Educational Programs/Video

Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 by Bill

“History of The Wild West”

Buffalo Bill entertains and educates

Presented by
William Frederick Boycott as “Buffalo Bill”

An educational curriculum based multi-media program which utilizes history, music, art, language arts, & drama covering 4.5 billion years of Western History in 45 minutes

West Before The West
Before the Whiteman Came/Native Americans
In the Beginning ( Story told in Traditional Indian Sign Language)
Lewis & Clark/Trappers Life
Historic Trails of the West (Oregon/California, Bozeman, Texas, Overland)
Fiddle Tunes Heard Along the Western Trails
Transcontinental Railroad
Cattle and Sheep/Ranchers and Cowboys
Battles on the Plains (Storytelling told in Traditional Native American Indian Sign Language)
Mining and the Gold Rush
Buffalo Bill

“History of The Wild, Wild West” is performed live utilizing fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and vocals. Over 200 slides of historical paintings and photographs secured from museums and galleries across the West are also presented. This program is based on the curriculum taught in many educational institutions and takes full advantage of the Whole Language approach to learning.

“Along The Oregon Trail”

Captivating the Crowd with a Story

Before the Westward Expansion….Music and Narration.
Overland Overture…Song on Banjo/Vocals. Introduces Oregon Trail Overlanders and Pioneers.
In The Beginning…Story in Traditional Indian Sign Language.
Sweet Betsy from Pike…Guitar/ Vocals. Traditional, (1858).
Fiddle Medley…Golden Slippers/Oh Suzanna/Turkey in the Straw (Songs heard along the Oregon and many other western trails)
Tittery Irie Aye…. Mandolin/Vocals. Traditional, (Mormon Trail)
Dust….Song on guitar/vocals, about what’s for dinner, lunch, breakfast, etc.
Story of the Donner Party…Vocals by “Buffalo Bill”
Clementine….Mandolin/Vocals. Gold Rush of 1848.
Crazy Horse Speaks….Speech in Indian Sign Language
Westward Ho Go the Wagons….Banjo/Vocals (Manifest Destiny

Along The Oregon Trail celebrates this historic trail and includes information on many of the other western trails (California and Mormon Trails, etc.), using dramatic interpretation, Native American Indian Sign Language, original songs and slides of historical paintings and photographs.

A History of the Wild West