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President’s Message: February 2019
Peninsula members are gearing up for spring! We had our February meeting at the home of Beth Drewer, in Mardela Springs. Everyone enjoyed refreshments as we had our business meeting. Please see the minutes attached for details. This was followed by a discussion of the 2019 dressage tests. Some of the tests are the same, but have additional double coefficients on the movements. In fact, they have added many double coefficients to these new tests! Some of the tests like Training 3 and First 3 have been completely redone. We are all looking forward to trying out these tests to see what our horses think about them! We would like to thank Beth for hosting us at her historic home “White Chimneys”, and really enjoyed the tour afterwards!
Our next meeting will be a business meeting and social gathering at the Globe in Berlin. It will just be a fun get together and nice dinner out! We will be discussing the upcoming events in March and April. The Kathy Rowse clinic is March 16 and 17 at Horse Bridge Farm. This is coming up soon! It is filling up fast, but there are still openings each day. Auditing is free to members. We have applied for a subsidy through PVDA, which is in the works.
April 20th is our Ride a Test at Cat Dorcak's Big Red Farm. Jackie Kinney will be judging this for us! We always appreciate her comments! Cat Dorcak will be managing that for us, and more details will be coming out, as it gets closer. Cat and Shawn have also been working on our website. It is looking great already. Cat has been working on having all the paperwork, entries, memberships, etc. available on the site. In addition, online payments may be able to be done for memberships and show entries. Cat and Shawn are trying to work that out. Check it out! PeninsulaDressage.com.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone is March! Stay warm!
Kim Briele
Peninsula Dressage Chapter of PVDA
PENINSULA DRESSAGE MEETING MINUTES 2-7-2019
9 MEMBERS/GUESTS PRESENT
Tonight we reviewed the new dressage tests.
There is a clinic with Kathy Rowse at Kim’s the weekend of 3-16-19 and 3-17-19. It is $90 per ride but Kim has applied to PVDA for a subsidy. Auditing is free. Contact Kim for a ride time.
According to Diane at WinAway Farm, the footing in the dressage ring is being re-done.
Ride a Test is 4-20-19 at Big Red Farm, the Judge is Jackie Kinney and the manager is Cat Dorcak.
May show is 5-4-19 at Wicomico Equestrian Center, the judge is Janice Conlon and the managers are Kim Briele and Brenda Burkett.
June show is 6-8-19 at Renaissance Stable, the judge is Robyn Nunnally and the manager is Jenny Mlyniec.
July show is 7-13-19 at WinAway Farm, the judge is Aviva Nebesky and the managers are Jen Pino and Amie Blackwell.
September show is 9-7-19 at Wicomico Equestrian Center, the judge is Marija Treischman Deever and the managers are Shawn McEntee and Barbara Unkle.
Women Supporting Women is 10-5-19 at WinAway Farm, the judge is Annmari Ingersoll and the managers are Jenny Mlyniec and Amy Schine.
The March meeting will be 3-7-19 at a restaurant in Berlin, MD. More details will be advised. April meeting idea was to mark an arena and walk some test movements.
Check out a dressage app…UESF Equi Test (?) to see the updated tests.
Respectfully Submitted,
Amie Blackwell