2012 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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Time	Broadcast		Participants
7:00pm - 8:30pm	Video	Michael Martin Murphey and the Rio Grande Band featuring Pat Flynn	Host: Charlie Seemann Sponsored by an Anonymous Donor

Time	Broadcast		Participants
9:45am - 10:45am	Audio	28th Gathering Keynote Address	Stewart Wilson, Chairman, Western Folklife Center Board of Trustees; Charlie Seemann, Western Folklife Center Executive Director, and Actor Barry Corbin. Sponsored by Nevada Humanities
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Video	Western Folklife Center Members’ Show #1	Jay Snider, Randy Rieman and the Gillette Brothers Host: Pat Sullivan, Western Folklife Center Board of Trustees Sponsored by Anna and Susannah Ball Note: This recording has no audio for the first 2 minutes, fine after that.
6:45pm - 8:00pm	Video	Wordsmiths	Martha Scanlan, Mike Beck & the Bohemian Saints and Paul Zarzyski Host: Darcy Minter Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank

Time	Broadcast		Participants
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Video	Western Folklife Center Members' Show #2: National Treasures	National Heritage Fellowship recipients Joel Nelson, Glenn Ohrlin and Wally McRae, and National Medal of Arts recipient Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Host: Bess Lomax Hawes NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipient Jim Griffith
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Video	Charlie Goodnight: His Life in Poetry and Song	Jerry Brooks, R.W. Hampton, Rod Taylor, Don Richmond, Andy Wilkinson, Andy Hedges, Emily Arellano, Alissa Hedges, Scot Wilburn, Rick Bryceson, Waddie Mitchell, Michael Martin Murphey and Barry Corbin Host: Andy Wilkinson Sponsored by Blach Distributing Company

Time	Broadcast		Participants
1:00pm - 2:15pm	Video	Saturday Special	Baxter Black Host: Leslie Parraguirre, Western Folklife Center Board of Trustees
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Audio	Ranch Family Show	Yvonne Hollenbeck, Rod Taylor and Waddie Mitchell Host: Jon Griggs Sponsored by Elko Convention & Visitors Authority
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Video	Classic Poetry	Baxter Black, Jerry Brooks, Stephanie Davis, Andy Hedges, Carol Heuchan, Ross Knox, Waddie Mitchell, Joel Nelson, Vess Quinlan, Randy Rieman, Gail Steiger and Paul Zarzyski Host: Wally McRae Sponsored by Ruby Pipeline, LLC/ El Paso Gas
8:30pm - 10:00pm	Video	Flying Strings and Western Swing	Sourdough Slim, Marley's Ghost and Hot Club of Cowtown Host: Lori Gilbert, KENV Sponsored by NV Energy