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Spencer Rose
Spencer Rose, a California native, first stepped into the Rodeo arena with the Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls at age 12. Spencer quickly became one of the world’s best female trick ropers, entertaining crowds at the California Rodeo Salinas, Pendleton Round-Up, California Circuit Finals, the World Equestrian Games in 2010, and the Qasr Al Hasn festival in Abu Dhabi. At 19 she embarked on tour with the international theatrical sensation Cavalia which lasted 5 years and crossed 4 continents. Spencer is the only rider to have the honor of performing in both renowned horse skill shows Cavalia and Odysseo as a multi-talented liberty trainer, trick rider, roman rider, dressage rider and lasso artist. In 2017 Spencer’s next endeavor Night of the Horse, she combined her horse handling with her knowledge from the circus and rodeo arena to present an act featuring fire whips, lassos, and trick riding. Spencer can’t wait to bring .her bevy of knowledge to The WWAF as a mentor.
Chris McDaniel
Chris McDaniel is a long-time cowboy performing and teaching trick roping as well as delighting audiences with his whip cracking skills. Chris got his start on stage as a formally trained actor and singer, wanting to stand out in the crowd; he picked up a rope and fell in love with the Wild West. Chris has graced the stage in innumerable cabaret, variety and dinner theater stage shows across the county. His TV appearances include: Late Night with David Letterman and Best Week Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, but you may know him best from his career defining role with the Broadway tour of The Will Roger’s Follies.
Gery Deer
Gery Deer is a world-renowned veteran whip artist and coach and the founder of The Whip Artistry Studio in Jamestown, Ohio. Raised on a cattle farm in rural Ohio, he opened the studio in 1998 as the only permanent facility in the United States dedicated to the non-combative study of the whip for sports, fitness and performance art. The facility provides training for whip handling, targeting, competition performance, and fitness. Students of the whip studio include hobbyists, stage and stunt performers, and many performers who have worked as “Indiana Jones” in the Universal Studios’ Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular. In addition to his work as a master whip coach, Gery has been a featured performer on stages around the country. He has appeared on countless television variety programs over his 30-year career including Steve Harvey’s Big Time, America’s Got Talent, The Bonnie Hunt Show, as well as the PBS series, Our Ohio. He also designs original whip holstering equipment and utility belts used by some of the largest production companies in the world including Universal Studios, Warner Brothers and 21st Century Fox.
Keith Nelson
Keith Nelson is the founder of Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. A circus production company which prides itself on being an integral part of America’s outstanding folk traditions of circus, sideshow, vaudeville, and storytelling. The first Bindlestiff Family Cirkus took place in 1995 in Brooklyn, New York. Each year since then, Bindlestiff has produced original Cirkus shows, festivals, and other public events. Bindlestiff has presented hundreds of the world’s top artists in the circus and variety fields. Performance seasons in NYC and New York’s Hudson Valley, as well as national touring in the United States, have engaged audiences in the hundreds of thousands, with performances in theaters, spiegeltents, big tops, cruise ships, fairs and festivals, and beyond. In 2017 Bindlestiff was invited to represent the art of circus at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, celebrating the cultural heritage of the American circus on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
