“V” ~ The Gypsy COwbelle POB 809 ThermopolisWY 82443 (307) 231-9252 [email protected] www.gypsycowbelle.com
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Cowboy Poetry Gatherings and Festivals Big Horn Basin Folk Festival; Thermopolis, WY ~ HSI workshop and Mainstage (8/15) Dakota Western Heritage Festival; Pierre, SD ~ MDH, HSI & Mainstage (9/14 & 15) Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering; Medora, ND (5/14) Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering (school outreach, train performance and participation in Colorado's largest motorless parade); Durango, CO (10/13&14) Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering & school outreach; Sierra Vista, AZ (2/13) Wyoming WMA Annual Gathering; Thermopolis, WY (6/12) National Cowboy Poetry Gathering; Elko, NV (1/10) + open for Baxter Black (1/12) Labor-less Music Fest; Cody, WY (9/10 &11) Grand Encampment Cowboy Poetry Gathering; Encampment, WY (7/11) Gold Rush Days; South Pass City, WY (7/10 & 7/11) Nowoodstock Music Festival; Ten Sleep, WY (8/10 & 8/14) Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering; Arvada, CO (1/10 & 1/11) Old West Days; Valentine NE (10/08) Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering; Medora, ND (5/08) Cowboy Songs and Range Ballads; Cody, WY (4/06 & 07)
Private Functions and Theaters Deadwood Stage Wagon Train; SD ~ Featured Performer (9/13&15) Historic Yankton to Pierre Wagon train; SD (9/14) Eagle County Jail; Eagle, CO (4/14) Historic Deadwood to Medora Wagon Train re-enactment; SD/ND (9/13) Smithsonian Institution “Journey Stories” exhibition; Sierra Vista, AZ ~ “The Modern Day Homesteader” documentary and discussion (4/14) Homestead National Monument Annual Hometead Days & parade; Beatrice, NE (6/13) Cimarron Heritage Museum; Boise City, OK ~ Dust Bowl Survivors' Party (3/13) Jackson Fork Ranch Annual Buffalo Roundup; Bondurant, WY (2011, `12 & '13)) Homestake Opera House; Lead, SD (7/12) Washakie Museum and Cultural Center; Worland, WY (6/12) Washakie Co. Conservation Dist. Banquet; Worland, WY (10/12) Basin City Arts Center; Basin, WY (10/09 & 11/12) Wyoming State Historical Society Annual Trek; Sheridan, WY (6/11) Platte Valley Community Center; Saratoga, WY (4/11) UC Berkeley Faculty Club & International House Concert; CA (6/10 &11) Wyoming Women’s Foundation 10-Year Celebration; Cheyenne, WY (10/10) US Beard Championships (really!); Bend, OR (6/10) Lesser Prairie Chicken Festival; Woodward, OK (4/10) Yale University; New Haven, CT (2007) Ameritrade Corporation Parties; Bondurant, WY (2001-2003) Page 2 Gypsy Cowbelle resume
Community Events Grand Valley Historical Society; Parachute, CO ~ historical presentation (10/15) Dandelion Wine Making workshop & MDH presentation ~ Bondurant, WY (6/15) C-V Ranch (School); Wilson, WY ~ Homespun Instruments and concert (5/15) Silt Historical Society; Silt, CO ~ Modern Day Homesteader concert (9/14) Lexington Public Library; Lexington, NE ~ Trails West Concert (6/14) Eagle County Library; Eagle, CO ~ Trails West Concert (4/14) ‘Journey Stories’ Smithsonian Exhibit; Sierra Vista, AZ ~ MDH documentary (4/14) Sommers Ranch Homestead Open House; Daniel, WY (9/13) Laramie County Library (Musical performance, Homespun Instruments Workshop and homemade banjo display in “America's Music” exhibit); Cheyenne, WY (9/13) Meeteetse Museums' Cowboy Days Street Party; Meeteetse, WY (7/12-15) Cheyenne Frontier Days; Cheyenne, WY (7/13) Big Horn County Historical Museum ~ Kids’ History Day; Hardin, MT (5/13 & 5/14) Sublette Center Community Picnic; Pinedale, WY (2009-12) Kendall Valley Fire Dep’t BBQ; Kendall, WY (8/12 & '13) Denver School System, CO ~ Cowboy Songs Outreach Performance (1/10) Sublette County Fair; Big Piney, WY (8/10&’11) Old West Museum Traditions Art Show; Cheyenne, WY (11/09) Old Timers’ Picnic; Daniel, WY (2008-10)
