(Special from State House Press)
Karen Wright, author of The Road to Dr Pepper, Texas: The Story of Dublin Dr Pepper, Red Steagall, author of Cowboy Corner Conversations, and Glenn Dromgoole, author of 100 Great Things about Texas, will be featured at Dublin Dr Pepper’s 115th Birthday Celebration, Saturday, June 10th at Old Doc’s Soda Shop in downtown Dublin, Texas. Wright will be signing from 10:30-Noon and then again from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Steagall will be signing from 10:45 till noon. Dromgoole will be signing all day.
The theme to this year’s celebration is “Texas Originals” and Dublin Dr Pepper has teamed up with the Texas Commission of the Arts to honor Texas artists of all kinds. Steagall, the 2006 Poet Laureate of Texas, will be featured, as well as painter George Boutwell and Singer/Songwriter Billy Joe Shaver. A mural, based on events in The Road to Dr Pepper, Texas, will be painted on the side of the Dublin Dr Pepper Museum to commemorate Texas Arts as well.
Karen Wright is a Dublin civic leader, founder and former publisher of The Dublin Citizen, and former director of Old Doc’s Soda Shop and Dr Pepper Museum in Dublin. She can be reached for interview at kawright@earthlink.net.
Red Steagall is a versatile entertainer and a dedicated spokesman for the preservation of the Western lifestyle that he loves and lives. In 1999 he was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame, and in 2003 he received his most cherished honor when he was elected to the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. He can be reached for interview at red@redsteagall.com.
Glenn Dromgoole is the author of fifteen books. He lives in Abilene where he is program chairman of the West Texas Book & Music Festival, senior editor of State House Press, and co-owner of Texas Star Trading Co. He writes a column on Texas books for eight newspapers. He can be reached for interview at g.dromgoole@cox.net.
