Equifest Program 2020

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Cowboy Poets

Geff & Dawn Dawson Geff and his wife Dawn bring to you the best of cowboy western entertainment with his original western music and cowboy poetry along with his western comedy. Geff ’s songs and poetry about his western way of life while working on ranches in the Kansas Flint Hills keep you hooked to the end. Geff and Dawn bring lots of laughter and fun as they bring you into their cowboy world. They are truly unique to the western entertainment industry. Tim Keane Tim is professor in the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University where he has served since 1984. His research involves the study of rivers, creeks, gullies, and erosional/depositional processes. Tim was named “Champion” in the Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest in 2017 and 2018. In 2016 he was Reserve Champion at the National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo (NCPR). Tim lives with his wife Sharon and a couple of bird dogs in northwest Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Gary S. Pratt Gary is an American rancher, singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. In 2002, he entered the studio for the first time with a catalog of original cowboy songs and produced his first commercial album titled The Family Ranch. That same year, he was cast in his first film production as a riding outlaw in Black Marshal: The Hunt for Dozier. Gary has gone on to produce five studio albums. In 2008, Gary was awarded the prestigious Western Heritage Award for Outstanding New Artist by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Del Shields Del is a Western music singer, songwriter, entertainer, Nashville recording artist, as well as an award winning cowboy poet. Along with being the cowboy singer on the top rated television show, Best Of America By Horseback, Del is also the co-host of the show which has been airing into its 11th year. Del has recorded five CDs of which he has had a song stay number two on the charts for three quarters of a year and two other of the albums in the top ten. His poetry skills have landed him runner up at the Echoes of the Trail Competition and the People’s Choice Award, and Humor Award at the Kansas Cowboy Symposium in Dodge City, Kansas. Del is regularly featured in numerous magazines and on radio shows across the country.

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