 (Courtesy of Bobby J. Copeland) Above, Bobby with Kelo Henderson of 26 MEN TV show. |  (Courtesy of Bobby J. Copeland) Above, Bobby with Ben Johnson, great horseman, Academy Award Winner and member of the 'John Ford Stock Company'. | |
 (Courtesy of Bobby J. Copeland) Above, Bobby with Buck Taylor (left) of TV's GUNSMOKE and his father, Dub 'Cannonball' Taylor (right), sidekick to Bill Elliott, Charles Starrett, Jimmy Wakely. | ||
FILM / NOSTALGIA CONVENTIONS, FESTIVALS, EVENTS | ||
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ROY ROGERS HAPPY TRAILS FOUNDATION FILM FESTIVAL Apple Valley Inn, Apple Valley, California All proceeds go to Dale Evans' Happy Trails Foundation Contact: (760) 240-3330 Website: http://www.happytrails.org/ |
February 16-18, 2008 | |
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WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL Holiday Inn - Patriot Convention Center, Williamsburg, Virginia Contact: Bill Sasser at: wsasser@verizon.net Ray Smith at (919) 957-0222 (North Carolina) Larry Floyd at (757) 482-2490 (Virginia) Dealer Inquiries: Contact Gene Blottner at (757) 423-4152 or e-mail: ECBCAB@aol.com Website: http://www.williamsburgfilmfestival.org |
March 5-8, 2008 | March 11-14, 2009 |
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FESTIVAL OF THE WEST Phoenix, Arizona Contact: (602) 996-4387 or e-mail: email@festivalofthewest.com Website: http://www.festivalofthewest.com/ |
March 13-16, 2008 | March 19-22, 2009 |
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YES CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL Columbus, Indiana Website: http://www.yescinema.org/ Contact: info@yescinema.org |
April 12, 2008 | |
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SANTA CLARITA (California) COWBOY FESTIVAL Santa Clarita, California Website: http://www.cowboyfestival.org/ Contact: awalper@santa-clarita.com |
April 24-27, 2008 | |
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HOPALONG CASSIDY FESTIVAL Cambridge, Ohio Contact: Laura Bates (740) 826-3850 or LBates1205@cs.com, or 740-432-2022 or 1-800-933-5480 Website: http://www.visitguernseycounty.com/events/ The above link will take you to the Calendar of Events, and on the right side, click your way to the calendar for May, 2009 and see if any info is posted. |
May 2-3, 2008 | |
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JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN FESTIVAL Dothan, Alabama Website: http://www.johnnymackbrownfilmfestival.com/ |
May 9-10, 2008 | |
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SERIALFEST Newton Theater in Newton, Pennsylvania Website: http://www.serialsquadron.com/serialfest/ |
May 15-17, 2008 | |
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JOHN WAYNE ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Birthplace of John Wayne, 216 S. 2nd St., Winterset, Iowa 50273 Website: http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/ |
May 30, 2009 | |
| ANNUAL ROY ROGERS FESTIVAL Ramada Inn, Portsmouth, Ohio Contact: LaRue and Nancy Horsley at (740) 353-0900; E-mail: nancyandlarue@verizon.net Or write to: Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Collectors Association, P.O. Box 1166, Portsmouth, OH 45662 Website: http://www.royrogersfestival.org |
June 4-7, 2008 | June 3-6, 2009 |
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MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL Whispering Woods Hotel and Convention Center, Olive Branch, Mississippi (25 miles from Memphis) Contact: Ray Nielsen at: rnielsen@alltel.net Website: http://www.memphisfilmfestival.com 2009 show will be "A Gathering of Guns TV Western Reunion" and is a joint effort between Boyd Magers/Western Clippings Magazine and the Memphis Film Festival. |
June 5-7, 2008 | June 4-6, 2009 |
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GENE AUTRY, OKLAHOMA MUSEUM SUMMER JAMBOREE AND FUN-FOR-EVERYONE FUNDRAISER Gene Autry, Oklahoma Fundraiser for the Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum Website: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/ Contact: Gene Autry Oklahoma Historical Museum, P. O. Box 67, Gene Autry, OK 73436 Phone 580-294-3047 |
