Last Call! 37th Annual Western Film Fair

02 Wednesday Jul 2014

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On May 15, we posted  that it wasn’t too early to plan a visit to the 37th annual Western Film Fair in Winston-Salem NC. Time is quickly passing and the festival will be here before you know it. It begins next Wednesday, July 9 and continues through Saturday, July 12, 2014 with film and celebrities galore.

This year’s festival will feature appearances by Ed Nelson, Piper Laurie, Jon Provost (“Timmy” from the Lassie TV show) and Joyce DeWitt (co-star of “Three’s Company”) among many others. Western Film screenings held daily. And now Tommy and crew have added Johnny Crawford (“The Rifleman”) to the STAR lineup.

The Hawthorne Inn & Conference Center, 420 High Street, Winston Salem, NC is the venue. For information on rooms, call 800-972-3774.

You can also contact Tommy Hildreth at 828-524-5251 for more information about the festival or visit the conference website at www.westernfilmfair.com.

A Note from The Ol’ Cowpoke

18 Wednesday Jun 2014

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The Ol' Cowpoke (Nikki Ellerbe)

The Ol’ Cowpoke (Nikki Ellerbe)

It’s hard to believe that we’ve reached the end of the trail for this year. We, by tradition, don’t meet in July and August. We’ll start back in September with our Gene Autry Roundup.

I want to thank everyone who has helped this year: Ray Smith, Jim Sanders, David Hunter, Bill Lovin, Jerry Sprague and John Cudd. I know everybody thinks that I “take the money and run,” but the job couldn’t be done without the assistance of so many saddle pals.

I want to note the passing of Herb Jeffries in May, at the fine age of 100. He was the last of the B-Western leading men, and the last “singing cowboy.”

Thanks to Arnold McLain for all the notes of encouragement through the years. Mac believes in the written word and so do I.

Until September, So Long Buckaroos.

– The Ole Cowpoke and The Latigo Kid