Great Gathering!

It has been longer than intended since the last post. To say things were rather exciting around the Booth Museum during the Gathering would be an understatement! Slowly but surely, things are returning to normal around the Museum as we prepare for some wonderful upcoming exhibitions as well as the second annual Gala which will be held in August and the Festival & Symposium the third weekend in October.

But before we get to all the upcoming events and exhibitions, lets recap the great 7th Annual Southeastern Cowboy Gathering we had a couple of weekends ago!

To start things off, Featured Artist Nelson Boren gave an entertaining, enlightening and humorous lecture on Thursday evening to a packed Booth Theatre. Boren is an incredibly humble man, and his presentation was absolutely top-notch. Boren and his wife were able to take a tour of the Museum with Executive Director Seth Hopkins while they were here, and Boren said in his lecture the Booth was the finest Western art Museum he had ever seen! Quite a compliment coming from such a successful and accomplished artist.

The following day, Friday, Boren presented an artist workshop to a sold out class. Though it was the first workshop he had ever given, those taking his class commented what a phenomenal instructor he was. We hope he will come back to visit the Booth Museum again very soon!

That evening, Sweethearts in Carhartts performed in the Booth Ballroom. Comprised of Western singers, songwriters and poets Liz Masterson, Yvonne Hollenbeck and Jean Prescott, Sweethearts in Carharrts showcases the talent of these three amazing musicians while also paying tribute to the women of the west. They collaborated together on a few songs, did a few solos, and also made the crowd laugh! They were all very entertaining and humble ladies.

They even did a special performance at the Boys & Girls Club in Cartersville that Friday afternoon.

The kids really seemed to enjoy the special entertainment, and we were grateful the ladies were able to pay a visit.

Things really got busy on Saturday both in the Museum and on the museum festival grounds. Open fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo contests were held in the Booth Ballroom throughout the day, while the Southeastern Chuck Wagon Cook Off was held on the festival grounds. There was also an adult cowboy poetry workshop and children's activities. That evening, Red Steagall performed at the Grand Theatre in downtown Cartersville.

Here are just a few photos from the activities on Saturday of the Cowboy Gathering:

Sunday was nearly as eventful as Saturday. Dutch oven cooking was taking place on the festival grounds while Cowboy Church and the Youth Cowboy Poetry Contest Finals were being held in the Booth Ballroom.

All-in-all, it was a jam packed weekend and was actually our best attended Cowboy Gathering to date! If you missed it this year, be sure to join us the second weekend in March next year!