Cedar Wind Farm
Equestrian Facility
CFW Schooling Show Bill
Beginner Dressage Test
Ride Times for Current Show
Current Show Results
2009 CAMP DATES
June 18 - 21
Arrive on 17th and no schooling show on the last Sunday.
Dressage "Camp"
with
J.Ashton Moore
Sept. 4 to 7
has been canceled
Look for more information here soon.
2008 CWF/MsEDA ADULT
DRESSAGE CAMP REPORT
Hello Campers and MsEDA Members,
We ended up with only
12 campers and 3 very active auditors. We filled 11 spots. Two campers
came for only 2 days each. One camper became very ill just before the camp and
had to drop out. Because our numbers
fell several short of our budgeted 16 the camp was in danger of being
canceled. Pam Bancker and Paula Stewart,
our primary instructors were so generous to take a pay cut to make this camp
happen. Actually, the whole staff as well as Cedar Wind Farm took pay
cuts. We tightened our belts everywhere we could. We thank you all so
much.
Evie Tumlin and Bess
Reineman (Region 9 Regional Director) worked with campers most days on the
lunge line using Cedar Wind Farm’s school horses. They also worked with
some camper's horses on special projects such as leading, loading, and lunging.
Campers
arrived Tuesday evening and settled horses in. They came to the briefing
at 6:30 PM and were treated to some wine and cheese and crackers. Safety
rules and procedures (such as always having mounting assistance and always
having safety helmet in place while mounted, and to stay hydrated) were
reviewed. The Rowan Oak Riders Pony Club was introduced. This year
the kids were very young and though the ones that worked really worked hard,
next year we will try to have more Pony Club members around as well as some
more experienced PCers.
Our clinicians,
Pam Bancker and Paula Stewart arrived late Tuesday evening from Atlanta and
were ready to go early the next morning
Camp started at 7:30 Wednesday morning with Group
lessons. There were 4 teams of 3 riders each. Each group had a
session with Pam mounted and a session with Paula on the Pilate mats. In
the afternoon half the campers had private lessons with Pam and half with
Paula. The ones that rode with Pam had a lunge lesson on farm horses with
Evie or Bess and the ones that worked with Paula had private lessons on their
horses with Evie or Bess. It was their choice in that session of being
lunged or working on a special project with their horses.
Lunch was fruit
salad, potato salad and cold cut sandwiches like last year.
Breakfast was bagels, cream cheese, jelly, bread, yogurt and some
fruit. There was, of course, coffee.
On Friday the schedule changes as Paula starts her mounted sessions. Everyone is, there for, on their horses 4 times on this day. The Group sessions are shortened but still it is a tough day and campers can always opt out of one or more sessions. Paula's sessions are done inside the indoor arena and are about body works, core work and thus are usually not extremely taxing for the horses.
Our Friday lecture was on nutrition for the horse done by our Nutrina representative, Tim Mays. This was very well received and led to many questions by our campers.
Each morning Bess and Evie lunged the auditors on farm horses. The Auditors also attended the group Pilate sessions on the mats with Paula on Wednesday and Thursday. They also were invited to all lectures and the Bar B-Q.
Saturday, the last day of the camp, we ran semi-private lessons. Each pair worked with Pam and with Paula. That took up the morning. At lunch we had our camp "Awards" and afternoon is set up to accommodate campers in whatever they would like to do. They may have another lunge session, they may work on dressage tests in the arenas to prepare for the schooling show or they may take a trail ride or work in the very peaceful and quiet dressage arena out in the sculptured out of the hay fields. Some campers just want to pack up and be on their way. That is also fine. The dorms at Ole' Miss were available through the weekend. Some campers preferred to stay at a motel. The group went out to dinner with Pam and Paula on Friday evening as they head off to Atlanta Saturday afternoon. Those who were still around on Saturday evening had another wonderful meal together in downtown Oxford.
Some changes we have discussed for next year are:
*Move the camp to Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and not do the schooling show or have a very tiny show Saturday afternoon just for campers that wish to go down the C-line.
*Budget the camp for 14 rather than 16 and charge appropriately. If we have an overflow the max will be 16.
*Offer the camp to more advanced and 16 year olds and above dressage riders.
*Promote this camp to the Eventers who usually don't get enough dressage in their training.
*Relax the Friday schedule some.
In any case I believe a tremendous amount was accomplished by each and every camper. We look so forward to having all of them back for a future camp here at Cedar Wind Farms. We want to thank MsEDA for sponsoring this educational project.
Evie
