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 OPEN TO PUBLIC

 

EVENT DATE:  Saturday, December 9, 2006

 

GATES OPEN:  8:00am

 

ADMISSION:  $10 Adults, $5 Children 12 and under

 

LOCATION:   New Silver Spurs Rodeo Arena, Canoe Creek Road – KENANSVILLE

 

PRELIMINARY EVENT DETAILS:

Subject to change without notice...

 

The Florida Cow Culture Celebration is a huge celebration of our colorful cow history and will include authors, artists, singers, poets, storytellers, historians, reenactors, period craftsmen and good ole' cracker food.  Come share this unique Florida experience with friends, family and the cattle drive participants. 

 

Come treat yourself to entertainment by world renowned cowboy singers, poets, musicians and reenactors. 

 

Visitors to the Florida Cow Culture Celebration will become “time travelers” as they are immersed in the sights, sounds, smells and events of Florida’s cow history.  The participants will bring history to life.  Come and experience the Florida cracker traditions and culture of the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries before fences and when cattle production was king in Florida. 

 

THE FLORIDA COW CULTURE CELEBRATION will take place at the new Silver Spurs facility on Canoe Creek Road (County Road 523) in Kenansville, South Osceola County on December 9, 2006.  Admission is $10.00 adults and $5.00 for children 12 and under.  The Celebration is open to the public.

 

Florida historians, artists, authors and pioneer craft demonstrators who are interested in participating in the Florida Cow Culture Celebration call Larry Ellis (407)760-1989.

 

 

FLORIDA COW CULTURE CELEBRATION

This schedule is subject to change without notice...

 

8:00am   Gates Open to Public

 

9:30        Demonstrators & Living History camps open

 

11:00      Cattle Drive Arrives

 

11:00      Food Available for Purchase till Close

 

1:00        Opening Ceremony

 

1:00 till   Music, poetry, food, historic demonstrations & displays 

 

   

Cattle Drive & Cow Culture Celebration December 9, 2006

Confirmed Historians/Entertainers/Craftsman

                                                                            

 

    

Musicians/ Poets/ Stories                                                   Web Link

Gene Blankenship                   Entertainment Production       http://www.cowboyministry.com

Bullard, Jerry                           Florida Songs             

Dehart, Ben                             Florida Songs                          http://www.thecrackertenor.com

Hampton, R. W.                      Featured Performer                http://www.rwhampton.com/

Hardwick, Chuck                     Florida Songs             

Harrison, Butch                       Story Teller, Cracker  

Hicks, Bobby                           Florida Songs             

Johns, Willie                            Seminole History        

 

Mincey, Jerry                           Florida Music                           http://www.JerryMincey.com

Mattson, Hank                         Poet & Stories            

McMahan, Gary                       Featured Performer                http://www.singingcowboy.com/

Monroe, Stephen                     Poet                            

Patterson, Bob                        Music & Stories          

Rigdon, Doyle                         Poet                            

Sharp, Carl E.                         Poet, Cracker             

Shed, Tom                              Florida Music                           http://www.tomshed.com

Stovall, Doc                             Featured Performer                http://www.boothmuseum.org

Thomas, Frank                       Florida Songs             

Thompson, Butch                   Story Teller, Cracker  

Vaughn, Jerry                          Musician, CV              

Warren, Jerry                          Featured Performer                http://www.boothmuseum.org

 

Living  Historians/ Camps:

Batey, Frank                            Cow Camp                 

Bailey, Nelson                         Cracker Cowman                   http://www.storynet.org/Directory/view.php?id=13499

Burney, Lainey & Harvard       Seminole                    

Carpenter, Mark                      Cow Camp                 

Debary, Earl/Jeremy               Seminole                    

Jenkins, David                         Seminole                    

Langrick, Tim                          Bartrum                      

Moore, Reese                         Timucuan/ Knapper   

Morrell, Tony                           Cow Camp                 

Miner, Rod                               Gator Trapper            

Neily, Elizabeth                       16th Century Spanish

Robinson, Nancy                    Trader Woman          

Shaffer, John                           Spanish                      

Tattman, Wynn                       Timucuan/Caloosa    

Wasserman, Wormy              Cracker                      

 

