First Annual SASS Appreciation  Membership Drive
& World Outdoor Championship Wax Shooting

June 14, 2009 ~ Old Tucson Studios

Hosted by: Tombstone Buscaderos
Sponsored by:    Cowboy Way,  LLC

The main event is the Outdoor World Wax Championship at 10:30 a.m. This event is similar to the highly successful SASS Indoor World Wax Championship Match held annually near the lobby of the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.  

 
Limited to the first 100 shooters                          Cost: $30.00 

 
 Entry includes:  Main match (10:30 a.m.) and the ShowDown match (High Noon, 12 p.m.), five raffle tickets. Furnish your own #209/.45 wax ammo (no gunpowder).  Loaded #209/.45 ammo will be available at .20¢ each. Use any gun/holster accepted by any Six Shooter Recreational Gun Sport Association. Everyone is a Safety Officer.  Relevant common sense SASS^TM rules will apply.

 
 Nice Trophy Buckle and full Bragging Rights to 1^st place winner of each event!

* * * Awards thru 4^th place * * *

 Single Action Pistols and Double Barrel Shotgun firearms will be provided. The Wax Match will be open to non-modern shooting category only (period correct clothing required). 

Raffles  with proceeds to benefit the SASS scholarship fund

 
Celebrity Gunfight  (Open to the Public to try – So you think you’re fast?)
 

 
 ***Entry Form***************Entry Form**************Entry Form***

Name:_____________________________________

Alias:__________________________ SASS#:___________

Address:________________________________________

E-mail:______________________________________

Phone:______________________________________

City: __________________________________ State: ______ Zip: ________

Make Check Payable to: Cowboy Way LLC.
Send to:
Cowboy Way LLC
HC3 Box 1028
Tucson, AZ. 85739

The Canutillo, Texas  Middle School Advanced Band will visit Old Tucson Studios on Friday, May 15.  It promises to be a big day for both the CMS band and Old  Tucson Studios guests who will enjoy their performance!

The Advanced Band is the top performing band at CMS and band students are chosen by their musical abilities.  Students must be a 7th or 8th grader to be in this group.  The Advanced Band performs at concerts, pep rallies, contests, solo and ensemble contests and play at other public events. 

This will be the first band performance trip for this up-and-coming middle school band from West Texas.

Preserving and promoting the spirit and traditions
of the Old West!

Old Tucson Studios and SASS – a match made in movie heaven!
Old Tucson Studios, home to more than 300 movies and shows, has been steeped in the Hollywood western tradition since 1939.  Cowboy Action Shooting was created in 1981 by Harper Creigh an avid shooter who, while watching old westerns, was inspired to create a shooting match using western-type guns.

 Today’s Single Action Shooting Society, an international organization, stages shooting matches and endorses matches conducted by affiliate clubs. In the spirit of the Old West, SASS match participants sport shooting aliases, costumes, and firearms reflective of the period.

 Old Tucson Studios brings these two iconic western traditions together by welcoming current SASS members with free admission* when they comply with following guidelines: 

1.  Members must be dressed in period costume with a SASS badge and must
      present a current SASS ID card.

2.  No live ammunition will be allowed in the Park. Dummy rounds in gun belts
      will be allowed provided that the primers are dimpled and/or the brass is
      drilled.

3.  Guns will be allowed provided that they are unloaded. (Guns will be
      safety checked at the gate).

4.  No alcohol may be consumed by a SASS member wearing firearms.

5.  SASS rules apply.

 So come out and spend a day in the Old West, complete with gunfights and stunt shows, dance hall musicals, and rides for the kids. Pan for gold, tour our movie museum and chow down on authentic chuckwagon barbecue. It’s a fun-filled day at one of the west’s most famous and still-active movie locations.  Old Tucson Studios – Celebrating 70 years of Western Movie Magic

 Learn more and join SASS now (text will be a link to http://www.sassnet.com/)

 *Special events may be excluded

Our Western Music Sampler Series concludes with a 1:00 p.m. performance by Arizona singer/songwriter Jon Messenger. Jon brings to his audiences a hearty stew concocted from the influences of an eclectic musical background. Influenced by everything he’s heard, he likes to say, “I play what I can, and what I can’t, I want to learn.” Jon’s original Folk and Western tunes have been well received by audiences at festivals and gatherings throughout the West, and these songs reflect Jon’s love of the West and the American Cowboy. 

Bringing a unique approach to today’s Cowboy and Western Music, Jon’s vocal and acoustic guitar stylings blend together to bring to all his audiences a haunting and authentic portrait of cowboy life, past and present. Interspersed with the fine Western Music are some wonderful selections of Cowboy Poetry, some by traditional authors, and some original poems from Jon’s pen. 

