Calendar

See you in 2011 at:
May 23	High River, AB	Parade Marshal at the 57 annual Little Britches Rodeo Parade, 10 a.m.
May 29	In the hills west of Granum	Gala Concert for Empress Theatre Arts Foundation
June 17	Stettler, AB	Good Samaratan Samboree afternoon tea party
June 19	Turner Valley	House Concert with Tim Hus, private party
June 22	West of Turner Valley	Calgary Stampede Corporate Committee: Ladies ride with the Stampede Bucking Stock
June 24	Willow Park Golf and Country Club	Something on the 3rd or 4th hole
July 1	Bar U Ranch	South of Longview, salute to Canada Day
July 10	Calgary, AB	Cowboy church (Calgary Stampede time), St. Barnabus Anglican Church
July 15	Medicine Hat, AB	Private party, 100th anniversary of family ranch
July 22-24	Vilna, AB	The first and very fabulous cowboy gathering in beautiful Vilna, AB
July 29	Winston, OR	Riverbend Park Cowboy Concert with Stephanie Davis and Dan Roberts www.riverbendlive.org
Aug. 12-14	Stony Plain, AB	One of my favourite festivals, Stony Plain Cowboy Gathering. This year featuring Baxter Black www.stonyplaincowboypoetry.com
Aug. 19-21	Kananaskis Country	Riding up the trail into the Rocky Mountains with the Anchor D Women's Ride. www.anchord.com
Sept. 23	High River, AB	Trails End Cowboy Concert with Eli Barsi 7 p.m. at Highwood Memorial Centre (403) 270-3372 www.albertacowboypoetry.com
Sept. 24	Marriot Hotel, Calgary	Newcomers Convention and Party
Sept. 24	Square Butte, near Bragg Creek	Private Party, we roast a pig and the cowboy poet entertains....or is it vice versa
Oct. 1	Ellensburg, WA	Spirit of the West gala auction and fundraiser at the fairgrounds
October 14-16	British Columbia	BC Mennonite Women's Retreat, Camp Squeah
Oct. 21-23	Edmonton	Showcase, Alberta Touring Arts Alliance
Oct. 29	Rivers Edge Water Valley, AB	MDS Annual Meeting
Nov. 4-5	Minden, Nevada	24th annual Rhymers Rodeer, Cocktail party, dinner show, daytime activities, Mark Twain is also on the bill! www.carsonvalleyinn.com (775)783-6679
Nov. 13	DeWinton, AB	Cowboy Church at Trinity Mennonite with many cowboy friends. 11 a.m. (403) 256-7157
Dec 2-4	Monterey, CA	Monterey Cowboy Festival, Saturday and Sunday shows. www.montereycowboy.com

Mark these dates for 2012

Feb. 1-4	Elko, NV	28th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering www.westernfolklife.org 2012 schedule is posted, order tickets now
Feb. 11	Cochrane, AB	Provincial Rural Crime Watch AGM
Feb. 24-25	Alpine, TX	Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Sul Ross University. One of the best events of its kind. www.TexasCowboyPoetry.com
March 17	Calgary, AB	Menno Simons School Spring Fling: A Salute to the Calgary Stampede
April 20-22	Santa Clarita, CA	Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival www.cowboyfestival.org
June 15	Sirocco Golf Course Calgary, AB	At Home on the Range Eli Barsi and DD in concert at the most beautiful golf course in Calgary, in celebration of the Calgary Stampede's 100th anniversary. (403) 201-5505; info@sirocco.ca
July 8	Calgary, AB	Holy Nativity Stampede Church Service 12707 Bonavista Drive SE (403) 278-0001
July 15	Calgary, AB	First Mennonite Stampede Church 2600 Richmond Road SW (403) 249-8784
July 20-22	Vilna, AB	The second annual and very fine Cowboy/Country Gathering in Vilna (north east of Edmonton)
Aug. 17-19	Stony Plain	Stony Plain Cowboy Festival www.stonyplaincowboypoetry.com

