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James B. Winburn Productions will bring to “The American History of the Wild West and The Wild, Wild
West Stunt Show Spectacular,” the finest Country Western Bands and Singers to entertain the American
audience.
The audience will hear and see top recording country western bands, singers with dancers incorporated
with the matrix video projection, presenting a colorful musical presentation of American Country Western
music.
The Country Western Entertainment show will runs approximately thirty-five minutes.
James B. Winburn Productions Proudly Presents |
The show arena is designed to the décor of 1911. Various carnival booths with games of chance line both sides
of the main street leading to the entrance of “The American Western History & Wild West Show.
ENTRANCE TO SHOW ARENA
Various painted banners of colorful American Western pictorial scenes circle the front entrance of the arena.
These include: (1) Indians on painted horses chasing the Wells Fargo stagecoach. The stagecoach driver is
whipping the four-up team of horses as the shotgun rider is firing at the oncoming enemy; (2) buffalo stampeding
down the rolling grass hills of Kansas; (3) the famous 7th Cavalry, with General George Custer’s horse rearing
upward as he does battle, “Custer’s Last Stand;” (4) portraits of Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill holding their long
rifles, and one of Colonel Bill Cody with his frontier pistols shooting at candle flames on a turning wheel; (5)
various depictions of chuck wagons racing around the arena, bucking horses, bull riding, barrel racing, and
Native American tribal dancing.
The “Wild West Show” graphically characterizes past Western history and America’s frontier life. The theme is
“Building a Nation.”
THE WAITING AREA
A small platform stage is set up at the entrance, in order to supply entertainment for the waiting audience (the
people will be able to enjoy teaser acts before they enter the show arena).
In the well-dressed, authentic wardrobe of a Colonel Cody, a man steps onto the stage, overlooking the
audience. He speaks to the crowd about “The Wild West History Show” and introduces various performers
(teaser acts) to the audience.
Chief Sitting Bull and his Indian braves are introduced. They move onto the stage, followed by Native American
drummers. They start playing tribal music as dancers move quickly on-stage and start dancing to the beat of
the drums.
After the stage clears, the M/C introduces the world champion Mexican trick ropers and they demonstrate a few
of their tricks. Simon Kenton, the great Indian-fighter/mountain man is introduced next. He demonstrates his
expertise at throwing knives at a beautiful Native American woman.
Finally, the M/C introduces a Western band. They proceed to sing and play Western songs; such as those
performed by Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, Gene Autry, Eddie Dean and others during the years of their stardom in
the classic Western films made from 1935 to the 1950s.
COMMERCIAL SPONSORSHIP
Commercial advertising is addressed in the M/C’s dialogue. He will cover the various types of commercial
products which are to be marketed by “The Wild West History Show;” and their banners/posters will be placed
around the arena. In this way, sponsors are marketing their products throughout the show; and they will
charged a popular going rate for advertising space on trucks and trailers, as well as in the show arena.
“THE AMERICAN WESTERN HISTORY & WILD WEST SHOW” ARENA
Entering the show arena, audience members hear exciting theme music representative of the period being
depicted.
The enclosed show arena itself is similar in size to that of a standard sports arena, with decorations true to the
period of 1890 to 1911. It can hold up to five thousand people or more and its ambience is highlighted by the
colorful painted banners which surround the audience.
The railing around the arena is steel piping, Western decorated and not more than five (5) feet high. The arena
floor is compost/dirt to accommodate the livestock. There are large entrance/exit doors at STAGE LEFT,
through which the various acts enter and exit the performing area. Colorful paintings are to be seen on both
sides of the entrance/exit door area (Western history depictions). The words “The American Western History &
Wild West Show” are painted over the entrance/exit doors. The products of sponsors are featured throughout
the arena in paintings and drawings, with wording in period fonts.
UP-STAGE RIGHT
There are four (4) rodeo chutes, with a raised stage above and behind them. The stage is designed to
resemble a rocky hilltop, matching the décor of the up-stage wall below the matrix projection screen.
SOUND SYSTEM
The pre-recorded theme music and narration is on DAT tape. The Western band will be live sound. The
system, including DAT recording with Dolby Stereo, will be installed so as to offer high quality sound throughout
the arena.
