Cowboy Poets of Utah

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Cowboy Poetry Week with Utah Governor Jon Huntsman

CPU Officers

President - Casey Woods

1st Vice Pres. - Bill Wright

2nd Vice Pres. - CR Wood

Secretary - Marleen Bussma

Treasurer - Gordon Thomas

CPU Chaplain

Marion Manwill

Board Officers

Chairman -

Vice Chairman - Dennis Hunter

Member - Lisa Stubblefield

Member - Kenny Hall

Member - Val Carter

Member - Doug Brewer

Area Representatives

Eastern - Al Clark

Southern - Curley Syndergaard

Central - CR Wood

Wasatch - Marion Manwill

Northern - Stan Tixier

Website Manager

Jan Erickson

This organization is for Utah Cowboy Poets, Cowboy Poets who like Utah, Cowboys who like Poets, Utahans who like Cowboys, and Cowboys who like Utah.

CPU Summer BBQ at Brooksie's place 2006

Cowboy Poets of Utah is on Facebook too.

Who Can Join?
We invite anybody interested in Cowboy Poetry in Utah to join. Members should care about the West, and about preserving our western lifestyle and heritage. Members should also participate and make a difference in the organization, but you'll help decide just what that means, as the organization grows. We do currently have about forty active members!

How Can You Join?
Jump on board real soon, you'll likely have a great big say in how things get organized and what members should do to stay involved. To join we need a completed application now, and membership dues for the first year. Please contact us for more information and a copy of the application, or you can print the application below. If you'd just as soon, I'd just as soon you asked questions by email, 'cause that's easier for me to deal with. cpofutah@gmail.com But whatever works best for you is what you ought to figure on.

Benefits of Joining
There will be many benefits to becoming a member of our organization - one in particular is that, as a member, you will be able to help decide just WHAT EXACTLY the benefits are! We figure our members are all close friends, or at least we put up with each other pretty good, and we'd just as soon spend time with each other as not. 'Course we also have a passel of common interests, and we hope to work together to make our craft more professional and maybe even have more fun.

Right now, we're sending out a quarterly newsletter with updates about events and "goings on..." We also show off the work of a featured poet, and have a message from our president or another member of the executive committee. Sound good? Yep, it is!!!

(To print Membership Application: highlight, copy, then paste to Word or Notepad)

Cowboy Poets of Utah Membership Application & Renewal Form

Date__________________________

Name___________________________________________________________

Address_________________________________________________________

City________________________________ State _______Zip _____________

Phone__________________________________________________________

E-mail__________________________________________________________

WEB___________________________________________________________

(Please check or circle all that apply)

________Poet _________Musician _________Single Act ________Duo/Group

Name of Group____________________________________________________

_____Fan (Non-performing member)

New Membership________($20.00) Youth (under 18) ________($5.00)

Renewal Membership________($15.00)

Couple/family membership________($30.00)

Couple renewal membership ________($25.00)

(member names for couple)____________________/_____________________

Please make check payable to Cowboy Poets of Utah
Mail to: Gordon Thomas - 425 W. Center - Genola, Utah 84655

Renewal Memberships are due in January

Tell us about yourself. (use the back if more room is needed!):
Would you like this information posted on the CPU web site? ___Yes ___No
Bio information to the website member's page should be limited to 100 words or less.
We can link to your personal web site for additional information.

Past Officers

President
Sam Deleeuw 00 - 06
Val Carter 07
C.R. Wood 09
Jo Lynne Kirkwood 10
Al Clark 11
Jeff Coates 12

Vice President
Marion Manwill 00 - 03
Gordon Thomas 03 - 05
Val Carter 05 - 06
Kenny Hall 07
Jo Lynne Kirkwood 09
Al Clark 10

Secretary
Jo Lynne Kirkwood 00 - 08
Laurie Tye 08
Judy Erickson 09 - 11
Marleen Bussma 12

Treasurer
Rod Miller 00 - 06
Gordon Thomas 06

Chairman of the Board
Paul Bliss 00 - ?
Sam Deleeuw ? - 05
Curly Syndergaard 05 -07
Paul Bliss 07 - 10
C.R. Wood 11

Vice Chairman of the Board
Sam Deleeuw 06 - 07
Don Kennington ? - 06
Paul Kern ? - 11
Dennis Hunter 12

Stan Tixier - 2013 CPU Utah Pioneer Heritage Award Recipient

Good Memories

Our Patriarch - Colen Sweeten - Not Forgotten 1919 / 2007

Our Dearest Barbara Hall - Not Forgotten

CPU Symposium CD's

2010 This CD is no longer avilable

2011