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Registration Room
Marie Eldridge, Nancy & LaRue Marilyn Warner & Nancy McDowell Horsley. To far right is Georgia Furr, RRDECA President.
Marie Eldridge & Garnet Davis DW & Marilyn Warner
These fine folks, plus other Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Collectors Association members were there to help everyone register for the festival. For those who registered early, they were there to help find your packets for the Roy Rogers Festival.
If there were any questions about the festival to be answered or you needed help in any way, they were the ones to ask.
Many thanks go out to all of our Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Collectors Association members and the Roy Rogers Festival Committee for making it a fabulous 2007 festival!
Also in this room, there were very nice items offered by our Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Collectors Association for purchase.
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Official Officers
Our transportation Officer is Ray Eldridge. He drives a special limousine styled vehicle to and from the big city airports so he can pickup and deliver our Guest Stars to the festival each year.
We try and schedule the arrival and departure times of each Guest Star's plane as close as we can so Ray only has to make one or two trips to the airports to pick them up and take them back to the airport for their return fight home.
Ray's a super guy and we sure appreciate him! Ray is pictured here in the center with this year's Guest Stars who flew in. Thanks Ray for your service!
The official lawmen, or so-called peacekeepers for the 2007 Roy Rogers Festival was Marshall Jim Grant and his son, Deputy Mike Grant. They made sure everyone conducted themselves properly in a safe, pleasant manner and made sure those aunery ombres stayed out of town. They did have their hands full a few times, but mainly, their role as peace officers were easily maintained.
The Roy Rogers Festival Committee extends their appeciation for your dedicated service and say "Thank You" for a job well done!
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Early-Bird Reception - May 30, 2007
 
StoneyBrooke Band & Colonel StoneyBrooke Band & Ms Donna Bill Sanders Cunningham.
Many Roy Rogers & Dale Evans fans came early for a fun-filled evening for the "Early-Bird Reception" on Wednesday evening, May 30th. The Early-Bird Reception featured the widely acclaimed band of musicians, singers, and songwriters, "StoneyBrooke Band", from South Port, OH. Two of their band members were part of the original "Saturday Night Jamboree". Joining them were the multi-talented and award-winning, Donna Cunningham, who's a local gal, living in Lucasville, OH (near Roy's boyhood home) and our own 'festival sweetie', Colonel Bill Sanders. Colonel Bill was a good friend of Roy Rogers for many years. He knew him well and performed for Roy & Dale at their home in Apple Valley, CA many times.
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A High Chapparral & Wagon Train Salute
Denny Miller - *Wagon Train* Bob Hoy- *High Chapparral* Ted Markland - *High Chapparral*
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Guest Stars
Bob Hoy Ted Markland
Stella Stevens Denny Miller
Russ McCubbin
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Dealer & Memorabilia Room
Branding Iron Western Shop B-Western Collectables Wanda Butler, Owner Jane & Bob Carman, Owners
Austill's Memorabilia Anita & Sam Austill, Owners
Festival attendees browsing the Denny Miller signs a movie poster tables in the dealers room. as a fan awaits in anticipation.
These ladies have a real serious Robert & Jean Reedy and Garnet look. Must be negotiating prices are discussing the exquisite for items! artwork and memorabilia behind them.
Mr. & Mrs. Stout are Not all Roy & Dale fans proud to show Stella are human! Suki, this some of their literature sweet little Shih-Tzu is and material. a true-blue Roy & Dale fan like her mama, Saundra Cox. They're from Mansfield, Ohio.
These are just a few of the many dealers who show up annually to display their products and different wares for the Roy Rogers Festival in Portsmouth. There are many wonderful dealers who come faithfully each year. Some have been here ever since we started the festival in 1983.
We greatfully thank each of our dealers for attending each year so faithfully and bringing their products, wares and displays. Without your presence, we acknowledge the annual Roy Rogers Festival here in Portsmouth, would not be the same. Again, many thanks to you all for your loyalty!!
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Hospitality Room
Donny Boggs and "Col. Bill Ms.Donna Cunningham & Sanders & Traditional Country "StoneyBrooke "Band performing Band" played great music in for the crowd. the Hospitality Room.
Roy Rogers Festival attendees A delicious western themed cake, being entertained, just after that many had the chance to eating some wonderful food partake of. prepared by many RRDECA members.
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Costume Contestants
(Back row: L to R) Roy Dillow as Roy Rogers, Jan Bauer as Annie Oakley, Gary Chambers as General Robert E. Lee, Celebrity Judge: Bob Hoy, and Celebrity Judge: Ted Markland. (Front row: L to R) Ron Harley as Palladin, Celebrity Judge: Stella Stevens, Eva Whiteman, as "Lady in the West", and Randy Rukker as Judge "Roy" Bean.
General Catagory: • 1st Place: Judge "Roy" Bean - Randy Runner. • 2nd Place: Palladin - Ron Harley.
Historial Catagory: • 1st Place: General Robert E. Lee - Gary Chambers • 2nd Place: "Lady in the West" - Eva Whiteman
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Grand Banquet
Russ McCubbin - TV & Screen Ted Markland - Movie & TV Actor, stuntman, stunt double Actor. He played the character for Clint Walker on the TV of Reno, on "The High series, "Cheyenne". Chapparral".
Bob Hoy - Stuntman, Movie Denny Miller - TV & Movie Actor; Actor; played Joe Butler on TV's Author. He portrayed Duke "The High Chapparral" western Shannon on "WagonTrain". series.
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Donna Cunningham & Donny Boggs Concert
Donna Cunningham entertaining the crowd after the Grand Banquet on Saturday evening.
Donny Boggs Denny Miller, Bob Hoy, Donny and Stella Stevens.
Nancy Horsley, Donny Boggs & LaRue Horsley
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Auction Finale
Jane Lilley showing off the Ray Eldridge selecting the adoption papers for the Roy winning ticket. Dale bears offered by chance.
Bob Hoy, auctioneer, is being assisted by "Sweet & Sassy", Stella Stevens.
More photos from the 2007 Roy Rogers Festival.
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The above photos are courtesy of Garnett & Don Davis; official photographers for the Roy Rogers Festival - Portsmouth, Ohio.
If you have Roy Rogers Festival photos from the 2007 festival or from previous years, we'd appreciate your sharing them with us. Please send them to us by regular mail or by email. Our address and email information are listed below the Guestbook on this page.