Greenville, OH – What a great year at the 2013 Annie Oakley Festival and the 11th Annual Annie Oakley Western Arts Showcase! This year, AOWAS producers Kirk Bass and Gery Deer hosted friends Chris “The Whip Guy Camp,” Robert and Mary Dante, Richard and Donna Best (Black Lightning Wild West Show), whip maker / percussionist David Crain (Heartbeat Artistry), Rich and Wendy Hoffman and young up-and-coming whip performer Luke “Whiplash Lucas” Taylor. After 5 performances, a host of lessons for […]
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What A Great Success At This Year’s Showcase
Gery L. Deer and Kirk Bass would like to thank all of the participants and especially the wonderful audiences from this year’s Western Arts Showcase at the Annie Oakley Festival, 2012! We had a great weekend with young whip artist Luke Taylor, percussive artist (and whip maker) David Crain, Richard and Donna Best (the Black Lightning Wild West Show), Miss Annie Oakley 2012, and many others! It was a fantastic turnout for each of our 5 performances and the Saturday […]
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Wild West History in the Ohio Valley
Ohio has been the birthplace of many a Western legend – at least in the entertainment industry. William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy), Roy Rogers, and many other movie and TV heroes got their start here in the Buckeye State. But one Wild West performer was a real ‘sure shot’ and perhaps the best known of all western arts practitioners – Phoebe Ann Moses, aka, Annie Oakley. Born outside Greenville, Ohio in rural Darke County, Young Phoebe Ann had a difficult life. From the […]
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New Vision, New Website!
Howdy! Welcome to the new home of the Ohio Western Arts Showcase. We’re proud to be in our 10th season of Wild West Arts performances, educational presentations and professional lessons and classes! OhioWesternArts.Org is your window to some of the best Wild West entertainment and education east of the Mississippi. Started in 2002 at The Whip Artistry Studio in Jamestown, Ohio, Ohio Western Arts Showcase was originally designed to support Whip Artists. After moving our main event to the Annie […]
