Fabulous Freestyle Fundraiser

September 26, 2009

Wind Song Farms, Apopka Florida

CFD Photo Gallery Index

Photos below Courtesy of Diana Rose, Ann Chartier, and Video Craft Productions

Our Fabulous Freestyle day September 29, 2009 was really fabulous. For those unfamiliar with our event, CFD hosts a day of entertainment and dressage education for the community. The program is comprised of costumed dressage Musical Freestyle performances with explanations and information on each act. Spectators pay admission and funds go towards CFD programs, scholarships, and educational events. Held at beautiful Wind Song Farm in Apopka, Florida, it could not have been a better day.

We want to thank all of our volunteers who worked so hard to make the day such a success. We had a large spectator crowd this year and were very happy to have assistance from our volunteers with parking, traffic, check-in, and organization. The day went smoothly due to all our volunteer's efforts.

We also had an amazing response from the dressage community: 21 acts performed from Training level to Grand Prix. The costumes were spectacular. The day started with the Secret Agent Pas de Deux with the riders bravely wearing fedora hat and sunglasses in the covered arena. Barbie on Tawney followed much to the delight of the little girls watching.

Heather Caudill and her Standardbred mare Whiz Bang put in a firey performance to Spanish music. Charity Messer and Blue Eyed Dream dazzled us with some fancy footwork in a third Level Musical Freestyle.

The Ladies in Waiting had an elaborate duex, complete with beautiful renaissance costumes, topiary props, brave assistants (their daughters) also in costume, and a hilarous wardrobe change! Melanie Atkins rode to an eclectic variety of pop songs, while Mary Cate Miller showed off her Scottish, Welsh, and Irish roots with a performance to Celtic music.

Gwen Poulin's Flower Child Grand Prix freestyle to Pink Floyd music was a especially popular. Heather Caudill costume for 'Happy Hoofs' was over the top georgous that the photos don't due justice to, and Dee Forstner and Sport put in a rip rousing ride to Beach Boy's music that had the crowd stomping their feet and clapping their hands. Later in the program, boys from the Vision quest program at the Sheriff's Boys ranch gave us an amazingly tight quadrille performance as the Men In Black (with the horses in sunglasses), then at the end two of them dismounted with backflips.

There were so many great performances that day it is hard to describe them all. Riders had ear to ear smiles on their faces all day long. Throughout the day, the audience was enthusiastic and supportive for all the performances, applauding any "cool" movements from leg yields to half pass and passage.

It really was a very special day, and quite unique in the horse world. It is really rare for a large group of horse people to gather not in competition or to do a clinic, but just for the fun of performing. Central Florida
Dressage should be very proud of this event.

Thanks also to the Umatilla Lions club for their food concession, Video Craft Productions, Diana Rose photography, McKie Equine Communications, Ann
Chartier Musical Freestyles, Bay Hill Cat Hospital for rider bag goodies and Green Acres Nursery for the plants. And extra special thanks to Wind Song Farms and Lori and Warren Wubker for allowing CFD to use their beautiful facility to host this event.

You can purchase a dvd set of all the musical rides on the day for $20.00. Email us at centralfloridadressage@yahoo.com for more information.

Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes
Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Dee Forestner, Ann Chartier, and Sport	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport
Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes
Secret Agent Pas De Deux Dee Forstner & Sport and Ann Chartier & Hermes	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia
Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia
Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia	Barbie and Tawny Philipa McKie & Alfacintia
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AyeCarumba Heather Caudill & Whiz Bang	AyeCarumba Heather Caudill & Whiz Bang	AyeCarumba Heather Caudill & Whiz Bang	Crazy In Love Charity Messer & Blue Eyed Deram
Crazy In Love Charity Messer & Blue Eyed Deram	Crazy In Love Charity Messer & Blue Eyed Deram	Crazy In Love Charity Messer & Blue Eyed Deram	Crazy In Love Charity Messer & Blue Eyed Deram
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Susan Croft and Barry McKie	Ladies In Waiting Beth Moore & Love My Zip	Ladies In Waiting Beth Moore & Love My Zip	Ladies In Waiting Susan Croft & Devil's Arrow
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Take off Your Hat Melanie Atkins & Nokomis	Take off Your Hat Melanie Atkins & Nokomis	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain
Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain
Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain
Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain	Celtic Dance Mary Cate Miller & Frosty of Misty Mountain
Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari
Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari
Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari
Beethoven Rocks Diane Delmain & Ari	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen
Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen
Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen
Latin Dance Karen Morrow & Faleen	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T
Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T
Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T	Puttin On the Ritz Deux Melissa McGraw & Gem Philipa McKie & Double T
Pink Floyd Gwen Poulin & Pyrmont	Pink Floyd Gwen Poulin & Pyrmont	Pink Floyd Gwen Poulin & Pyrmont	Pink Floyd Gwen Poulin & Pyrmont
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Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander
Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander
Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander	Fire Burning Deux Morgan Shaw & Kingston Kayla McKay & H Commander
Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray
Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray
Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray
Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray
Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray	Happy Hoofs Heather Caudill & Sea The Gray
Catch A Wave Dee Forstner & Sport	Catch A Wave Dee Forstner & Sport	Catch A Wave Dee Forstner & Sport	Catch A Wave Dee Forstner & Sport
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Big Band Jen Lucas & Hermes	Big Band Jen Lucas & Hermes	Big Band Jen Lucas & Hermes	Big Band Jen Lucas & Hermes
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Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton
Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton
Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Get Up and Dance Madeline Truman & Sir Bentley Newton	Kalandro's Flamenco Jami Van Uitert & Kalandro	Kalandro's Flamenco Jami Van Uitert & Kalandro
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