TECHNICAL AND CONTROLS
The Technical Direction Booth (TDB) is located above the arena’s guest entrance. The arena is well kept and
an old-fashioned water wagon is seen spraying the arena floor as the audience enters. Theatrical lighting is
installed in various areas for night shows, around and above the arena floor. The night show will have a
spectacular ending, with a fireworks display and small brass band music ringing out “America the Beautiful.”
BACK-STAGE AREA DESCRIPTION
A Special Effects person will rig and time all SFX’s, working with the Technical Stage Director (TD). The TD will
have four (4) stage assistants.
The Head Wrangler and his assistants will handle and care for all the livestock in the show; and we will work
with the Humane Society to ensure the safety and health of all actor animals.
Cast costumes are period; but colorful enough for a theatrical live show look.
The back stage is laid out for fast entrance and exit to the main stage. Safety is the first priority at all times.
Stage Left – All acts will be assembled here, ready to enter the main stage.
Stage Right – All acts will exit to stage right and the curtain doors will be kept clear at all times. The safe area
for entrance of new acts onto the main stage will be controlled and the rules strictly enforced.
ESTIMATED BACK STAGE AREA REQUIRED
Safety Area 300′ x 500′ – In front of curtain entrance to main stage.
Stage Right 400′ x 400′ – Exiting area for performers and livestock.
Stage Left 1,200′ x 500′ – Entrance area for performers and live-stock entering onto the main stage.
SUPPORTING COMPLEXES FOR LIVESTOCK AND PERFORMERS
Portable corral for horses; corral for buffalo; feed barn/truck garage; tack room and blacksmith’s barn truck;
costume department room; laundry room with washer and dryer; private rooms for performers; restrooms
(ladies and men) with showers; and a lunch/lounge room for performers, stage hands, wranglers, etc.
Parking areas for livestock trucks, performer trailers, RV vehicles, stagehand and wrangler vehicles will be
needed; plus a separated area for loading and unloading livestock, to include a portable corral and livestock
holding pen.
BUDGET AND SCHEDULE FOR THE SHOW
“The American History of the Wild West Show” scheduled for one (1) shows per day. There are, however,
various options and concerns in budgeting of multiple shows.
Doing two (2) shows per day increases the number of livestock and personnel required per show. The livestock
is the primary concern in this type of live show.
Once the “The American History of the Wild West Show and The Wild, Wild West Stunt Show” budget is
finalized, the average show will run approximately two hours and thirty minutes counting the pre-show at the
entrance to the arena.
It should be kept in mind that this is a basic presentation of what is required in the operation of “The American
History of the Wild West and The Wild, Wild West Stunt Show Spectacular.”
Stage Left
An old wooden water tank and tower structure stands on stage left, down stage of the main buildings. A broken-
down wooden water sluice hangs off the water tower; and old, unused railroad tracks run past the water tower
and through the town.
Stage Left / Center Stage
A two-story bank/hotel building is on the corner of the main road, just across from the water tower. The bank is
on the first floor and the second-story hotel balcony is located above the bank. A small alley separates the
hotel/bank from the “Gilded Lily Saloon,” also boasting a second-story balcony with an old sign which is falling
down.
Center Stage / Stage Right
A two-story building with a General Store on the first floor and a Marshal’s Office on the second floor is next to
the “Gilded Lily Saloon.” They are separated by a small alley. A buckboard wagon (SFX) is situated in front of
this alley.
Stage Right
There is a two-story blacksmith shop and barn, with a small corral up-stage center and a narrow road exiting up-
stage.
Down Stage Center
There is a hitching post, a water barrel, several ax handles, a water trough, wooden whiskey bottle boxes, and
breakaway bottles.
