Past Winners 2000- 2003
"Will Rogers Awards"
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  2000 2001 2002 2003
Entertainer of the Year: Red Steagall Dan Roberts Joni Harms Curly Musgrave
Rising Star of the Year: Kazzi Shae Kevin Davis Jake Hooker Tammy Gislason
Male
Cowboy Poet: 		Larry Maurice Sunny Hancock Joel Nelson Pat Richardson
Female
Cowboy
 Poet: 		Ann Sochat Elizabeth Ebert Debra C. Hill Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns
Cowboy
Poetry Album: 		  Life's Choices"
by
Dennis Flynn		 "Out With the Crew"
Chris Isaacs		 My Home On The Range-Yvonne Hollenbeck
Cowboy Poetry Book:   A Cow's Tail for a Compass"
by
Leon Flick 		 "The Big Roundup" Margo Metegrano  Horse Tracks Through The
Sage- Sunny Hancock & Jesse Smith
Storyteller/Humor: Dennis Gaines Clay Linley Kent Rollins Biscuits O'Bryan
Male
Western Swing Vocal: 		Billy Mata Craig Chambers Curtis Potter Craig Chambers
Female
Western Swing Vocal: 		Peggy Rains Trudy Fair Robin Deeter Ginny Mac
Western Swing Duo/Group: Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys Texas Mud Time Jumpers Dave Alexander and the legends of Western Swing
Western Swing Album: Playing with a Stacked Deck by Cowjazz West by Southwest"
Craig Chambers 		"Jugglin' Cats"
 Tom Morrell		 Live At The Station Inn, Time Jumpers
Western Swing
Song: 		Faded Love
by
Dayna Wills and Norma Lee		 New Mexico"
Joe Merrick 		 "Each Time I Hear That Song"
 Dugg Collins		 San Antonio Sweetheart,Hugh Cardenas, Harold Hill
Western Swing Instrumentalist: Rich O'Brien Leon Chambers
 		 Floyd Domino Cindy Cashdollar
Western Music Male: Dan Roberts Dave Stamey R.W. Hampton Curly Musgrave
Western Music Female: Jeanne Martin Joni Harms Eli Barsi Kip Calahan
Western Music Group: The Texas Trailhands Riders in the Sky Lone Star Chorale Gillette Brothers
Western Music Album: Hangin' Around the Moon
 by
 Royal Wade Kimes		 Trail Through Yesterday"
Brenn Hill 		 Tapestry of the West
Jean Prescott		 Wagon Tracks, Red Steagall
Yodeler: Ken Overcast Sourdough Slim Kacey Musgraves Terri Taylor
Western Music  Song: Silver Spur by Terry Brown Doan's Crossing"
Chuck Milner 		 "Every Cowgirl's Dream"
 Joni Harms		  He's A Cowboy -Donna Guffey
Spurmaker: Ernie Marsh Bill Heisman  Bill Adamson Mark Dahl
Hitcher / Braider: Bill Black Doug Krause
 		 Toni Schutte Leland Hensley
Saddle/Leather: Pete Gorrell Dale Harwood  Bill Maloy Eddie Brooks
Engraver: Hugh Weaver Scott Hardy Johny Weyerts Diane Scalease
Chuckwagon: C Bar C Henry Jennings Jerry Slaton John Wolf
Western Artist: Wayne Baize Tim Cox Bill Owen Robert Summers
Cartoonist: Herb Mignery   Bonnie Shields Jack Hanks
Lifetime Achievement: Jim Bob Tinsley Elmer Kelton    
   Will Rogers
Award: 		       
   Jesse Chisholm: R. Loyd Davis Duff Severe   Anne Windfohr Marion
Disc Jockey: Mike Gross Hugh McLennan Orin Friesen, Jo Hargrave
Radio Station: KYOX, Comanche, TX   KNTX in Bowie, TX KRLC, Lewiston,ID
Video:       There Ain't Enough Miles-Royal Wade Kimes
Don King Award:     Don King Dave Silva

2002
The Will Rogers Medallion was awarded to:  

"The Fence That Me and Shorty Built" by Red Steagall, published by Bunkhouse Press,

"Cowboy Poetry: Rhymes, Reasons, and Pack Saddle Proverbs", by
 Chris Isaacs, published by Cowboy Miner Productions

"The Big Roundup", edited by Margo Metegrano, published by New West Library

"Piled Higher and Deeper", by Mike Puhallo with illustrations by Wendy Liddle, published by Hancock House

"Rainman", by Lloyd Shelby, published by Painted Word Studios,

2003 Will Rogers Medallion

 "A Little Bit of Texas" by Rod Nichols

"Where the Prairie Flowers Bloom" by Yvonne Hollenbeck
 
"Somewhere Between Earth and Heaven" by Mike Dunn

"Cowboy Poetry:  Horse Tracks Through the Sage" by Sunny Hancock and Jesse Smith.

 

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