Cowboy Jim Garling

VICTORIAN WALK EVENING

    Last Saturday, Doris and I were in the display window of the Double Stop Fiddle Shop on Oklahoma Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma, for the Victorian Walk Evening of December 10. This is the shop where I teach fiddle and guitar lessons on Mondays and Tuesdays.
    The Victorian Walk evenings feature live window scenes celebrating life in Territorial Guthrie in the late 1800's. Within one of the largest historic districts on the National Register, a portion of the downtown district of Guthrie is designated as a national historic landmark rich in history and architectural legacy.

I surely did enjoy performing in my good state of Oklahoma this month----it was GREAT!

Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival

• Oklahoma City - Rockwell RV Park Bluegrass Festival
• Lawton - Knife & Fork Club
• Guthrie - Private Party for local couple's business
  
• Perry - Cherokee Strip Festival
• Oklahoma City - Manchester House
  
• Dewey - Western Heritage Days: Tom Mix Festival, Wild West Show
• Guthrie - Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival (OIBF)
• Guthrie - Wedding Reception
  
• Quartz Mountain - Private Party
• Stillwater - Cross Brand Cowboy Church Chuck Wagon Supper, opening for R.W. Hampton Concert
  

     
     Cherokee Strip Celebration       Western Heritage Days
       Perry, Okahoma                    Dewey, Oklahoma

     The past few years I've been fortunate enough to perform at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City for the National Day of the American Cowboy which is celebrated on the fourth Saturday of July.
     If you've never visited this museum, please put it on your "bucket list." It's a first class attraction which every American should visit at least once. The many times that I've performed for the Day of the American Cowboy as well as the annual Chuck Wagon & Children's Festival on Memorial Day, I have observed many, many international folks visiting and enjoying the museum.

                           July 23, 2011

This was my most successful tour ever through Colorado with one stop in New Mexico. Had a great time and met a lot of new people. Thanks to all our friends, old and new, for making this happen.

Tour Schedule:  St. James Hotel, Cimarron, NM; 3 days on the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad out of La Veta, CO; Lucy's RV Park, La Veta, CO; Yellow Pine Guest Ranch, Cuchara, CO; Skyline Lodge, Platoro, CO; Rocky Mountain Lodge & RV, FR 250, CO; Colorado Cowgirls Patio, Del Norte, CO.

It was fun being filmed for the Colorado Getaways on Denver CBS Channel 4.

Alice Lenich, Owner of Colorado Cowboys,
Del Norte, Colorado
and Doris Garling

My summer "tour" /vacation started June 30 with a gig on the patio of the St. James Hotel in Cimarron, New Mexico. Doris & I stayed the following few days in order to celebrate the Fourth of July in that lovely town. 

The celebration on the Fourth began early with a flag ceremony by the veterans at the new sign/flag pole of the Express St. James Hotel on Highway 64 followed by a fine parade and well attended rodeo at a great arena with shaded bleachers for the spectators.Even though the temperatures were not extraorinary, the intense brilliant sun made it seem very warm making the shade a welcome addition.