Jon has been playing at gatherings, festivals, churches, parties, dinners, etc., etc., for a long time…almost exclusively performing Western Music around the southwest and points east, west and north of Sierra Vista, Arizona for nearly fifteen years with a smattering of bluegrass and western swing in the between spots. He was a founding member of the Western trio, Rimfire, and played guitar for the very popular Raw Deal Bluegrass Band. An ongoing collaboration with Jeanne Cahill and Jerome Campbell … they of Oklahoma’s Call of the West, in 2004 produced the recording Ponydance…the recording features ten original tunes and two treatments of old and new classics…the title tune was also recorded by award winning Western singer-songwriter Kip Calahan, and Ponydance was among the top five nominees for the Western Music Association’s 2004 Song of the Year. The trio of musicians also collaborated on Jon’s latest release, entitled Spirits. The tune Spirits of Truth, which inspired the album title, was nominated for Song of the Year by the WMA in 2005, and the recording was also among the top five nominees for Traditional Album of the Year. 

The love and appreciation of the Western state of mind is in every tune he writes; Jon has earned his spurs among true cowboy poets and musicians. He writes some of the most hauntingly beautiful songs of our time and has found a way to express insights into the livestock community that most people simply overlook. He’s become an integral part of the Western Music community, and is well respected as a performer and songwriter by all. 

Jon served four years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Western Music Association; three years of which were served as the President of the Board of Directors. After a brief reprieve, he has found himself once again occupying a seat on the WMA Board, and is currently serving as the President of the Board of Directors.  He is also a member of the WMA Advisory Board. 

With an eye on the future, Jon’s presentations of Western song and verse are dedicated to the fierce spirit of liberty exemplified by the ranching community and the love of self-sufficient freedom.

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La Roca Western Music
 ♦ 972 Mesquite Drive ♣ Sierra Vista, AZ 85635 ♥ Phone (520) 459-4274 ♠

rocamusic@msn.com

JEFF “JUSTUS” HARRISON joins us in the Grand Palace at 1:00 p.m. Here’s a little bit about him in his own words:

 Howdy…..Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I’m a cowboy singer-songwriter. I’m also a recently retired school teacher, ex-columnist for “The Cowboy Chronicle”, a husband of 39 years, father of three, grandfather of one, a Vietnam Veteran, and an outdoorsman who enjoys horseback riding and tennis. 

 I am an active participant in the Western Music Association as a soloist and with a group called “Justus and the Montanas”, with whom I’ve recorded 3 CDs in the past 5 years.  My past performances include trail rides, cattle drives, campfire shows, concerts, cowboy festivals and school assemblies throughout California and Arizona.  My most recent appearances have been at the 2008 “Tombstone Western Music Festival”, “The Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival”, and “Rawhide”.  I currently sing monthly at the Grand Canyon West’s “Hualapai Ranch” and at Goodyear, Arizona’s, “Ground Control” coffee shop. I also serve as a trail riding guide at The White Tanks Riding Stables in Waddel, AZ.

Goodyear, AZ
623-533-5615
Justus8@cox.net

Katy Creek Band, Western performers from Arizona grace the Grand Palace Saloon stage at 1:00 p.m. Wes & Nancy Ruybal perform Western Americana, Cowboy Poetry and Gospel.  With a pure uncomplicated style, they present renditions and recitations about the American West and it’s people from the 1800’s to the modern day working cowboy. Wes grew up a horseback, cowboying with his father and brothers.  His family’s cowboy heritage dates back to the settling of the San Luis Valley in Colorado.  Wes’s poetry and songs reflect his many experiences as a working cowboy, including the folks he’s met and places he’s worked. Nancy, a country girl from Ohio, began writing and performing folk music at age fourteen. When they came together, it was only natural their music and poetry would speak of our great American Heritage, the settling of the West and Wes’s own cowboy experiences in the modern world.   A Katy Creek concert is an exciting adventure of life and love, laughter and tears with a dash of murder, mayhem and mystery you won’t want to miss.  Katy Creek is the name of a creek running through our place at Table Top National Wilderness.  Watch for The Legend of Katy Creek on our next project!  

  Reviews

 Marvin O’Dell,  Around the Campfire HeartlandPublicRadio.org  2007  Western Music Association  Disc Jockey of the Year:  Katy Creek, western performers from Arizona, have begun to build a solid reputation for putting on finely tuned performances… Nancy’s heartfelt vocals place her as the band’s centerpiece.  After a song finds its way through her wonderful vibrato to your ears, you are completely satisfied.  Her lead and rhythm guitar work are noteworthy and Nancy has become a force to be reckoned with as a songwriter

 Wes Ruybal evidences a writer who has lived the cowboy life – the REAL cowboy life.  This isn’t  “stuff we already know”, as Billy Joe Shaver wrote, from watching television and reading books.  This is stuff that’s been lived.  It’s authoritative.  ……. 

 Ralph and Tamara of Ralph’s Back Porch Radio gave this review:  I’ve heard the Texas breezes play in the tops of tall oak trees.  I have heard the laughter of people enjoying a good song. I have heard a child at play.  All these sound make me smile and all these sounds are good, and now, right there amongst these wonderful sounds I have heard a band called Katy Creek make beautiful music for the heart and soul.