BASIC PROPS & SPECIAL EFFECTS ITEMS
Breakaway wall
Falling balcony
SFX, railroad water tank and tower explosion
SFX, water sluice crashes to ground
Slide for life
SFX, water well gag
Wagon and barrel gag
Gallows gag
SFX, wood trap on hotel second floor balcony
SFX, bullet hits
Breakaway chairs
Breakaway crate
Breakaway bottles
Whip
Beans in the mouth (spitting out teeth)
Three (3) rifles
Three (3) stagecoach shotguns
Dynamite case
Five (5) dynamite sticks, SFX fuses
Six (6) holsters and six (6) Colt 45 single-action revolvers
SFX buckboard wagon
SFX second story explosion
Saloon high fall, pad in ground
Hotel high fall, pad in ground
Down-stage hitching post, barrel, and water trough
SFX, water sluice
THE SHOW
The audience is seated. The digital matrix screen projects lightning flash effects over the Monument Valley
mountain peaks, desert floor landscape, and Western buildings; with a stereo sound system sending out
thunder sounds in sync with “The Wild West American History Show” theme music.
Then, as the theme music peaks and comes to an end, the lighting pattern of the Western building set makes
a spectacular transition as a single spotlight comes up on the M/C.
He is standing on the set at stage right and he starts his introductory dialogue as he walks slowly across from
down-stage right to downstage-left to the railing of the hitching post.
He welcomes the guests to “The Wild West American History Show.” The Western theme music comes to a
level and the M/C starts his show dialogue:
M/C
Welcome to (name) Casino Resort, Las Vegas and “The Wild West
American History Show.”
Trail towns were the end of civilization for the wagon train pioneers.
Moving West! Looking for a new beginning! The Civil War had ended
and many of southern and northern soldiers had lost small farms
and businesses due to war, between the states. These Americans
packed up their families and started out to find a new way of life.
Horace Greeley, a famous journalist and editor of The New York
Tribune, which was published from 1811 to 1872, had written:
“Go West, young man, go west.” And off they went by the thousands.
Many started on their adventure with only the shirt on their backs
and what they could pack into their one wagon.
Trail towns were usually controlled by unscrupulous people who
made high profits off the pioneers by selling them goods at twice or
more of what they would cost in towns east of the Mississippi.
Dry Gulch, Arizona was just one of those towns. U.S. Marshal
Wes Bowman is temporarily stationed in Dry Gulch, with Deputy
John Tolbert.
Welcome to (name) Casino Resort, Las Vegas and “The Wild West
American History Show.”
Trail towns were the end of civilization for the wagon train pioneers.
Moving West! Looking for a new beginning! The Civil War had ended
and many of southern and northern soldiers had lost small farms
and businesses due to war, between the states. These Americans
packed up their families and started out to find a new way of life.
Horace Greeley, a famous journalist and editor of The New York
Tribune, which was published from 1811 to 1872, had written:
“Go West, young man, go west.” And off they went by the thousands.
Many started on their adventure with only the shirt on their backs
and what they could pack into their one wagon.
Trail towns were usually controlled by unscrupulous people who
made high profits off the pioneers by selling them goods at twice or
more of what they would cost in towns east of the Mississippi.
Dry Gulch, Arizona was just one of those towns. U.S. Marshal
Wes Bowman is temporarily stationed in Dry Gulch, with Deputy
John Tolbert.
The two lawmen have entered and are standing slightly to the side of the Gilded Lily Saloon watching the last
of a wagon train pass through town.
The wagon train disappears into the darkness and from stage left, out of the darkness, four (4) dirty, dusty
cowboys ride slowly through town. (Grat Dalton, Bob Dalton, Tim Evan and Dick Broadwell are wanted for
murder and robbery in Missouri, Tennessee, and Minnesota.) They pull their horses up and dismount at the
old barn (stage right). A young stable boy takes the horses and leads them into the barn.
The four men walk across the stage to the “Gilded Lily Saloon.”
M/C (continuing)
The year is 1885. Marshal Bowman and Deputy Tolbert
watch the four cowboys ride through town to the old barn,
dismount, and move toward the Gilded Lily Saloon. Marshall
Bowman then slowly walks toward the General Store building
and climbs the outside staircase to his office. Deputy Tolbert
turns and goes into the Gilded Lily Saloon.
The Wild West Stunt Show” runs for 30 minute, with action pack stunts. The full "Wild, Wild West Stunt" script
is completed and ready for rehearsals.
of a wagon train pass through town.
