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Bear Creek Adventures LC
PO Box 705
Pecos, NM. 87552
(505) 757-6229
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Entertainment Options
The following entertainment options are available for an additional cost per group. Cost is listed with each option. These folks are very popular, so please contact us as soon as possible to assure availability.
The Buckarettes
The Buckarettes`performances are known for wistful cowgirl harmonies, deft musicianship, spunky rhythms, swingin`hips, spontaneous outbursts of corny jokes (usually tasteful), and a great selection of songs with a western twang. More "barn band" than "bar band," the Buckarettes have performed a vast array of shows, from 4-H hog-judgings to a prestigious concert settings, from ropings to weddings.
Click to see The Buckarettes web site.
Cost per group:
• $1,000.00 Full Band
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Syd Masters & The Swing Riders
Syd Masters & The Swing Riders are a talented and humorous group specializing in what Syd calls, vintage western cowboy swing. Recent accomplishments include wrangling in the New Mexico Music Industry`s 2001 "Best Vocal Performance" award for singing and yodeling on the "Live & Swingin!" CD.
Click for the Syd Masters web site.
Cost per group:
• $750.00 Full Band
• $350.00 Solo Performance
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Modern Western Civilization- Original Western Folk & Swing
As a songwriter and recording artist, Luke Reed has been nominated for a Grammy, a Tony, and a CMA award. His western songs have been recorded by Red Steagall, Don Edwards,George Strait, Michael Martin Murphey,Randy Travis, and a host of others. Some of the other artists who have recorded Luke`s songs are Gary Allan, David Ball, Bonnie Bramlett,Johnny Bush, Hank Thompson,and Gene Watson.
Among the places Luke has performed are The Woody Guthrie Free Folk Festival,The Durango Cowboy Gathering, The San Antonio Livestock Show & Rodeo,The Tin Pan South Songwriter`s Festival and The Lubbock Cowboy Symposium. Luke is a Will Rogers Award recipient for Excellence in the Field of Western Arts. His poetry and song lyrics have been featured in "Chicken Soup for the Country Soul" and "Ride for the Brand." Billboard magazine described Luke`s music as "as cool and authentic as a west Texas breeze".
Michael Martin Murphey introduced Luke at a recent show as "one of the finest contemporary western songwriters we have". Now he has the band he`s always dreamed of,"MODERN WESTERN CIVILIZATION"featuring Hilary Schacht on fiddle and Lance Quadri on upright bass.
Click for the Modern Western Civilization web site.
Cost per group:
• $750.00 Full Band
• $500.00 Duo Performance
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George Stumpff Artist
George was born in Santa Fe. His work has been featured in shows at The Rommel Gallery, The Elaine Horwitch Gallery, The Betts Gallery, The Griffith Ranch Trading Company, The Governors Gallery and most recently at the Trappings of the American West show in Flagstaff.
George learned silversmithing while in his late teens and this trade has been his livelihood for over thirty years. Silver jewelry by George Stumpff has been displayed throughout the united states as well as Germany, England, Denmark and Japan. George`s work was featured in Skvstone and Silver one of the :finest books focusing on silversmiths and silversmithing. The many collectors of this extraordinary jeweler include Greer Garson, Fes Parker, Peter Coyote, Sean Penn, Charles Bronson, Bruce Nauman, and Robert DeNiro. George worked on ranches for many years and there began to "whittle". In recent years he has used this skill to carve kachina dolls. George spent many hours carving and perfecting his style. These dolls are carved from cottonwood root and painted with acrylics. They are slightly distressed which gives them an authentically old look, 1890-1930`s. The look is Zuni-Hopi, yet George, who is part Choctaw, very definitely adds some of his own special spirit to each doll.
Music has played a large and important roll in the life of this talented man. Recording under the name G. W Julian, George has two albums that reached the charts in fifteen European countries. His music rings of old time cowboy with a strong bluegrass influence.
George continues to design new jewelry, carve new dolls, create new paintings and write new music. George`s dolls and paintings are on display in a permanent installation at the Old House Restaurant in the El Dorado Hotel. Currently his work is shown at the Rommel Gallery in Santa Fe and the Cog swell Gallery in Vail Colorado.
Click for George Stumpff`s Wildlife Art and Jewelry web site.
Cost per group:
• $200.00
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Randy Rieman- Classic Cowboy Poetry
It has been my good fortune over the past ten years, to be involved in the public presentation of cowboy poetry. Although these cowboy poetry "gatherings" as we know them are just a decade old, the tradition of cowboy poetry itself spans more than a century. Many of the classic cowboy poets have "crossed the Great Divide," but they left behind an incredible wealth of western words. Their stories and poems are the foundation on which the current cowboy poetry world stands.
