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Vetted Programs – Pop Wagner

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,021
Project of
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating Legacy Grant SFY 2012 - SFY 2013
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
July 2012
End Date
July 2013
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Goodhue
Fillmore
Wabasha
Goodhue
Fillmore
Wabasha
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
677 attended
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 4
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,021
Other Funds Leveraged
$393
Direct expenses
$4,414
Administration costs
$103
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.02
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 parts of an older lifestyle 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)

Participants rated the show 4.8 out of 5 for quality entertainment and seeing libraries as a cultural center for their community. Kids hadn't seen a real life cowboy before and loved his rope tricks. Adults liked the sing-a-longs. "It's refreshing to hear songs I knew" and liked his instruments, especially the one he made from a cedar shingle and broken chair. 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.

Source of Additional Funds

SELCO (Southeastern Libraries Cooperating)

Project Manager
First Name
Ann
Last Name
Hutton
Organization Name
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating
Street Address
2600 19th St. NW
City
Rochester
State
MN
Zip Code
55901
Phone
(507)288-5513
Email
ahutton@selco.info
Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota Department of Education

Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200
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