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  2. National Cowboy Poetry Gathering - Wikipedia

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    The "Elko Gathering" was renamed the "National Cowboy Poetry Gathering" thanks to an act of Congress in 1980. Known simply as Elko to many, the gathering embraces its role as a pilgrimage destination for thousands of ranchers and Western enthusiasts to come and learn the art that grows from a connection to the rhythms of earth and sky.

  3. What does it mean to be a 'cowboy'? This festival shakes up ...

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    Brigid Reedy and brother Johnny Reedy perform during the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., on Feb. 3. The Reedys have been coming to the gathering since they were children.

  4. Western Folklife Center - Wikipedia

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    The Western Folklife Center is a nonprofit cultural center in Elko, Nevada that hosts exhibits, theater, music, and poetry events that celebrate the history and landscape of the American West. Every year the center hosts the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. [1] [2] [3]

  5. Cowboy poetry - Wikipedia

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    The cowboy lifestyle is a living tradition that exists in western North America and other areas, thus, contemporary cowboy poetry is still being created, still being recited, and still entertaining many at cowboy poetry gatherings, around campfires and cowboy poetry competitions. Much of what is known as "old time" country music originates from ...

  6. Canyon Productions - Wikipedia

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    Mano a Mano was a DVD recorded at the 2008 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, featuring Russell and Ian Tyson conducting a workshop for songwriters. A DVD retrospective of Russell's life and career, Don't Look Down, was released in September, 2011.

  7. Paul Zarzyski - Wikipedia

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    In the same breath in which he first pursued his poetry passion, he discovered a second unexpected calling—bareback bronc riding—and competed on the amateur, ProRodeo, and Senior circuits into his early forties. [citation needed] Zarzyski has performed at the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada for the past 30 years. [8]

  8. Vess Quinlan - Wikipedia

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    That changed in January 1985, when the first Cowboy Poets gathering was held in Elko, Nevada, and the genre attained broader recognition. Quinlan attended the first Elko Gathering and has often been invited to perform at gatherings that developed in other states including the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. [5]

  9. Andy Wilkinson (singer-songwriter) - Wikipedia

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    Andy Wilkinson is an American singer-songwriter who writes cowboy poetry. [1] [2] [3] He was the keynote speaker at the 33rd National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.[4] [5]In 2014 he was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame which honors individuals who have an affiliation to Lubbock and the West Texas area and have devoted much of their lives to the development of and/or gained recognition in ...