Workshops
Wyoming State Museum; Cheyenne, WY ~ Homespun Instrument Building (9/14) Cultural Heritage Center; Pierre, SD ~ “Modern Day Homesteader” (9/14) Boys &Girls Club of Carbon Co.; Rawlins, WY ~ Homespun Instrument Building (4/14) Meeteetse Museums; Meeteetse, WY ~ “The Modern Day Homesteader” (4/13) Amelia Earhart Portrayal (authoring script and performance) (7/14&15) Montana State Hist. Society; Helena, MT ~ “The Modern Day Homesteader” (9/13&15) Rapid City Public Libraries; Rapid City, SD ~ Homespun Instruments (7/13&14) Hot Springs Co. Library; Thermopolis, WY ~ The Modern Day Homesteader (3/13) Two Rivers Comm. School; Boone, NC ~ Homespun Instrument Residency (12/12) Curry Co. 4-H Leaders Assn.; Lobster Creek, OR ~ Homespun Instruments (8/12) Saratoga Friday Enrichment; Saratoga, WY ~ Essentials of Songwriting (4/11) Johnson County Library; Buffalo, WY ~ A Celebration of Women’s History (3/11) Humboldt County Libraries; Eureka and Acadia, CA ~ Homespun Instruments (6/10)
RADIO INTERVIEWS AND OTHER CAMEOS
“The Real West West” with Totsie Slover; Deming, NM (3/14) Rapid City, SD Evening TV News covering Homespun Inst.Workshops (7/13) South Dakota Public Broadcasting with Karl Gehrke; SD (7/2013) WCVF “General Eclectic” with Tom Bingham; SUNY Fredonia, NY (3/12) Wyoming Public Radio with Grady Kirkpatrick; Laramie, WY (2009, '11&'13) KZFR with Bill Frisch; Chico, CA (6/10) “It’s the Time For Dandelion Wine” ~ Deep West video Series (2011) “Wind River Music Showcase” ~ Wyoming PBS; Lander, WY (5/8/10) Featured in Marette Nagel’s book “Wyoming Working Girls” (2009) KGLT with Bob Butts; Bozeman, MT (2008-2011) Prairie Public Radio’s “Hear It Now” with Merrill Piepkorn; ND (5/08) Finalist in National Talent Contest on NPR’s “Whaddya Know” (2007) Page 3 Gypsy Cowbelle resume DISCOGRAPHY “The Modern Day Homesteader” (AV documentary) (2013) / “The Itinerant Lady” (2011) “Bypast Heroes” (2009) / “Trail Mix ~ A Collection of Cowboy Classics” (2008) “Range Rider” (2004) / “Wayward Blossom” (2001)
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Self-Employed Log Home Chinker, Banjo Maker and Leatherworker (1997-2015) Recipient of Music Performance Fellowship grant from Wyoming Arts Council (2014) Walk on Actor in “The Conspirator” Movie; Savannah, GA (11/09) Head Wrangler; Darwin Ranch, Cora, WY (2009) Caretaker; Moore Ranch, Cora, WY (1996-2010) Camp Cook and Wrangler; Sublette and Teton Counties (2003-2008) Green River Cattle Association (day work); Cora, WY (2006-2008) Endorsed by the Wyoming Arts Council (2008-2014)
EDUCATION
B.A., History; State University of New York College at Geneseo~ Dean’s List One Semester of Study Abroad in Budapest, Hungary
REFERENCES
Nathan Doerr Curator of Education at the David Cunningham State Museum in Cheyenne Meeteetse Museums Director 2301 Central Ave POB 248 Cheyenne WY 82002 Meeteetse WY 82433 (307) 777-7021 (307) 868-2423 [email protected] [email protected]
Liz Masterson Jennifer Rife POB 12699 Design & Humanities Coordinator Denver CO 80212 Laramie Co. Library (303) 433-4949 2200 Pioneer Ave (30+ years entertainer and Cheyenne WY 82001 Founder of the Colorado Cowboy (307) 777-7218 gathering) [email protected] [email protected]
Wyoming Public Media Program Director Dept. 3984, 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 (307) 766-6624 www.wyomingpublicmedia.org