"Outstanding Entertainer - Duo" of the
Western Music Association!
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Along the trail in 2012…
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Jan
11 - 15, 2012
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RV Super Show
Tampa FL
Strolling entertainment with Shortcut Curly, the 8 ft tall cowboy,
and the armadillo-powered covered wagon
Each day from 11 AM to 4 PM
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Jan.
17 - 18 - 19, 2012
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Wekiwa Springs State Park
Apopka FL
Camp at this lovely State Park and join us for a special program at 4
PM each day!
www.floridastateparks.org/wekiwasprings
407 884-2008
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Jan.
21, 2012
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Hyde Park Mobile Home Community
Winter Garden, FL
Concert for community residents
7 - 8:30 PM
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Jan.
28, 2012
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Newport Place
4735 NW 7th Ct., Boynton Beach, FL
Guests invited! 561-586-6455
7:30 PM
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Feb.
9 - 11, 2012
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Roper's Gathering
and "Cowboy
Schoolhouse"
at the Gordie Peer Ranch, Okeechobee FL
With
a
special
show at the Okeechobee Library Thursday at 3 PM, featuring
Gordie Peer, Don Reynolds and KG & The Ranger
Seminars and contests - learn to spin a rope, crack a whip or twirl
a gun.
Keeping the "Western Arts" alive!
CALL US OR EMAIL FOR MORE INFO
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Feb.
19, 2012
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Stoughton
Opera
House
with Holy Water and
Whiskey Trio
We will open the show with a 1/2 hour set, then sit back and enjoy the
amazing harmonies
of this talented trio from Albuquerque NM
381 E. Main St.
Stoughton, WI
3:00 PM
Fundraiser
for
the Yahara River Cooperative Grocery - all proceeds to benefit the
co-op
Tickets $12.00
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March
21, 2012
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"Amazing Grays" Luncheon
North
Cape
Lutheran
Church
Franksville, WI
11:00 AM
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March
28, 2012
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Windhover
Noon
Concerts
Windhover Center, Fond du Lac, WI.
920-921-5410
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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April
15, 2012
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Simply Folk - Wisconsin Public Radio
Live on air with Stephanie Elkins
www.wpr.org/simplyfolk
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April
21, 2012
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Prairie Coffeehouse
Spring Prairie Lutheran Church
Intersection of Co. Hwys C and DM
Keyeser, WI (near DeForest)
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May
20, 2012
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tentative: Syttende Mai Parade
Stoughton, WI
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Summer
dates filling in all the time - keep checking back!
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June
27, 2012
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Concerts at the Portage
Riverside Park, Portage WI
6:30 - 8:30 PM
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June
28, 2012
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Palmer Park - Family Concert
Janesville, WI
12:30 PM
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July
8, 2012
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Phoenix Park Bandshell Sunday Concerts
Delavan WI
2:00 PM
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July
12, 2012
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Marshall Library - family show
Marshall WI
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July
26, 2012
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Marina Band Shell Concerts
1st Street, Menominee, MI
7:00 - 9:00 PM
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August
9, 2012
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Back Porch Concerts at the Dean House
4718 Monona Drive (Monona Dr. at Dean Ave.) Monona WI
Ice Cream Social and last Back Porch concert of the season!
Ice Cream at 5:30 PM, music at 7:00 PM
Free, bring lawn chairs
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August
11 - 12, 2012
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Log
Jam Festival
Mosinee, WI
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August
14, 2012
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Tomah Area Historical Society - FUND RAISER
Tomah, WI
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August
15, 2012
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Sparta Summer Concerts
Sparta, WI
7:00 - 9:00 PM
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August
18 - 19, 2012
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Wild West Days
Viroqua WI
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August
26, 2012
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Dubuque Grand Opera House
Come watch a great Roy Rogers movie (Billy The Kid Returns) and then
sit back for a concert of classic cowboy songs. This was the second
movie Roy had the lead role in - he was 27 years old! There are some
wonderful songs and of course, all the usual action and mix-ups....
Grand Opera House, 135 West 8th, Dubuque, IA 52001
Box Office: 563-588-1305
2:00 PM
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Sept.
21 - 22, 2012
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Oktober Fest
Chippewa Falls, Wi
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Sept.
