{"id":761,"date":"2009-02-02T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T14:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2009\/02\/02\/buckaroos\/"},"modified":"2009-02-02T14:15:46","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T14:15:46","slug":"buckaroos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2009\/02\/02\/buckaroos\/","title":{"rendered":"Buckaroos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span lang=\"EN\">For my colleagues in the Wilmslow Symphony who\u2019ve epxressed complete bafflement at the meaning of the word \u201cBuckaroo\u2026\u201d (Some of the guesses were VERY funny and amazingly wrong).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span lang=\"EN\">Here is the definition from Wiktionary-<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span lang=\"EN\">Buckaroo:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span lang=\"EN\">Etymology<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Derived from <a title=\"w:Spanish language\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_language\">Spanish<\/a> <a title=\"vaquero\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/vaquero#Spanish\"><em>vaquero<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(\u201c\u2018cowboy\u2019\u201d).<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" \/><span lang=\"EN\">Several examples of the heels on buckaroo-style cowboy boots.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"Alternative_spellings\" name=\"Alternative_spellings\" \/><span lang=\"EN\">Alternative spellings<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"EN\"><a title=\"buckeroo\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buckeroo\">buckeroo<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a id=\"Noun\" name=\"Noun\" \/><span lang=\"EN\">Noun<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 49%\" valign=\"top\">Singular<br \/>\n<strong>buckaroo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 0%\"><span \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49%\" valign=\"top\">Plural<br \/>\nbuckaroos<strong><a title=\"buckaroos\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buckaroos\">buckaroos<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"EN\">buckaroo<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN\"> (<em>plural<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span lang=\"EN\"><a title=\"buckaroos\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buckaroos\">buckaroos<\/a><\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN\">)<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><span lang=\"EN\">A <a title=\"cowboy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cowboy\">cowboy<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN\">A working cowboy who generally does not rodeo.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN\">One who sports a distinctive buckaroo style of cowboy clothing, boots, and heritage.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN\">Many cowboy poets have a <strong>buckaroo<\/strong> look and feel about them.<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\" start=\"4\">\n<li><span lang=\"EN\">A style of cowboy boot with a high and uniquely tapered heel.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN\">A <a title=\"reckless\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/reckless\">reckless<\/a>, <a title=\"headstrong\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/headstrong\">headstrong<\/a> person.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN\">Don\u2019t run in looking for a fight like some kind of <strong>buckaroo<\/strong>.<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\" start=\"6\">\n<li><span lang=\"EN\">(<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"><a title=\"Appendix:Glossary\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Appendix:Glossary#slang\"><em>slang<\/em><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN\">)<\/span><span lang=\"EN\"> A <a title=\"dollar\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/dollar\">dollar<\/a> (variation of <a title=\"buck\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buck\">buck<\/a>).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN\">That\u2019ll be twenty <strong>buckaroos<\/strong>, buddy.<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" \/><span lang=\"EN\">Of course, the Oregon East Symphony, Best Damn Redneck Orchestra on Earth, is <a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/01\/25\/a-cold-sandwich-and-a-beer-in-the-twilight-zone\/\">right in the heart of buckaroo country<\/a>. Pendleton is a place where people routinely attire themselves as buckaroos completely without irony (some contend that Pendleton is the\u00a0town without irony).<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" \/><span lang=\"EN\">However- in my time there, we\u2019ve never done Buckaroo Holiday- or any other classic Western themed pieces. For years we were saving Rodeo, Billy the Kid and Magnificent Seven for a possible outdoor concert during Round Up- the world\u2019s most debaucherous rodeo which comes ot Pendleton every summer. There was also a long standing theory advocated by some members of the bassoo section that if we did the Gunfight from Billy the Kid we could sell out the concert as long as we used real guns.<br \/>\n<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" \/><span lang=\"EN\">So, is there irony in Pendleton? Well, in Pendleton we do Mahler symphonies <strong><em>for<\/em><\/strong> bucakroos, which I find pretty damn ironic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">And in Wilmslow we do Buckaroo Holiday\u00a0for folks who wonder if a buckaroo is a cousin of the kangeroo.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2009\/02\/02\/buckaroos\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my colleagues in the Wilmslow Symphony who\u2019ve epxressed complete bafflement at the meaning of the word \u201cBuckaroo\u2026\u201d (Some of the guesses were VERY funny and amazingly wrong). Here is the definition from Wiktionary- Buckaroo: Etymology Derived from Spanish vaquero\u00a0(\u201c\u2018cowboy\u2019\u201d). Several examples of the heels on buckaroo-style cowboy boots. Alternative spellings buckeroo Noun Singular buckaroo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-opion-life-as-a-performing-musician"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}