Hugh McLennan - Poet / Singer / Speaker / MC

Hugh is the voice of the award winning ‘Spirit of the West’ radio program, heard on stations in Canada, the US and around the world. This program has been honoured with awards from Toronto to Texas. He is the known voice of the Trainers Challenge at the Mane Event and for his Entertainment on Horseback - like Cowboy Church. He has been the MC for the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame induction ceremony since its inception.

Hugh’s other talent is delivering keynote addresses and inspirational messages to audiences all over North America. He tailors every presentation to reach the concerns of his audiences. A real working rancher, his knowledge of the cattle industry and his skill with horses have added to his understanding of life and its challenges.

He plays guitar, sings cowboy songs, does cowboy poetry and is a great event MC. He has 3 CD’s - The Creak of the Leather, Cowboy Reflections and The Best of the Spirit of the West. His one book is Ways of the West, Working Ranch Horse series.

Hugh McLennan

Pinantan Lake, BC

250-573-5731

E-mail hugh_mclennan@telus .net

URL www.hugh-mclennan.com

Mag Mawhinney - Cowboy Poet

Mag is an award winning western roots poet who was named the 2012 Cowgirl Poet of the Year for the Will Rogers Awards, sponsored by the Academy of Western Artists. She is also a past recipient of the CowboyPoetry.com Lariat Laureate award. She was nominated top five for 2014/2015 Western Music Association Award of Excellence for Cowgirl Poet of the Year. She has been a featured performer at every major cowboy festival and other events in Western Canada and into the US. Her recitations have also been aired on TV and radio.

Her passion for writing extends to freelancing and has been published internationally in numerous magazines, anthologies, newspapers and websites. In recent years, Mag has turned her hand to songwriting and her fourth book (Western Spirit) won the 2013 Cowboy Poetry Book of the Year from the Western Music Association.

Mag Mawhinney

Cobble Hill, BC

250-743-4431

URL www.magmawhinney.com

E-mail mvmawhinney@shaw .ca

Nora Maidman - Musician

Nora has been playing music since starting on the piano as a child and has since become an accomplished musician. She plays the guitar, flute, fiddle, Celtic harp, U-bass, autoharp, dobro but her favourite is the mandolin. Musical influences range from classical to bluegrass, celtic, cowboy folk and blues.

She plays with a group called The Harmony Hounds and has played at farmers markets, private events, street and musical festivals. Nora has also performed at Calgary’s Heritage Park and the Calgary Stampede. She continues to play regularly withe Prairie Mountain Fiddlers and The Ukulele Strummers.

Nora is a past president of the Foothills Bluegrass music Society and is currently the Director of Membership for the ACPA. She has released a CD with The Harmony Hounds (Through the Trees) in 2003 and in 2018 a solo CD (Angel of St. Mary’s).

Nora Maidman

Dalemead, AB

403-934-3101

E-mail noramaidman@yahoo.ca

Richard Mousseau aka Cheeks-too-Soft - Cowboy Poet / Author / Musician / Songwriter

The West has their cowboys and so does the East: Richard’s alter ego, Cheeks, has just not ‘moved west young man’.

Sliding down the aging side of a manure pile, Richard minds a small farm and a menagerie of farm livestock from cows to 50 head of free range future marinated tender turkey steaks. How does an Eastern Cowboy live the cowboy of the Canadian Western lore? Well, he must have lived a past cowboy life. He now writes about sod busters, ranches, cattle drives and the many adventures of fellow bunkhouse trail hands, Just-The-Cook, Sourdough, Old Bones, Ole Fool, Tenderfoot and the ladies of the west that keep their man tethered.

From cowboy poetry to western novels, radio and theatre plays, not to mention facts and quotes that define the cowboy mystique. Richard writes through the character of Cheeks-Too-Soft and the cowboy/cowgirl in all of us. He has four novels available: Cowboy Poetry For Sale, Mr. Cheeks-too-Soft, Just the Cooks Trailside Gourmet Cooking and Badland Trails.

Richard Mousseau aka Cheeks-Too-Soft

Prince Twp. ON

Moose Hide Books

705-779-3331

URL www.moosehidebooks.com

E-mail mooseenterprises@on.aibn.com