26, 2012
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Windhover
Noon
Concerts
Windhover Center, Fond du Lac, WI.
920-921-5410
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
Ocotber
3 - 7, 2012
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Silver Dollar City
National Harvest Festival
Branson MO
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Where We've
Been … 2011 |
July
22 - 24, 2011 |
Roy Rogers Centennial Celebration
The Henager Museum is hosting the biggest Roy Rogers Celebration of the
year
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Aug.
31 - Sept. 3, 2011
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National Old-Time Country Bluegrass Festival
LeMars IA
Hall
of Fame induction
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Oct.
19, 2011 |
Ross Aragon Community Center
produced by Elation Center For The Arts
Fundraiser for the Ross Aragon Community Center
451 Hot Springs Blvd, Pagosa Springs CO
7:00 PM
970 264-4152 |
October
21,
2011 |
South Broadway Cultural Center Intimate Concert Series
1025 Broadway SE
Albuquerque NM
7:00 PM
505-298-5589 or inquiry@siliconheights.com |
October
27,
2011 |
A.C.E.S.
Senior
Center
Ellie Towne Flowing Wells Community Center
1660 W. Ruthrauff Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85705
(520) 887-9786
11:30 AM concert, meal follows
Non-members can attend
but must register in advance! |
Oct.
29 - 30, 2011 |
Arizona
Folklore
Preserve
Sierra Vista AZ
matinee performances 2 - 4 PM both days |
Nov.
4 - 6, 2011 |
Tombstone Western Music Festival
- Tombstone AZ |
Nov.
11 - 13, 2011 |
Arizona Cowboy Symposium -
Sonoita AZ |
Nov.
17 - 20, 2011 |
Western
Music
Association
Festival
and
Awards
Show - Albuquerque NM |
Dec.
6, 2011 |
McMillan
Library
920 E. Grand Ave., Wisconsin Rapids, WI
715-422-5131
6:30 PM |
News from the home ranch...
Hall Of Fame
Induction August 2011
KG & The Ranger were inducted into "America's Old Time Country
Music Hall of Fame", located in the Pioneer Musem in Anita IA! This is
a nice honor from the National Traditional Country Music
Association. The induction ceremony took place during the NTCMA Old
Time Country Music Festival
in LeMars IA, August 29 - Sept. 4, 2011.
For more info go to the NTCMA website: www.orgsites.com/ia/oldtimemusic.
November 20, 2010
KG & The Ranger
awarded the Western Music Association"Outstanding Entertainer - Duo" of
the year!
We are so thrilled and honored by this award from our fans and peers in
Western Music. MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! Winners are nominated and
voted on by the entire WMA membership. The award was presented in
Albuquerque NM at the WMA Awards Banquet, the grande finale of the
annual Showcase and Awards Festival. This festival is a gathering of
top notch western music performers from around the country and fans
from around the world - a “Who’s Who” event of cowboy musicians. For a
complete list of categories and this year’s WMA winners please see
www.westernmusic.com/awards-finalists.html.
2009 was KG
& The Ranger's
20th Anniversary Our
first
show
was
in
1989
and
we
did
a
grand
total
of
3
shows
that
year.
Last
year
we
racked
up
about
100.
We
passed
performance
#2000
in
September
2009.
We
are
excited to be on to the
next adventures and travels…
November 21, 2007 - NEW
AWARD!
1st Place winners of the Western Music
Association
Harmony Contest.
Another plaque to add to our "Wall of
Fame" - and a great
honor to be part of the Western Music Association's 19th annual
festival
and convention. The halls of the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel rang with
Western
Music last weekend as musicians gathered from all corners of the
country
(and even from overseas) to learn about, celebrate and perform Western
Music. To learn more, visit www.westernmusic.org.
October
2007:
2007 is galloping
by, with lots
of great musical adventures. We were privileged to be part of two grand
100th Birthday Celebrations this year: Gene Autry's and John Wayne's.
Both
events drew folks from all over the country and the world and were
great
successes. Our summer was spent entertaining at County Fairs and
events around Wisconsin, and the fall took us to South Dakota and
Oklahoma.
