News Archive: 2009

We continually hear from Gene Autry fans who would like to visit the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio and we think that the City of Santa Clarita's annual Cowboy Festival is the best time to check it out! This year's event held on the grounds of Melody Ranch will be Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th. As you walk the streets of the Old West town, you'll enjoy great Western music and Cowboy Poetry, authentic cowboy gear and food, Film Location Tours and much, much more.

• What:
  City of Santa Clarita, California Cowboy Festival at Melody Ranch
• When:
  Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26, 2009

• Where:
  Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio, Newhall, California

  There is no public parking at Melody Ranch. Shuttle buses from the shuttle site at 13th & San Fernando Rd. are complimentary. Read more here.

• Cost:
  General Admission tickets for Saturday April 25th OR Sunday April 26th are $20.00 Adults and $10.00 Children.

  Two – Day weekend pass is $30.00 Adults and $15.00 Children

  Tickets can be purchased in advance or the day of the Festival at the Shuttle site. Read more here.

There are other activities earlier in the week for the Cowboy Festival not on the grounds of Melody Ranch as well. Visit the City of Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival website for details and ticket information here.

Read about Gene Autry's connection to Melody Ranch in our Places Special to Gene Autry section here.

We think Gene Autry fans will be especially interested to visit the festival's "Buckaroo Book Shop" hosted by OutWest Marketing, where authors such as Petrine Day Mitchum, Cheryl Rogers-Barnett, and the official Gene Autry biographer Holly George-Warren will be on hand to sign books. Other special events at the "Buckaroo Book Shop" will be DVD signings by Denny Miller of Wagon Train, During Buckaroo Story Time children's authors "Cowgirl Peg," Joni Harms, Jack Hannah and others will engage young and old alike with lively readings and Uncle Rock will perform. You'll find information on all the participants' appearances here.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Buckaroo Story Time

Time	Author	Book Title
10:30AM – 11:30AM	Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg"	Cowgirl Peg Series
12:00PM – 1:00PM	Uncle Rock with Holly George-Warren in Words and Music	Public Cowboy #1: Life and Times of Gene Autry
1:30PM – 2:30PM	Joni Harms	Are We There Yet?
3:00PM – 4:00PM	Janet Squires	Gingerbread Cowboy
4:30PM – 5:30PM	Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg"	Cowgirl Peg Series

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Author Book Signings

Time	Author	Book Title
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Holly George-Warren	Public Cowboy #1: Life and Times of Gene Autry How the West Was Worn
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Petrine Day Mitchum	Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen
11:00AM – 12:00PM	JoAnne M. Bagwell	Alias Smith & Jones: The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Sandra K. Sagala	Alias Smith & Jones: The Story of Two Pretty Good Bad Men Buffalo Bill On Stage Buffalo Bill, Actor
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Antoinette Girgenti Lane	Guy Williams: The Man Behind the Mask
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Gerry Dooley	The Zorro Television Companion
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Denny Miller, actor and author	DVD – TV Series: Wagon Train Going West Book – Didn't You Used to Be?
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Cheryl Rogers-Barnett	Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents Roy Rogers & Dale Evans The All-American Cowboy Grill
1:30PM – 4:30PM	John Boston	Santa Clarita Valley
2:00PM – 3:00PM	Lorin Sorensen	Old Time Rodeo: The Way It Was
2:00PM – 3:00PM	Wendy Beth Baker	The Healing Power of Horses: Lessons from the Lakota Indians
2:00PM – 3:00PM	Peter Sheryako	DVD – The Guns of Billy The Kid DVD – Cody! An Evening with Buffalo Bill DVD – At Your Service: The Poems of Robert Service
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Michael F. Blake	Hollywood and the O.K. Corral Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great American Westerns
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Bill Wilbur	Saragosa
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Denny Miller, actor and author	DVD – TV Series: Wagon Train Going West Book – Didn't You Used to Be?
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Charlie Steel	Desert Heat, Desert Cold and Other Tales of the West
5:00PM – 5:45PM	Bill Wilbur	Saragosa
5:00PM – 5:45PM	Michael F. Blake	Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great Westerns
5:00PM – 5:45PM	Charlie Steel	Desert Heat, Desert Cold and Other Tales of the West

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Buckaroo Story Time

Time	Author	Book Title
10:30AM – 11:30AM	Janet Squires	Gingerbread Cowboy
12:00PM – 1:00PM	Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg"	Cowgirl Peg Series
1:30PM – 2:30PM	Jack Hannah	Value Mountain Trail
3:00PM – 4:00PM	Peggy Sundberg "Cowgirl Peg"	Cowgirl Peg Series
4:30PM – 5:30PM	Gail Heath	No Time For Fishing

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Author Book Signings

Time	Author	Book Title
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Holly George-Warren	Public Cowboy #1: Life and Times of Gene Autry
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Petrine Day Mitchum	Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across the Silver Screen
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Denny Miller, actor and author	DVD Sets – TV Series: Wagon Train Going West Didn't You Used to Be?
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Cheryl Rogers-Barnett	Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Antoinette Girgenti Lane	Guy Williams: The Man Behind the Mask
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Lorin Sorensen	Old Time Rodeo: The Way It Was
12:30PM – 1:30PM	Wendy Beth Baker	The Healing Power of Horses: Lessons from the Lakota Indians
1:30PM – 4:30PM	John Boston	Santa Clarita Valley
2:00PM – 3:00PM	Michael F. Blake	Hollywood and the O.K. Corral
2:00PM – 3:00PM	Bill Wilbur	Saragosa
2:00PM – 3:00PM	Charlie Steel	Desert Heat, Desert Cold and Other Tales of the West
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Michael F. Blake	Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great American Westerns
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Cheryl Rogers-Barnett	Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Peter Sheryako	DVD – The Guns of Billy The Kid DVD – Cody! An Evening with Buffalo Bill DVD – At Your Service: The Poems of Robert Service
5:00PM – 5:45PM	Lorin Sorensen	Old Time Rodeo: The Way It Was
5:00PM – 5:45PM	Wendy Beth Baker	The Healing Power of Horses: Lessons from the Lakota Indians

If you have questions on the authors or their books, please contact OutWest Marketing.

For general questions on the City of Santa Clarita's annual Cowboy Festival, visit their official website.