11th Annual Cowboy
Symposium Draws Near

LUBBOCK — The 11th annual National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration is scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 9-12, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

The nation's largest such gathering, the symposium features cowboy poets, musicians, storytellers, artists, historians, authors, editors, publishers, photographers, cooks and sure-enough cowboys.

Highlights include the American Cowboy Culture Awards, the National Championship Chuckwagon Cookoff, a myriad of readings, presentations, and exhibits covering the whole gamut of ranch and cowboy equipment.

Thursday's schedule includes a daylong trail ride, followed by the awards presentation. Friday will feature a horseshoeing clinic, concurrent sessions of poetry, songs, stories, papers and panels, a Craig Cameron horse seminar and demonstration, the "Hank the Cowdog" show, and an evening cowboy dance.

Saturday's agenda continues the concurrent sessions and includes another Cameron horse seminar as well as a Longhorn show, a downtown horse parade, Indian dancers, the chuckwagon cookoff, an evening awards presentation and a cowboy dance. Sunday begins with a chuckwagon breakfast, a non-denominational cowboy devotional, a Longhorn show and an afternoon outdoor concert.

More information is available at (806) 795-2455.