KG was honored to be one of five finalists for the Academy of Western
Arts
"Yodeler of the Year" (congratulations to Chelsea Beck, the winner).
November 2005 - Three's the
charm! For the third
time, KG & The Ranger won the Western Music Association title of
"Harmony
Yodeling Champions". The contest was held at the annual Western Music
Festival
in Albuquerque NM. Yodel - ay - dee - hoo!
April
2005 - The Wild West Arts Club presented KG & The
Ranger
with the 2005 "Montie Montana Showmanship Award" at the WWAC
16th
Annual International Convention in Claremore OK. This prestigious award
is given to artists chosen by a panel of judges, including Montie
Montana
Jr., to honor excellence and professionalism in Western Arts
performance.
Click on
photo to download printable
photo.
September 2004 - TROPHIES
& PARADES!
This must be the month for awards for KG
& The Ranger.
We won 3rd place (out of 16 contestants!) in the Minnesota Bluegrass
Association's
duet singing contest. We took 2nd place with our new parade rig in the
New Lisbon Sesquicentennial Parade!
New fun
- we're doing parades: "Shortcut
Curly", aka Ranger Rick, rides "Timber" his giant stick-horse, with
"Tall
Tale Tillie", aka KG, riding shotgun in our mini prairie schooner,
August 2005 update - we won an award for "Most Original" in the
Edgerton
Tobacco Heritage Days Parade.
Check out our newest album "When
Cowboys Dream"
Order
by mail or online through CD
Baby.com
This is a wonderful collection of songs -
including Ranger
Rick's newest composition Happy Dreaming Cowboy, plus rare and
vintage
cowboy songs. We had the fun of working with the same great musicians
we
have recorded with in the past - Rodeo Kate on fiddle, Dave Fallow on
guitar
and Steve Kasprzac on bass. Recorded at Randy's
Recording, our thanks go out to Randy for all his support and
good
advice.
Because of all the requests we have
had for a recording
of our contest-winning yodel, we have included Sagebrush Symphony
complete with our grand finale "yodeling sampler" ending. So saddle up
your dreams and click over to the Trading
Post for more information....
March 2004
Ranger Rick spins out his 50 foot
rope at the Grand
Canyon!
July 2003
KG & The Ranger with Michael
Martin Murphey at The
Great Circus Parade Festival:
Milwaukee's Veteran's Park went "wild"
- Wild West, that
is! It was a great festival with a great response to the Wild West
Revue.
December 2002
KG & The Ranger once again take home
honors from
the Western Music Association. They are the 2002 International
Harmony
Yodeling Champions - winning this award for the second time (1999
was
the first). They also were nominated by the WMA for the prestigious
"Crescendo
Award" which honors accomplishments in Western Music.
Visit the WMA website
for more information about the WMA and the festival.
September 2002
FAMILY CD
AVAILABLE
For greenhorns to geezers: Tenderfoot
Melody Roundup,
a collection of new and old cowboy songs for the whole family. With the
help of three nieces and a nephew (the "Tenderfoot Chorale" ages 5 -
11),
we have recorded 13 songs about the American cowboy and the West. From
original children's songs like "I Wanna be A Cowboy", by Ranger Rick,
to
timeless classics like "My Home's in Montana" and "Home on the Range",
KG & The Ranger's new album will appeal to listeners of all ages. Order
form
Cowboy music is "family friendly"
music with wholesome
lyrics and a positive message for kids. KG & The Ranger have taken
their Cowboy Music program to many schools, preschools and libraries
across
the country. This album was inspired by these experiences and by the
fascination
kids everywhere have for the American Cowboy.
February 2002
Meet Short-cut
Curly,
the eight-foot tall cowboy and the newest member of our Western show.
Be
sure to look for him to make an appearance at our up-coming
performances
- you never know when he'll show up!
December 2001
This year has seen many accomplishments,
including being
nominated by the Academy of Western Artists for Rising Star of 2001,
and
also being in the top 5 finalists for the Western Music Association's
new
"Crescendo Award" - a fans' choice award for excellence in Western
Music.
Nov. 6, 1999:
HARMONY YODELING CHAMPIONS!
KG & The Ranger are the 1999 WMA
Harmony Yodeling
Champions!
www.westernmusic.org
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