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THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN AUGUST FOR CSWM.

WE WILL RESUME REGULAR MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER, FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS AT 7:00 PM.

EVERYONE IS JUST TOO BUSY THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH VACATIONS, VISITING GRANDCHILDREN, LAKE ACTIVITIES, ETC. BESIDES IT'S TOO DARN HOT!!!

JOYCE


CSWM Swing Fest 2008 – A Day of Respect and Tribute to Western Music Heroes:

On May 3, 2008 Cowtown Society of Western Music held its 10th Annual Swing Fest. What a wonderful day it was. The event was held at the Mineral Wells Country Club and started about 1:00 P.M. when the place was filled with great western music melodies provided by Larry Lange and the Lone Star Troubadours, our first performers of the day. Larry and his band kicked off the ceremonies with some wonderful tunes and the dance floor was soon filled.

The first hero’s award presentation was given by our main emcee and membership director, Joe Baker, from Ruidoso, New Mexico. Joe presided over the ceremonies throughout the afternoon and into the evening. Monty “Hawkeye” Henson also co-emceed the affair. With Monty’s usual flamboyant cowboy flair, the crowd was entranced. Other emcees and presenters such as Gary Beaver, President, of CSWM, Joyce Miller, Treasurer, Carl Vaughan, Past President, and Terry Elliott, member from London, England helped officiate. After the first heroes were honored, Bob Bone and fellow band members entertained the crowd with some of the best western swing music around.

The awards presentations brought laughter, cheers, gratitude and tears to the heroes who were honored for their outstanding contributions to western music as well as to the families, friends and fans gathered to pay homage.

There were several highlights of the day, but one had to be when Ora Mae Hubbard, dressed in her beautiful turquoise cowgirl outfit, complete with hat, gave a heartfelt acceptance speech. With her voice quivering and her eyes filling with tears, she spoke of her time on the road with Ray Price and The Cherokee Cowboys and of her beloved husband, Carroll Hubbard.

Another great moment was when Robin Deeter accepted for her father, Wayne Thomas, and herself, as both were honored this year. She sincerely thanked everyone and recalled a story her dad, Wayne, had told her about Bob Wills. Then, overcome with emotion she tearfully presented a Bob Wills fiddle to the CSWM Museum that was given to her dad by Bob, himself.

The family of Gene Stephens was very appreciative of the honor bestowed upon their recently deceased father also and presented the museum with several records for display. Alice (Langford) Youngblood, accepted the award in honor of the late Robert Langford and gave a gracious acceptance speech. Chuck Caldwell and his son, Raymond, and other family members had a front row table and were very happy to be honored by CSWM. Joe Holley’s son, Jim, even played guitar on stage, backing up one our rising star recipients, Leslee Boehm, as she fiddled and sang. Durwood Strube beamed as his grandson, Neal Butler, accepted his Rising Star award as did Neal’s proud parents, Liz and Lanny Butler.

The music, dancing and reminiscing continued long after the ceremonies were over. After dinner, Brady Bowen and the heroes/all stars band performed until 9:00 P.M. The fiddle and steel guitar music echoed throughout the building the rest of the evening as the audience enjoyed socializing, dancing and just plain old listening. Leon Rausch joined the performance and was his usual charming and witty self, crooning some old Bob Wills tunes and loving every minute of it. So, I guess you could say a good time was had by all and some great memories were made at the CSWM 10th Annual Swing Fest. We are looking forward to presenting many more events and honoring many more deserving heroes of western music in the future.

CSWM appreciates all the help and support from the board, the members, the sponsors, and the friends of the society. We also thank Holiday Hills Country Club in Mineral Wells, Texas for allowing us to present our Swing Fest at their wonderful facility. A special thanks goes out to Judy and the hardworking and congenial staff at the country club. We also want to thank all the families, friends and fans that came to the event and showed their appreciation for this wonderful genre of music we all love - called western swing. I think the parting words of Leon Rausch that day just about sum it up. He said, “ swing fest is just a real dad gum fun deal!”

Sincerely,

Joyce Miller
CSWM Treasurer/Secretary

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Very important!! Our membership director, Joe Baker, still needs everyone's help in locating the following members to update their addresses & phone numbers. You can email Joe at cswm@backfortybunkhouse.com, drop him a note at 106 Roswell St, Ruidoso, NM 88345 or fill out our Membership Update Form on this website.

He is asking that if anyone knows how to contact the following members, please contact them or Joe so we can get the correct information.

Dan C. Johnson LM	John Cox LM	Bette Sue Ammann LM
Billy Luttrell LM	Billy Brown IM	Donald Long LM
Hank Thompson LM	Sandra Allison LM	Jack Brainard LM
Willis Ament LM	Teri Pitts	Slim Collins LM
Tim Hotchkin LM	Terry Bowman	Frank & Mary Caster
Jack Edmonson	Joe Steinhibel	Bob Inmam
Stacy Faulk	Ben Lisby	Mike Coleman
Terry Wilson	Diane Stinson	Sid Warren
Anthony Croft	Karen Bell	Mike Wade
OC Stockard (P) C/O Jerrell Stackard	Tommy Camfield (P) JoAnn Camfield	Pam Lowrey
Tooker Lisle	Cliff Bruner	Ricky Turpin
Judy Deason	Monte Henson	Peggy Powers
Donna Wigley	Mike Black	Dennis Williams
Chuck Pitman	Jeanette Parson	David Odom
Gedy Dunlap	Mike Crow	Don Davis
	Mike Wade	Ronnie Ellis
Don Edwards	Wendy Keller	Chuck Woods
Terry Wilson	Tommy Hedrick	J.D. Brown
Nancy Dark	Frank Johnson	Sheila Oxford
Sid Warren	Mike Balloun	Sherry Kay Peel
John & Doris Mann	Ricky Turpin	Karen Bell
Tom Davidson	Missy Jones	Jack Ferrill
Donald Stockard