Press Release

Contact:
        Bill Barwick
        PO Box 100852, Denver, CO 80250
        303-758-4454
		Bill@BillBarwick.com  
        www.BillBarwick.com 

Event date:  7-12-05


Denver entertainer wins 2005 Will Rogers Cowboy Award

The Academy of Western Artists recently presented their 10th annual 
Will Rogers awards for outstanding achievement in the advancement of contemporary western arts, at the Eisemann Center in Dallas, TX.

Bill Barwick won the coveted Western Music 'Male Vocalist of the Year' trophy. A talented, internationally recognized entertainer, Bill appears regularly at Denver's historic Buckhorn Exchange restaurant. 

Hailed as a cowboy's cowboy-song singer, and accompanied by superb guitar work, Bill's singing, songwriting and storytelling are a performance not to be missed. He's a frequent guest at cowboy gatherings and music festivals across the country, and is a returning feature at prestigious venues like the Walnut Valley Festival and the Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. You might also recognize Bill Barwick's voice as the television spokesperson for Encore's 'Westerns' Channel. 

The 'Will Rogers' awards are given in categories that recognize those who excel at the writing and performing of traditional and contemporary western music and poetry, those with skill and artistry who manufacture the gear of the trade, and those who preserve and perpetuate the traditions, values and heritage of the American cowboy.

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