Frost in the morning, sun during the day, bright and nice. Since we weren't part of this year's ranch tour, we instead explored downtown a little and then watched cowboy movies (pic) in the 3G Theater, part of the NCPG's (National Cowboy Poetry Gathering) program. This year's motto is "Afro-American Cowboy Culture" and correspondingly movies were shown about black cowboys of all kinds, in rodeo, as part of cowboy outfits, trailriders, jockeys, being a cowboy during segregation and nowadays, in different parts of the country: Lousiana (Cajuns), Texas and, Oklahoma. The last film was the best, a new movie by Bud Force and John Langmore (2019) called "Cowboys", featuring cowboys on remote and huge ranches all over the U.S. Probably never before we watched movies for about 5 hours in one piece ,,, and lerned a lot.
Drove to the California Trail Interpretive Center outside of town, but - other than mentioned in the program - it was closed. On to the Northeastern Nevada Museum with an additional exhibiton on the movie "Cowboys" before we freshened up (and caught up with work) before attending the evening show on the large stage in the Convention Center at 7 pm, called "Western Vernecular". The Munsick Boys, R.W. Hampton, and (pics further below) Wylie & The Wild West kicked off the Gathering. We only knew Wylie Gustavson, the famous (Yahoo) "yodeler", from previous Gatherings, and, not only being the best-looking cowboy by far, he proved again to be a fantastic entertainer and musician. Wylie is a Montana cowboy, roper, cutter and horse trainer and his performances - dancing, yodeling, playing guitar, singing and telling stories - are big fun.
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