Hi everyone.
Well we left on Thursday for Edmond Oklahoma to the Oklahoma Land Run Cowboy Action Shoot. To say it was fun was an understatement. A person would have to look long and hard to find any better or more fun people to be around.
I am sure that most of you know about this as I have talked about it some on here..but I will go over it just about again.
Cowboy Action Shooting is a sport where people shoot steel targets in a competition against each others scores of time and accuracy. The dress for this occasion has to be taken from the last half of the 1800's and period correct. The guns have to be either originals or reproductions from the same time period...with single action revolvers, lever action rifles and double barrel or pump action shotguns.
There is different stages (12) with different scenarios to shoot and things to say and do while shooting. It is full of fun with joking and camaraderie amongst friends. No matter if you are a seasoned shooter or a first timer.. in this sport there is help and tips and encouragement from everyone.
We have been around some of these people before and several of them are close friends ( even if they are from Virginia :D )
So it was so good to get to have a few days with them.
We didn't get to shoot in this match. :'( I wanted to so bad, cause it would have been a fun one to do...but...
Marshal (Kjell) and I had to work.. but what a great job to have. It was a blast.
We got tons of footage..and I took almost 800 still pictures. So now we have to start putting together a 90 minute ( 15 video's) show.
Here is the little teaser trailer Kjell made today to introduce the beginning. I hope you like it and will look forward to seeing all the other ones. We should have all of them done and ready to put up around the middle of May.
http://www.downrange.tv/landrun/
Here are some of the stages that were shot. The props were so good and they sure took a lot of time and effort to building them. This shooting club has a great range for meets like this. There were about 300 shooters entered.
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Here is the posse that we followed for the most part. We filmed others but mostly the ones in this group.
I added a couple of pics of our friends shooting.
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These 3 kids were the youngest in the Buckaroo class.
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There were lots of people who had their dogs and most were dressed up also.
These dogs are all people dogs and the shooting etc doesn't bother them a bit.
Here is one little guy who I thought should have been given a prize.. LOL
Notice in the 2nd pic. he had his ear plugs in.
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Here we were on Friday and Saturday.
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And then at the awards banquet and ball on Saturday night. It was held at the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
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Wow - what a dress in that last picture!
A lot of work obviously went into the settings.
And your postings are very timely, since today is the anniversary of the OK land rush.
Glad you had fun and looking forward to the videos.
Teresa, it is easy to pick you out in the pictures, you are a combination of your Mother and your Father. The pictures are great and it looked like everyone had a great time. Thanks for sharing.
Frank
You guys definitely look right at home in those clothes. Great pictures, I'll be looking forward to the next videos. Thanks for the great conversation and hospitality.
Handsome folks.
Great project.
Thank you :)
Under all that dress was a corset.... Bloomers...3 different petticoats, and a 4 wire hoop skirt.
Imagine what I looked like as we drove the 20 minutes down the interstate to the Banquet. LOL
I had dress clear up past the windows on both sides of me.. and all I kept telling Kjell was.
"You have GOT to drive a bit faster.. I can not move and I can't breathe!" How those ladies ever rode in buggys over bumpy roads in the hot outdoors in all of that garb is beyond me. :D
But it was fun, and there were many many pretty dresses there. The ones that sew themselves have some cool stuff.
Carol Nigh makes most of all my clothes, that one included. Quote from: frawin on April 22, 2008, 07:19:26 AM
Teresa, it is easy to pick you out in the pictures, you are a combination of your Mother and your Father.
Frank
I'm glad that is the case Frank.. LOL My mom would have a lot of explaining to do if I didn't.. ;D
Looks like a good time!
Teresa, these are great pictures! Before you posted that Carol Nigh made your beautiful dress, I was about ready to ask you, if you'd made that for yourself. Pretty, pretty! Will you ever get to wear it again? Thanks for sharing. You and Kjell surely took the prize for being the best dressed, best looking couple there!
Actually I have worn it.. but no one knew it..
Carol added and took away and ...tadaaaa... I had an old dress that looked new.
That woman is the most talented person int eh world with a needle and thread.
I would be cowboy clothes-less without her. :D
some great pictures and some great clean fun. I particularly liked the "Texas Governor's Mansion" complete with "indoor plumbing" and satallite TV. ;D Your Saturday nite dress is very pretty, and just how long did it take you to get all that garb on? As for the ladies of yesterday, there was more room in the open wagon than there is in today's vehicles. Thanks for sharing a bit of your "work" with us.
Since I can't get on the wiFi today at home - I am sooo glad to be working and have access to the forum.
WOW WOW OH WOW what great pictures. You two are definitely the "best of the best -- now please folks, don't think I am one tiny bit partial. really -- those pics are wonderful and we are happy you shared.
And YES my best friend is truly "The Queen of the Needle". Your attire was beautiful. And what a handsome husband you have !!
Okay --- nuff of this stuff lol
Glad you didn't cover up ALL OF THE VIEWING AREA of the vehicle, so Kjell could get you to your destination safely.
Was that a genuine Aquafina bottle in that picture, or a reproduction from that era? ;)
What great pictures and fun clothes! No wonder you were excited to wear your dress!
Well shucks, y'all shore musta had a hoot of a good time....I'd love to do that. My great aunt lived in Edmond for many years so I sort of know where you were.