Wanna Be a Cowgirl?

If you’ve ever wanted to be a cowgirl, grab your hat and boots and head to Bertram, Texas for Cowgirl 101, a hand-on, education experience offered by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame’s Cowgirl University.

What: Cowgirl 101, the hands-on, western education experience offered by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame’s Cowgirl University
Where: Bertram, one hour north west of Austin, Texas or two hours northwest of San Antonio, Texas. Held at at Colbert Ranch, a beautiful 250-acre guest ranch Texas’ Hill Country.
When: Saturday, October 7, 2006; Cowgirl 101 starts at 9 a.m. and wraps-up at 4 p.m.
Cost: $175 per person.

Cowgirl 101 features hands-on educational sessions designed for those with little or no horse experience desiring to learn western activities. Getting on a horse is just the beginning. The day activities include:

Basic horse care
Trail rides
Roping lessons
Horsemanship
Chuck wagon cooking demonstration with lunch

Also, participants will meet 1988 National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree Hope Varner (above, at the recent Georgetown cattle drive) and listen to her cowgirl story. Varner, a talented western musician, has been a promoter of western culture for more than 50 years and produced rodeos with her family.

Cowgirl 101 began in the fall of 2005 at a private North Texas ranch, offering a full day of workshops in western culture for beginners. As Cowgirl 101’s popularity grew, more people wanted to participate (classes limited to 30 people), so the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame decided to take it on the road.

For registration information:
• call 817/336-4475 or 800/476 FAME (3263)
• visit www.cowgirl.net
• Directions are available at www.ridecolbertranch.com