 (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. | ||
| Bobby has a new trivia webpage on the cowboypal website: http://www.cowboypal.com/bobbycopelands_trivia.html |
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/ |
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WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL 2010 event is a "Tribute to Gunsmoke" 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 10-13, 2010 |
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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 18-21, 2010 |
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SANTA CLARITA (California) COWBOY FESTIVAL Santa Clarita, California Website: http://www.cowboyfestival.org/ Contact: awalper@santa-clarita.com |
April 22-25, 2010 |
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HOPALONG CASSIDY REUNION AND WESTERN TOY SHOW AND SALE Cambridge, Ohio Contact: Laura Bates 740-826.4850 or LBates1205@cs.com 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 2010. |
April 30 - May 1, 2010 |
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JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN FESTIVAL Dothan, Alabama Website (which was not resolving/working as of September 1, 2009): http://www.johnnymackbrownfilmfestival.com/ |
May 14-15, 2010 |
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SERIALFEST As of March 3, 2010, their website notes: Location: To be announced (Hopewell, New Jersey) Dates: To be announced (Friday/Saturday in July (probably 23/24 or 30/31, 2010) SerialFest website: http://www.serialfest.org/festival/index.htm Serial Squadron website: http://www.serialsquadron.com/ |
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JOHN WAYNE ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Saluting the 50th anniversary of Wayne's THE ALAMO Birthplace of John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa 50273 Website: http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/ |
May 28-29, 2010 |
| 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 2-5, 2010 |
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MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL 2010 event is "A Gathering of Guns 2 - TV westerns reunion" And the Allan Lane DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST serial will be shown (courtesy of the Brigham Young University Republic Serial Archive) Whispering Woods Hotel and Convention Center, Olive Branch, Mississippi (25 miles from Memphis) Contact: Ray Nielsen at: raynielsen@dishmail.net Website: http://www.memphisfilmfestival.com |
June 3-5, 2010 |
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AUDIE MURPHY DAYS Greenville Civic Center and Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum Greenville, Texas Contact: Susan Lanning or Linda Owens at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum at (903) 450-4502 Website: http://cottonmuseum.com/audie.htm |
June 24-25, 2010 |
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GENE AUTRY, OKLAHOMA MUSEUM SUMMER JAMBOREE AND FUNDRAISER Gene Autry, Oklahoma Fundraiser for the Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum Website: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/Pages/events.htm Museum and Festival contact info: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/Pages/contact_us103.htm |
July 24, 2010 |
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GENE AUTRY DAYS Community Building, Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton, Ohio. Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 10-3. Hardin County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce calendar of events (scroll to the month of June, 2010): http://www.hardinohio.org/new/CalendarOfEvents.aspx Official Gene Autry website: http://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/kenton_oh.html |
June 26-27, 2010 |
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WESTERN FILM FAIR Clarion Sundance Plaza Hotel, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (336-723-2911) 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 14-17, 2010 |
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GOLDEN BOOT AWARDS Proceeds benefit the Motion Picture and TV Fund Contact: (818) 876-1900 April, 2009 notation on their website reads "The Golden Boot Awards will not be held this year - but we'll be back, "bigger & better" in 2010." Website with event info: http://www.mptvfund.org/cm/fundraising/events/the-golden-boot.html |
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GARLAND, TEXAS WILD WEST FEST 2nd Annual Wild West Fest and Ultimate Cook-off, Downtown Garland, Texas Contact: garlandwildwest@aol.com or 214-912-8896 Website: http://www.garlandcowboyroundup.com/event.htm |
Event has been cancelled |
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THE MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION The Marriott Hotel, 245 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, Maryland 21031 Website: http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com |
September 23-25, 2010 |
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TOM MIX FESTIVAL Dewey, Oklahoma (Home of the Tom Mix Museum) Website: http://www.cityofdewey.com/, and on the left side menu on this page, click on the buttons marked "Events Calendar" and "Tourism/Places of Interest" for more info. Tom Mix Festival announcement: http://www.cityofdewey.com/About_Dewey/Latest_News_and_Articles/ID/4/Western_Heritage_Weekend_Dewey_Oklahoma.aspx The Tom Mix Festival is Saturday, September 19 and starts off the Western Heritage Weekend. Tom Mix Museum website: http://www.tommixmuseum.com/Welcome_.html Contact: Tom Mix Museum 918-534-1555; or event chairman Larry Thrash 918-534-3333 |
September 19-20, 2010 |
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GENE AUTRY, OKLAHOMA MUSEUM - FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Gene Autry, Oklahoma Museum and Festival contact info: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/Pages/contact_us1021.htm Website with note that 2009 was the last GA Oklahoma Museum Film and Music Festival: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/Pages/events.htm |
Last festival was held in 2009 |
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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/ |
September 30-October 3, 2010 |
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WESTERN LEGENDS CELEBRATION Kanab, Utah (Utah's Little Hollywood) Website: http://www.westernlegendsroundup.com/ |
October 1, 2010 |
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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 8-10, 2010 |
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WILD WESTERN FESTIVAL Glendale, Arizona Website: http://www.wildwesternfestival.com/WWF_Home.htm Contact: Phone: (623) 444-7121; e-mail: DRBuc@cox.net |
October 15-17, 2010 |
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ANNUAL SILVER SPUR AWARDS Website: http://www.reelcowboys.org/ |
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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FILM FESTIVAL Contact: Tommy Hildreth (828) 524-5251, or e-mail to: cowboys@cometwesterns.com Website: http://www.cometwesterns.com/filmfest.htm |
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ANNUAL WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION SHOWCASE AND AWARDS SHOW Albuquerque, New Mexico Website: http://www.westernmusic.com/wma-festival-schedule.html |
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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 (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 Nothing 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/ 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 |