Cowboys Heroes & Friends Western Festival 2000 Travelogue
The Old West Living History Foundation 2000 National Showdown
&
The Cowboy Heroes & Friends Western Festival Second Annual Living History Competition
Saturday the 28th of October 2000
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Saturday started early with great anticipation and when we came down the hill to Tumbleweed we thought we had stepped back in time. With the chuckwagons a-cooking and the reenactors milling around waiting for check-in and team briefing.
Dusty Webb president, of The Old West Living History Foundation, presided over the team meeting. The teams were briefed in Safety and voted on judging style. Soon they were picking order of performance. The Vigilantes opted to go last in event that some of the folks that were attending the rescheduled Wild West Show could get back before we got on. The rest of the teams picked numbers from a hat and off we went.
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Sharon Couch, of the Vigilantes, sang the National Anthem and after a prayer and pledge of allegiance to the flag led by Reverend Adair, the Osage Valley Vigilantes took over with there gun safety program, sponsored by Missouri Valley Arms Collectors.
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Our Gun Safety program is the backbone of The Vigilantes. We perform it everywhere we go, having given the oath to over 2600 children this last year alone. In our Gun Safety program we show the children what kind of power all guns really have. After a demonstration of the firepower of our guns, we teach the children the only one rule they need to know. "If they see a gun or a bullet, unaccompanied by an adult, to run and tell an adult and that adult will buy you Ice Cream that night for supper." The children swear to the oath and then they become Official Junior Osage Valley Vigilantes and receive a Vigilantes badge and a certificate on parchment paper reminding them of their oath. Plus they get a American Flag lapel pin.
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We always get a "Good Feeling" after gun safety, especially when we see the adults connecting with their children in gun safety dialogue!
The Old West Living History Foundation 2000 National Showdown
&
The Cowboy Heroes & Friends Western Festival Second Annual Living History Competition
In Branson Missouri
"Let the competition begin!"
First up Virginia City Outlaws, Virginia City, Nevada, ...the 2000 Nevada State Champions and the Western Regional Grand Champions
The Tombstone Cowboys, Tombstone, Arizona… 1997, and the 1999 Reining OWLHF National Champions.
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Sure Shot Productions and the Wild & Wooly West, from Seymour, Texas…. 1st place at Dodge City, Kansas and 1st place at the 2000 Buckskin Joes comp.
Gun smoke & Petticoats Wild West Productions, of Shawnee, Kansas. Formerly know as the Guns Of Confusion Creek, NAOWGT National Champions.The Sierra Nevada Guns for Hire Reining OWLHF California State Champions
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Guns of Jackson Hole, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming… Current 2000 OWLHF, Wyoming State Champions, Rocky Mountain Regional point Champions, and the Rocky Mountain Regional Grand Champions.
Last but not least The Osage Valley Vigilantes from Cass County MO (just south of Kansas City) We didn't get any pictures of us performing as all 31of our people were in the skit. Sorry maybe someone who got some will send them to me and I will post more.
Dusty Webb President of The Old West Living History introduced the teams that won.
3rd place with 441.5 points Sierra Nevada Guns for Hire
2nd place with 449.6 points Wild & Wooley West
The Old West Living History National 2000 Champions & The Cowboy Heroes & Friends Western Festival 2nd Annual Living History Competition Champions
OWLHF trophy not received as yet
with 483.8 points The Osage Valley Vigilantes
Best Actress from Gunsmoke & Petticoats Katheryn Buckley
Best Actor from The Osage Valley Vigilantes G.W. (Rick) Poe
Best Female costume from The Osage Valley Vigilantes Marilyn Stein
Best male costume from The Osage Valley Vigilantes Dusty (Tom) Johnson
Best female stunt from The Guns of Jackson Hole Ellie (Calamity Jane)
Best male stunt from The Virginia City Outlaws Ringo
Best Jr. female form The Osage Valley Vigilantes Deborah Rushly
Best Jr. male from The Osage Valley Vigilantes Joseph Rushly
The show was fabulous with everyone we have seen so far performing for us one more time. With Sons of the Pioneers * Dusty Rogers * The Rogers Legacy * Sons of the San Joaquin * Don Edwards * Waddie Mitchell * Rich O'Brien * Hue McLennan * Ben Crane * Butch Falk * Cowboy Celtic * Belinda Gail * Stan Corliss * Brookes. They ended the show with us singing "Happy Birthday" to Dusty Rogers. Happy Trails Dusty and more to come.
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If you didn't get your picture with the stars you must have run out of film or batteries or something. They are a great bunch of Cowboys & Cowgirls, Heroes & Friends.
Vigilantes hanging with the stars.
The Judges
Katie West, Dave Marcussen, Terry George, Ernie Worthington & Stan Corliss
Pictured with the judges far left to right is Katie West, Curly, Jon Lock, G.W., Katt Kolt, Dave Marcussen, Kitt Kolt, G.W., Josephine & Wyatt Earp, Earnie Worthington, Kitt & Kat Kolt & Stan Corliss
I would like to thank all the judges for their hard work. The contest was almost 5 hours long and all they get is our thanks. So Thanks to all of you dedicated Judges! The Vigilantes worked hard on this festival and your help is most valuable.
Members of various groups get together for a snapshot in the lobby at the end of the Grand Finale Show.
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