The Great American Cowboy In Concert
featuring Prairie Rose Wranglers, Roy Rogers, Jr., Mindy "Rogers" Petersen, Johnny Western, Riders in The Sky, Joe "Hopalong Cassidy" Sullivan & more
** June 11 at Carnegie Hall **

After a record-breaking concert in 2003, The Great American Cowboy In Concert returns to Carnegie Hall on June 11th. Produced by Prairie Rose Productions of Wichita, Kansas, the concert will once again set a record as the largest group of Cowboys & Cowgirls to ever perform at the legendary venue (the 3rd largest gathering was in 1951).

The Great American Cowboy In Concert will feature beloved Cowboy classics including "Song of the Trail", "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "A Cowboy Has to Sing," "Cool Water," and "Happy Trails," plus a host of new Western songs that are destined to be tomorrow's classics. Hosted by Johnny Western, this concert is guaranteed to delight the Cowboy in everyone, young and old!

The talent roster for the evening includes:

• Prairie Rose Wranglers are the in-house entertainers at the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper in Wichita, Kansas. Recently nominated for Western Group of The Year and Western Album Of The Year at The Western Music Awards (WMA), the group is slated to release its sixth album.
• Riders in The Sky is a Grammy Award winning foursome founded in 1977. Their extensive credits include a Saturday morning TV series on CBS and "Woody’s Roundup" from Toy Story.
• Film, TV and recording artist Roy Rogers Jr. is the son of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
• Joe Sullivan is the only impersonator authorized by Hopalong Cassidy Enterprises. He has been portraying "Hoppy" for over 15 years.
• Johnny Western is known as one of the last of the "Singing Cowboys." Having written such classics as "Ballad of Paladin" and co-writing the theme song for TV’s Bonanza, Western often performed with Gene Autry and Johnny Cash.
• Mindy "Rogers" Petersen is the eldest granddaughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
• Founded in 1953, Flying W Wranglers is the 2nd oldest Western group in the world. Specializing in three and four part harmonies, they have recorded 38 albums.
• The Children of the Independent School of Wichita, a group of 150 musically gifted middle school children from this acclaimed Kansas institution.
• Jeff Hildebrandt has been nominated for the Academy of Western Artists Cowboy Poet of the Year. His poem "Cowboy Up America" is heard on radio stations nationally. He is currrently managing producer for the Western Movie Channel.

The Great American Cowboy In Concert will be performed one night only -- Friday, June 11th at 8:00pm. Carnegie Hall is located at 154 West West 57th Street (at 7th Ave., accessible from the B,D,E at 7th Ave or the F,N,Q,R,W at 57th St.). Tickets are $25 - $55. For tickets call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or visit carnegiehall.org.