 (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 CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION Apple Valley, California Proceeds support the Happy Trails Foundation Contact: (760) 240-3330 Website: http://www.happytrails.org/calendar.html |
Various events throughout year. Check their website. |
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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 7-10, 2012 |
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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/ |
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SANTA CLARITA (California) COWBOY FESTIVAL Santa Clarita, California Website: http://www.cowboyfestival.org/ Contact: awalper@santa-clarita.com |
April 19-22, 2012 |
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HOPALONG CASSIDY FESTIVAL Cambridge, Ohio Contact: Laura Bates (740) 826-4850 or Guernsey County Visitors Bureau at 800-933-5480 Website: http://hopalongcassidyfestival.com/ |
May 4-5, 2012 |
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JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN FESTIVAL Dothan, Alabama Website: http://www.johnnymackbrownfestival.com/ |
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SERIALFEST Ithaca, New York SerialFest website: http://www.serialfest.org/ Serial Squadron website: http://www.serialsquadron.com/ |
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JOHN WAYNE ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Birthplace of John Wayne, Winterset, Iowa 50273 Website: http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/ |
May 25-26, 2012 |
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MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL Whispering Woods Hotel and Convention Center, Olive Branch, Mississippi (25 miles from Memphis) Contact: Ray Nielsen at: raynielsen@windstream.net Website: http://www.memphisfilmfestival.com 2012 event: A GATHERING OF GUNS 4 - A TV WESTERN REUNION co-sponsored by Western Clippings |
May 31-June 2, 2012 |
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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 |
April 20-21, 2012 |
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GENE AUTRY DAYS Community Building, Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton, Ohio Website: check the Hardin County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce calendar of events: http://www.hardinohio.org/new/CalendarOfEvents.aspx |
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WESTERN FILM FAIR Hawthorne Inn, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (336-777-3000) Contact: Tommy Hildreth (828) 524-5251, or e-mail to: cowboys@cometwesterns.com Website: http://www.westernfilmfair.com |
July 11-14, 2012 |
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ROY ROGERS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Evansville, Indiana area Sponsored by the Henager Museum, Buckskin, Indiana: http://www.henagermuseum.com/ Roy Rogers Centennial Celebration website: http://henagermuseumevents.webs.com/ |
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| ANNUAL ROY ROGERS FESTIVAL Portsmouth, Ohio Contact: Jane Lilly (740) 259-1195; e-mail: harolddlilly@aol.com or info@royrogersfestival.org Or write to: Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Collectors Association, P.O. Box 1166, Portsmouth, OH 45662 Website: http://www.royrogersfestival.org |
August 1-4, 2012 |
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WESTERN LEGENDS CELEBRATION Kanab, Utah (Utah's Little Hollywood) Website: http://www.westernlegendsroundup.com/ |
August 16-18, 2012 |
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THE MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION The Marriott Hotel, 245 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, Maryland 21031 Website: http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com |
August 9-11, 2012 |
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TOM MIX FESTIVAL/WESTERN HERITAGE WEEKEND Dewey, Oklahoma (Home of the Tom Mix Museum) Website - check their Community Calendar for September, 2012: http://www.cityofdewey.com/Residents/Community_Calendar.aspx Tom Mix Museum website: http://www.tommixmuseum.com/Welcome_.html |
September 22-23, 2012 |
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ANNUAL REX ALLEN DAYS CELEBRATION in conjunction with the Annual Western Music, Cowboy poetry and Old West Film Festival Willcox, Arizona Websites: http://www.rexallenmuseum.org/ http://www.rexallendays.org/ Chamber of Commerce special events: http://www.willcoxchamber.com/specialEvents.asp |
October 5-7, 2012 |
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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/ |
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WILD WESTERN FESTIVAL Glendale, Arizona Website: http://www.wildwesternfestival.com/ Contact: Phone: (623) 882-9428 |
October 19-21, 2012 |
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ANNUAL SILVER SPUR AWARDS The Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, California Website: http://www.reelcowboys.org/RC_SilverSpurAwards.htm |
October 27, 2012 |
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GENE AUTRY, OKLAHOMA MUSEUM Gene Autry, Oklahoma Website: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/Pages/events.htm Museum and Festival contact info: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/Pages/contact_us103.htm |
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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 AWARDS SHOW Albuquerque, New Mexico Website: http://www.westernmusic.com/index.html |
November 14-18, 2012 |
REMEMBERING SOME RECENT FILM / NOSTALGIA CONVENTIONS NO LONGER ACTIVE |
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GOLDEN BOOT AWARDS The last Golden Boot Awards program occurred in 2007 and was the 25th anniversary of the awards program. Website: http://www.mptvfund.org/page.aspx?pid=435 WILD WEST COWBOY ROUND-UP Annual Cowboy Round-up, Downtown Garland, Texas Website (no longer working as of October 1, 2011): http://www.garlandcowboyroundup.com GENE AUTRY, OKLAHOMA MUSEUM - FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Gene Autry, Oklahoma Announcement that 2009 was the last Gene Autry, Oklahoma Museum Film and Music Festival: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/Pages/gene_autry_oklahoma_film_&_music_festival.htm Website: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com/ 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) 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 March 8, 2006 update from Tom Mix expert Bud Norris: the final TM Festival event was held in 2004. Tom Mix Festival Website (no longer working as of mid-September, 2005): http://www.tommixfestival.com DuBois Area Historical Society website: http://www.duboishistoricalsociety.com/ |
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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
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 | 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 |