10/20/2026
🤠❤️ WHAT A NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT WAS! AND YES… IT’S TAKEN US THIS LONG TO RECOVER ENOUGH TO WRITE THIS POST! 😂🐎
If you were at the Buffalo Bill Wild West Dinner & Dance Saturday night, you know exactly what we’re talking about!
What an incredible evening filled with music, dancing, laughter, a little Wild West mischief, and memories we won’t soon forget!
We’ve spent the last couple of days catching our breath, putting things away, and trying to remember what day it is. 😂 But before another minute goes by, we need to give some BIG recognition to the people who made it all happen!
Because here’s the thing about events like this… everyone sees the finished product, but very few see the MONTHS of planning, countless phone calls, late nights, decorating, hauling, setting up, troubleshooting, and cleaning up that go into making one magical evening happen.
And boy, did we have one heck of a crew! ❤️
🌟 A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR WILD WEST CREW!
🤠 Dinah Zeck – Our Event Chair, who helped lead the charge and keep this Wild West adventure on track!
🤠 Carol Ayres & Amanda Pearce – Our Co-Chairs, helping bring all the moving pieces together!
🤠 Denise Souza & Tonia Mein – Our wonderful front-door crew, welcoming guests and keeping everything running smoothly!
🍻 June Meyers, Jerry Overbey & Danny Zeck – Our incredible saloon crew! These three kept the bars running and the drinks flowing all evening. And Jerry and Danny didn’t stop there; they also rolled up their sleeves to help with setup! June generously volunteered her time and kept those saloons in order!
🤠 Judy Fagan – For jumping right in to help June and the crew keep those saloons running smoothly!
🤠 Lubill Lasky – For helping make our silent auction a success!
🤠 Sherry Dodson – For showing up Friday and helping us get everything set up and ready for the big night!
🤠 Jerry Overbey, Danny Zeck, and Mike Pearce – For all the setup, heavy lifting, and behind-the-scenes work that helped transform the venue into the Wild West!
⭐ Joe Wilson & Mike Pearce – For keeping law and order around those parts! Every Wild West town needs a couple of good lawmen, and these two made sure things didn’t get too rowdy! 😂
🤠 Tom & Wendy Reitmeier, Alyssa Smith & Kevin Jensen – For giving their time and jumping in wherever an extra hand was needed! From decorating to help cleaning up! 
🤠 David Todd for taking care of the live auction, and jumping in to MC the event on the fly.
🤠 TerriLois Todd, LCHS President, – For dedication, and continued support of this wonderful event!
🤠Holly & Jeff Pittman for taking care of the 50/50!
🤠 Joan, our wonderful museum staff member – For being part of the team that helped make it all happen!
🤠 Jason Claire, Director – For his time, support, and dedication throughout the event!
🤠 The Riverfront Community Center Staff – For their hospitality, hard work, and assistance in helping us pull off such a wonderful evening!
❤️ AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TWO AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS!
🐎 Kansas Country Store – For donating 20 pairs of cowboy boots that made our centerpieces so special, along with the beautiful antique wagon that helped bring our Wild West vision to life!
🚚 Century Van Lines – For generously providing a box van AND three crew members to load, unload, and return all of our props to storage! If you saw how much went into transforming that room, you know what a HUGE gift that was!
❤️ FROM THE FIRST PLANNING MEETING TO THE LAST BOX LOADED… THANK YOU!
Some of these wonderful people spent months helping us prepare. Others showed up Friday to decorate and set up, worked throughout Saturday evening, and were right back at it when it was time to tear everything down.
Some donated their time. Some donated resources. Some hauled, decorated, organized, greeted guests, worked the bars, kept the peace, and handled a hundred little things most people never even saw.
And some simply showed up and said, “What do you need me to do?”
Those are the people who make events like this possible.
The Buffalo Bill Wild West Dinner & Dance is about so much more than one fantastic evening. It’s about bringing our community together, celebrating our history, and supporting the mission of the Leavenworth County Historical Society.
To every volunteer, donor, sponsor, supporter, and guest who helped make this year’s event such a success, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!
We truly couldn’t have done it without you, and we wouldn’t have wanted to!
If we’ve missed anyone, please know it certainly wasn’t intentional. There were so many wonderful helping hands, and every single one was appreciated!
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we might need another day or two to recover! 😂🤠
Until we ride again… HAPPY TRAILS, PARTNERS! 🐎❤️
