Denny Chapman and Deke Rivers spent a week in Amarillo TX at the 2009 CMSA World Championships. Denny was on the announcing/color commentary staff and Deke provided entertainment courtesy of Taylor's & Co Firearms. Below are a few pictures from the trip including Denny emcee'ing the CMSA Horse Hall of Fame induction with Jim Rogers, CMSA Chairman, and Phil Spangenburger, BOD member. Below are also pics of Deke with multiple World and National Champ Annie Bianco-Ellet, Sue Hawkins, Chairman of Taylor's & Co, as well as champion mounted shooter Kathy Hollman of New Mexico - also sponsored by Taylors. Congrats to Steve Wilson, the Taylor's 2009 Rifle World Champion. He received a trophy Winchester '73 reproduction rifle donated by Taylor's.
Denny will be announcing at the Spacecoast State Fair next week, then a live performance for Dinner in the Dirt, followed by a trip to LA for the CMSA Double Down event. Deke will also performing on stage for the 2010 Shot Show in Las Vegas in January!
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Here's an advertisement that will be published in several horse magazines in January! This photo was taken by Cathy Denton at the SASS Florida State Championships where I won the Mounted Rifle Shooting and Open Extreme Mounted Shooting titles this year. Cindy Greene is in the photo with me - she won a free bag of Suncoast as a prize giveaway at the event!
Thanks to GD Cline for taking this photo of me in the announce tower after the Spacecoast State Fair Rodeo last night. We emcee'd the two-day event in Cocoa FL and are looking forward to another busy couple of weeks. Next weekend, we're performing at the Dinner in the Dirt event in Jacksonville FL, then announcing the Gulf Coast Classic CMSA event in Louisiana. We've got two parades in December, trick riding clinics, mounted shooting, liberty and trick horse training for clients this winter, and more appearances than ever in 2010! Check out the sponsor logos on my shirt - they keep my horses healthy and looking good!
Denny's mounted shooting firearms sponsor, Taylor's & Co, sent him to Gander Mountain in Ocala FL to make an appearance for their "re-grand opening" today. The shoppers were suprised to see one of Denny's horses, "Spanky", greeting them right in the front lobby! "The Pistolero", Deke Rivers, also entertained the crowd with his fancy gun handling and whip artistry. Denny will be at the Amarillo National Center, Amarillo TX, Tuesday through Saturday, providing announcing, color commentary and hosting video interviews during the Cowboy Mounted Shooting World Championships.
