Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Waterloo Show - June 25-26

Hi Everyone!

As promised I will highlight some plans for each show we have this year. I'm going to hold off on Iowa Falls for a little bit. We have a Board of Directors meeting on the 23rd and I'm going to propose some changes for that show - once those are approved I'll let you all know what kind of fun we're going to have!

So...the Waterloo Show...I'm still working on the final touches of the class list but it'll be basically the same as last year. I won't be changing and updating any additional classes this year until the show so if you don't see something you want, just shoot me an email and I can put it in somewhere the day of the show :) We are still planning on another grill out for Saturday night! There was some really good food last year...hopefully we get even more people to come out and hang with us this year!
Another change is we will be starting at 8:00am this year. Hopefully by starting just 1 hour earlier we can get everyone home before in gets too late. We know you guys have jobs and this is just a fun hobby so we'll make sure we take take of you guys that way.

As for the classes, I have split some that eventually got split last year. I still left Showmanship as any age, but I ready to split it if someone asks for it. I did have 1 addition from last year though - Ride-a-Buck. How I'm going to do it this year is you will pay your entry fee ($5) and then you will supply your own "buck." All the "bucks" that hit the ground will be a jackpot prize for the winner! Sound good?

As always, we are about fun more than anything else. If you have any other ideas that could make this a better show, just email me - I'm always looking for new ideas! And of course, always check back here for updated info.
Thnks to Jodie Elson for taking some pictures at the show last year! If anyone has any pictures from any show, I'd love to get them! Pictures are a great way help us promote the show and make it better every year! The pictures I have in this post are both Jodie's. Thanks again for the support everybody! See you on June 25-26 in Waterloo!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Ok...its show time...well kind of...

Hi Everybody! I hope everyone had a great holiday season! I am personally really getting back ino the swing of things in terms of show season. I'm working on class lists right now. I already have dates for our shows - I'll blog the changes for each show individully in the next week or so.

Is it just me or is it weird to be thinking about the show season already when there is still snow on the ground and more on the way? I was looking back at pictures from Waterloo last year. WOW! We know how to have fun and get things done! Saturday night we grilled out and had a great time getting to know everyone - not mention INCREDIBLE FOOD! In pictures from the grill out people were wearing shorts...imagine how awesome that would be right now! As crazy as it sounds, our first show is not that far away!

Something new for this year, I will be running both shows - Waterloo and Iowa Falls. I'm brainstorming social events right now for Saturday night. I have a few ideas and I'm trying to find the best one. Keep checking the blog for more info and to keep up to date. I'll post stuff about Iowa Falls within the week.

Fortunately for us this year, we don't have any website issues. Our website for anything you could possibly want to know about our club is http://www.iowaarabianhorseassociation,com/.

Alright, well I have tons of stuff to do today that isn't horse show related. So I will let you all go for now but keep checking back for info on each of these shows. Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!!