A gorgeous afternoon in paradise (Emandal Farm) near Willits, CA
	Gigs in 2010
Jan. 8	Westlock Arts Council in concert with Eli Barsi	Westlock Cultural Arts Theatre Series
Jan. 9	in concert with Eli SOLD OUT	The Stop Coffee House. 933-3002 Government Street, Black Diamond
Jan 14-17	Colorado Cowboy Festival	Arvada Center, on the outskirts of Denver www.arvadacenter.org
Jan 27-31	National Cowboy Festival	Western Folklife Center, Elko, NV www.westernfolklife.org
Feb. 12-13	Cochise Cowboy Gathering	Sierra Vista, AZ Buena Performing Arts Center www.cowboypoets.com
Feb. 17	Evansburg, AB	West Central Forage Association Annual General Meeting
Feb. 18	Vic Juba Community Theatre, Lakeland College, 7:30 p.m.	Lloydminster Allied Arts Council Lloydminster, AB (or is it SK?)
Feb. 19, 20	Wainwright Arts Concert Series	One show each evening Wainwright, AB
Feb. 27	St. Andrews Seniors Party	Calgary, AB
March 9	Chinook Rotary Club	Carriage House, Calgary, luncheon
March 11	Calgary Tour Directors	Wine and Cheese Private Party
March 19, 20	Domain, MB	The Women are Keeping the West Wild! with Eli Barsi, hosted by Diamond Doug Keith (204) 736-2936
March 24	Tea Party	Agape Hospice 2:30 p.m. Calgary, AB
March 26	Community Choir	Vulcan, AB
April 1	100th birthday party	private party, Calgary
April 12	Growing Rural Tourism Conference	Camrose, AB
April 14	Supper	Seniors Drop-In Centre Claresholm, AB (403) 625-2877
April 20	School programs	Foremost Junior and Senior High Foremost, AB
April 27	Poetry Workshop	Dr. EP Scarlett High School, Calgary
May 1	Young Author's Conference	High River, AB
May 29	Fort St. John, BC Bring your own lawn chair	Donally's Horse Barn 4 - 9 p.m. (250) 785-1992; www.npcc.bc.ca
June 2	Calgary, AB	Calgary Winter Club, private function
June 4	Okotoks, AB	Seniors Tea, 1-3 p.m Rec Centre, in gymnasium.
June 19	Saturday night show	Pincher Creek Cowboy Poetry Gathering Rodeo Grounds, Pincher Creek, AB
June 23	In the hills west of Turner Valley	Riding with the Calgary Stampede Corporate Committee and Guests
June 26	Acme, AB	Parade Day and Seniors Centre
July 1	Conference of Mennonites in Canada	Conference Whoop-up, Menno Simons School, Calgary
July 3	Canmore, AB Ralph Conor United Church	Cowboy Hoe-down with Bob and Brad of Cow Billy Band. 7:30 p.m. $15. Call (403) 675-4413
July 4	Cowboy Church	Canmore United Church
July 9	Friday night show	Willow Creek Cowboy Gathering Stavely, AB
July 10	Turner Valley, AB Diamond Willow Artisan Retreat	Cowgirl Concert with Eli Barsi. 7:30 p.m. 4.5 km. west of Turner Valley. $20.00 Call (403) 933-5755. Everyone welcome
July 11	Cowboy Church 10 a.m.	Holy Nativity Anglican Calgary, AB
July 13	Cowboy Trail Church	Cochrane, AB 7 p.m.
July 15	RCMP Musical Ride	Irricana, AB
Aug. 13-15	Stony Plain Cowboy Gathering	Stony Plain, AB. www.stonyplaincowboypoetry.com with Sourdough Slim, Rodney Nelson, Cowboy Celtic
Aug. 20-22	Wild Women Ride the West, west of Turner Valley	Women's Only Weekend, Anchor D Trail Ride, www.anchord.com (this one is always a favourite)
Sept. 11	Canmore, AB	Grand Opening, New Ramada Inn and Suites. First we float down the river, then we eat barbecue and spout cowboy poetry.
Sept. 25	Willits, CA	In concert with Stephanie Davis and the fabulous Saddle Cats. (707) 459-9252
Oct. 2	Edmonton, AB First Mennonite Church	Writing workshop - afternoon Cowboy Coffee House - evening (780) 436-3431 office@edmonton1stmennonitechurch.ab.ca
Oct. 3	Edmonton, AB First Mennonite	Cowboy church, 11 a.m. (780) 436-3431
Oct. 14	Champion, AB	Women's Wellness Day--lots of wonderful speakers and activities all day long. Come and fall into the well with us! (403) 485-2192
Oct. 21	Calgary, AB	STARS Air Ambulance Appreciation Dinner. Private function
Nov. 4-7	Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Buckaroo Fair	Heber City, UT, with Riders in the Sky, Bar J Wranglers, Michael Martin Murphey, Red Steagall, many others, www.hebercitycowboypoetry.com
Nov. 14	Cowboy Church	Trinity Mennonite near DeWinton, AB (403) 256-7157
Nov. 27	Cowgirls Gone Wild! With Juni Fisher and Horse Crazy	Columbia Gorge Cowboy Poetry, The Dalles, OR

"We have had nothing but positive feedback aboaut you and your performance at our conference. We could not have asked for anything better!"

-Brenda Moon, Farm Women Conference 2008

“Doris was the featured closing speaker at our Fall Convention and was a tremendous hit with our delegates. She played a key role in bringing our convention to a highly successful conclusion and sent everyone home with a good feeling and an appreciation for her wit and her world view.”

~Larry Goodhope, Executive Director, Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties

For bookings:

Doris Daley
(403) 933-4434

ddaley@telus.net

Mailing address:
Box 103
Turner Valley, AB TOL 2AO