The wagon train disappears into the darkness and from stage left, out of the darkness, four (4) dirty, dusty
cowboys ride slowly through town. (Grat Dalton, Bob Dalton, Tim Evan and Dick Broadwell are wanted for
murder and robbery in Missouri, Tennessee, and Minnesota.) They pull their horses up and dismount at the
old barn (stage right). A young stable boy takes the horses and leads them into the barn.
The four men walk across the stage to the “Gilded Lily Saloon.”
M/C (continuing)
The year is 1885. Marshal Bowman and Deputy Tolbert
watch the four cowboys ride through town to the old barn,
dismount, and move toward the Gilded Lily Saloon. Marshall
Bowman then slowly walks toward the General Store building
and climbs the outside staircase to his office. Deputy Tolbert
turns and goes into the Gilded Lily Saloon.
The Wild West Stunt Show” runs for 30 minute, with action pack stunts. The full "Wild, Wild West Stunt" script
is completed and ready for rehearsals.
The “Western Stage Show” is finished. The arena goes dark. The Western Show theme music is heard as the
spotlight comes up on the M/C – STAGE LEFT. The buildings are being moved upstage by the stagehands
and the M/C starts his ACT 2 dialogue about the Old West.
Note: The Western downstage buildings go dark as the Wild West theme music begins and the spotlight
comes up on the M/C. The stage crew moves the Western buildings to their upstage position under the matrix
projection screen, between the mountain structures, stage left and stage right.
The Western buildings are under the digital screen and there are platforms on each side of the Western
building set designed to represent the Monument Valley peaks and a desert landscape, which are now part of
the projection effects on the digital screen.
As the M/C starts telling the story of the Old West, the audience will see various live-movement scenes on the
arena stage such as;
ACT 2(1) – A herd of buffalo being moved across the arena stage by young Native Americans.
ACT 2(2) – Three covered wagons and a number of pioneers moving across the stage.
ACT 2(3) – A six-up team of horses pulling a Wells Fargo Stagecoach race across the stage.
ACT 2(4) – General Custer and his 7th Cavalry move across the stage.
ACT 2(5) – Covered wagon and pioneer camp.
ACT 2(6) – Indian camp and war dance.
ACT 2(7) - General Custer’s Last Stand.
ACT 2(8) – Signing of peace treaty between Indians and military officers.
There are a total of eight (8) live-movement scenes on the stage as the M/C relates the story of the Old
West. As each story begins, the appropriate live-movement, with created stage lighting effects and digital
screen projection, will take the audience back in time to the American Wild West.
The arena stage goes dark as theatrical spotlights come up once again on the M/C – DOWNSTAGE.
M/C
Before, the white man invaded their lands. The Indian
tribes would moves freely from location to location,
dealt mostly with the weather and hunting food for their
tribes. A great source of food was the buffalo, and its
hide made robes to keep them warm in the winter.
After the Indian wars ceased, times were hard for the
Native Americans of the Western plains, as well as for the
famous Indian fighters and lawmen.
Then, as entertainment became a larger part of America,
these famous lawmen, fighters, and Indian chiefs were now
performing in traveling “Wild West” shows. They brought
stories of Western America to the eastern cities and the
world. That’s “HOW THE WEST WAS WON!”
Act Two – “The American History of the Wild West” running time approximately forty-minutes.
The music of “Stars and Stripes Forever” is loud and exciting as the M/C opens Act 3 – “The Wild, Wild
West Show.” The flag riders come busting out onto the arena floor and gallop around the arena, coming
to a stop in the center. Roy Rogers and Trigger bust out to arena center. Trigger starts dancing as the
Roy Rogers look-a-like double waves to the audience. (The look-a-like movie cowboys can be any well
know western movie hero’s.)
The audience applauds as the flag riders move around Roy Rogers and exit the arena STAGE LEFT.
The lights go dim and a theatrical spotlight comes up on Roy Rogers and Trigger.
The music of “Don’t Fence Me In” comes up and Roy Rogers starts singing (lip sync) the recorded song.
Roy finishes his song, waves once more and exits STAGE LEFT.
The M/C starts introducing the performing acts.
