Cowboy Dinner and Dance

Cowboy Dinner and Dance

Honoring Rural Families, Rural Traditions and our Rural Heritage

Cliff Fair Grounds - Cliff New Mexico

 

The Gila Livestock Growers Association (GLGA) www.gilalivestockgrowers.org and the Americans for the Preservation of Western Environment (APWE) www.amprowest.org are sponsoring the 4^th annual Cowboy Dinner and Dance at the Cliff Fair Barn next to Cliff High School in Grant County NM, Saturday February 11, dinner starts at 6:00 pm and the dance at 8:00 pm.

 

Music by Joe Delk, Bucky Allred and The Delk Band featuring Neal, Mark and Byron Delk, Robert Flowers, Roswell; Roy Garcia, Las Cruces; Dee Ford, Alma; Ty Martin, Silver City; Michael Dean, Muleshoe, TX.    

 

Not too long ago, Saturday-night dances were a common occurrence at many rural locations throughout New Mexico.   Families, friends and neighbors coming together to share a meal, visit with one another and enjoy an evening of dancing.  We can certainly refer to those days as “the good ole days” and we want to show our younger generation what it was like and allow our older generation to remember the way it was.

 

All are welcome.  This is a fundraising event and we ask that you contribute what you can at the door but we don’t set an amount so in spite of economic circumstances, all can afford to attend.  All monies raised in this effort will be used to help educate the public on the impacts wolves have on rural communities and assist those impacted by these animals and the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program and support the preservation of our rural heritage.  We have had camp cowboys and young couples dancing with babies between them to older couples on our dance floor.  Cattlemen to CPA’s to youngsters with tattoos all are welcome.

 

The Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program has evolved into an assault on our rural way-of-life by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) with the help and support of extremist non government environmental groups who have taken on the mantle of wolf advocates to the detriment of the human population in the region. 

Today, the people and communities in and around the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area, which encompasses the Gila and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, are bearing the brunt of the impacts and economic and social cost the wolf reintroduction program.  Often rural people are forced to live with wolves on their ranches, in their yards and in their communities with little to no mitigation for problem habituated or livestock depredating wolves.

 

The Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program has been grossly mismanaged by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local residents are paying the price.  The program is a bust.  Ranches have been lost, local businesses are suffering and hunting in the Gila may never be what it once was.  Worse families are being put in danger every day.    The damage far outweighs any potential ecological or economic benefit such a destructive predator may possibly have in a rural community.

 

For contributions, please make checks payable to Gila Livestock Grower’s Association for “Preserving our Rural Heritage”.  Bring your check to the Cowboy Dinner and Dance or mail to Gila Livestock Grower’s Association (GLGA), HC 64, Box 30, Magdalena, NM 87825.  

Credit Card contributions can be made at www.wolfcrossing.org via the paypal button.

We also try to have a silent auction as well so please feel free to donate an item to the auction when you come.  Desert is potluck so bring your best cake cookies or pie.