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by Montie Montana, Jr.
Just before the WWAC Convention this year, I got to go back to
Branson, Missouri to teach the Shoji Tabuchi dancers how to trick
rope. This is my sixth trip and it’s amazing how quick these folks
learn. In a week some of ‘em are doing the Texas skip, butterflyin’,
spoke hoppin’, and more. Shoji Tabuchi has a theater show in Branson
that is sold out all season long. He’s a Japanese Classical
Violinist who saw Roy Acuff in Japan years ago and got inspired to
move up in the world and be a country fiddler.
The Fourth of July, while I was Emceeing the celebration in Santa
Ynez, California they asked me to conduct the local orchestra just
before the fireworks, so I conducted ‘em while they played “The
Stars and Stripes Forever” which is the only song I know how to
conduct. That song plays during the grand entry of Buffalo Bill’s
Wild West Show, and I must have heard it thousands of times.
The next week at the Telluride “Wild West Fest” in Colorado I got to
interview Ralph Lauren who has a 16,000 acre ranch there. He also
sells clothes. Six-time All Around Champion Cowboy Larry Mahan and
Bull Riding Champion Charles Sampson, rodeo clown Charlie “Too Tall”
West and the Riata Ranch Cowboy-Girls were featured and they raised
a bunch of money for underprivileged kids.
The movie “Hearts in Atlantis” should be out about now featuring Sir
Anthony Hopkins who’s a good friend of Alex Green of the WWAC. I got
to teach Hopkins how to roll a cigarette for the movie, but I wasn’t
able to get top billing in the credits.
By the time you read this “The Wild West Show” this will be on a
bunch of radio stations around the country where we play cowboy
music and poetry, interview performers and notables, and talk to
“Liar Bill” the cowboy who used to chew peyote with the Indians –
but didn’t swoller. Listen in if you get the chance – you can see
what station it’s playing on in your locale by visiting
www.buffalobill.com. On our web page there’s a new feature called
“Great Western Stuff” where you can get a “Nudie” convertible all
decorated Western, rare bronzes, Jim Shoulders’ Steer Horns and a
bunch of other Western goodies.
In my hometown, The Springville Sierra Rodeo to be held next April
26-28 just hired my friend John Brady, to crack his whips and amaze
the audiences for their 53rd Annual celebration, so I’m happy to say
it looks like John will be at next year’s WWAC convention. We’re
working on a Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Reunion in Colonel Cody’s
hometown of LeClaire, Iowa for next year and I’ll keep you up to
date on our progress.
See you down the road. So long.
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