 ™USDF Convention, Denver December 1-5 |
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Freestyle Committee Formed As Michael Matson, our freestyle host, proposed, the Freestyle Committee was reinstated with Ann Guptill as chair. First meeting was Wednesday with a full house of enthusiastic freestyle supporters including Judge Jeff Moore, chair of the Judge's sub-committee on Freestyle Judging; Judge Elizabeth Searle; Anne Howard, California pas de deux and quadrille; Debbie Rineheart, Connecticut Freestyle Championship Show Manager; Mary Harrison, and freestyle designer; Mary Wetzel, Region 9 Freestyles.
Mission statement: to Promote the development of freestyles in this nation and better education for freestyles in general. Discussion was lively with everyone contributing ideas: Riding with music is fun. When music is added to horses, people will come to watch. One thing that sells is horses to music. You don't have to ride to enjoy watching horses dance. It's time for the horse industry to bring the horse to the people. More horse programming is beginning to be seen on television. The horse industry is so fragmented -- closets of interest groups within a big closet. Education. Mary Harrison: Linda Zang said Freestyle is the future of dressage. How do we do this. Trainers need to be taught to use the freestyles as a training tool. For riders at upper levels to be able to ride competent freestyles, they must experience riding freestyles through the levels and develop the technical tools to dance with their horses. Sandy Howard suggested freestyle awards as an incentive for encouraging riders. Wine and cheese parties with freestyles as an evening or afternoon event. Connecticut Freestyle Championships started with prizes donated -- mostly free products and now has grown to over $4,000 in cash prize money. While promoting the growth of freestyles, everyone agreed that quality of riding and technical basics cannot be minimized. Only well ridden freestyles will promote growth. Art. 1928.9 paraphrased. Except at Regional Championships, in order to show a freestyle at a level, the horse rider combination must have shown the highest test at that level or any test at a higher level PRIOR to showing the freestyle. (i.e. to show a 1st level freestyle, the horse/rider combination must have shown 1st Level Test 4 or any 2nd level test before showing the 1st level freestyle). Thanks,` Jeff Moore for consulting the rule book. Add freestyle education to the judges' forums. 1/2 day of freestyle judging and 1/2 day of pas de deux and quadrilles. Royalties to musicians working with AHSA and AHP to use music for freestyles at shows and performances. Ann pays royalties to ASCAP & BMI when she professionally designs a freestyle. Average royalty is $1.20. Discussion included first finding the actual laws on royalties; checking with other sports such as ice-skating that have already dealt with the issue; royalties when televised; does the facility pay a fee when there is a gate fee.
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