By Mark McMillan
Fifty years ago 100 Mile House was born ... and you can bet there were a lot of cowboys around the area in those days.
What better way to help celebrate the 50th birthday than with a Cowboy Concert in Centennial Park on July 20?
When the BC Cowboy Heritage Society was approached with the idea, it agreed and a list of entertainers was assembled.
The idea was to keep the entertainment as local as possible; therefore, the first choice had to be Jason Ruscheinsky from the Bridge Lake area. Jason has great stage presence, is a terrific singer and guitar player.
Singer Bernadette Ducharme from Horsefly has performed at numerous other events in the area, has a great voice and nice stage appearance. Her material is cowboy, and most of it is original.
It's not often he is able to perform, but cowboy poet Bruce Rolph from Horsefly agreed this time.
His material is awesome and his presentation is spellbinding.
Although Alan Moberg is from Salt Spring Island, but there's probably no one who has written as many songs about the area over the years. His songs are ranching, cowboy, country, farming, western, First Nations, and pretty much anything else that's British Columbia.
All in all, the 100 Mile House 50th Celebration Cowboy Concert was enjoyed by all who attended. The last two songs of the evening were crowd favourites and Alan called Bernadette and Jason up on stage to help out. They supplied some great harmony and the evening ended on a terrific note.
Mark McMillan organized the Cowboy Concert.