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Bragging

40th Gathering Featured Artists • 2m 3s

We either know or are someone like Jarle describes in this poem. Jarle Kvale recites "Bragging" during the "I Just Wanna Be a Comic Cowboy" at the 36th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

ABOUT T HE ARTIST

Jarle Kvale
Dunseith, ND
Jarle turns his experiences with horses, rodeo, and North Dakota rural living into humorous verse. He's been writing cowboy poetry for over 25 years, sharing his stories with friends and family members over trail ride campfires, at various community events, and at cowboy poetry gatherings throughout the country. He is also host and producer of "Back at the Ranch," a weekly half-hour radio show and podcast featuring a mix of western music and cowboy poetry. Jarle and his wife, along with an ever-changing number of horses, live north of Dunseith, North Dakota, not far from the Canadian border.

"Bragging" by Jarle Kvale.

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Filmed in front of a live audience at the Elko Convention Center's Laurena Moren Theater on Feb. 1, 2020.

Made possible by McMullen, McPhee, & Company, LLC, and by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen.

Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
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Tags
2020, Jarle Kvale, North Dakota, Poetry, NCPG
Cast
Jarle Kvale Poet
Crew
Kristin Windbigler executive producer
Meg Glaser artistic director
Brad McMullen national cowboy poetry gathering manager
Marla Mitchnick director + producer
Pablo Bryant director of photography + lead camera operator
Rob Gowler camera operator
Forrest Stangel camera operator
Kier Atherton camera operator
Michael Marashio camera operator + assistant camera
Chris Smith lighting designer
Kyle Soble associate lighting designer + lighting director
David Hancock-Taylor gaffer
Cooper Richards grip
Lance Wilson video engineer + digital imaging technician
Colin Bricker audio engineer
Kevin Lee audio engineer
Micky Hohl driver + key production assistant
Eric Annis stage manager
Tamara Kubacki assistant stage manager
Charlie Ekburg still photographer
Cleo Hansen content manager

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