september 2004 - Dallas Dressage Club

TRANSITIONS Volume 5, Issue 9OSU INTERCOLLEGIATE DRESSAGE TEAMCoach:Robin Hessel405-372-0392Team Organization Meeting: 9/1/04A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE HORSE INDUSTRY ANDPROFESSIONAL TELEVISION PRODUCERS ARE COMBINING THEIRTALENTS TO PRODUCE A SERIES OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS ONTHE BEST PLACES IN TEXAS TO RIDE. AUBREY IS ONE PLACECHOSEN TO F ILM PART OF THE DOCUMENT ARY. APPROXIMATESTART DATE WILL BE MARCH 2005. AT EACH LOCATION, WE WILLBE FILMING A 30-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY AND WILL BENEEDING APPROXIMATELY 100 RIDERS AT EACH LOCATION. IFYOU WANT THE CHANCE TO BE A TV STAR, SIGN UP AND RIDEALONG. A T THE END OF THE RIDE THERE WILL BE A CATEREDCOOK OUT AND MUSIC. TO ENTER GO TOTEXAS HORSE COUNCIL.COMMeetings for the OSU Intercollegiate Dressage Team are on the first Wednesdayof each month at 6pm at Valley View Equestrian Center. Workouts are everyWednesday at 7pm at Valley View Equestrian Center. Initiation is September 1, 2004.The Southwest Regional Director and OSU IDA Coach is Robin Hessel; assistantcoach is Deb Bailey. Facility advisor is Dr. Steve Damron, Animal ScienceDepartment. Membership fees are $50 per semester. Membership is limited to fulltime undergraduate students in good standing with the University.The club is organized as a part of the Intercollegiate Dressage Associationwww.teamdressage.org. The team has a page on website www.stillwaterdressage.org.A second team is forming in College Station, Texas, and we expect two more veryshortly. These new teams will enable us to compete within our region very soon. Theteam is in need of sponsors, horses, and equipment as all members must pay all theirown expenses. It is not necessary to own a horse to be on the team. Two sponsorshave already stepped up to the plate: Oklahoma Dressage Societywww.oklahomadressage.org and The Horse of Course Tack shopwww.thehorseofcourse.com . We are grateful for the support of these sponsors andhope to develop a successful and competitive dressage team in this fast growing sportin Oklahoma.A hearty Thank You! to all 14 members who mailed the 2005 Education Planning Survey to me. I think thatrepresents about 10% of the membership. . .Come on Y'all! Mail your Surveys!!!Get with the Program! I'm not a mind reader! If you love me. . . OK, maybe that's a little too much. But, Ihope you're getting the idea!The Survey is included in this newsletter, again. This is the third month, and I very much hope you willcomplete and mail your survey, if you have not done so already.Coming AttractionsWe are excited that Eckardt Meyners is coming to the U.S. next March, and will be the featured trainer forDDC's Spring Symposium. Mr. Meyners is a very respected trainer, teacher, and coach, and will present a"Seat Symposium" - something we all need, no matter how many hours per day we spend in the saddle.Even if you are going to Las Vegas for the World Cup - I already have my tickets! - you will be able to attend,since the World Cup is in April! Gotcha!! No excuses to not attend. We're saving you the expense of going toGermany for this!Trainers, plan to attend! And, please, tell your students to attend, too. Organize a car pool and attend as agroup, so you can discuss what you saw on the drive home. Education is essential to our sport, and it is nevertoo early (or late) to begin. We can learn so very much by watching excellent trainers in action.-15-