The country's
largest celebration of the Old West and
the American Cowboy. A visit to The National Festival of the West, presented by
Bison Ranch, in Scottsdale, Arizona is like a step back in time, back to an era
that was simpler and certainly more rugged. Western music, from three continuously playing
stages, fills the air with songs and sounds of the old west. Silver screen
celebrities stroll the aisles of the Festival, while the western movie theater
shows some of our favorite westerns.
The 2008 Festival of the West honored America's Favorite
Cowboys and Grammy Award winning Western Music & Comedy team,
Riders in the Sky
- it's the Cowboy Way!!
2008 marks another first for Festival of the West's coveted Cowboy
Spirit Award, when in a special tribute, they presented the award to
John "DUKE" Wayne, and to
Patrick Wayne. We can't tell you how
wonderful the celebrities were. They were very friendly and let us take as many
photos as we wanted. We thank them very much! Celebrities present
were:
Bruce Boxleitner -
website
Peter Brown - website
Don Collier - website
Ed Faulkner
- website
Robert Fuller
- website
Ty Hardin - website
Dennis Holmes
Bobby Hoy - website
Marty Kove - website
Charlie LeSueur
- website
Flip Mark
Mike
Moroff - website
Gregg Palmer
Andrew Prine - website
Jon Provost - website
Rusty Richards - website
Buck Taylor - website
