Youth Programs
19th Annual Cowboy Festival Youth Poetry Roundup The CIty of Santa Clarita encourages all buckaroos and buackarettes to enter an original poem in the Youth Poetry Roundup Contest!
Winners receive a sparkling trophy plus tickets for family and friends to see them perform their winning poem on stage during the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival.
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