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Within Waddie Mitchell’s stories, which are told in a voice that is both timeless and familiar, are the common bonds we all share, moments both grand and commonplace, the humorous and the tragic, the life and death struggles and triumphs that we each recognize.

The Cowboy Festival is honored to have him back again performing at the Canyon Theatre Guild, Saturday, April 21, at 2:00 p.m.

“I can’t ever remember ‘finding’ cowboy poetry,” Waddie Mitchell says of the entertaining and enduring art of storytelling. “It was always there. The cowboys sure never called it poetry. I know I wouldn’t have liked it if they would have. Seems like an oxymoron, don’t it!?”

From his earliest days on the remote Nevada ranches where his father worked, Waddie was immersed in the cowboy way of entertaining, the art of spinnin’ tales in rhyme and meter that came to be called cowboy poetry, a Western tradition that is as rich as the lifestyle that gave birth to it. Within his stories, told in a voice that is timeless and familiar, are the common bonds we all share, moments both grand and commonplace, the humorous and the tragic, the life and death struggles and triumphs that we each recognize.

And yet, Waddie presents his material with personal insights and the lessons learned during his life spent as a buckaroo.

Seating at The Canyon Theatre Guild is on a first come, first serve basis. Doors open at 1:00 p.m. Performance begins at 2:00 p.m. Parking is available at the Cowboy Festival Shuttle site and a courtesy shuttle will drop off and pick up from the park.

If the event is sold out and you would like to be added to the waitlist, contact the box office at (661) 250-3735.

Canyon Theatre Guild is located at 24242 Main St, Newhall, 91321.

Tickets are $20 with a $2.09 fee.

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