 (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 trivia webpage on the Cowboy Pal website: http://www.cowboypal.com/bobbycopelands_trivia.html |
| Event Info, Contacts, Websites | 2013 Dates |
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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 the year. Check their website. |
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WILLIAMSBURG (Virginia) FILM FESTIVAL Holiday Inn - Patriot Convention Center, Williamsburg, Virginia Contact: Ray Smith at (919) 957-0222 (North Carolina) Larry Floyd at (757) 482-2490 (Virginia) or e-mail: info@williamsburgfilmfestival.org Dealer Inquiries: Contact Gene Blottner at (757) 423-4152 or e-mail: ECBCAB@aol.com Website: http://www.williamsburgfilmfestival.org |
March 6-9, 2013 |
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FESTIVAL OF THE WEST WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona Website: http://www.festivalofthewest.com/ |
March 21-24, 2013 |
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SANTA CLARITA (California) COWBOY FESTIVAL Santa Clarita, California Website: http://www.cowboyfestival.org/ |
April 18-21, 2013 |
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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/2013-festival-information/ |
May 3-4, 2013 |
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AUDIE MURPHY DAYS Greenville Civic Center and Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum Greenville, Texas Contact: Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum at (903) 450-4502 Website: http://cottonmuseum.com/calendar.html |
May 17-18, 2013 |
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JOHN WAYNE ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Winterset, Iowa, the birthplace of John Wayne Website: http://www.johnwaynebirthplace.org/ |
May 24-25, 2013 |
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MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL Sam's Town Resort, Tunica, Mississippi (30 miles south of Memphis, TN) Contact: Ray Nielsen at: raynielsen@windstream.net Website: http://www.memphisfilmfestival.com 2013 event: A GATHERING OF GUNS 5 - A TV WESTERN REUNION co-sponsored by Western Clippings |
June 13-15, 2013 |
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GENE AUTRY DAYS Community Building, Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton, Ohio Website: Hardin County, Ohio Chamber of Commerce: http://www.hardinohio.org/new/Geneautrydays.aspx |
June 22-23, 2013 |
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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 10-13-2013 |
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ANNUAL ROY ROGERS FESTIVAL Portsmouth, Ohio Website: http://www.royrogersfestival.org |
July 31-August 3, 2013 |
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WESTERN LEGENDS CELEBRATION Kanab, Utah (Utah's Little Hollywood) Website: http://www.westernlegendsroundup.com/ |
August 22-24, 2013 |
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MAGNIFICENT SEVEN TV SERIES CONVENTION Los Angeles Convention Center Website: http://www.m7con.org/ |
August 3-4, 2013 |
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THE MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION Marriott Hotel, Hunt Valley, Maryland (near Baltimore) Website: http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com |
September 19-21, 2013 |
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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, 2013: http://www.cityofdewey.com/Residents/Community_Calendar.aspx Tom Mix Museum website: http://www.tommixmuseum.com/Welcome_.html |
September 28-29, 2013 |
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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/event_special.shtml |
October 4-6, 2013 |
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LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL Lone Pine, California Lone Pine Film Festival website: http://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/ Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce website: http://www.lonepinechamber.org/ |
October 11-13, 2013 |
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SPIRIT OF THE COWBOY McKinney, Texas Website: http://www.spiritofthecowboy.net/ |
October 11-13, 2013 |
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WILD WESTERN FESTIVAL Glendale, Arizona Website: http://www.wildwesternfestival.com/ Contact: Phone: (623) 882-9428 |
October 25-27, 2013 |
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ANNUAL SILVER SPUR AWARDS The Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, California Website: http://www.reelcowboys.org/RC_SilverSpurAwards.htm |
September 27, 2013 |
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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA FILM FESTIVAL Asheville, North Carolina Contact: Tommy Hildreth (828) 524-5251, or e-mail to: cowboys@cometwesterns.com Website: http://www.cometwesterns.com/filmfest.htm |
No event planned for 2013 |
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ANNUAL WESTERN MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS SHOW Albuquerque, New Mexico Website: http://www.westernmusic.com/index.html |
November 20-24, 2013 |
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 2005): 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): 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 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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