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FOUNDATION LINCOLN, NE---The Dressage Foundation has announced that a total of $10,000 has been awarded to U.S. dressage instructors through the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship program. Due to the recent restructuring of the scholarship guidelines, to provide up to three scholarships per year for the recipients to train in the United States, interest was very high. This year, the Selection Committee chose the following recipients: Sarah Geikie (CT) was awarded the $6,000 Lindgren Scholarship. Sarah has been a professional dressage trainer for 30 years. She is a popular clinician across the country, an FEI dressage judge, a competitor, and a USDF Certified Instructor through 4th Level. She is also an Examiner and faculty member for the Instructor Certification Program. Sarah will use the scholarship funds to train with Kathy Connelly. Sara Schmitt (NJ) is the recipient of a $2,000 Lindgren Scholarship. She has been instructing for 25 years, from Training Level through Grand Prix. Sara is the resident trainer at Hawk Hollow Ranch in Bedminster, NJ, and is also an active competitor. She plans to train with Belinda Nairn-Wertman in early 2012. Emily Wagner (KS) was also awarded a $2,000 Scholarship, and will train with Lilo Fore in January and February. She has been an instructor for nine years and teaches mostly adults who ride Training Level to Prix St. George. Emily and her homebred horse, WakeUp, represented the U.S. at the 2010 World Breeding Championships. Since 1996, The Dressage Foundation has offered annual instructor scholarships in Major Anders Lindgren's name. Major Lindgren was an accomplished dressage rider, having won the 1971 Swedish Dressage Championship and ridden on the Swedish Olympic Team in 1972. He also won the Scandinavian Eventing Championship in 1959. Lindgren's contribution to American dressage was large, as he was solidly committed to the education of U.S. dressage instructors. Over a ten-year period, almost 1,000 participating instructors learned from his systematic, structural approach to teaching dressage at the USDF/Violet Hopkins National Seminars for Dressage Instructors, and then at the National Symposium. Major Lindgren passed away in 2010, at the age of 85. The Dressage Foundation is proud to offer these important scholarships in his honor. Applications for the three Lindgren scholarships are due to The Dressage Foundation by September 30th of each year. A Grant Selection Committee will review each application and determine the recipients, if qualified applications are received. For more information about the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarships and The Dressage Foundation, please contact Jenny Johnson at (402) 434-8585 or visit www.dressagefoundation.org. ______________________________________________________________________________________
LEXINGTON, KY--G. Lowell Boomer of Lincoln, NE, died Sunday, Nov. 20. His avocation wad a lifetime love of horses, and he became internationally renowned in the equestrian world. He was the founder of The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) in Lincoln in 1973, and served for 16 years as its Chief Executive Officer. Today, USDF is headquartered at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, with over 30,000 members nationally. In 1989, he established The Dressage Foundation in Lincoln, Nebraska “to cultivate and provide financial support for the advancement of Dressage.” The Dressage Foundation’s national headquarters is permanently anchored in Lincoln. He has won an extensive array of equestrian honors throughout his lifetime. He was the first inductee into the USDF Hall of Fame, and has received the USEF (United States Equestrian Federation) Lifetime Achievement award. The Chronicle of the Horse named Lowell as “one of the 50 most influential horsemen of the 20th century worldwide.” Lowell was born on October 12, 1911, in Burwell, NE, to George R., and Grace Y. Boomer. Lowell graduated Lincoln High School, and attended the University of Nebraska School of Music, Lincoln. While in high school, he won first place on the clarinet in a Lincoln Music contest playing “Concertino” by Weber. He then went on to win the contests at the State, Regional and National levels. He played clarinet for many years in the Lincoln Municipal Band summer concert series in Lincoln, alongside his wife, Gladys who played trumpet. Lowell studied printing while in Junior High School, and started a letter shop with a mimeograph and multigraph machine in his mother’s Teachers Employment Agency. It grew to become Boomer’s Printing Company, which Lowell would head as President for the next eighty years, at which time he sold the company to its employees. Lowell Boomer was an active, lifetime member of the Lincoln Downtown Sertoma Club, and was involved with Sertoma’s sponsorship of Cedars Home for Children when it was founded in 1947. Lowell is survived by son John and wife Lynn, Lincoln, NE; Son Jim, Ft Wayne, IN; three grandsons John Boomer, Jr., David Boomer, Mark Boomer; two grand daughters, Beth Bivins, and husband, Mike, and Melissa Kleber and husband, Robert; Three great grandsons Adam and Benjamin Boomer, Adam Kleber. Lowell was preceded in death by his wife Gladys, his parents, three brothers and one sister, and daughter-in-law, Lois. He leaves many nieces and nephews, friends and former horsemanship students. The family suggests Memorials to The Dressage Foundation, 1314 ‘O’ Street, Suite 305, Lincoln, NE 68508 and/or Cedars Home for Children, 6601 Pioneers Blvd, Lincoln, NE, 68506. Private family burial of cremains, Wyuka Cemetery. A “Celebration of Life” Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Roper & Sons Mortuary, 4300 ‘O’ Street, Lincoln NE, 68510. Arrangements by Roper and Sons Funeral Services. Condolences or personal reflections may be left at www.roperandsons.com.
Alabama Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Tornado Disaster BIRMINGHAM, AL--April 27th, 2011, brought devastating tornadoes to Alabama and neighboring states. The destruction is extremely wide spread and has left so many areas a wasteland. Families have lost their loved ones, their homes, and their basic way of life and are faced with the daunting task of starting over completely from scratch. They have lost many beloved pets, horses, and farm animals and have no way of caring for the ones that remain. As members of the equestrian community, we feel we must do what we can to help those that are in so much pain and need. The Birmingham Dressage & Combined Training Association is teaming up with Rhonda Johnson-Bowles from Land O'Lakes Purina Feeds, The Alabama Horse Council, Cahaba Pony Club & the US Pony Club South Region to help provide much needed relief for the equine and pet victims of these destructive tornados. We will be accepting donations of basic horse & pet supplies, such as buckets, water troughs, fencing materials, veterinary supplies, fly spray, halters and leads, shavings, dog runs, dog and cat crates, feed bowls... anything horse or pet care related. Monetary donations will also be accepted and will be used to purchase needed supplies. 100% of all donations will be distributed to those in need. For those that are local, we need help collecting and distributing donations. More information can be found on our website, www.BDCTA.com or by contacting us at BirminghamDCTA@gmail.com. Please help us spread the word by distributing to those who may be interested.
Kelly Vaughan Hanby, BDCTA President Monetary Donations can be sent to BDCTA/ Tornado Relief, c/o Natalie Nixon, Treasurer BDCTA, 1222 Woodlands Way, Helena, AL 35080 Please make checks to BDCTA and include “Tornado Relief” in the notes section In kind/goods donations can be sent to BDCTA/ Tornado Relief, c/o Fran Summerlin Histed, Summerworth Down, 550 Lakeview St., Steele, AL 35987 256-538-3732 Birmingham Dressage and Combined Training Association is a not for profit 501(c)3 organization which sponsors activities designed to further the art and sport of Dressage and Combined Training in the Birmingham, AL, area, as well as educational and outreach activities for the Alabama equine community at large. BDCTA is an affiliate member of USA Eventing and a Group Member Organization of the United States Dressage Federation. __________________________________________________ Click here for a list of GA evacuation facilities
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