a tantalizing glimpse of the traditional cowboy world to newcomers. For the readers of Canadian Cowboy Country magazine, come on by and say hello to some old friends! Rodeo’ing on Canadian Soil
This summer, 2007 Miss Rodeo Canada Tara Sergerie is busier than a Canadian saddlemaker! So far, her confirmed itinerary for June and July includes the Grande Prairie Stompede, the Brooks Kinsmen Pro Rodeo, Innisfail Pro Rodeo and Airdrie Pro Rodeo’s “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” Day. Then she saddles up again to ride in the Calgary Stampede Parade plus attend all ten days of the rodeo, being introduced each day in front of the big grandstand. Then it’s off to Medicine Hat for some down home fun at their pro rodeo! In between the rodeo dates, she has a number of personal appearances for the charities that Miss Rodeo Canada supports. Tara is very excited about her busy schedule – especially her rodeo appearances. “I’ve attended rodeos in the U.S. and Australia,” said Tara in a recent interview. “It’ll be nice to rodeo in my own country!” The Golden Girls
2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the CGRA, whose alumni includes at least five Miss Rodeo Canada’s and a slew of Canadian rodeo greats such as Elaine Watt, Gina McDougall Cohoe, Olive Haynes, the irrepressible Effie Simpson and the late Isabella Miller Haraga. Trish Seitz, special events coordinator for the CGRA (and 1991 Miss Rodeo Canada) said this organization was founded in an era when women “weren’t allowed out of the kitchen, let alone welcomed in an arena,” and today, there has been a huge growth in CGRA membership, especially in the juniors. The CGRA supports a substantial college scholarship fund and raises funds for the Alberta Council for Women’s Shelters, the Breast Cancer Society of Canada and Heifer International. All their rodeos are two-day events, mothers and their daughters (and some Tiny Mite boys) camp at the rodeo grounds, competing and visiting with each other. “It’s like rodeo used to be,” Seitz concluded. The CGRA invites all their past and present members to load up their horses and come compete in their upcoming Alumni Rodeo, August 18 – 19 in Claresholm. Check our online western events at canadiancowboy.ca for upcoming CGRA rodeos or their website cgra.ca. 2007 Will Rogers Medallion Award
The Academy of Western Artists is proud to announce that Mike Puhallo of Kamloops, B.C. is one of the winners of the 2007 Will Rogers Medallion Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Publishing of Cowboy Poetry for his book, Rhymes & Damn Lies, published by Hancock House Publishers. The Medallion Awards will be presented during the 2007 Will Rogers Award Show. The Twelfth Annual Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Award Show will be held in Garland, TX on August 6th, 2007.
Empty Saddles
In 1981, Pete was in-ducted in the Northern International Livestock Exposition Hall of Fame in Billings, Montana for valued contributions to the livestock industry and in 2002 he was presented with the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for community and industry involvement. Pete was a life member and president of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association and a pioneer in grass management and maintaining a healthy balance in the eco-system. Pete’s grandson, Brad Perrin, said that Pete’s funeral was huge, and included 12 past presidents of the Sask. Stock Growers Ass’n. “There were two shelves for cowboy hats and they were both stacked three deep.”
Donald John Leigh Edge Don and Dorothy married in 1966 and they settled into ranching on the Bar 50 raising cattle, horses and bison. Occasionally his bison added great excitement to the county. Don was dedicated to commu-nity service including the Calgary Stampede, helping with infield events, the parade and organizing the section honouring the Southern Alberta Pioneers and their Descendents.
Don served as a councillor for the MD of Rockyview and on numerous boards. He received many awards and honours throughout his life, including the Alberta Centennial Medal honouring outstanding Albertans, awarded to both Don and Dorothy. He was especially honoured when, in a province full of top hands, Don was chosen as the cowboy to unveil the Men of Vision bronze statue at the opening ceremonies of the Cochrane Ranche Historic Site. Don passed away April 2, 2007 at the age of 78. Wild and Wooly Western Tales
Corb Lund has hit on a kitschy marketing idea that is a real page turner – literally! Corb and artist Bob Prodor of Edmonton have produced the first wild and wooly issue comic book of Corb Lund’s Western Tales. The comic features the marriage-made-in-heaven dynamic artwork of Prodor and lyrics to some of Lund’s songs namely, Five Dollar Bill, The Truth Comes Out, Where Is My Soldier and of course, Hair in my Eyes Like a Highland Steer. Also included on the back page of the comic are letters to Corb. It’s charming, it’s witty, it’s very well done and I hope they make a t-shirt with the cover art!
Corb Lund’s Western Tales comic features Corb’s lyrics and Bob Prodor’s classic pop art And Thank YOU for Watching…
Congratulations to Cowboy Country television for their three BIG wins at the juried Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association Awards! The series, now in its second year, was short listed in six categories. The big winners of the night were Ash Cooper, who won for Best Host, Rick Bremness for Best Cinematography and Van Wilmott and Louis Sedmak won for Best Original Music Score. To date, Cowboy Country has been nominated for an impressive eleven awards in its first two seasons. Ash Cooper, winner of Best Host and Rick Bremness, Best Cinematography for Cowboy Country television. The Mane Event
In a weekend filled with exceptional horsemanship from three top horse trainers, Steve Rother of Oregon was presented with the Mane Event Trainers Challenge trophy April 29th in Red Deer, Alta., after an astounding demonstration on Josie, a three-year-old, unstarted mare. After four one-hour sessions in the round pen, Rother showed he had produced a trained and willing horse. Jay O’Jay, the Canadian trainer who will soon be relocating to Alberta also completed all the required elements with his gelding, Jiggs, demonstrating how far he had managed to bring the horse who had displayed a lot of fear at the beginning of the weekend. Raye Lochert of California didn’t ride his horse in the Finals, a decision he made earlier in the day during the final round pen session when he realized the horse was not ready for that step. “She just needs a little bit more time,” he said. The savvy judges were John Scott, Mel Hyland and Ron Hoffman, a skookum bunch of hands. Terri Mason of Canadian Cowboy Country magazine and Diane Anderson of Tymark Studios, the sculptor who designed the bronze trophy specifically for the Mane Event, proudly presented the trophies. Where In The World Is Canadian Cowboy Country?
The Coliseum, inaugurated by Titus in 80 A.D., is a vast ellipse covering about six acres with tiers of seating for 50,000 spectators. Below the wooden arena floor there was a complex set of rooms and passageways for wild beasts and other provisions for staging the spectacles. The Coliseum had approximately eighty entrances so crowds could arrive and leave easily and quickly. It is one of the great architectural achievements of the ancient Romans.
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