Aussies on Walkabout
Aussie Bush Poet Milton Taylor coaches two rural school students in a traditional Australian poem, "There's Only Two of Us Here"
It has become our habit, after the Cowboy Poetry Gathering winds down, to have a smaller gathering up in Denio for the rural school kids who can't make it to Elko. This year our dear friend Milton Taylor and several of his admittedly northern hemispheric pals stopped over at Quinn River Ranch for the night to catch up with the regulars on the Dufurrena sheep outfit. The next day students, parents and preschool siblings gathered from around Humboldt County at the Denio Community Hall to hear Australian classics such as Banjo Patterson's "Man From Ironbark". They sang with Washington poet Dick Warwick, and learned the basics of clogging from Milton's pal Dr. Pat Davidson of Spokane. A fine potluck lunch was served by the ladies of the community, contributed to by the travelling students, and a good time was had by all.
Pat Davidson of Spokane, Washington, teaches the assembled multitudes the finer points of clogging.