2022 Schedule of Events
Friday, Feb. 18 and Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022
Tickets were required for the Chuckwagon Breakfasts, afternoon shows, suppers, evening shows, and the dance.
Friday afternoon
Friday evening
Saturday morning
Saturday afternoon
Saturday evening
Fri., Feb. 18, 2022
- Fri 7:30 – 8:30 am: Chuckwagon Breakfast (Poet's Grove, Kokernot Park)
- Fri 9:00 am: The Mercantile opens (University Center, second floor)
- Fri 9:30 – 10 am: Welcome, including Pete Gallego, President, Sul Ross State Univ. (Marshall Auditorium, Morelock Academic Building)
- Fri 10:00 – 10:30 am: Keynote Address, Vess Quinlan (Marshall Auditorium)
- Fri 10:30 – 10:45 am: Break
- Fri 10:45 – 11:45 am: "A Taste of the Gathering," featuring 12 performers (Marshall Auditorium – includes Gail Steiger, Rod Taylor, Mary Abbott, Brenn Hill, Andy Hedges, Ross Knox, Daron Little, Andy Nelson, Brigid and Johnny Reedy, Randy Rieman, Randy Huston, and Kristyn Harris)
- Fri 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Grub Up! (lunch on your own)
- Fri 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Friday Afternoon Show: Weaving Words (Marshall Auditorium)
hosted by Randy Rieman
Featuring Daron Little, Jay Snider, and Andy Wilkinson
- Fri 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Tribute to Larry McWhorter
Andy Hedges (host), Chris Isaacs, Jean Prescott, Ross Knox, and Vess Quinlan
- University Center Open: Sagebrush Rock and Cowboy Folk
Brenn Hill (host), Doug Figgs, Daron Little, and Rod Taylor
- Fine Arts: Songs of the Trail
Pipp Gillette (host), Bob Campbell, Glenn Moreland, and Michael Stevens
- Museum Educ. Room: Vaqueros, Cowboys, and Punchers
Gary Prescott (host), Craig Carter, Don Cadden, and Jay Snider
- Museum Gallery: Songs from True Stories
Gail Steiger (host), Allen Chapman and Rodeo Kate, Andy Wilkinson, and Dale Burson
- Lawrence 300: Mandolin Question and Answer Workshop
John Moore
- Fri 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Twilight on the Trail
Randy Huston (host), Kristyn Harris, Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs, and The Prescotts
- University Center Open: The Cowboy's Canon
Randy Rieman (host), Ross Knox, Andy Hedges, and Jay Snider
- Fine Arts: A Cowboy's Life
Dale Burson (host), Craig Carter, Chris Isaacs, and Amy Hale
- Museum Educ. Room: In Cahoots
Deanna McCall (host), Don Cadden, Brigid and Johnny Reedy, and Pipp Gillette
- Museum Gallery: Ridin' Drag
Michael Stevens (host), Mary Abbott, Glenn Moreland, and Jim Jones
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Hosted by Jim Wilson
sign up to perform
- Fri 5:30-7 pm: Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine. Menu: Frontier Frito pie bar.
- Fri 7:30 – 9:45 pm: Friday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium)
Jack George, Pipp Gillette, Andy Nelson, and Brenn Hill
Gene Nowell, MC
Sat., Feb. 19, 2022
- Sat 7:30 – 8:30 am: Chuckwagon Breakfast (Poet's Grove, Kokernot Park)
- Sat 9:00 am: The Mercantile opens (University Center, second floor)
- Sat 9:00 – 9:45 am: "Let's Talk Cowboy Poetry & Songwriting" with Joel Nelson & Andy Hedges (Marshall Auditorium, Morelock Academic Building)
- Sat 10:00 – 10:45 am: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Brewster County Cowboys
Don Cadden (host), Joel Nelson, and Craig Carter
- University Center Open: Muleskinner Blues
Ross Knox (host), Chris Isaacs, and Jim Wilson
- Fine Arts: Keeping the Tradition Alive Reunion
Rod Taylor (host), Randy Huston, and Dale Burson
- Museum Educ. Room: Rattlin' Rocks
Andy Wilkinson (host), Amy Hale, and Gail Steiger
- Museum Gallery: Ride for the Brand
Doug Figgs (host), Mary Abbott, and Michael Stevens
- Lawrence 300: Rope Burns
Jim Jones (host), Allen Chapman and Rodeo Kate, and Andy Nelson
- Sat 11:00 – 11:45 am: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Sun and Saddle Leather
Vess Quinlan (host), Joel Nelson, and Andy Hedges
- University Center Open: Cowboy Girls
Kristyn Harris (host), Mary Abbott, and Amy Hale
- Fine Arts: Caught in the Wire
Glenn Moreland (host), Jim Jones, and Deanna McCall
- Museum Educ. Room: Top Hands
Jay Snider (host), Randy Rieman, and Brenn Hill
- Museum Gallery: Around the Campfire
Chris Isaacs (host), Jack George, and Doug Figgs
- Lawrence 309: Spurs That Jingle
Brigid and Johnny Reedy (hosts), Allen Chapman and Rodeo Kate, and Bob Campbell
- Lawrence 300: Youth Poetry Contest Winners
Hosted by Elizabeth Baize and Karen McGuire
- Sat 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Grub Up! (lunch on your own)
- Sat 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Saturday Afternoon Show: Swing It! (Marshall Auditorium)
hosted by Gene Nowell
Featuring Kristyn Harris and Brigid and Johnny Reedy
- Sat 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: More Illustrated Letters from Charles M. Russell
Randy Rieman
- University Center Open: Some Days the Song Writes You
Craig Carter (host), Gail Steiger, Daron Little, and Rod Taylor
- Fine Arts: Hands from the Land of Enchantment
Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs (host), Deanna McCall, Randy Huston, Jim Jones
- Museum Educ. Room: Hang and Rattle!
The Prescotts (hosts), Jack George, Pipp Gillette, and Brigid and Johnny Reedy
- Museum Gallery: Night Hawks
Andy Nelson (host), Allen Chapman and Rodeo Kate, Glenn Moreland, and Bob Campbell
- Lawrence 300: Guitar Question and Answer Workshop
John Moore
- Sat 3:30 – 4:45 pm: Free daytime sessions
- Marshall Auditorium: Banjos in the Cow Camp
Michael Stevens (host), Dale Burson, Allen Chapman, Pipp Gillette, and Brigid Reedy
- University Center Open: Western Prose
Vess Quinlan (host), Amy Hale, Deanna McCall, and Andy Wilkinson
- Fine Arts: Stampede!
Bob Campbell (host), Doug Figgs, Rod Taylor, and Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs
- Museum Educ. Room: Hold Yer Horses!
Mary Abbott (host), Jack George, Randy Huston, and Kristyn Harris
- Museum Gallery: Northern Cowboys
Daron Little (host), Andy Nelson, Ross Knox, and Brenn Hill
- Lawrence 309: Mavericks
Don Cadden (host), Gail Steiger, Gary Prescott, and Jean Prescott
- Lawrence 300: Open Mic
Hosted by Jim Wilson
sign up to perform
- Sat 5:30-7 pm: Supper at the Civic Center, catered by Roux Alpine. Menu: Shredded beef soft tacos.
- Sat 7:30 – 9:45 pm: Saturday Night Show (Marshall Auditorium)
Randy Rieman, Rod Taylor, Joel Nelson, and Jill Jones and the Jingle Bobs
Joel Nelson, MC
- Sat 9:45 – 1:00 am: Dance (Civic Center)
Craig Carter and the Spur of the Moment Band