Vetted Programs--Pop Wagner

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,142

Project of

Southeastern Libraries Cooperating Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2013

End Date

September 2013

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Fillmore

Project Overview

Pop Wagner has a reputation as a singer, picker, fiddler, lasso twirler, poet and downright funny guy. He appeared quite frequently on Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion during the show's formative years and, for the last four decades, he has worked his cowboy magic throughout 44 states and ten countries. His cowboy anthems crackle with the warmth of a prairie campfire and his old time fiddle tunes set toes a-tappin' while he serves up spellbinding rope tricks and tall stories--all with a good dose of friendly humor.

Project Details

43 attended

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,142

Other Funds Leveraged

$68

Direct expenses

$1,210

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.01

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Emphasize the importance of country music in your local community. Enhance the future country music performance experience for participants through education. Increase access to country music, enhancing audience comfort and confidence with unfamiliar music styles. Educate on past lifestyles in Minnesota and the surrounding region. Encourage further education and attendance at future music and/or arts events. Reinforce the idea that libraries are places to experience cultural or arts programming.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Kids hadn't seen a real cowboy before and loved his rope tricks. After the programs, students wanted to learn more about how to do rope tricks! Some wanted to learn more about cowboys and a few even wanted to learn more about playing the instruments.