I am exceptionally grateful to these, and other writers, who have left us their stories to enjoy, and I thank their families for allowing me to share them with you.
As for me, I am neither poet nor professional entertainer. I`m just a fella who has been blessed to be able to make his living horseback, and to recite a few poems once in a while. To borrow a line from one of Badger Clark`s great pieces, "...I thank you Lord that I am placed so well...!"
Cost per group:
• $300.00
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Jared Nesset- Cowboy Poet
Jared Nesset and his wife, Margy, now live in Alamogordo, New Mexico. He is a former cattle rancher and rodeo cowboy from Lander, Wyoming. He is a charter member of the Senior Pro Rodeo Association and was inducted into the Senior Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame on August 19, 1995. His wit and humor comes from his association with fellow ranchers, cowboys, and common folk. He has presented his cowboy poetry from Billings, Montana to El Paso, Texas and a few (which he calls plumb out of the way) places like New York, California, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Jared says his poems are focused on incidents in his life that are based on mostly on facts, give or take a lie or two. Jared says he has some big shot friends, some little shot friends and some friends that ought to be shot.
Cost per group:
• $300.00
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Santa Fe Wild West Shows
Santa Fe Wild West Shows is a group of professional actors dedicated to the preservation of the Old west and the Cowboy Code.
We provide lessons in old west history using vignettes that are based on fun and humor. Lots of gunfire and noise and always a moral, nobody really dies.
We demonstrate gun safety to the children and graphically demonstrate how guns can be dangerous if not handled in a safe manner.
We can tailor a show to suit the needs of any particular group. As stated above we are professionals, special effects and stunts can be added to any show as needed (at an added cost).
Our prices start at $500.00 per group. This includes (3) Men and (3) separate performances spaced throughout the evening. We like to include members of your group in all of our shows whenever possible, as this makes it more fun for everyone.
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Sid Hausman
Sid Hausman is a songwriter of folk and Western Americana with strong emphasis on instrumentation in a bluegrass tradition. Playing banjo and 12-string guitar, he tours nationally as a solo artist and has conducted workshops throughout the United States as well as Europe and Great Britain. Sid`s songs reflect his experience with Native Americans, the influence of Hispanic culture and the rural environment of the Southwest. A BMI writer, he is also a performing member of the Western Music Association.
Cost per group:
• $250.00
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El Mariachi Porvenir
The mariachi has its start in 1995 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Since its beginning, the group has participated in a series of events for charity and for profit, in-state and out of state which include: The Fourth Cultural Fair, celebrated at the Sweeney Convention Center in Santa Fe. From 1996 through 2000, the group has participated in the Mariachi Concerts which take place annually in the month of September as part of the Fiesta De Santa Fe. The mariachi has been invited to appear on the following television programs: Nuestra Raza, on cable channel 6 of the Santa Fe Community College and Nuevo Mexico Nuestro, on channel 41, KLUZ, an affiliate of the Univision international network.
In conjunction with the VII annual Mariachi Espectacular in Albuquerque, NM, sponsored by the University of New Mexico, and under the direction of Jose Hernandez, founder and director of Mariachi Sol De Mexico and some former members of the legendary Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan, the mariachi performed in the Showcase Concert at Popejoy Hall on the University of New Mexico campus. In May, 2000, El Mariachi Porvenir organized and performed in a Mariachi Concert at the James A. Little Theater in Santa Fe. The Mexican Consulate assigned to the city of Albuquerque, has invited Thelma Arguello y El Mariachi Porvenir to perform for the last four years in an annual ceremony commemorating the independence of Mexico, both in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
The Mariachi released its first CD/cassette recording entitled "Costumbres in late April 2002.
Makeup of the group, Thelma Arguello y El Mariachi Porvenir:
* Thelma Arguello -first voice (soloist)
* Pablo Griego -guitar and second voice
* Gilbert Romero -guitarron
* Ramon Sanchez -trumpet
* Bobby Mogill -trumpet
* Charlie Ortiz -vihuela
* Richlyn McArthur -violin
* Pam King -violin
Cost per group:
• $260.00 per hour with a minimum of $300.00.
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Alan Osborne, Southwest Cultural Historian
Southwest Seminars is an educational organization which specializes in developing programs in Southwest Studies: including history, archaeology, art and art history, literature, natural history and sciences, cultural affairs, and other Southwest Studies which are sensitive to the multi-cultural heritage and community traditions of its people, for the benefit of residents, visitors, individuals and groups. Our purpose is to educate, foster awareness, and heighten cultural sensitivity in the Southwest through seminars, lectures, conferences, educational and cultural tours.
Click for Southwest Seminars web site.
Cost per group:
• $250.00
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