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August
7th Woodleaf Community Building dinner meeting with
Susan McCrimmon as our speaker
DIRECTIONS under Schedule of Events
Welcome New Members:
Allison Hinson
1401 Bradley Drive
Monroe NC 28112
704-283-8776 allisonthinson@rocketmail.com
Joy Masencup
1111 Bear Creek Church
Mocksville, NC 27028
336-492-2346 mm10702@netzero.com
July 2010
From the Presidents Carriage
Looks like the Hot Weather continues…. I’m really
starting to look forward to winter (and I hate cold weather).
We had a really good turnout at the Luau on Saturday
evening. A big thanks to Doug
for inviting the club to his place. As usual, we had lots of good food and
everyone seemed to have a good time. Thanks to Faith for organizing the
Silent Auction. We had some great items and all the proceeds went to the
club.
We’ve got a lot planned for the remainder of 2010.
On Saturday, August 7th we will be hosting a clinic with Susan
McCrimmon. Susan will be discussing a number of topics, including proper
equipment, safety issues, proper hitching and lots more. There will be
plenty of time for your questions. The clinic will be held at the Woodleaf
Community Building, Woodleaf, NC and will begin at 10:00 and last until
3:00. We will be providing a light lunch for the attendees. Please RSVP to
me (Penny Godbey, 704-278-9112 or 704-495-5507 or e-mail pcgodbey@bellsouth.net)
so we can have a headcount for lunch. The cost of the clinic is $10
(including lunch). You can also RSVP on our Facebook Page.
On September 18th Barbie Black will be
conducting a De-Spooking Clinic at Paradox Farm. You will need to contact
Barbie 864-921-0131 for reservations as we are limiting the clinic to 30
participants.
On October 16th Thoroughbred Training
Center located in Mocksville will be hosting their 1st HDT.
Beth McCashin is very excited about this event and is hoping for a big
turnout. Beth has asked that if there is anyone who would like to
volunteer, she would appreciate the help. You can contact Barbie or Trisha
to get your name on the volunteer list. Barbie Black 864-921-0131. For
more information check out our web site: http://www.whipsandwheelsdrivingclub.org/ttc_hdt.htm.
Hopefully, this can become an annual event.
Oct 30 is our annual Halloween bash at Paradox and
Nov 20 the Turkey Trot at Tommy & Karen Cope’s TLC Farm.
Remember to check our Facebook page. We currently
have 34 friends and are adding more each week. We are posting our events,
directions and pictures on our page and you can also RSVP to the events
from the page. Penny Brandon continues to do a great job keeping the page
current.
See you at the August clinic,
PennyG
Luau, July 24,
2010
HOT HOT & HOTTER….. The morning drive at Doug’s
must have been wicked for those who showed up, (I was not one of them with a
black horse! Chris Peckham, Jay & Megan Moore, Tiffany & Kai Ehnes
and Nancy Faller & Tonya braved the heat to come drive.
The Luau that afternoon was just as HOT & humid, if
you moved away from the multiple fans Doug had going it was VERY HOT.
HOWEVER, as usual we had great food and camaraderie! Faith had a Silent
Auction set up and there were many items donated, we ended up making $116.00
for the club. Thank you all who donated and purchased items. We added 2 new
members to our group too.
After dinner (6:10 pm), Penny Godbey held a brief
general meeting and went over the list of our upcoming events. See above
President’s Letter. The meeting adjourned about 6:25 pm and the Silent
Auction closed at 6:30pm.
July 3rd, 2010 Barbie Black, Penny Godbey
& I met with Beth McCashin at TTC to discuss the HDT Beth will be
hosting Oct 16th. Beth showed us what she was thinking in terms of a
dressage area large enough for the carriages and the arena for the cones
course. We did have to guide her away from some of the hills she wanted to
include in the marathon course. We discussed a training clinic after the
marathon for beginners who think they might want to try a more formal
obstacle in the future, at a cost of $10.00. Beth said she could stable a
limited # of horses for $20.00 per night to include shavings, and if your
camper is self contained she could let people camp for $20.00 per night,
first come first serve, she can
also arrange stabling at a few nearby farms for the same price. Beth also
made some suggestions for motels for out of the area people.
We told her we would like to do a Friday night dinner of some sort
and she suggested the Feed Bag about 7 miles away, of course we had to go
check it out for lunch and the food is EXCELLENT! The Feed Bag told us they
could also cater a meal instead of us going to the restaurant, which would
make it nice for those who would rather stay at the farm for the Social Hour
around the campfire Beth would like to do. In the BOD minutes, we suggested
$50.00 for the entry fee but Beth feels she will need $75.00 since she has
EMT, advertising, ribbons, Judge, TD and other things she will need to cover
costs. Barbie has obtained the services of an EMT free, but it seems
the 2 people she had in mind for judges have conflicts with Oct 16th
and cannot come so the judge might need to be paid along with travel
expenses. $75.00 is STILL a very good deal. I am going to check out the
motels to see if they will offer any discounts, Penny will compile a sponsor
sign up form and Barbie is going to check into getting Austin Cavernous from
WXII to come out and get us some publicity for the event (this was at
Beth’s suggestion). Beth is going to offer ribbons to 6th place
in all 3 divisions and there will be a Team Challenge (one person from each
division will be on a team and the team with the lowest combined overall
score will be the winner). As soon as we can get a flyer put together I will
post it on our website and on the CD-L, Penny will cover the NC Horse news
and the Ag Review. Overall, I would say we had a VERY productive meeting
today.