June 21, 2008 | |
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AUDIE MURPHY DAYS Greenville Civic Center and Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum Greenville, Texas Website: http://cottonmuseum.com/calendar.htm#audiedays |
June 27-28, 2008 | |
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GENE AUTRY DAYS Hardin County Fairgrounds Community Building, Kenton, Ohio 43326 Contact: Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance, 225 S. Detroit St., Kenton, OH 43326; (419-673-4131) Official Gene Autry website: http://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/kenton_oh.html Hardin County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce: http://www.hardinohio.org/tcb/t6.aspx |
June 28-29, 2008 | |
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WESTERN FILM FAIR Clarion Sundance Plaza Hotel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (336-723-2911) (Note the location change from Charlotte to Winston-Salem for the 2008 film fair) Contacts: Wayne Short (704) 851-3113 Tommy Hildreth (828) 524-5251, or e-mail to: cowboys@cometwesterns.com Website: http://www.westernfilmfair.com Listing of guest stars: http://westernfilmfair.tripod.com/id4.html |
July 16-19, 2008 | |
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GOLDEN BOOT AWARDS Proceeds benefit the Motion Picture and TV Fund Contact: (818) 876-1900 Website with event info: http://new.mptvfund.org/cm/Foundation/Events/The%20Golden%20Boot/Home.html |
May, 2008 notation on their website reads "The Golden Boot Awards will not be held this year - but we'll be back, "bigger & better" in 2009." | |
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WESTERN LEGENDS CELEBRATION Kanab, Utah (Utah's Little Hollywood) Website: http://www.westernlegendsroundup.com/ |
August 20-23, 2008 | |
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THE MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION The Clarion Hotel, Aberdeen, Maryland Website: http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com |
September 18-20, 2008 | |
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ANNUAL WILD WESTERN FESTIVAL Pioneer Village, Phoenix, Arizona Website: http://www.wildwesternfestival.com/ Contact: Phone: (623) 444-7121; e-mail: DRBuc@cox.net |
September 26-28, 2008 | |
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GENE AUTRY, OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL MUSEUM - FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL Gene Autry, Oklahoma Contact: Gene Autry Oklahoma Historical Museum, P. O. Box 67, Gene Autry, OK 73436 Phone: 580-294-3047 Website: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/ |
September 24-28, 2008 | |
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ANNUAL REX ALLEN DAYS CELEBRATION in conjunction with the 9th Annual Western Music, Cowboy Poetry and Rex Allen Film Festival Willcox, Arizona Website: http://www.rexallenmuseum.org/ |
October 2-5, 2008 | |
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LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL Lone Pine, California Lone Pine Film Festival website: http://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/ Website - Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce: http://www.lonepinechamber.org/ |
October 10-12, 2008 | |
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ANNUAL SILVER SPUR AWARDS Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, California Website: http://www.SilverSpurAwards.org |
October 24, 2008 | |
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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FILM FESTIVAL (formerly the Asheville Film Festival) Best Western - Biltmore West, I-40 at Exit 44, 275 Smoky Park Hwy, Asheville, North Carolina 28806 Contact: Tommy Hildreth (828) 524-5251, or e-mail to: cowboys@cometwesterns.com Website: http://www.cometwesterns.com/filmfest.htm |
November 12-15, 2008 | |
