Blind Date

Lawrence High Yearbook #2

by David A. Poulsen

Book by Poulsen, David A.

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

David A. Poulsen has been a rodeo competitor and rodeo clown, rock singer, high school football coach, stage and film actor, documentary television writer and host, and college English instructor. Since retiring from rodeo competition - he admits to being a not-very-good bareback rider and later an accident-prone rodeo clown, David Poulsen has taken up residence in announcer's stands across North America. The results have been tremendously positive both for David and audiences who have listened to his knowledgeable and enthusiastic commentary for the last twenty-six years.

With 1500 performances to his credit, the likable Alberta native has appeared at many of the major rodeos and bull riding events in Canada, among them the Canadian Finals Rodeo (three times), the Calgary Stampede for the last sixteen years in a row and, the PCB Bull Riding Finals. He has been at the microphone for twenty-eight Finals events in seven different associations. Equally at home in front of a TV camera, he has been seen on CTV Wide World of Sports, TSN Television Sports and each year co-hosts the popular Stampede Roundup program on Calgary's CFCN-TV with Glen Campbell. He also acted as co-host of the documentary series The Complete Rider for The Outdoor Life Network. David's announcing talents have also taken him to the big screen. He twice played the role of a rodeo announcer in the successful family series The Black Stallion and was behind the microphone for the rodeo scenes in the movie Convict Cowboy that starred Jon Voigt

David is also a successful writer with some 17 published books to his credit. His writing career began in earnest in 1984 when his short story The Welcomin’ won the Alberta Culture Short Story Writing Competition. His newest book Last Sam's Cage (published by Key Porter Books, Toronto, ON) arrived in bookstores in October, 2005 and has been enjoying a tremendous reception with readers across Canada and beyond. Because a number of his books target young readers, David spends between 60 and 80 days a year in classrooms across Canada, talking to kids about his books and his life as a writer and sharing his stories with students.

David and his wife Barb raise running quarter horses on a small but picturesque ranch (El Rancho Pequino) in the Alberta foothills west of Claresholm.

Reviews

[Chance Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hockey and Cars. Two things I really have no passion or interest in. I'm sort of surprised I enjoyed the book as much as I did

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Going though it started feeling like a pretty creative PSA that went in a direction I didn't expect. It's kind of interesting as a Canadian based book the writing actually directs you to where in Alberta he lives based on the weather. The biggest plot twist of the year has to go to this book I didn't expect the story to go like this. I'll hold off for anyone interested in read this book. I really love the story between Judy and Curt really cute and touching. The story felt grounded and realistic even if some of the references date the book older than it actually is but then again Beach Boys song did tie into the car so you have to give them that. I really did get invested in the book more than I expected and the ending is really touching bitter sweet ending. You know it's a good ending when the story ends and yet you know life continues after the pages. This book nailed that ending.