Schuyler Public Library

Don’t forget to attend “Trick Roping and the Wild West Show” Tuesday evening July 31, 2012 @ 7pm.  Enjoyable for all ages, Joan Well’s program contains numerous tricks requiring dexterity, agility, strength and precision.  The Nebraska humanities Council (NHC) provides major funding for this program.

Tuesday, July 31st

7:00pm

Schuyler Public Library

Wells uses the vanishing folk art of trick roping to bring the color and history of the Old West alive. South of the border in Old Mexico, the charros created rope spinning -making intricate flower designs with ropes. Wells follows the evolution of trick roping through the heyday of Will Rogers and his affiliation with the Texas Jacks Wild West Show and the Ziegfeld Follies in the first decades of the 20th century.

The Nebraska Humanities Council (NHC) provides major funding for this program. The NHC receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Nebraska State Legislature, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and private donations.