Trick Roper Joan Wells

Trick Roper Joan Wells

10am @Red Cloud Opera House
April 3, 2021

Join the Willa Cather Foundation Easter weekend as Joan Wells, Women's World Champion Trick Roper and inductee to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, presents a unique performance of roping tricks just like those seen in the early Wild West shows and rodeos.

In 1883, Buffalo Bill created his touring Wild West Show following his "Old Glory Blow Out" performance in North Platte, Nebraska. This type of Wild West performance became a part of American Western heritage some 150 years ago. When Vincente Oropeza introduced trick roping to Buffalo Bill's show, he gave the American cowboy a different perspective of the art of roping. Joan tells the history of the Buffalo Bill Show and its performers, and demonstrates roping tricks of that era. Joan performs over eighty tricks in a single routine including butterfuly combinations, multiple rope spins, double tricks, the Big Loop, Ocean Wave, and the Texas Skip. 

This event is free and open to the public.

This program is funded in part by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

The National Willa Cather Center will continue to follow guidelines from the South Heartland District Health Department regarding Covid-19 health and safety procedures. 

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