Entrepreneur Club Oklahoma

This was a really neat club I performed for. It was for the Entrepreneur Club Oklahoma. It was made up of all kinds of individuals that have become very successful and built their own Million Dollar earning Company or own the majority shares of the the company. They were very nice and very hospitable. Be glad to spend more time with them in the future.

Elk Center Parade for the PRCA Rodeo is one of the best.  Long Parade but The Kids were yelling Oklahoma Kid, Oklahoma Kid mostly because I visited every school in the city Friday before the parade. Elk city had $150,000 added money so all the big time Rodeo people were there. I pulled off some pretty fancy rope tricks for this event. I worked on raising attendance by going by the schools and it worked we filled the place until the fire marshal had to open all he gates for safety. One of Oklahoma’s Greatest Rodeos. I also stood at the gate greeting all the patrons and signing autographs.

I  gearing up for a Rodeo in Jones OK. Its my next Rodeo on Oct, 7th at 3 pm. Old Timers Rodeo. 3 in the afternoon is an. odd, time for me it but it is being held at Jones . It is at Willama's Ranch in Jones.
   The other day they had his estate sale and a picture blew in a tree at the gate and I picked it up and it was a 8x10 of Bobby marriage in the 1950s. It was like he sent it to me. I also got a picture of him on a bull from my old time champion cowboys house Bobby Jack Williams. I have alot of history about Bobby Jack Williams. He was one of the greatest cowboys I never knew. I dont know if he is related to who Im doing the rodeo for. But they want a play for Bobby and I would be glad to wright it.
 Iv worked for the travel network and I have one book published and this last week I starred to work for the Food Network and a write another history book. My Food network project is moving very fast so it will be dome before the history book Im sure, I cant release the names of the books yet but when I can, you bet I will be for sure to put it out out there. Your going to love it my wife and  I promise,, with out a doubt. Iv had 20 publishers call on this project trying to get it from me.  Nope Im Going to have my Name On this alone with my wife. So check back and I will let you know as the project comes along. There is a good chance we wil do a small get to do a TV show.
God Bless you all
Marty (Oklahoma KId)  

100 Years of History, Anniversary Bank of Oklahoma



The Severs Building or Bank of Oklahoma Held its 100 year anniversary. There were actors from that period that banked there. Some of those people were Eleanor Roosevelt, George Smith, Babe Ruth, Alice Robertson, Jim Thorp, Tams Bixby, Frederick Severs Lawrence C. McAlister, Sara Bernhardt Philip Sousa, Ernestine Schumann-Heink and of course Me playing the part of Will Rogers. We all spoke a part in the calibration.
I, Marty Tipton, The Oklahoma Kid performed as Will Rogers and give many of the quotes of Will's  and performed some pretty fancy Rope Tricks like the Texas Skip right in the lobby of the Severs Building. It was fun and very professional. I was able to have them laughing and cheering with all the action I performed.
 It was an outstanding cast and I was fortunate enough to pull off every trick without a hitch. We had several sponsors and The Oklahoma Arts Council Played a big part. Special thanks to Jim Eaton President of Bank of Oklahoma.

Annual Fall Festival of the Arts

What a great town. We all had a great time there for the many events them scheduled. I performed and give trick roping Lesson out and afterwards they had a live Auction. And of course I had to be a part the action an get a bidders number and there was a lot of items to chose from. They had a roping Dummy for everyone to try out and homemade Ice Cream. It was a real treat. There is a young man there, Tray who is one of the up and coming trick ropers of our time. He played in the band and also roped with me and he is already a great roper. I know he will be a star attraction in the trick roping arena. Over all it is one of the friendliest places I have been to and I look forward to returning there.
If you have Photos of any of the event please send them to booking@theoklahomakid.com and we will post them on line.

After 100 years, Severs Building to be feted

Reception to include famous faces of its past as hotel

By Cathy Spaulding Phoenix Staff Writer

The Muskogee Phoenix

Early Muskogee millionaire Frederick Severs did not live to see completion of the 10-story building bearing his name.

However, over the past 100 years, famous people stayed there when the building was a hotel, and regular folks banked there.

Downtown Muskogee Inc. will mark the Severs Centennial with a gala reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The reception will be in conjunction with the Greater Muskogee Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours fete. Three Rivers Museum will display photos and artifacts from the building’s early days. Light refreshments will be offered by Bank of Oklahoma, which has a branch in the Severs Building.