CCC Summer Seminar
Barbie Black & I attended the CCC Sumer Seminar,
but Barbra MaDill wrote the following I saw no need to re write what she
wrote. Note I did look into the Road
ID info and set up an account for WWDC and will send in the TTC date to have
Road ID sponsor the HDT. I now have the packet (7/29)
All who attended the CCC Super Summer Seminar seemed to
agree that it was a "Super" way to spend a hot and steamy Saturday
afternoon and that the Green Creek Fire Hall is a great place for an
event.
Natasha Jaskiewicz, D.C. certainly got our little gray cells working as she
explained how important she finds her chiropractic training for herself and
her own animals as well as her clients'. Dr. Jaskiewicz' passion for
her work was apparent as she taught by asking thought provoking questions...
Read more about her at http://www.theanimalchiro.com/Home.html.
Thanks, Deb Dickerson, for your assistance in getting Natasha to find time
for CCC .
Bonnie Hine's attention to detail in designing a winning Turnout was
fascinating, particularly when she explained how she re-incarnates her hats!
Rena Compton, with a rather good record in Turnout herself, caused a bit of
envy when she modeled some of Bonnie's outfits. Thanks to
Claudette for inviting Bonnie, and Jane Hart for making sure, that Bonnie
had no trouble getting from Blowing Rock to Columbus!
Latina Raville's helmet covering presentation was instructive and also a lot
of fun. I'm guessing she'll design a helmet cover that will win in
Marathon Turnout in a short time -- (http://hideahelmet.com/).
The second part of Latina's presentation regarded Road ID http://www.roadid.com/Common/default.aspx
. We saw several designs, and Shannon Fanning (EMT, but NC & SC)
recommended the Road ID Interactive service that allows you to build a
fully updateable, secure Emergency Response Profile (ERP) that is available
to first responders via telephone and internet. Latina has also
secured a Road ID sponsorship for the Pleasure show.
Those who had waited since February for Barbara Black's excellent
demonstration of and explanation of the advantages of the Achenbach Driving
System (in one word SAFETY!!!) were eager to try both the rein board that
Barbie had brought as well as Tricia Hardy's clever adaptation using
materials usually intended for the trash! For a primer on rein board
building ---
http://204.101.242.56/pdf/TheReinboard.pdf
For a view of "one handed driving" -- AKA Auchenbach, see http://www.horsedrivingtrialsclub.com/theachenbachdrivingsy.htm
Price Story brought updated printed copies of the CCC Pleasure Show Prize
lists with her -- Claudette has the extras at Country Carriages. If I
report much more, Ned won't have anything to report for the next newsletter!
Barbara
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The CCC
Pleasure Show prize list is on website -- http://www.carolinacarriage.org/pleasure.htm
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CCDC News:
The
Central Carolina Driving Club pleasure driving show prize list is now
available! The show features divisions for juniors, large and small ponies,
single horses, pairs and multiples and non-trotting horses. This year it
will be held in conjunction with a recognized Welsh pony show (9/10) so
there will be special classes for WPCSA ponies, cobs and 1/2 Welsh entries
on Saturday. In addition to the regular ADS divisions there will be a
separate "games" division featuring fun classes like trail, barrel
toss and ride and drive.
The
show is in Raleigh, NC at the James B. Hunt Horse Complex. There is
permanent stabling and the outdoor arenas have been upgraded with improved
fencing, footing and warm-up.
Please
contact Linda Sewall at LCSOnion@aol.com
for an electronic prize list.
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(From Reba Wagner)
I am sending on an email from Marcie Quist.
Hi Abby,
Since there is no summer MCDC newsletter could you spread the word that
Kelly is organizing two HDT's at Claire Reid's Big Sky Farm?
They are both on Sundays: Aug 22nd and Sept 19th.
The HDT's offer the chance for entries to "Do Over" and drive
dressage, cones and marathon a second time. The entire events will
only last in the morning to avoid the heat, so entries will be limited.
All levels are welcome.
There is a special clinic for beginners with dinner and a course walk by
Kelly on Saturday night.
I am taking the entries. As soon as the entry form is ready, I will
send it to you to send out to the email list.
We also need volunteers!
People with questions can email FKVALDES@aol.com
or me at quistlaw@gmail.com.
Thanks,
Marcie
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