January Dawns
40th Gathering
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Annie shares her list of New Year's resolutions. Annie Mackenzie recites "January Dawns" during the "Rebel Rousers" show at the 40th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Annie Mackenzie
Jordan Valley, OR
Annie Mackenzie is a fourth-generation rancher and part-time cowboy poet. She was born and raised in Jordan Valley, growing up on her family’s ranch just north of the small town in southeast Oregon. She spends her days helping her family tend cattle, start horses, and manage the unruly pack of border collies that inhabit the place. Annie has always had a love of the written word and the western ways of life. She’s combined the two into the cowboy poetry that she shares. Whether it’s moving cows, fixing fences, working dogs, or watching a cowboying disaster unfold, there’s a lot that happens on the ranch to inspire her poems.
"January Dawns"
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Filmed in front of a live audience at the Elko Convention Center’s Laurena Moren Theater on Feb. 1, 2025.
Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
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