Demonstrators/ Artists/ Displays:

Bair, Cinnamon                       Spinner/Loom            

Bailey, John                             Whip & Knife Demo                http://www.lashandsteel.com

Barnes, Kathleen                    Cane Weaver             

Betty, Leather                          Leather                       

Bowen, Lisa                            Artist, Florida Cow     

Briskey, Regina S.                  Artist, Florida Cow     

Carter, Jimbo                          Scrimshaw & gourd   

Durham, Bull                           Whip Maker                

Haythorn, Marty                       Pottery, Pit Fired        

Hazellief's, Dewaine              Cow Dogs                  

Holms, John                            Sutler                                      http://kissimmeeriverdepot.com/

Langrick, Tim                          Flute making              

Lane, Sharlene                        Cracker Woman                     http://www.ShawlsByShar.com

Liberty, Gabriel                        Saddle Maker             

Lux, Eldon & Lynn                   Artist                                        eluxart@aol.com        

McKinnon, Eleanor                  Spinning                     

Oros, Joe                                Wood Benches          

Pomar, Don                            Blacksmith                 

Redditt, Willard                       Beef Jerky                  

Seager, Betty-Lou                   Spinner                       

Seager, Tom                           Cooper, Wheelwright 

Thompkins, Laneve                Artist, Sand                

Trappman, Hermann              Artist                           

Weagraff, Cindy & Ron           Ice Cream                  

Williams, Jon                          Tailor                          

Wheeler, Karen                       Blacksmith                 

Wooley, Edith                          Tatting  

Wynn, Dr. Nick FHS                Florida Books                    

 

 Authors:

Dale, Nancy                                       

Day, Jan

Hitt, Frederick 

Tonyan, Rick                              

 

Single Action Shooting Society (Staged Gunfight):

John Di Crisci alias "Conway Kid"

Bill Peel alias "Wicked Willie"

Pete Ryschkewitsch alias "Panhandle Pete"

Jerry Long alias "The Jailer"

Debbie Long alias "Wolfrider"

Rusty Nelson alias "Shootin' Swede"

Dave Kaiser alias "Sidewinder Dave"

Ron Casey alias "Dust Devil Don"

Ben Casey alias "Mississippi Ben"

Ben Bateman alias "Florida Ben"

Cecil Sammons alias "Sam Westley"

Roger Wood alias "Broken Barrel"

Ed Melton alias "Whistling Drifter"

Mike Zuber alias "Mike"

Charles Zuber alias "CC Kid" (Narrator)       

 

 

DECEMBER 10, 2006

 

9:00  am    Cowboy Church:                                  Gene Blankenship

                                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

For information about participating as an Entertainer contact Larry Ellis 407.760.1989 or larry_ellis@scps.k12.fl.us

 

 

For more information on the Florida Cow Culture Celebration feel free to explore our website further, call us at (352)429-0100, or email us at:

 

 

         Info@FloridaCattleDrive.com 

 

THE GREAT FLORIDA CATTLE DRIVE '06 PROUDLY
RECOGNIZES OUR SPONSORS - WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT
THIS EVENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE:
 
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                       Seminole Tribe of Florida                                        Seminole Feed

 

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                   Florida RanchLand Realty, Inc.                Florida Cracker Cattle Assoc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                     Eli's Western Wear, Inc.                       Florida Cattlemen's Assoc.

                         907 NW Park Street

                      Okeechobee,  FL  34972

                                 (863)763-2984

                    For your shopping convenience we have

                    additional stores in Arcadia and Dundee!

 

 

 

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                                 Gene Blankenship
                       Mill Town Cowboy Church

                               of Central Florida
                                 407-509-6973

 

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THE FLORIDA COW CULTURE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, INC.

PROUDLY ORGANIZES THIS HISTORICAL EVENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH...

 

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THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM, INC.
 

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Be sure to visit our website sponsor:

Florida RanchLand Realty, Inc. (352)429-0100

Without their support our website would not be possible!

 

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