COWBOY MUSIC AND POETRY CELEBRATED AT NEWHALL'S MELODY RANCH.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer NEWHALL - Back in the old days, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, was a wild and dusty town. This weekend, the city will conjure up conjure up Verb 1. to create an image in the mind: the name Versailles conjures up a past of sumptuous grandeur 2. some of that Western heritage with its 11th annual Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival, which opened Wednesday night with a boot-scootin' fashion show. The festival will wind down Sunday night, with cowboy balladeer Don Edwards performing in the high school auditorium named for Newhall's most famous resident, Western silent-movie star William S. Hart. Most of the activities will take place at the historic Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio in Placerita Canyon. The filming site for cable television's HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy series ``Deadwood Deadwood, city (1990 pop. 1,830), seat of Lawrence co., W S.Dak.; settled 1876 after discovery of gold. A Black Hills tourist center, it is also a trade hub for a lumbering, stock-raising, and mining region. ,'' Melody Ranch is an active movie studio. Festival visitors will be able to walk down its main streets, where such film and TV classics as ``Gunsmoke,'' ``The Lone Ranger'' and ``Wyatt Earp'' were filmed. Vendors selling western wear, gifts and art will be set up along the street. A food court will feature items such as homemade fruit cobbler, biscuits and gravy Biscuits and gravy is a popular breakfast dish in both the southeastern and northwestern regions of the United States. It consists of (American-style) biscuits (which are actually savory scones) covered in thick "country" or "white" gravy made from the drippings of cooked pork , and tri-tip sandwiches cooked inside a massive ``train engine.'' At Melody Ranch, the entertainment is included in the $15 price of admission. Performing artists at the Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival include: Joni Harms, David Wilkie and Cowboy Celtic, the Burson Family, Katy Moffatt, Ken and Phee Graydon, Larry Maurice, Wylie and the Wild West, Dave Stamey, Prairie Flower and Cactus Bob, New West, David John and the Comstock Cowboys and many others. At other venues around town: Belinda Gail and Curly Musgrave, in the living room of Hart's hilltop mansion, and R.W. Hampton at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
On Friday afternoon, four performers who made significant contributions to the area's Western heritage will officially join the Walk of Western Stars - their names inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. on bronze saddles set in pink terrazo along San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the in downtown Newhall. At 3 p.m., a free public ceremony for the honored stars will be held at San Fernando Road and Market Street. Later that evening, a gala dinner dance honoring the four is scheduled at the Valencia Hyatt. Also, a swing dance featuring live music by The Lucky Stars will be held at the American Legion American Legion, national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Hall on Saturday night and The Master's College will again host Cowboy Church at 8 a.m. Sunday. Tickets are available for off-site events as well as general admission tickets for events at Melody Ranch. Call the city office at (661) 286-4021. A schedule for Newhall's cowboy festival is available on the city's Web site at www.santa-clarita.com/cp/2004/schedule.asp. No cameras are allowed at Melody Ranch. To ride the free shuttle buses, visitors must park in the lot at 13th and Arch streets. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Singer Katy Moffatt, a Texas native, will perform through the weekend at the Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival in Newhall. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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