Cowboys add punch to museum festival
Cowboys add punch to museum festival

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By Vallery Brown
Published: July 27, 2008

The National Day of the American Cowboy celebration took place Saturday at Oklahoma City's National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

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In 2004, American Cowboy magazine started a campaign to designate a day of observance, and in 2005, the idea took root in Congress. Since then, yearly resolutions naming the fourth week in July as the National Day of the Cowboy have passed the U.S. Senate, and the museum has observed the day each year.

Museum events and public relations director Shayla Simpson said although the museum celebrates cowboy and western culture every day, on cowboy day there is an added punch.

Keeping legacy alive
Roping lessons by the OSU Rodeo Booster Club, stick horse barrel racing, musical performances, guided gallery tours and storytelling offered museum visitors entertainment throughout the day.

Musician and rancher Gary S. Pratt of Madill performed original and traditional songs about cowboy life and was joined onstage for one set by Miss Rodeo Oklahoma, Kristin Killion, of Chickasha.

Pratt said he is proud of his cowboy heritage and the values it represents.

"The cowboy and Native American cultures are so important to us as Americans,” Pratt said.

Killion, 22, was selected by the Oklahoma Rodeo Pageants Council to reign as Miss Rodeo Oklahoma for 2008.

"Our western heritage has been a part of my life since I came home from the hospital,” Killion said. "It's important to keep this legacy alive.”


 

Related Topics: Sports, Rodeo, Cultural Institutions and Parks, Museums

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