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MV Arts Council To Present Kevin McNiven

	Moapa Valley Progress The Moapa Valley Arts Council is happy to present “America’s Cowboy” Kevin McNiven. McNiven will be performing at the Ron Dalley Theatre on Monday, February 11, at 7:00 PM. Kevin McNiven was born and raised in Western Wyoming. He has spent his lifetime riding the mountains and ranges of his native state. As a kid growing up, he was always surrounded by music - cowboy music. His father, a true horseman, taught Kevin to		“America’s Cowboy” Kevin McNiven will perform for Moapa Valley on Monday, February 11, at the Ron Dalley Theatre. “a true horseman”, taught Kevin
	yodel (for yodeling is a cowboy tradition). McNiven found at a young age that if you were a good horseman you could get a job with outfitters and ranches in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. If you could sing and play guitar around the campfire at night to entertain the guests you could pick the outfit you wanted to work for. From his experiences, McNiven has released three compilations of music about “cowboy life” the Wyoming division of Tourism deems truly authentic. McNiven’s recording appropriately titled, “It’s Wyoming” was recorded in Nashville. The great love songs, yodels, and sweet laments make it just the kind of music one would hear around the campfire. McNiven is known as Wyoming’s Singing Ambassador. Associated with the Wyoming Department of Tourism, he travels promoting the “Cowboy” state. Kevin’s second album, “Horseman, Roughstock & Rawhide” and latest release, “A Song Takes Flight” continue the tradition of strong expression, impeccable enunciation and heart-felt emotion that place McNiven in a class all his own. At the Western Music Festival in Tucson, Arizona, McNiven was awarded the Adult Male Yodeling Championship in 1998 and 2001. In 1999, McNiven toured the Scandinavian countries of Europe. He opened the 2000 World’s Fair in Hanover, Germany. He continues traveling throughout the United States performing his “Cowboy Campfire Concerts” through story and song based on personal experience. McNiven makes his living operating Wyoming Country Outfitters, subleasing his string of horses to ranches, wagon trains, re-enactments, commercials and movies. They include: Chevy Outdoors, Levi, Bailey hats and Wah Maker Clothing. PBS’s “Trail of Hope”, History Channel’s “Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid”, National Geographic’s “Lewis & Clark”, The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, Far & Away, Geronimo, return to Lonesome Dove, The Postman, Wind River, The Work & the Glory, The Patriot and Jesse James, just to mention a few. McNiven is a “true horseman” and enjoys living and singing about the cowboy life-style. Tickets are available by calling Robin at 398-3665 or by stopping by Decor & More in downtown Overton.