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California Riding Magazine • July, 2009 Cowboy Jubilee Music Festival |
Not so many years ago the entire Santa Rosa Plateau was a working cattle ranch, and a major portion of the Murrieta Temecula Valley was one giant working ranch. Cowboys gathered the cattle several times a year for branding, culling, shipping and medical treatments needed to maintain the huge operations. At night they sang to the cattle to keep them calm as was needed under the stressful conditions of the traditional roundups. The dangerous work and long hours bred a certain kind of music, humor, love for the land and work ethic that has now become recognized as an integral part of our western experience and heritage. Again this year that music, the wry humor and ranching history will be celebrated at the Third Annual Santa Rosa Plateau Cowboy Jubilee Music Festival on July 24-25, and depicted at five unique venues on the Santa Rosa Plateau and Ecological Reserve and in Historic Downtown Murrieta. Bluegrass, cajon, country, “Old Tyme,” and a little gospel and western music will all be represented during the Jubilee. Performers include the DooWah Riders, The Billys, The Sons and Brothers and Grammy nominated and Cowboy Hall of Famer Don Edwards. Local recording artists Joel Reese and Crystal Portillo will also perform. • Venue 1: Fri., July 24, 8 a.m. - Walk to historic adobes & Native American garden site. Location: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, advance reservation required. Take an early morning nature walk through the beautiful Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve down the Hidden Valley Road to the site of the oldest Adobe ranch buildings in Riverside County. Nestled under a 500-plus-year-old Engleman Oak, visitors will be transformed back into a historical era when Native Americans and early Mexican and American ranching families lived and worked on the Plateau. Acoustic western music performed by Joel Reese; light refreshments and historical displays. Flat and rolling hills terrain. Trails are not suitable for strollers. • Venue 2: Fri., July 24, 4-10 p.m. - Jubilee Opening Night – Barn Dance, Show and Camp Supper Location: Murrieta Stud Ranch, Murrieta. $40 per person advance ticket required. Colt starting demonstration by JD Equine at 4 p.m.; camp supper, silent and live auction 5-7 p.m.; The Billys at 7 p.m. and dancing to Doo Wah Riders 8-10 p.m. Murrieta Stud Ranch is a 40-acre working racehorse breeding and training ranch. The barn is made from local adobe. Meet and greet Don Edwards and Sons & Brothers along with local working cowboys. Joel Reese is the emcee. Supper will be catered by The Forge. • Venue 3: Sat., July 25, 8-11 a.m. - Jubilee Trail Ride Location: Sylvan Meadows Trail Head,
Santa Rosa Plateau, Murrieta Participants must have their own horse to ride into the spectacular dedicated trails around Santa Rosa Plateau and into Tenaja Valley. Led by local cowboy and trails historian Lynn Mattocks, the ride will celebrate the National Day of the Cowboy, which has been designated by Congressional Resolution to be the last Saturday in July. Directions provided when tickets purchased. • Venue 4: Sat., July 25, 9-5 p.m. - Cowboy and ranching street festival Location: Washington Street, Historic Downtown Murrieta. Admission is free. This phase of the festival depicts the secret adventures and experiences of a family’s life on the ranch and on the prairie, then, now and into the future. Cowboy and ranching demonstrations, live entertainment, western and specialty crafters and vendors, historical and ranch equipment displays, cowboy poetry, food and fun for the entire family. Local award winning artists Crystal Portillo and Joel Reese will perform. • Venue 5 – Sat. July 25, 5-10 p.m - Music Roundup at the Ranch starring Don Edwards Location: Liberty Oaks Ranch, Tenaja Road, on the Santa Rosa Plateau, Murrieta Concert, dinner and two shows are $75 per person. No-host bar, silent and live auctions, western artisans and vendors, historical displays. Liberty Oaks is a 40-acre working horse ranch. Sculpted art works on display. Great traditional cowboy cuisine dinner cooked onsite by The Forge. Set among the huge oaks under the vast starry night sky, the Jubilee Music Roundup will feature performances by Grammy nominated and Cowboy Hall of Famer Don Edwards and the family acoustic sounds of Colorado’s Sons & Brothers. More For a Great Cause Other highlights include the Youth Song Write and Recite Contest and silent and live auctions on Friday and Saturday nights. Auctions on both nights will feature works by renowned local sculptor Austin Casson. The Jubilee is a production of the Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation. Its fundraising efforts support the third grade education program at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. The Reserve is located at the southern end of the Santa Ana Mountains in southwest Riverside County, near the city of Murrieta. It consists of 8,300 acres and protects unique ecosystems like Engelmann oak woodlands, riparian wetlands, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, bunchgrass prairie and vernal pools. Visitors to the Reserve can enjoy the oldest standing structures in Riverside County that once served as bunkhouses for cowboys dating back to 1846. The Reserve’s education program serves seven school districts, 65 schools and approximately 8,000 third grade students per year.
For more information, tickets and event directions for the Santa Rosa Plateau Festival Cowboy Jubilee Music Festival, visit www.srpf.org.
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