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Wild
Western Festival where history meets Hollywood.
October 15-17 was the 5th Annual Wild Western Festival
Story
and Photos by Bette Sharpe Glendale Daily Planet
Attending
last weekend's event at Sahuaro Ranch Park was like going back in time to
the 1880's and to the American Old West.
The Old West of western dime novels and Saturday matinees complete
with cowboys in white hats and tough guys dressed in black doing fancy
roping and shooting tricks. The
5th Annual Wild Western Festival was held at Glendale's Sahuaro Ranch
Park. Cowboy and Western
musicians, movie personalities, specialty shows and various artisans
filled the park's seventeen acres. If you wanted to, you could have tested your shooting skills
at the SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) wax bullet
shooting gallery or tried your luck at out drawing a
"gunslinger" at the Fast Draw booth.
If shootin' wasn't fur ya, then you might have wanted to see the
working blacksmiths.
Stars of television westerns
and movies were also a big attraction.
Listed on the program were Peter Brown, Don Collier, Ed Faulkner,
Jon Locke, and Ron Nix. In
addition, these special guests were also listed: Jeff Connors, Julie Ann
Ream, and Charlie LeSueur.
Musical artists scheduled for the
three-day program included Tom Hiatt and his Sundown Riders, along with, Justus
Harrison. A cowboy or
cowgirl cannot get far without their horses.
Gary "Bad Dog" Bennett brought his trick horse Blue Eyed
Jack to the event.
Everyone's favorite, the Chuck
Wagon Camp where Danny Noland prepared beef tips, biscuits, potatoes and
beans each dish was prepared in Dutch ovens for the event.
In addition to a hardy lunch, visitors had the chance to learn
something about cattle drives. Far right -Mr.
Noland ladles peach cobbler for dessert.
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| From left to right Dominick
Bova and Amos Sunday and Doc,
the horse. |
Stephen McCain and Herb Petty,
10th U.S. Cavalry of Arizona Troop C Buffalo Soldier. |
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Tammy Youngs and Sandy
Fieszel
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Annabella O'Dwyer is her
character's name,
her real name is Marsha Watson. |
Tammy Youngs is Dr. Buck's other half and
Sandy Fieszel is a Palm Reader for the Dr. Buck's shows. Dr. Buck is on of the organizers for the festival.
Dr. Buck Montgomery is a former Hollywood stuntman and
general manager of the world famous Ponderosa Ranch of Bonanza TV
fame. |
NO LIVE AMMO
WAS USED!
"Hotshot"
Johnny, famous balloon killer and trick shooter is a one-man-wild-west
showstopper.
"Hotshot" Johnny
Tuscadero (aliases: Mad Mincks, and Johnny Athan and Creepy John) doing
his famous mirror shot. Notice
the balloon in these two photographs.
"Hotshot" is also the WWPAS (Wild West Performing Arts
Society) World Champion Gun Spinner!
This cowboy is also known for his trick and fancy gun twirling,
fast and fancy target shooting, trick roping, whip cracking, and has fast
whit. Johnny Tuscadero is an
honorary member of the Hollywood Stuntman's Hall of Fame with over 30
appearances in films. "Hotshot"
is the official spokesperson for the National Day of the Cowboy and is the
founding member of the Wild West Performing Arts Society.
The National Day of the Cowboy
is a nonprofit organization that would like to set aside one day a year to
honor cowboys and cowgirls and promote the preservation of pioneer and
cowboy culture.
One
version of the Code of the West
1. Live each day with courage.
2. Take pride in your work.
3. Always finish what you start.
4. Do what has to be done.
5. Be tough, but fair.
6. When you make a promise, keep it.
7. Ride for the brand.
8. Talk less and say more.
9. Remember that some things aren't
for sale.
10. Know where to draw the line.
---from
Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn from the Code
of
the West, by James P. Owen.
http://www.nationaldayofthecowboy.com/cms/index.php?page=bunkhouse-culture;
October 18, 2010.
KIDS! NEVER PLAY WITH GUNS.
IF YOU FIND A GUN DON'T TOUCH IT.
GET AN ADULT.
"Hotshot" has been
recognized by the Phoenix and Tucson Police Departments for gun safety
aspects of his performances. There
is more to the Old West than men dressed in black with a quick draw.
For more information, visit his
website. www.hotshotperformer.com
KIDS!
NEVER PLAY WITH GUNS. IF YOU
FIND A GUN DON'T TOUCH IT. GET
AN ADULT.
What
was life like 124 years ago? What
was it like to be a cowboy or cowgirl?
One of the objectives of this festival and others like it is to
preserve the art and culture of the American Old West.
Could this event be the Wild West Renaissance Festival for the west
side and Glendale?
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