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ANNUAL WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS SHOW AND FESTIVAL Albuquerque, NM Contact: (877) 588-3747 or (214) 226-6110 Website is under construction as of May, 2008: http://westernmusic.org/ Temporary/interim calendar of events is at: http://cowboypoetry.com/wmusicevent.htm |
November 19-22, 2008 | |
REMEMBERING SOME RECENT FILM / NOSTALGIA CONVENTIONS NO LONGER ACTIVE |
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DEAN SMITH CELEBRITY RODEO Expo Center of Taylor County, Abilene, Texas Benefits the John Wayne Cancer Institute Website (website no longer working as of January, 2008): http://www.celebrityrodeo.org/ RED RIVER WESTERN FESTIVAL Current information is that no festival is planned Shreveport, Louisiana Website (no longer working as of 2/27/05): http://www.redriverwesternfestival.com TOMBSTONE WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL Event not scheduled for 2006 Tombstone, Arizona Website (no longer working as of January, 2006): http://tombstonewesternfilm.com/ BUCK JONES FESTIVAL 2004 Buck Jones Festival was cancelled due to illness and passing of Dom Marafioti Website (no longer working as of January, 2006): the "National Buck Jones Rangers of America": http://www.buckjones.org/ KNOXVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Not scheduled Website: http://www.cometwesterns.com/knoxvle.htm TOM MIX FESTIVAL DuBois, Pennsylvania Last held in 2004 Contact: The National Tom Mix Festival Committee, P.O. Box 402, DuBois, Pa 15801 Phone: (814) 371-5010 or (814) 371-4406 Tom Mix Festival Website (no longer working as of mid-September, 2005): http://www.tommixfestival.com Dubois Area Historical Society website: http://home.wrkcs.net/history/index.htm March 8, 2006 update from Tom Mix expert Bud Norris: the final TM Festival event was held in 2004. |
FAVORITE WESTERN FILM PUBLICATIONS
(when contacting any of the following, tell them Bobby Copeland sent you):
Western Clippings (the ultimate source for news about movie and TV cowboys), Boyd Magers, 1312 Stagecoach Rd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123
Website: http://www.westernclippings.com/
Wrangler's Roost, 23 Sabrina Way, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, BS9 1ST, England
Big Trail (John Wayne), 540 Stanton Ave., Akron, OH 44301
MUSEUMS AND FAN CLUBS:
Museum of the American West (formerly the Autry Museum of Western Heritage), 4700 Western Heritage Way, L. A., CA 90027
Website: http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/
Gene Autry Museum of Local History, Gene Autry, OK 73436, Phone: (580) 389-5335, E-mail: esweeten@brightok.net
Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Museum, 3950 Green Mountain Dr., Branson, MO. 65616
Website: http://www.royrogers.com/
Rex Allen Museum, 1100 W. Rex Allen Dr., Willcox, AZ 85643
Website: http://www.rexallenmuseum.org
Hoppy Talk, 6310 Friendship Dr. New Concord, OH 43762
Lone Ranger Silver Bullet, P.O. Box 1493, Longmont, CO 80502
Website: http://www.lonerangerfanclub.com/joinfanclub.html
The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum, 600 Interstate 30 East, P.O. Box 347, Greenville, Texas 75403
Website: http://cottonmuseum.com/audie.htm
Audie Murphy Fan Club: George Keck, 323 NW 62nd St., Lawton, OK 73505, E-mail: roadkill@lcisp.com
 | Bobby J. Copeland has authored several books: The Bob Baker Story and The Whip Wilson Story (each of these are $11.95 postpaid), Trail Talk ($14.50 postpaid), B-Western Boot Hill ($17.00 postpaid), Five Heroes (Russ Hayden, Eddie Dean, John King, Tom Keene and George Houston) ($11.95 postpaid), Silent Hoof Beats (about the movie horses) ($22.00 postpaid), Bill Elliott, The Peaceable Man ($17.00 postpaid) , Roy Barcroft, King of the Badmen ($17.00 postpaid), and Charlie King - We called him Blackie ($17.00 postpaid). Four of the book covers are pictured on the left. If you'd like more info on book content, number of pages, etc., or want to order, contact Bobby at: bobbycopeland@comcast.net or, Bobby Copeland, 104 Claremont, Oak Ridge, TN 37830-7114 |