I spent a year in Estevan called July and August in 1990. That town makes Honey Boo-Boo look like Stephen Hawking.
I got a buddy who just moved there... Tattoo artist, of all careers.. I have to assume hes pretty much braindead by this point..
Then he's probably joined a cowboy church and is ready to vote for Brad Wall.
"cowboy church" ? do tell.
Since many Albertans are Texas wannabees, they tend to follow US fads. The "Cowboy Church" started in Texas and church goers are expected to dress as cowpersons and speak in supposed cowperson idioms, and the sermons are delivered in the same vernacular. The church now has branches in Sask and Alberta.
Cowboy Church services are EXTREMELY serious stuff....they're in MB, too. Has nothing to do with "Texas Wannabees", and everything to do with the Western way of life, which is very much alive, especially out here in the foothills. Likewise, Cowboy Poetry is a very big deal...
I have a very difficult time seeing a church where people have to dress up in costumes and pretend to speak like they are living in 1870 Dodge City as "serious". I would have the same reaction if a church sprang up where everyone was required to dress as pirates with eyepatches and parrots and speak with phrases like "aye matey", "arr" and "shiver me timbers".
It's not costumes....it's just church where people wear "Western Dress", which is something people out here wear regularly. There's Western Casual and Western Dress. A lot of people out here live every day in Western Casual, and then for church or other special occasions, you wear Western Dress.
This isn't some Star Trek convention...this is how these people live their lives. They're cattle and horse ranchers...
Lol, I swear I thought that said a church where people wear "Weston Dressler", and I imagined all these green #7 jerseys sitting in the pews. Pretty sure the line would have to be drawn there.