A few of the hotel’s famous “visitors” also will stop by, said Downtown Muskogee Inc. Executive Director Jonita Mullins. People who have stayed at the Severs Hotel include Will Rogers played by Marty Tipton AKA (The Oklahoma Kid) who Quoted some of Wills famous sayings and spun some spectacular rope rope tricks. Kid has fantastic resemblance to Will's look and mannerisms and also in attendance was Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sarah Bernhardt, Harry S. Truman as well as Mr.Severs

Bella Tipton 4 years old is the 5th generation Trick Roper is spinning a flat loop here and my other Daughter Bella Grace Tipton 3 years old is also a rope spinner.
She picked up a rope the first day she was born. She loves Horses and everything she has a horse on it. She wears the same brand boots I do and has 20x shirts all over. My youngest just turned 3 she was born 09-09-09 at 9:00. What a surprise to have a daughter born at that time four nines is easy to remember. What a set of beautiful girls.

Supporting our Troops Vance AFB 

Vance Air Force Base Mid-West City Oklahoma Western Day with Chester the Clown

 

Here I’m performing in the parade to promote attendance for Elk City Rodeo. It was quite a walk at 104' degrees outside. But No problem, I done all the great tricks and left them screaming and cheering from all the wild trick roping I performed. I kicked off the parade with a bang doing tricks like the running Texas Skip down the street jumping back and forth between a 22 foot horizontal loop. I was Number 2 in the Parade line up, meaning I was second person to kick of the parade after the Fire Trucks. Thanks to all of you in Elk city for the screaming out GO OKLAHOMA KID !

The day before the parade I went t every one of the schools and performed and invited them to the Rodeo. It worked out great. The Rodeo Clown came along and the Rodeo Queens and we even  brought a horse for the kids to pet. There are some great pictures of the Kids. It was one of the best Rodeos in the Nation. After the Rodeo the Bellamy Brothers Played Saturday Night and John Conlee on Friday. It was a super show it is a rodeo that is well worth the drive to see from any were. I would travel across the USA just to watch it. Words can’t explain how great a show it really was.

I'm gearing up for the Elk city Rodeo. It is going to be a great show and is worth driving to see. If you are thinking of coming come early and see the parade at 2 pm Sept 1st down town and there is a carnival so you would be having a fun time through out he day.

Edna Cobolt Tipton our 3rd generation Wild West Showman has traveled with me to many shows over the years. She worked very hard for the Oklahoma 100 Centennial, she and I performed at over 300 performances in one year, sometimes performing in over 3 cities in one day. She is a very special Lady and is one of a kind. She even rode bucking broncos when she was younger. She is in her 70s and is still showing up for performance. We performed In Medford, Tonkawa and Blackwell in one week here recently.

I toured all over the last 12 days. I done my first show in Ardmore then went to Dallas then to Victoria TX, to Corpus Christie TX, Rock Port TX, to see George Straights Beach House then back to San Antonio for a stop and on to Austin for another stop. Austin has to be one of the coolest pleases I've ever seen. There were vendors every were and cowboy stores all over, more that I could se in several weeks and the people were so laid back. and then to Salado TX, and back to Dallas for last night. It seemed like a short trip because we were so busy and th weather was good alot cooler there than here.

Here are some pics of Austin.

Williams

Absolutely loved your show yesterday at the Coalgate library. My son came home practicing and began practicing as quickly as he could get out of bed! Thank you for having such a positive impact on my son as well as the other kids in town. And love your work with the Children's Hospital. :)

This is how to make a perfect circle. I done some Roping in Tonkawa and Blackwell OK recently and we was able to give out candy that was donated. It was fun and I’m looking forward to promoting Reading and Roping even more in the future.





Retired Cowpokes Foundation should make a good name for the program, (READ THIS)

I myself was asked if there were any programs for the shut-ins like (Nursing Homes) were a magic man or clown or even a trick roper could work out something so they could have some fun in their elderly days. I could get very little information about the subject. I even asked what if we had sponsors to help bring entertainment. You know that those people are still alive and like my grandfather was as sharp when he died as he was 20 years earlier. It’s a shame that no one thinks of these people. Last year I flew to St.Louis to raise money for meals on wheels every since the Government dropped the program. I took time to go that far to help so Iv decided to help here in Oklahoma. I’m seriously considering having sponsors for these inexpensive entertainers to visit. Most would come if they had gas money or just show insurance expense

So I did a little research and called and looked into many of the Nursing homes and they had little to nothing to say about these elderly spending their last days happy from what I got they were mistreated and were not cared for too well. I talked to one place and they were so afraid of me seeing their facility they would to even let me in to talk for raising them money I know that the homes try to hide a lot but they will stop treating these people like cattle. What’s bad is I figure I will be in a place like that some day and if that is what I have to look forward to I’d rather died from being thorn from a bonk or cowl of in a hole.  Yea it’s sad… and heart breaking… but what can we do? We have sponsors for every type of equipment in the world of course the ads are for the working man who can buy. But is that right should we just market the young people. Ask Betty White?

