SADDLE UP FOR EVENT AT RANCH COWBOY FESTIVAL BECKONS VISITORS TO MELODY RANCH.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer NEWHALL - Tall tales will be a-flying from both ends of the horse this weekend when the 12th annual Cowboy Festival rides into town Thursday and out in a cloud of dust Sunday afternoon. Popular favorites Waddie wad·die n. Western U.S. Variant of waddy2. Mitchell, Baxter Black Baxter Black (born January 2, 1945) is an American cowboy, poet, philosopher, former large-animal veterinarian, and radio commentator. Black grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. , Don Edwards For other persons named Don Edwards, see Don Edwards (disambiguation). William Donlon Edwards, (born January 6, 1915), usually known as Don Edwards, is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from , the Sons of the San Joaquin and dozens of other singers, poets, performers and craftsmen and -women will entertain the crowds gathered at Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio in Placerita Canyon, home of the award-winning 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. .'' City Manager Ken Pulskamp, himself something of a cowboy poet, is credited with starting the festival in 1994 after visiting Elko, Nev., home of the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. This year's festival will begin with three events held at various locations throughout the valley. A motor-coach tour of various Western film locations with film historian Dave Holland will be conducted at 8 a.m. Thursday and Friday (tickets $75); Thursday's events also include a new program, ``The Weave of the West,'' at 6:30 p.m. featuring music, poetry and hand-sewn history by quilter Yvonne Hollenbeck, music by festival favorite Katie Moffat and a visual-arts display and sale at Heritage Junction Historic Park (tickets $25, includes petit buffet); at 8 p.m. up at Hart Mansion, the Artists' Quick Draw will be held, in which artists create works of art in one hour while guests watch the process. At the end of the hour, artwork will be auctioned off to the highest bidders. (Tickets $20, includes admission to art show and Weave of the West entertainment down the hill). On Friday, the Fillmore and Western Railway For the small railroad that operates in Central Nebraska, see . The Fillmore and Western Railway (AAR reporting marks FWRY) is a dinner train and speciality line operating out of Fillmore, California. Murder mysteries are a favorite. will offer a ``Spaghetti Western Family Dinner Train,'' complete with storytelling, songs, history and a spaghetti dinner (tickets $50 adults, $26 children 4-12, $6 children under 3 years of age). Also on Friday night, a Cowboy Casino 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 in Newhall (tickets $25). Downtown Newhall will be the site of the dedication of four bronze saddles at 2 p.m. Friday, when actors Harry Carey Jr., Graham Greene, Powers Boothe and stuntman stunt·man n. A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. stuntman n → especialista m stuntman Jack Williams will be added to the list of tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as stars enshrined on the sidewalks of 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 . A reception at the Canyon Theatre Guild will follow the dedication. Attendance is free. Later that evening, the four will be honored at 7 p.m. with a gala dinner and celebration of their contributions to Western Heritage. The gala will be held at the Valencia Hyatt; tickets are $100. On Saturday and Sunday, attention will focus on Melody Ranch, the movie location formerly owned by singing cowboy legend Gene Autry. Performances will be going on throughout the day on the California Music Stage, the Pecos Bill Stage, Cowboy Corner Stage, the Dodge House Stage and the Melody Ranch Stage. Performers include Hot Club of Cowtown, Wylie and the Wild West, Juni Fisher, Lorraine Rawls, Syd Masters and the Swing Riders, Dave Stamey, Pat Richardson, Ginny Mac, Larry Maurice, Sky Shivers, Curly Musgrave, Kahuna (person) kahuna - /k*-hoo'n*/ (From the Hawaiian title for a shaman) An IBM synonym for wizard or guru. Cowboys, Kip Calahan, the Buckaroo Balladeers and more. Hours at the ranch are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. To get to the festival, park at the shuttle bus site at 13th and Arch streets in Newhall; free shuttle buses will transport visitors to the ranch throughout the day. No guest parking at Melody Ranch, no videos or still cameras allowed, no side arms and no pets (service dogs allowed). Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com IF YOU GO Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival, Thursday through Sunday at Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio, Heritage Junction Historic Park, William S. Hart Park, Fillmore and Western Railway and other sites around Santa Clarita. For event tickets and information, call (661) 286-4021 or visit www.cowboyfestival.org CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Cowboy poet J.D. Seibert puts up signs for the upcoming Cowboy Festival at the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio in Placerita Canyon. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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