The Wild West Performing Acts – List
Flags Posse (20 riders). Posse wardrobe designed to sponsor colors, with American flags
Colonel Buffalo Bill Cody (name of character can be changed)
Colonel Cody’s white horse
Arena M/C
Chief Sitting Bull
Indian braves and women dancers (10); other women and children (7)
Indian braves, riders (15)
General George Armstrong Custer
7th Cavalry troopers (15)
Stunt riders (8)
Wagon stunt drivers (4)
Stunt wagons (2)
Wells Fargo stagecoach, four-up (1)
Simon Kenton, mountain men (4), knife thrower
Calamity Jane, sharpshooter, and SFX
Buffalo (8)
Longhorn Texas cattle (10)
Bronco Billy, sharp shooting with horses (2)
Mexican trick ropers, with horses (2)
American cowboy roper acts (2)
Barrel racing, women riders (4)
Bucking horses (4)
Bulls and riders (2)
Chuck wagons and horse teams (2)
Stunt chuck wagons (4)
Falling horses (4)
Small nine-pound cannon (2)
Indian teepees (4)
Square dance couples (4)
Small brass band (8 persons)
PRODUCTIONS STAFF
Production assistants (6)
Wardrobe/costume persons (4)
Weapons persons (3)
Security personnel (6)
Accountant (1) Auditor (2)
Production secretary
Maintenance persons (6) – carpentry, electrical, equipment driver)
Audio sound equipment rental, plus technicians (2)
Video equipment, plus technicians (3)
Technical stage director (1) and assistants (4)
Flags Posse (20 riders). Posse wardrobe designed to sponsor colors, with American flags
Colonel Buffalo Bill Cody (name of character can be changed)
Colonel Cody’s white horse
Arena M/C
Chief Sitting Bull
Indian braves and women dancers (10); other women and children (7)
Indian braves, riders (15)
General George Armstrong Custer
7th Cavalry troopers (15)
Stunt riders (8)
Wagon stunt drivers (4)
Stunt wagons (2)
Wells Fargo stagecoach, four-up (1)
Simon Kenton, mountain men (4), knife thrower
Calamity Jane, sharpshooter, and SFX
Buffalo (8)
Longhorn Texas cattle (10)
Bronco Billy, sharp shooting with horses (2)
Mexican trick ropers, with horses (2)
American cowboy roper acts (2)
Barrel racing, women riders (4)
Bucking horses (4)
Bulls and riders (2)
Chuck wagons and horse teams (2)
Stunt chuck wagons (4)
Falling horses (4)
Small nine-pound cannon (2)
Indian teepees (4)
Square dance couples (4)
Small brass band (8 persons)
PRODUCTIONS STAFF
Production assistants (6)
Wardrobe/costume persons (4)
Weapons persons (3)
Security personnel (6)
Accountant (1) Auditor (2)
Production secretary
Maintenance persons (6) – carpentry, electrical, equipment driver)
Audio sound equipment rental, plus technicians (2)
Video equipment, plus technicians (3)
Technical stage director (1) and assistants (4)
The music changes to “Stars and Stripes Forever” again as the M/C starts the closing of the show. The
flag riders come busting out once again and move quickly around the arena. As the riders come to a
stop in CENTER STAGE, the M/C calls out the names of the various performing acts -- they enter the
arena in the order called, waving and taking their bows.
After all the performing acts have been called out, Roy Rogers and Trigger enter the arena and the
other acts exit in order to STAGE LEFT.
Roy Rogers and Trigger stop in CENTER STAGE. Roy sings “Happy Trails to You” (lip sync to recorded
music).
The audience applauds as the flag riders exit the arena.
Arena stage lights go dim and the theatrical spotlight comes up on Roy Rogers. He waves to the
audience, rides Trigger around the arena and races back to STAGE LEFT EXIT. He stops, turns to the
audience and Trigger rears. Roy waves and the arena lights go dark as he exits.
The house lights come up, the exit music begins to play, and the M/C makes a safety announcement as
the audience leaves the arena.
The door to the arena is closed.
| Basic Show Arena Layout. |
| Arena Entrance Designed in Early 1900 |
| PART 2 - THE PRESENTATION |