Guest Appearances

Atlantic Stampede Rodeo
September 7, 8, 9, 2007

Last update
Feb 8, 2008

Special appearances by the following artists...

DC Cowboys

The DC Cowboys, a 20-member internationally-acclaimed all-male dance company, have been setting trends in country-western dance entertainment since 1994 with their trademarked combo of "Broadway-style verve, sizzling sex appeal and rugged good looks". The DC Cowboys' high-energy choreography thrills crowds wherever they entertain -- around the Washington DC metropolitan area, across the US, and in Canada. As a grant recipient from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, the DC Cowboys have been honored for their valued contribution to the Washington, DC arts community. The DC Cowboys . . . celebrating diversity through dance!

The DC Cowboys will be providing their brand of exciting entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights in the Hotel's Main Ballroom. Don’t miss their performances or their sexy 2007 calendar and making of the calendar DVD which will be on sale at the rodeo and on-line benefiting Whitman Walker’s HIV Prevention Division.
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Visit their web site http://www.dccowboys.org/

The Manhattan Prairie Dogs

They have been spotted scurrying fancifully down Fifth Avenue in their rhinestone studded skirts, cowboy boots and Jackie-O sunglasses. Are the stars of the new DVD "The Year of the Dog" trying to 'blend in?' Maybe it's just an attempt to remain incognito after their debut at New York City's Lincoln Center. All that fairy glitter and exposed leg prompted one audience member to say into his cell phone, "I'll call you back, it's kind of Brokeback Mountain here!"

These days those Dogs spend their time hiding from the paparazzi, outrunning the "high end" department store security guards, and performing as the Official Performance Team of the Big Apple Ranch. The MANHATTAN PRAIRIE DOGS are thrilled, to once again, 'Shop Around' at the Atlantic Stampede.

Tamara Marks

Tamara Marks has been involved in gay rodeo since 1996. When asked "Why gay rodeo?" her responce is, "Because it's a place where it doesn't matter whether you're gay, straight, bisexual, or transgener, we all work and play together without predudices. It's like a family reunion at every rodeo!"

Before rodeo, Tamara worked in the gay community raising money for charity. She received numerous awards for her vocal talents including Female Entertainer of the Year and top female Live Vocalist presented by the Performer's Award of Detroit.

Versatile Tamara is still true to to her first love as a singer, performing at countless Rodeos and fund-raising functions throughout the country. Last year, Tamara traveled to Nashville to realize her dream of recording a CD. Find more on her DC at TamaraMarks.com.

Tamara has held many titles during her years of involvement on the rodeo circuit, including Ms IGRA 1998, IGRA Vice President from 2000-2003, IGRA Finals Rodeo Director 2004.

Tamara and her partner, Bryn Geedes, live on a horse farm in Ashland, Nebraska.