If only a few dollars $5 or $20 less than a meal, if it were only $1 single dollar it would add up and our older folks could have some fun instead of being treated like prisoners. I don’t Know about You Oklahoma’s but I feel were a better state than that.

Let me know I’m willing to give a little and I could use the karma and I know my cowboy buddies are pretty good hearted. Let’s not forget them they brought us into the world at least we can do a small part to take them a smile. Or is it like the trail of tears were the old were just left on the side of the road alone, let’s not history repeat itself and start a Foundation.
If you have the heart just send an email to booking@theoklahomakid.com
And we will be the first to start the program.
Kid

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  Here I’m roping at the Capital of Oklahoma doing an article for the EDMOND OUTLOOK magazine. I didn’t know it till recently that they distribute over 50,000 prints. They also have the SHAWNEE OUTLOOK I was in several months earlier. Many people are reading these magazines, even more these days than the local news papers. The stories in these magazines are incredible and are worthier of reading. You must give it a read; I’m sure you’re going to like these stories. I’m putting my money on the smaller News Releases these days, it’s sad but the internet is has most all the information you need so these local articles are focusing on subjects in our area.

     Anyhow back to my Capital Tour. I tooled around the Capital for a while and visited with a few law makers and ran into a few who knew some of my folks. They were pretty high on the horse while we talked but over all it was just part of their job arguing to get their laws passed. One good thing that is in place now is Transparency, Accountability and Innovation in Oklahoma State Government 2.0 Act of 2011 (HB 1086) into law. What a great idea if we can get the entire scoop on what is going on. 

    I found out that Gov. Mary Fallin that on Wednesday vetoed a measure that removed the salary cap for deputy directors and division directors of the Oklahoma State.  This session of legislation would have removed the salary caps for director salaries at the Board of Dentistry, Board of Nursing, Teachers' Retirement System and State Banking Department. The cap for the OTRS director is currently $116,500, while the head of the Banking Department can earn up to $137,200. Altogether, the bill would have removed the limits on nearly $650,000 in salaries. 

You can look for yourself and bookmark the page if you are wondering what is really going on just go to Documents.OK.Gov

In her veto message, Fallin says there are state employees at all agencies that deserve raises and the bill "does not constitute good public policy."

     After being a good friend of speaker of the house I realize the work done there is to help the people of the state, it is that there only so much money to go around and I’m hoping to see more money go into our education system. We sure need it because we don’t rank on the higher side of education in the US. Our future is in the hands of our youth. So it would be nice if they could read and write.

     I have traveled to about to every library in the state and many of the schools and I can see a huge difference in one library or school from another. I’ve seen many improvements but not in the districts that severely need it. There are a lot that still don’t have the technology needed for them to graduate and find a decent job.

100' Wedding Ring or the Big Carolina

   

This is how I get exercise I do running Jump Roping, were I run through the loop and pop it over my head and around and jump back in again. It is a real work out so I don’t do it close to the time of any stage performances.

Chocolate Chip cookies Every Cowboy will like

My cowgirl and I were looking up pictures in the NY Times of me spinning and she ran across the worlds best cookies rated by New York Times. You have to try them they are great, they didn't last 24 hours in our house.

The New York Times rated these Chocolate Chip cookies the best ever.

 I got some last night and I think they are right. Even cowboys like hot cookies and cold milk.

2 cups minus two Tablespoons (8.5 oz ) Cake Flour

1 2/3 cup bread flower (8.5oz)

She only uses all purpose flour for the recipe.

1 ¼ teaspoons of baking soda

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 ½ teaspoons coarse salt

2 ½ sticks of unsalted butter

1 ¼ cups of light brown sugar

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 ¼ ponds of Chocolate chip

The Mix

Sift flower, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside

Using a mixture with paddle attachment, cream butter until lightly fluffy – about 5 minutes

Add eggs and Vanilla Extract. Reduce to low spread and dry ingredients slowly,

Mixing just until combined. Fold in Chocolate chips.

Refrigerate dough for about 2 to 36 Minutes. (But we skipped this step but they turn out just as great if not! So don’t sweat the Refrigerating it. I think it’s just to get your taste buds going while you wait.)

