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Tall Grass Lonesome

41st Gathering Featured Artists • 2m 5s

Patricia memorializes Rodney Nelson. Patricia Frolander shares "Tall Grass Lonesome, in Memory of Rod Nelson" during the "Back in Elko Town" show at the 38th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Patricia Frolander
Sundance, WY
Patricia Frolander, Wyoming's fifth Poet Laureate, lives and works in the Black Hills on her fifth-generation ranch near Sundance. She has garnered two coveted National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Wrangler Awards, two Willa Cather Awards, and a High Plains Book Award among others, and is featured in many anthologies. Pat’s work focuses on community, family, nature, and ranch life. She is at work on her fourth collection of poems.

"Tall Grass Lonesome, in Memory of Rod Nelson"

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Filmed in front of a live audience at the Western Folklife Center's G Three Theater in Elko, Nevada on Jan. 29, 2023.

Made possible by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen.

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Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
www.westernfolklife.org

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Tags
Patricia Frolander, Wyoming, Rodney Nelson, in memory, tribute
Cast
Patricia Frolander Artist
Crew
Kristin Windbigler executive producer
Brad McMullen national cowboy poetry gathering manager
Katie Aiken producer
Marla Mitchnick creative producer
Kier Atherton director + editor
Chris Simon camera operator
Amber Parker lighting designer
Kelly Moon stage manager
David Hancock-Taylor gaffer
Dylan Baker audio engineer
Travis Cross audio engineer
Cleo Hansen content manager
Jon Phillion camera operator
Taylor Fitzke audio engineer
Remigius "Micky" Hohl driver + key production assistant
Cliff Hsui + Alternative Rentals very special thank you
Kevin Martini-Fuller still photographer

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