Youth Programs
17th Annual Cowboy Festival Youth Poetry Roundup The CIty of Santa Clarita encourages all buckaroos and buackarettes to enter an original poem in the Youth Poetry Roundup Contest!
Youth Poetry Roundup Flyer 
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Winners receive a sparkling trophy plus tickets for family and friends to see them perform their winning poem on stage during the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival.
Cowboys in the Schools
The American Cowboy: From His Boots to his MusicWhat does Cowboys in the Schools entail?
This year's show, entitled "The American Cowboy: From His Boots to his Music" features an assembly full of Cowboy music, poetry and trick roping lasting 45 minutes with availability of two assembies a day.
Individual workshops are also available:
Poetry (30 min; 3 max per day)
Trick Roping (30 min; 3 max per day)
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- Jon Chandler "emerges as the best western songsmith since Ian Tyson on this diverse and accomplished set of trail tales." -Los Angeles Daily News Magazine
- ""Authentic is a tough word in the cowboy-song biz these days, but [Don] Edwards is warm and melodic. He makes the songs a nice reward after a long day on the trail." -New York Daily News"
- "When Dave Stamey sings on my stage the chills run up my spine to meet the hair standing on the back of my neck...his songs go beyond music to rattle the memories in our ancestor's genes..." -Bob Stane, The Coffee Gallery Backstage
- Brenn Hill "You can sense the sagebrush and tumbleweeds in his music, hear the echo of the open range in his voice. Brenn Hill is the real cowboy deal" -Cowboys and Indians Magazine
- Cow Bop "These guys cook! The most fun you can have with your spurs on!" -Herb Jeffries, The Bronze Buckaroo
- The Quebe Sisters Band "Simply stopped me in my tracks when I heard them for the first time. Their blend of swing with a dash of contemporary color is unique the today's music world." -Jimmy Buffett
- "Juni Fisher is the best thing to happen to Western music in a long time. Her ability to draw the audience back in time is a talent that will help preserve the essence of the West" -Waddie Mitchell, Cowboy Poet