When ready to bake pre-heat oven to 350.Degrees

Drop Spoon falls of dough onto baking sheet and bake only for 10 to 12 minutes. I prefer 11 minutes because if a cookie is burnt on bottom it reunions that whole cookies

I Hope You Like hem! I loved them. I’m putting some in my saddle bag for my next trip out.  They are good for once the New York times were close to being right on the money. Good luck getting your cowgirl to make batch if do it yourself. There is enough energy in each cookie for you to cover two or three bulls. God Luck Boys….. You’re Going to get a real rush off them.

Edna Cobalt Tipton a 3rd Generation Tipton Trick Roper performed an exposition in Mannford OK Library. Ant Edna roped and told stories for the KidEs and she is only in her early 77s. During the Oklahoma Centennial Aunt Edna was my driver and also performed all over Oklahoma. We put on right about 300 performances that year hitting up to 4 cities a day some days. Aunt Edna is amazing and she is still going strong. She has been the biggest inspiration to me and supporter of my Wild West Show business and has taught me a lot. One of my first big shows was before the former governor she said don’t worry you will do fine.  I did my act and I looked around for Aunt Edna and she was with the Governor just having a good old time. Another time we opened a show for the country group Riders in the Sky.  I’m looking forward to performing many more shows with her, she’s is always a hit.

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Stillwater turned out to be one of the biggest crowds I have ever seen in a Library Summer Program. I performed for over 300 children plus for 3 different sessions making it over 1000 in attendance total. They had to turn away people because it was so crowded. Next time we may have to do four sessions. They were a great crowd and I’m looking forward to going back for another performance. I will put together a different program for next year I’m sure they will like just as much or better. I even spin my big lop 100ft off the stage and it went around me and over the audience. They loved it and many of them want to be trick ropers now. I told them stories of the Old Wild West and showed them pictures of famous Wild West performers. What a great bunch of Kids!

Visiting Children’s Hospital is one of the high lights of my life. I donate about all my time to organizations that could use cheering up, but going to the hospital is about my favorite places. One year we had  Sheriff John Whetsel and I held camp Cavet for children. we had pony rides, trick roping and many other events. Even the National guard got involved and brought a helicopter and give rides. The camp was named after the Chaplin of the hospital. I love to go and be there for them and I’m looking forward to my next trip.  I take toys like baseballs that have OU printed on them, OU pillows, OU teddy bears, trick ropes and other toys. I go and play with them and teach them to trick rope and tell them Wild West stories. I have visited the transplant unit, the cancer center and was part of the new Troy Aikman center grand opening. Troy was there himself and has been of assistance in the past for the pay area. Going there brings back memories of my stay in the hospital as a child. I spent about a year in an oxygen tent because I was so sick. It was hard but my dad’s cowboy buddies came to visit me and I got a cowboy hat a toy cap gun and a small trick rope to pass time. After my stay in the hospital I try to never taken life for granted, and try to bring smiles to the hospital every time I get a chance.

Marty Tipton (Oklahoma Kid)

I’m just killing a little time between shows. I’ve been from one end of the state to the other. It can get a little tiring out here on the road. I’ve had five performances in four days and it was hot during the day. My evening Rodeo performances weren’t that bad but the Parades and Festivals were Smoking Hot!!

Just thinking back of some of my dad’s old friends and I remember going to the Pro-Rodeos stopping by this cowboys booth who was set up and selling music and he and his wife talked to my dad and step mom allot mostly because worked most the same shows year around. I keep thinking to myself, this must be how you get famous or get your name out there by being at every event you can telling your story and showing your product. I bought some of his tapes and playing them while traveling to rodeos jamming to songs like Copenhagen Cowboy. I always wondered how long I would be seeing him show up at every rodeo, And he never stop going. I visited with him at every show after I found out he sang songs about real rodeo life not like other country singers. Then one day I heard over the radio he had a top hit Cadillac Ranch. I was glad to hear he got a big recording deal. This happened something like ten years of him setting up booths and autographing tapes himself. I realized I had watched a singer work hard and had faith in what he did, so I was proud of my family and his being good friends. It had a sad ending though he became sick and passed away way to early in life but the time I spent hanging around Chris LeDoux was one I will never forget. And Chris did love what he did , he lived his life the way he wanted spending it around other cowboys and on the road. Chris was a true 110% cowboy and one of the nicest men I ever knew who always had time to spend with me. God Bless his fans and his family.

Trick ropers can start at any age.

These trick 

ropers are only 2yrs and 4yrs old,

its in their blood.

