This organization is for Utah Cowboy Poets, Cowboy Poets who like Utah, Cowboys who like Poets, Utahans who like Cowboys, and Cowboys who like Utah.
Who Can Join?
We invite anybody interested in Cowboy Poetry in Utah to join. Members should care about the West, and about preserving our western lifestyle and heritage. Members should also participate and make a difference in the organization, but you'll help decide just what that means, as the organization grows. We do currently have about forty active members!
How Can You Join?
Jump on board real soon, you'll likely have a great big say in how things get organized and what members should do to stay involved. To join we need a completed application now, and membership dues for the first year. Please contact us for more information and a copy of the application, or you can print the application below. If you'd just as soon, I'd just as soon you asked questions by email, 'cause that's easier for me to deal with. cpofutah@gmail.com But whatever works best for you is what you ought to figure on.
Benefits of Joining
There will be many benefits to becoming a member of our organization - one in particular is that, as a member, you will be able to help decide just WHAT EXACTLY the benefits are! We figure our members are all close friends, or at least we put up with each other pretty good, and we'd just as soon spend time with each other as not. 'Course we also have a passel of common interests, and we hope to work together to make our craft more professional and maybe even have more fun.
Right now, we're sending out a quarterly newsletter with updates about events and "goings on..." We also show off the work of a featured poet, and have a message from our president or another member of the executive committee. Sound good? Yep, it is!!!
(To print Membership Application: highlight, copy, then paste to Word or Notepad)
Cowboy Poets of Utah
Membership Application & Renewal Form
Date__________________________
Name___________________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________________
City________________________________ State _______Zip _____________
Phone__________________________________________________________
E-mail__________________________________________________________
WEB___________________________________________________________
(Please check or circle all that apply)
________Poet _________Musician _________Single Act ________Duo/Group
Name of Group____________________________________________________
_____Fan (Non-performing member)
New Membership________($20.00) Youth (under 18) ________($5.00)
Renewal Membership________($15.00)
Couple/family membership________($30.00)
Couple renewal membership ________($25.00)
(member names for couple)____________________/_____________________
Please make check payable to Cowboy Poets of Utah
Mail to: Gordon Thomas - 425 W. Center - Genola, Utah 84655
Renewal Memberships are due in January
Tell us about yourself. (use the back if more room is needed!):
Would you like this information posted on the CPU web site? ___Yes ___No
Bio information to the website member's page should be limited to 100 words or less.
We can link to your personal web site for additional information.
Area Representatives
Eastern - Al Clark
Southern - Curley Syndergaard
Central - CR Wood
Wasatch - Marion Manwill
Northern - Stan Tixier
Past Officers
President
Sam Deleeuw 00 - 06
Val Carter 07
C.R. Wood 09
Jo Lynne Kirkwood 10
Al Clark 11
Jeff Coates 12
Vice President
Marion Manwill 00 - 03
Gordon Thomas 03 - 05
Val Carter 05 - 06
Kenny Hall 07
Jo Lynne Kirkwood 09
Al Clark 10
Secretary
Jo Lynne Kirkwood 00 - 08
Laurie Tye 08
Judy Erickson 09 - 11
Marleen Bussma 12
Chairman of the Board
Paul Bliss 00 - ?
Sam Deleeuw ? - 05
Curly Syndergaard 05 -07
Paul Bliss 07 - 10
C.R. Wood 11
Vice Chairman of the Board
Sam Deleeuw 06 - 07
Don Kennington ? - 06
Paul Kern ? - 11
Dennis Hunter 12
Treasurer
Rod Miller 00 - 06
Gordon Thomas 06
CPU Summer BBQ at Brooksies Place 2006
Cowboy Poetry Week with Utah Governor Jon Huntsman
Our Patriarch - Colen Sweeten - Not Forgotten 1919 / 2007
Our Dearest Barbara Hall - Not Forgotten
* 2012 Official Site - Cowboy Poets of Utah *
Jo Lynne Kirkwood - 2012 CPU Utah Pioneer Heritage Award Recipient
To order a copy of the CPU Symposium CD, click the CD cover
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Thanks to Marleen Bussma for the photos of the 2012 Pioneer Award Banquet
Margo Metagrano wrote and sent the following, about the CPU CD produced by Paul Kern.
It was a pleasure to post Rick Huff's enthusiastic review of "Symposium 2010" at CowboyPoetry.com:
2010
2011
2012 Pioneer Heritage Award Banquet
