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Twin Cities based Troupe America Inc., is searching for two Christmas Cowboy poems to be included in their holiday production of a new musical entitled ‘Christmas on the Ranch.’ The production will open at the Plymouth Playhouse in Minneapolis November 1, 2012 and run through January 12, 2013. […]

Each poem should be no more than three minutes in length when read aloud. One poem should be humorous and may tell a story or reminisce of something humorous that a cowboy might have experienced or witnessed of past Christmases. The second poem should be sentimental in nature and reflect on the season through observations and/or fond memories of Christmases past.

The poems selected will each be awarded a cash prize of $500.

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Press release. If you’ve been sitting on any cowboy Christmas poetry, submit it to Troupe America by August 15 via—that’s right—U.S. Mail.

3313 Republic Ave.
St. Louis Park MN 55426

Cowboys don’t cotton to no World Wide Web.

The World’s Toughest Rodeo, photographed by Mandy Dwyer and reviewed in conversation by Kara Nesvig and Marcus Michalik.

Kara Nesvig: So, Marcus, we went to the World’s Toughest Rodeo at the Xcel Center on Saturday night. What did you wear? I think we better address our ensembles straight off the bat; inquiring minds want to know.

Marcus Michalik: I tried to get into as a much of a character from Country Strong as I possibly could, so I put on my best three colors of denim and accented it with a little blue bandanna. I think the people would much rather know what you wore, however.

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