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     The Buckaroo Club program, based in Fort Worth, Texas, was established February 1998 as a way of mentoring youth under 18 years old to learn and perform the Texas heritage music deriving from the cattle ranching culture. The Buckaroo Club is coordinated by "Yodeling Queen" Janet McBride, assisted by Talent Coordinator Devon Dawson and other adult Saddle Pal instrumentalists.

     The Buckaroo Club meets on the second Sunday of each month, gathering to receive a western music and Texas history lesson from Devon, advice and practice on acoustic performance from Janet and Devon, and personalized yodeling instruction from Janet. Janet also provides copies, from her extensive private collection of old recordings, of the great old cowboy music unfamiliar to many of the Buckaroos. As a result, the group, dressed in specific western attire, performs "cowboy style" in front of the Livestock Exchange Building in the Stockyards District, singing traditional and contemporary cowboy/western and western swing music. Selected songs are always wholesome and age-appropriate.

Buckaroos perform at various other events throughout the year as well as at the Cowtown Opry's annual Gala where qualified Buckaroos could be awarded a monetary scholarship for their participation and dedication. Scholarship awards are used to further Buckaroo musical education. In the past, Buckaroos have used their scholarship funds to purchase lessons, instruments and equipment, or even put away for future college plans.

Janet and Devon feel privileged to mentor these youngsters as they endeavor to preserve, promote and perform the musical heritage of Texas!

Janet McBride, Yodeler
214-803-0829
jmcbride.yodeler@sbcglobal.net