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Sometimes it isn't the number of people you put in the seats but more
importantly the number of people you touch with your performance. That is
exactly what the 2007 Sagebrush Cowboy Roundup accomeekend in
Sheridan, Wyoming on Feb. 9-10, 2007. The Evening Feature Performance
at the Wyo Theater did not pack the house but those that attended were in
agreement that the two feature entertainers, TJ Casey and Ken Overcast did
more than a great job of keeping their audience entertained.
The annual Shoot-Out award was given to newcomer David Kuzara of
Sheridan, Wyoming with his new poem "Bad Apple". The poem is about a
horse purchased in spite of warnings against it and incorporated the
shoot-out line "bad company corrupts good character" to prove that it only
takes one bad apple or in this case horse to ruin a herd. David says he
couldn't sleep the night before the contest for thinking of poems all night
long and worrying that he wouldn't be able to come up with a poem. He
was the third place winner of the contest in 2006 and was determined to do
better this year.
The Wyo Theater resounded with the rhymin' phrases of up and coming
cowboy poet kids from area schools. Props, parents and teachers spurred
the cowboy kidz to perform their poems to a panel of three judges in an
effort to achieve the Champion or Reserve Champion Poem and Performer
awards sponsored by the Sagebrush Cowboyography Association. This
year's top honors for both the Champion Poem and Performer went to
Keely Rockafellow. Keely has been on the Wyo Theater stage as a
champion or reserve champion several times over the course of the past 5
years. Her 2007 winning poem is about an old barn on her family's ranch an
is aptly called "Our Old Barn". The Reserve Champion Poem award was
given to Lena Frappier. Her poem was a tribute to the memory of her dad
and touched the hearts and souls of everyone in the audience. The
Reserve Champion Performer award was presented to Bryce Burnell when
he recited his poem "Head to Head" which relates how he got a broken
nose when he was at a WJRA Rodeo and his nose connected with the top
of a his steer's head.
The annual Scot Redington Award, a beautiful and tooled leather and hide
notebook cover made by local cowboy poet and saddlemaker, Charlie Cook
of Sheridan, Wyoming was presented to Ranchester cowboy poet Mick
Kaser. Mick and his wife Holly previously of Riverton now live and ranch
near Ranchester. Mick, who has been performing his cowboy poetry for
years was active helping to put on a long running Cowboy Poetry Gather in
Riverton, Wyoming and is now helping to produce the Sagebrush Cowboy
Roundup. The reserve champion poem award was presented to Lena
Frappier.
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