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Western Film Festival

Stop by and chat with some of Hollywood's best known western film stars at our
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2008 marked another FIRST for Festival of the West's covimages/John-Wayne2.gifeted Cowboy Spirit Award, when in a special tribute, we presented the award to John "DUKE" Wayne   Of course everyone knew John Wayne as the quintessential cowboy - the pinnacle of cowboys heroes and the greatest Western star of all time.  We were pleased and honored to present Posthumous to John Wayne with this very special award.  


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2008 Film Festival Celebrities were:

 
  Bruce Boxleitner
  Peter Brown
  Don Collier
  Ed Faulkner
  Robert Fuller
  Ty Hardin
  Dennis Holmes
  Bobby Hoy
  Marty Kove
  Charlie LeSueur
  
 
    Flip Mark
    Mike Moroff
    Gregg Palmer
    Andrew Prine
    Jon Provost
    Rusty Richards
    Buck Taylor
    Riders In The Sky  *
    Johnny Western
   


                             John Wayne - Posthumous *
 


 * Cowboy Spirit Award

  Celebrities have not been confirmed for 2009

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For information on the National Festival of the West:

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 602-996-4387

E-mail:email@festivalofthewest.com

P.O. Box 12966
Scottsdale, AZ 85267-2966