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

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 7^th 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 18^th 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 16^th Thoroughbred Training Center located in Mocksville will be hosting their 1^st 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 3^rd, 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 16^th 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 6^th 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