 Dee Strickland Johnson “Buckshot Dot”  Academy of Western Artists Female Cowboy Poet of the Year:    A fresh new sound I find completely charming. Katy Creeks’ Autumn’s On Its Way is a compelling album and Katy Creek, outstanding !  

 Contact Katy Creek by phone at 520-705-5901, or by E mail at katycreek@gmail.com                                       www.katycreek.com

Don’t miss Journey West, winners of the 2008 Western Music Association Trio Harmony contest, at 1:00 p.m. They bring new life to traditional western music with their sparkling vocal arrangements and beautiful harmony blend. Audiences of all ages are enchanted to hear – once again – nostalgic renditions of all their favorite cowboy classics made famous by folks like The Sons of the Pioneers, Patsy Montana, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers.

 Along with tried and true classics from both the traditional western and western swing genres, Journey West is also dedicated to showcasing the western music written by today’s best song writers.

 Whether they are singing “Tumbling Tumbleweeds”, Joyce Woodson’s “If I Hadn’t Seen the West” or Dave Stamey’s “Cowboy Moon” the performances of Audrey McLaughlin, Dawn Pett, Gale Rogers, and Ken & Nancy Bucy will transport audiences to a place that brings out the western spirit in all of us.

 Mike Moutoux is the featured artist on March 29 at 1:00 p.m.  He lives north of Silver City, New Mexico and works on a large ranch south of town. At the ranch, most work is done on horseback using traditional methods.   Cattle are worked with horses and ropes just as they were one hundred years ago. “The work out here is tough and the weather in Southwest New Mexico can get pretty hot, but the scenery is fantastic. Most of the time we can see two or three different mountain ranges depending on where we are. I come home most days pretty tired but with a lot stories about things that happened that day and what sorts of things we saw.”

 Mike has been performing cowboy poetry and music since 2002 and is an audience favorite wherever he goes. Known as “New Mexico’s Most Enchanting Cowboy” he strives to take his listeners to places and feelings they may not get to any other way. “I want to put them as close to being in the saddle as words and music allow-and at the same time leave ‘em laughing.” he says. In 2006, Mike was nominated for “Cowboy Poet of the Year” with the Western Music Association and performed at their festival in Albuquerque. In 2007, his CD, Headin’ Home was nominated for “Cowboy Poetry CD” of the Year.

 Mike has performed at schools and festivals across the country including the Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering In Sierra Vista, AZ, The Durango Cowboy Gathering in Durango CO, The Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in Prescott, AZ, and Rex Allen Days in Willcox, AZ. One of his poems, “Spirits Still Remain”, has been archived by the National Park System in a time capsule after he performed it for the 100^th Anniversary of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.

 You can find him on the web at www.enchantingcowboy.com. There you’ll find photos, poems, notes from the ranch, his schedule, music and interviews.

Call of the West  takes the stage at 1:00 p.m.  Exquisite harmonies, top-notch musicianship and on-stage fun add spice to lively tunes, selections played on several different instruments, and classic western songs when Call of the West is on stage.  Jeanne and Jerome are writers as well as performers, and will render some of these new pieces – on a wide range of topics inspired by the Great American West.  Jerome will also sprinkle in a little cowboy poetry for a change of pace. 

 Besides both singing lead and harmony vocals, they possess formidable instrumental skills. Jerome is the 2006 Merle Travis National Thumb-picking Champion, Jeanne is the 2008 Western Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year.  She was also a finalist for the 2008 Western Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, and they were both were finalists for 2008 WMA Duo/Group of the Year. 

Jeanne & Jerome have performed together since 1989, and will play a variety of instruments, including: guitars, mandolin, steel guitar, concertina, and harmonica.  (No pre-recorded tracks for their show – they play all their instruments live on stage!)

They regularly appear at western music festivals, acoustic live music events of all kinds, community get-togethers, schools, libraries, RV resorts and rallies across the U.S. and abroad.  They are featured on RFD-TV’s “Midwest Country Theater” and “Best of America by Horseback”, and also work as harmony singers and backup musicians for a number of western and country performers, including legendary country music star Lynn Anderson – when she performs at western music festivals.  Jeanne & Jerome also produce recordings for a variety of artists as well. 

Their own recording projects include two duo albums, two classic country albums with their good friends, Tex & Mary Schutz, a solo original music album by Jeanne, a gospel album and a solo thumbpicking album by Jerome.  They are currently working on a new project together, and another solo project by Jeanne.   They are members of the Oklahoma Arts Council and Mid-America Arts Alliance touring rosters, and travel the country and the world, entertaining and teaching youngsters of all ages with their music.  Besides the winter 08-09 tour, Jeanne & Jerome recently returned from six weeks in New Zealand this past December and January with Tex & Mary Schutz.

Old Tucson Studios welcomes singer, songwriter and guitarist Dennis Jay who writes and performs original songs with roots in traditional country western, folk, blues, cowboy songs and Mexican ballads. Learn more about Dennis Jay.