In the cowboy spirit

Saturday, December 6, 2003

FRUITLAND -- Dressed in denim jeans and Western shirts, dusty cowboy boots and hats, the crowd sat around a circle of folding chairs singing favorite old hymns like "Amazing Grace" and "I'll Fly Away" as a guitar player strummed the chords.

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