Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. It has been brought to my attention we are meeting 4 times this week so to make things easier on everyone. Tuesday’s Team meeting has been canceled.
Drill Team Members: Coach Jeff said we will go over the music next time we meet, and he will see you at the parade.
Horse Bowl Members: Your next meeting is Thursday December, 11. I will pick up at the high school let me know if you want me to pick up your child. The meeting is 6:00-8:00, please bring a 1 inch binder to put your study materials in.
The link for the Junior and Senior Manual is
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/4hhorse/index_files/Page448.htm if you need a copy, we are not using the additional questions yet. Homework for Seniors is Breeds page 11-13, and the new material will be Anatomy page 2-10. That’s what we will be working on at our next meeting. For the Juniors Equipment Pages 7-11 and Anatomy Section the page numbers are off but it’s the first section in the Junior manual.
Horse Games: Keep eating your eclairs and working on gathering equipment.
Reminder Thursday December 4 at 7:00 at the Extention office is the County 4-H banquet for last year’s members. I encourage everyone who was a member last year to attend. I do not know who is getting any of the awards, they are decided by the county. The Matt Edwards Award, The I Dare You Award, and the Senior Award will all be presented. Please wear your green T-shirts if you know where they are, I believe we are the largest club in the county. They are asking each family to bring a desert (sorry I was wrong about that one.) In addition if you want to participate in the Reading Reindeer program that counts for our participation in a community service project bring in a children’s book to donate.
Christmas Parade: I currently have 6 adults riding: Jeff/Molly, Cyndi, Myself/Sugar Lady, Julie/Pat, Kim, Sherry. I have kids riding: Jordan F/Sweets, Danielle/Redman, Addie/Angel, Lindsey, Logan, Trevor/Zoro, Brandon/Lightning, Amber/Gypsy, Jacob, Kelsey S, Rachel, Haley/Zip.
I still have not heard from the Aldridges, Perry’s, Cody, Candice or Olivia from the drill team, please let me know if you will be riding so we know if we have enough saddle pads. You do not have to be on the drill team to participate, you just need to be a member of the Horse-N-Around club or an adult volunteer. We also have the float for parents or siblings to ride on, unfortunately since we are entered as 4-H horse club no clover buds will be allowed to ride horses but they will be allowed to ride the float with a parent. We are allowed to wear Santa Hats riders under 19 must have on helmets, although I encourage everyone to wear one because of the environment and the surface. We will be riding back to the fairgrounds as a group and will have the float truck to block the riders on the ride back. The float judging is at 8:20, Jeff asked for everyone to be there no later than 8:30 if you are riding to go over drill moves to be done on the parade route. The parade starts at 10:00 AM we will be starting from the Fairgrounds.
The same night we are participating in the Bagdad parade with the float we will not be riding because it is after dark. Everyone riding the float can meet at the Radcliff’s the parade starts at 7:00 PM.
Thanks,
Jessica
Reminder there is drill team practice tomorrow and registration for theb2009 team. Registration will be at 6:30, with a short meeting to answer any questions, bring your horses there will be practice at 7:00 PM. If I do not have your cogins on your horse you are riding please bring me a copy, with a health certificate. Once registration is finished and we know who is planning to be on the 2008-2009 Drill team we need to get fund raising started so bring your idea’s and information so the kids can vote on a fund-raiser. I will have registration paperwork at the meeting. Also, just a reminder you can come and ride with the drill team tomorrow and October 17th without making a commitment to the team. So if you just want to try drill team to see if you like it, or if you want to try a new horse now is the time to do that, don’t forget your helmets.
Just a reminder tomorrow night is our first 4-H meeting of the new season, if anyone kids or parents have anything they would like put on the agenda for tomorrow please let me know today. The meeting is at 7:00 new officer’s need to be there by 6:30, (Returning officers do not need to be there early but can attend if they choose.) We will be going over the 4 options of teams and getting a list of interest for Drill team, Endurance
Team, Horse Bowl, and Mounted Games (a new team being started as a pilot program this year). Attached is New York 4H rules for mounted games, they are the first 4H to adopt the mounted games. Kentucky would like to be the second, these rules are just a starting point if our club decides to do this, we will be able to adjust the rules before we submit them to the
state.
We will also be discussing fund raising activities so if you have idea’s bring the information with you.
Also, I wanted to let you know I am not receiving all of my e-mail at my work address, because of the company’s mail filters. So if you e-mail me at work please cc emtwoods@aol.com so I know you e-mailed me. I am
automatically notified of my aol mail on my cell phone so it works for the weekends too.
Jessica Woods
This weekend:
On Friday there is no drill team practice due to Tho Promise Ridge Rodeo the 5th and 6th at 7:00 PM
On Saturday: The Horse Fair at Rea Farm
11:00 Welcome & introductions, Cindy Isaacs - Who is Purina Mills? by Dr. Randy Raub, PhD
11:30 Bringing up Baby: Ground Manners by Barbara Rea
12:00 Riding to Gain Control : Moving your horse’s body parts by Rusty Rea
12:30 Lunch : Must RSVP for complimentary lunch – Hoof Care by Bart Cissel
1:00 Feeding for Health, Dr. Randy Raub, PhD
1:30 Rider Balance by Barbara Rea
2:00 What to look for in a Performance Horse by Rusty Rea
2:30 Problems : Question & Answer Session for all clinicians & speakers
On Sunday September 7 at 3:00 PM at the Waddy arena, we will have Drill Team Practice. If you can not be there please call Jeff so we can get an alternate to ride in your place. You need to be saddled and in the ring ready to ride by 3:00.
Banquet Committee Meeting: will be Sunday at 3:30 to figure out food, and the agenda, awards, ect. If you are on the committee, want to be on the committee, or just want to help out and share idea’s come join us.
I also still need the contact name and address of individuals or businesses who donated money last year. If you had a sponsor please bring that information in we want to invite the people who helped us last year to show our appreciation.
I had some incorrect information on the days Red Orchard is open and those dates are updated on the new calendar attached.
The new date for the banquet will be Thursday October 23rd.
If you are on the drill team please locate your red white and blue shirt, the Sentinel says they are coming to see you preform on September 13 at the Mt Eden show.
Couple things:
First – is anyone going out of town for fall break we need to know if we can schedule the banquet during fall break.
Second – for the drill team: Does anyone have a problem with next Sunday at 3:00 PM in Waddy? To make up for Friday’s missed practice as well as we have no practice this Friday due to a lot you are attending the rodeo.
Third – for the Mt Eden show the drill team will be
wearing their red white and blue shirts, if anyone can borrow either Melissa’s or Tavia’s shirt for Kayla to use, or if anyone has a small that’s a little tight. I have a woman’s medium but I think that will be too big for Kayla.
Don’t forget if you are planning to attend the horse fair at the Rea’s this Saturday, you need to call Metzger’s this week to reserve lunch.
Thanks,
Jessica Woods