Equifest Program 2019

Tim Keane is Professor of Landscape Architecture, Distinguished Graduate Faculty, and Director of Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities in the Col- lege of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University where he has served since 1984. His research involves the study of rivers, creeks, gullies and erosional/depositional processes. Tim was named “Champion” in the Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest in 2018, 2017 and in 2016 he was Reserve Champion at the National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo (NCPR). Keane lives with his wife Sharon and a couple of bird dogs in northwest Wabaunsee County, KS. Gary S. Pratt is an American rancher, singer, songwriter, musician and actor. In 2002, he entered the studio for the first time with a catalog of original cow- boy songs and produced his first commercial album titled The Family Ranch. That same year, he was cast in his first film production as a riding outlaw in Black Marshal: The Hunt for Dozier. Gary has gone on to produce five studio albums In 2008, Gary was awarded the prestigious Western Heritage Award for Outstanding New Artist by the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Gary S. Pratt Del Shields is a Western Music Singer, Song Writer, Entertainer and Nashville Recording Artist, as well as an award winning Cowboy Poet. Along with being the Cowboy Singer on the top rated Television Show, Best Of America By Horseback, Del is also the Co-Host of the show which has been airing now into its Eleventh year. He was Trail Boss on a trail ride that lead 46 riders from Mexico to Canada in 2009. Del has recorded five CDs of which he has had a song stay number 2 on the charts for three quarters of a year and two other of the albums in the top ten. His poetry skills have landed him Runner up at the Echoes of the trail Competition and People’s choice award, and Humor Award at the Kansas Cowboy Symposium in Dodge City Ks. Del is regularly featured in numerous Magazines and on Radio shows across the country. Geff Dawson and his wife Dawn bring to you the best of cowboy western entertainment with his original western music and cowboy poetry along with his western comedy. Geff ’s songs and poetry about his western way of life while working on ranches in the Kansas Flint Hills keep you hooked to the end. Geff and Dawn bring lots of laughter and fun as they bring you into their cowboy world. They are truly unique to the Geff & Dawn Dawson western entertainment industry. Tim Keane Del Shields

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