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Stan Aiazzi: Chairman, Western Folklife Center Board of Directors
Charlie Seemann: Executive Director, Western Folklife Center
"Why We Write Poetry About Cowboys", Paul F. Starrs
Sponsored by the Nevada Humanities

Cowboys of the Americas

Special Guests from Argentina and Brazil -
Armando Deferrari, Pablo Lozano, Renatto Borghetti Quartet, Luiz Carlos Borges
Host: Charlie Seemann

Joel Nelson, Randy Rieman, Virginia Bennett
Host: Darcy Minter

"A Good Laugh with Old Friends"
Glenn Ohrlin, Rod Nelson, Doris Daley
Host: Dave Stanley

Wylie and the Wild West, Pat Richardson, Sourdough Slim
Host: Stan Aiazzi

Michael Martin Murphey
Host: William Matthews

Brooke Turner, Jay Snider, Gail Burton, Glenn Ohrlin
Host: Dave Stanley

"Honky Tonk Blues" -
Sourdough Slim, Dave Bourne, Hot Jazz Caravan
Host: Charlie Seemann

Riders in the Sky and special guest Kip Calahan
Host: Jim Griffith
Sponsored by Elko Convention and Visitors Authority

Virginia Bennett, Linda Hussa, Carolyn Dufurrena, Pat Richardson
Host: John Dofflemyer

Nevada Slim, Don Edwards, Sourdough Slim, Tammy Dee Gislason, Elko Dance Delight Cloggers
Host: Jim Griffith

Baxter Black, Jim Schafer
Host: Joe Brown

Cowboy Celtic, Virginia Bennett, Jesse Smith
Host: Linda Hussa

Hot Jazz Caravan, Cowboy Celtic, Wally McRae
Host: Jim Griffith
Sponsored by Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.

Quebe Sisters, Rod Nelson, Hot Jazz Caravan
Host: Dave Stanley
Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank