It has been a full week now since Degas and I have been settled back in at home. While the FL weather was wonderful and the show circuit exciting, I am happy to be home!
Before continuing, I want to thank everyone again for their support. You can’t imagine how much everyone’s well wishes, belief in me, and support inspire me each day. I want to especially thank Hilary Moore, and Lauren Peacox for keeping up the home front while I was gone. They did a fabulous job of seeing to the training of the horses and riders. Every horse and rider showed significant improvements while I was gone, so I was happy to see that EVERYONE did their homework.
I wanted to give a summary of my last days in Florida. In addition to the exciting show results, it was a great weekend all around. It was wonderful to have part of the team with me in Florida this last weekend. Lauren, our apprentice trainer and groom, came down to help at the show, and help with the drive home. Frank and Cece Maddlone (Equichord) also came down to help with a special video project. Our special project was for the PVDA Ride for Life, Dressage show to benefit breast cancer.
Kris Zagoria of Moxie Interactive, a digital advertising agency, graciously offered to feature the Riders who will be in the Dancing Horse Challenge, in a high tech video. She sent a video team (Doug and Erik of UpThink) for the weekend, and Frank and Cece of Equichord came to conduct the interviews and help with the videoing. It is hard to describe what a great experience it was working together with such a great team of professionals. The creative teams of Doug and Erik, with Frank and Cece, brought out candidness and a sense of fun in the riders. We were privileged to interview Cesar Parra, Betsy Steiner, Courtney King, Jane Hannigan and Michael Barrisone who is Kris’ trainer. The riders, while busy competing at ‘Dressage at Equestrian Estates’ were so generous with their time and are so dedicated to the cause. It is wonderful to see how all of these professionals appreciate the importance of giving back!
I also need to share a very exciting part of my trip to FL. Every day in FL, I passed the entrance to the Lion Country Safari, which was right next door to where I was living. I was excited to see it, but hadn’t made the time yet. Well, it wasn’t too hard to convince Lauren, Frank and Cece to come with me on the Monday after the show. We spent Monday morning finishing up videos, packing and getting ready for the trip. Then we were able to spend a couple of hours in the afternoon enjoying the ‘wild’ animals. We hope you enjoy the pictures!!
Now that this installment of Barb and Degas Excellent Adventure is over, we will look forward to the next part of the journey. Please continue to check my blog to see the exciting things we are doing at Barbara Strawson, LLC! I will be sharing about the upcoming show season and other exciting events and happenings on Team Strawson’s journey. Frank and Cece Maddlone of Equichord and Hilary Moore will be keeping me on the ‘cutting edge’ of technology. Stay tuned while I learn to ‘vlog’ and ‘tweet’.
Before continuing, I want to thank everyone again for their support. You can’t imagine how much everyone’s well wishes, belief in me, and support inspire me each day. I want to especially thank Hilary Moore, and Lauren Peacox for keeping up the home front while I was gone. They did a fabulous job of seeing to the training of the horses and riders. Every horse and rider showed significant improvements while I was gone, so I was happy to see that EVERYONE did their homework.
I wanted to give a summary of my last days in Florida. In addition to the exciting show results, it was a great weekend all around. It was wonderful to have part of the team with me in Florida this last weekend. Lauren, our apprentice trainer and groom, came down to help at the show, and help with the drive home. Frank and Cece Maddlone (Equichord) also came down to help with a special video project. Our special project was for the PVDA Ride for Life, Dressage show to benefit breast cancer.
Kris Zagoria of Moxie Interactive, a digital advertising agency, graciously offered to feature the Riders who will be in the Dancing Horse Challenge, in a high tech video. She sent a video team (Doug and Erik of UpThink) for the weekend, and Frank and Cece of Equichord came to conduct the interviews and help with the videoing. It is hard to describe what a great experience it was working together with such a great team of professionals. The creative teams of Doug and Erik, with Frank and Cece, brought out candidness and a sense of fun in the riders. We were privileged to interview Cesar Parra, Betsy Steiner, Courtney King, Jane Hannigan and Michael Barrisone who is Kris’ trainer. The riders, while busy competing at ‘Dressage at Equestrian Estates’ were so generous with their time and are so dedicated to the cause. It is wonderful to see how all of these professionals appreciate the importance of giving back!
I also need to share a very exciting part of my trip to FL. Every day in FL, I passed the entrance to the Lion Country Safari, which was right next door to where I was living. I was excited to see it, but hadn’t made the time yet. Well, it wasn’t too hard to convince Lauren, Frank and Cece to come with me on the Monday after the show. We spent Monday morning finishing up videos, packing and getting ready for the trip. Then we were able to spend a couple of hours in the afternoon enjoying the ‘wild’ animals. We hope you enjoy the pictures!!
Now that this installment of Barb and Degas Excellent Adventure is over, we will look forward to the next part of the journey. Please continue to check my blog to see the exciting things we are doing at Barbara Strawson, LLC! I will be sharing about the upcoming show season and other exciting events and happenings on Team Strawson’s journey. Frank and Cece Maddlone of Equichord and Hilary Moore will be keeping me on the ‘cutting edge’ of technology. Stay tuned while I learn to ‘vlog’ and ‘tweet’.
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