Oklahoma Kid Roped & Spoke for a fund raised in St. Louis. The funds were for the elderly who were not able to drive to the store for food for a program called Meals on Wheels. The Government drop the assistance for this program and many elderly are starving right here in the USA. They were kind enough to get us a room at Ameristar Suits and Casino across the river from St.Louis in St.Charles. We had such a great show my family and I were invited back two months later for their Centennial Celebrations in St. Charles MO. Here are some pictures of the Hotel and me doing pop ups with the rope.

Spining the rope over head!!!



Lane Frost

Tuff Hedeman

   

Back in those days the bull fighters were more traditional and were sponsored by Wrangler jeans and wore their patch on our seats. A lot has changed in the rodeo business over the years now Dickies sponsors a lot of the bull fighters so the look more like hockey players to me but they are colorful. They also came out with Kevlar vest like Cody Lambert Started wearing in the early 1990’s and helmets for those with head injuries. I am glad to see that. I rodeoed during Lane Frost time I remember seeing him cover a lot of bulls he traveled a lot with Tuffy back then or you may know him as Tuff Hedeman. Tuffy was exactly what his name said. I’ve seen him clear out a club and take on 6 guys at once. He wasn’t the feller to make mad. But we were all good friends behind the bucking shoots allot like family because we lived our lives on the road and would see each other each weekend for a show. One of my most memorable experiences as a bull rider was spending a few weeks living in my travel trailer at Don Gays place in Mesquite TX at his arena. Don is 8 times world champion bull rider. Don and his father who was the toughest man in Texas as far as I was concerned, was teaching me how to cover a bull. In fact I think his dad got a buckle for that Toughest Man in Texas. Anyhow Don and his dad were helping me learn better tactics for staying center of the bull and Monty Henson who they called Hawk Eye was there to help. One of the first things they had me do was go all the way to the other end of the arena and stand dead center. Then I was to plant my feet and not move at all with my hand straight out in front of me. Ok, I thought now what? Hawk Eye claimed up on the fence and smiled at me and Don went to the back of the bucking shoots. Then I heard Don say don’t you move an inch until you feel hair. Then it happened Don turned out a 2500 pound horned Bull! I felt like I just stepped on to the highway and was going to be hit by a Buss. Don then give me some news you can’t out run him so the only way out of that arena is you stand you butt still until you feel the hair on his head then roll out and make a sharp turns until you hit the fence, but if you try to flat out run him you’re going to lose. That was how Donnie’s dad tough him he held nothing back and let us have it all. When they ran the bulls up in the chute most of us a little seasoned cowboys except for one feller. He looked too good to be true he had new chaps, jeans, spurs, rope everything and he drove a Porsche. He was ready to go right up until they ran the bulls in the chutes me and my buddies looked around and all we could see was his rope hanging on the fence and the dust off the back of his fancy car as he drove off as fast as he could. Guess he must have had a lot of money and wanted to ride a bull but when he got up close to them the chicken in him came out. Hey if you read this Id like to know your name because you might be smarter than the rest of us. But we rode bull after bull all day long and by night was I sore. Now I see how come Don was a champion because of his dad. The bulls came on the chutes and one of them was from the National Finals Rodeo and all the other boys’ stepped back when he came in the chute. We’ll I wanted to make an impression on Don and the others and I was a bit cocky a little so I said pull my rope on him, I’m going to ride this one. I claimed up on him buried my spurs as deep as I could and nod my head. The fireworks started then I fought that bull for seemed to be for hours but was only 5.8 seconds and he slung me right on the ground like slapping leather. It rang my bell and then he stomped on my femur bone leaving me what we call a strawberry or red spot and bruised the bone and cracked it. I could not carry any weight on that left leg I tried to run but could not get up. Then I heard Donnie’s dad holler Get up, Get up what kind of cowboy are you. You get your %#@*$! And get around the back of those shoots and get back on. As stunned as I was I hopped up on one leg the behind the chute and they ran the bull in. The other guys about 7 of them helped me get my rope on. Out of fear of Dons dad Neil Gay, I claimed on another time. I tried with all I had in me to keep center of that bull when that gate came open and did pretty good considering I only had one working leg. But again I eat mouth full of dirt and got up on one foot with my jeans about torn off and smashed straw hat and Neil, Dons dad said ok, get ready we will start getting back on them in the morning. He taught tough and endurance and that a man can just about endure anything. And I will never forget seeing Donnie Gay and Monty Henson playing football in the arena waiting for everyone to show up for practice. After that I went on the rodeo circuit and become a pretty good bull rider. And I feel very fortunate to have to been able to stay with Donnie.

Don Gay 

Neal Gay Dons Father

Bobby Steiner‑Larry Mahan‑Don Gay 73NFR

Don Gay