2010 Cowboy Heritage Ball to Kick off the 20th Anniversary Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Western Swing Festival
All Proceeds Benefit Children of Working Ranch Families
(Fort Worth, Texas) – The 2010 Cowboy Heritage Ball benefiting children of working ranch families will
be held Thursday October 21 at River Ranch in the Fort Worth Stockyards. This public event helps kick
off the 20th Anniversary of the Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Western Swing Festival.
Over the past 20 years, the Cowboy Heritage Association has awarded more than $500,000 in
scholarship money through this event and private donations. Scholarships are awarded to students
who have been raised in a working Texas ranch family. Eligibility requirements include maintaining a
grade point average of 2.8 and remaining drug and crime free for the duration of their schooling. “We
are dedicated to making higher education a priority and more affordable for our children of working
ranch families,” said Steagall. Our hope is to award scholarships to all Texas ranching kids in need of a
leg up.”
Tommy Hooker starts the party off with his band at 6pm on October 21st. Silent and live auction items
are available. For more information about tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please contact the
Red Steagall office at 817.444.5502.
About Red Steagall
Born in Gainesville, Texas with a passion for the western lifestyle, Red Steagall competed in rodeos as a
youth and learned to play the guitar and mandolin. After college, Steagall traveled to California to
share western traditions and values with the rest of the world through songs, poems, books, television
and movies. Although Red Steagall is best known for his Texas swing dance music, he is also highly
respected by Texas cowboys for the lyrical way in which he writes about the western way of life; he
was honored as the Poet Laureate of Texas in 2006. A world performer, he has only called one place
home – Texas.
