LOCATION:
Poncha Springs Town Hall (5:00-9:00 PM)
- Tickets are nonrefundable - refunds will only be given if we have to cancel
- Tickets purchased online will be available for pickup at the event
Dinner, Entertainment, and Wreath
Dinner (5-6)
Entertainment (6-9)
5:00-9:00 pm
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Fundraising Event to Support WAA
The Chipeta Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is sponsoring this event to support their annual Wreaths Across America Veterans Project. All net proceeds from the Cowboy Music and Poetry Gathering will go to purchasing wreaths to be placed on our local veteran's graves on December 14, 2024. This effort covers cemeteries in Salida, Poncha Springs, Howard, Coaldale, Hillside, Cotopaxi, and Buena Vista, and honors over 1,200 gravesites.
Wreaths Across America (WAA) coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at more than 2,500 locations across the United States, at sea, and abroad. From the Revolutionary War to present day conflicts, our veterans are devoted sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers. They come from all backgrounds in life to place those lives on the line for our freedoms. The WAA mission is to:
REMEMBER our fallen U.S. veterans.
HONOR those who serve.
TEACH your children the value of freedom.
Food and Drink
Your dinner will include the main course, a non-alcoholic drink, and dessert.
MAIN COURSE: Pulled pork, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw
DRINKS: Your choice of lemonade, tea, or water
DESSERT: Pie/cobbler/cookies
Dennis and Beverly Russell
Dennis Russell, poet and songwriter, and Beverly Gray Russell, instrumentalist best known for her musical saw. They share their original music and poetry that depict their ranching lifestyle on the beautiful Huerfano River in Southern Colorado, as well as covering traditional stories and songs at campfires, gatherings, and house concerts in family-friendly entertainment. Dennis is the founder of the Cimarron Cowboy Music and Poetry Gathering and happy to be emcee of any western event. You can often find Beverly showing kids, parents, and gran parents alike how her magical musical saw works.
CONTACT: cimarroncowboypoet.com
Patty Clayton
Infused with original western swing and Buckaroo ballads, Patty Clayton's voice is said to be "as pure as the prairie wind", resulting in a number of awards and recognition over the years not only for her performances, but also her compositions. Most recently, the Western Writers of America honored Patty with a Spur Finalist Award for her song Prairie Passages, in the Best Western Song category, from her latest CD The Real West.
CONTACT: www.pattyclayton.com
Doug Figgs
Doug Figgs is an AFA Certified Journeyman Farrier, a day-working cowboy, and a Western music singer/songwriter from Lemitar, New Mexico. He has won numerous awards for his music, including two "Wrangler Awards" from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and a 2021 IWMA Male Performer of the Year. He is inspired by the cowboy/Western life he lives, writing songs from his experience while drawing from the history of the West. He has performed his music all over the West and continues to turn out his own variety of Western music - from hard driving music with a hint of Southern rock, to beautiful ballads, and everything in between.
CONTACT: www.DougFiggs.com
Terry Nash
Western CO beef producer Terry Nash knows how to draw you into his poetry. His tales are of the West not seen from the highway or rodeo bleachers. Nash lives the life he writes about and he’s a master at showing it to you.
International Western Music awards include 2018 Male Poet of the year, 2018 Cowboy Poetry CD of the year and 2021 “Special Achievement” award.
CONTACT: terrynashcowboypoet.com
Floyd Beard
Floyd began writing poetry while out working his cattle in the 1980’s. He would write down lines and verses about what he experienced while out in the saddle and dealing with his livestock and horses. He would then mold these thoughts into stories and songs when he got back to the house that evening. His poetry is about his own experiences and his observations of the western way of life. Floyd’s stories are inter-woven with his western code of high ethics and integrity and sprinkled richly with humor. Floyd also recites some cowboy poetry classics, from some of the best cowboy poets from the past, keeping the western spirit and history alive.
CONTACT: www.floydbeardcowboy.com
Poncha Springs Town Hall
330 Burnett Ave
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
The Chipeta Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was organized January 21, 1978, in Salida, Colorado. The name of the chapter honors Colorado’s famous Indian woman who was born an Apache but raised as a Ute. Chipeta, whose name means “white singing bird,” married Chief Ouray at age 16 and was the only Ute woman permitted to sit in council. There is a concrete tepee that was erected in 1924 over a cold natural spring on the site of Chief Ouray and Chipeta’s homestead in Montrose, Colorado. The focus of Chipeta Chapter, NSDAR, is the preservation of American history and patriotism in the schools and in our community.
The NSDAR is a non-political, non-profit, volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to preserving American history, promoting patriotism, and securing America’s future through better education for children. The DAR was founded in 1890, and its main headquarters are located in Washington, D.C. DAR members volunteer annually to support veterans; they also award scholarships and financial aid each year to students, and support schools for the underprivileged with annual donations. DAR is also one of the most inclusive genealogical societies in the country. There are 185,000 members in the 3,000 chapters across the United States and internationally. Any woman 18 years or older – regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background – who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolutionary War, is eligible for membership.The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR) is a non-political, non-profit, volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to preserving American history, promoting patriotism, and securing America’s future through better education for children.