OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN VAULTING ASSOCIATION 11845 SKYLINE BLVD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033 www.americanvaulting.org DECEMBER 2006 page 4 Photo: Eric Jewett Photo: courtesy Valley View Vaulters HORSES - VAULTING As vaulting clubs, we can only be as successful as our horses. Wendy Ware AVA Annual Meeting Info page 23 Vaulting Insurance Photo: Christa Marsh Photo: courtesy Image Vaulters page 30 Top left - Miss Holly Wood of Woodside Vaulters, Woodside, California; top right -Waldmeister of Valley View Vaulters, Lake View Terrace, California; bottom left - John Boy Joe of Albuquerque Vaulters, Fall Fests Albuquerque, New Mexico; bottom right - UC Doc’s Image, Image Vaulters, Warwick, Rhode Island. page 33 AVA Board Meeting New Clubs Table of Contents November 4, 2006 - Conference Call Board Meeting Minutes 11/4/2006 ........................ Carousel Ranch Inc. Merry Go-Round Nancy Stevens Brown ................3 Amy McCune 3489 Rocking Horse Road, Agua Dulce, On line: Charles Bittenbring (VP Develop- Vaulting Horses ......................................................4 ment), Carolyn Bland, Bill Brown, Priscilla G. CA 91390, phone: 661/68-8010 Albuquerque Horses Merry Cole ..................4 Cali Jennie Mellor .........................................5 Faulkner, Jan Garrod, Connie Geisler (Reg. I [email protected] www.carouselranch.org Rocky Erin Tinney ........................................6 Supervisor), Rick Hawthorne, Virginia Haw- Rocky Suzanne Detol ....................................7 thorne, Kelley Holly (Executive VP), Teresa Contact: Denise Tomey Eternal San Clarity Engel .............................7 Keville (Reg. II Supervisor), Patty Littmann Mozart Devon Maitozo, Carolyn Bland ........8 (VP Competitions), Devon Maitozo, Noel Mar- Enchanted Circle Vaulters Rhubarb Marcia Siegel-Kittrell .....................9 tonovich (VP Education), Yossi Martonovich, P.O. Box 40 (Tec), Arroyo Hondo, NM Doc Nicole Czyzewski ................................. 11 Penny Maydak (Reg. III Supervisor), Amy Golden Gate Horses McCafferty, Cole ........ 11 McCune (Secretary), Marianne Rose, Karen 87513, phone: 505/758-754 Abigail Katie Gorsky ..................................1 Schmidt, Sue Smith, Nancy Stevens-Brown [email protected] Paper Doll Sydney Carnevale .....................1 (President), Bob Weber, Jan Weber (Reg. IX Contact: Katherine Pettus Image Horses Stephanie Harris ..................13 Supervisor). Beautiful Belle Debbie Pakizer ..................14 Not on line: Jessica Ballenger, Sheri Benjamin Northwind Horses Wendy Ware ..................15 Four Star Vaulters Homage to the Horse Megan Grove ...........16 (VP Membership), Carol Beutler, Merry Cole, P.O. Box 589, Graham, WA 98338, phone: Blake Dahlgren, Katie Flannagan, Susan Fran- Sunny Ron Sill.............................................18 kel, Sydney Frankel. 53/847-0783, [email protected] Rosie Shelly Orth ........................................19 Approved: Minutes for the AVA Board of Contact: Sharon Lulham Jet Patti Skipton ..........................................1 AVA Annual Meeting ..........................................3 Directors meeting of July 8, 006. Therapeutic Vaulting Virginia Hawthorne ..3 Approved: The 007 AVA Budget and Special Vaulters del Sol Preliminary Schedule ..................................4 Accounts as presented. 18 Mountain Valley Road, Sandia Park, Registration Form .......................................5 Approved: The retired Women’s Championship NM 87047, phone: 505/81-6835 Letter to the Editor Suzanne Detol .......................7 trophy is to be returned to the original donor. [email protected] Vounteers Needed Sheri Benjamin .......................8 Approved: The proposed rule change to the AVA Summer Vaulting Camp Noel Martonovich 9 Event Membership process be referred to an ad Contact: Ann Shubert Vaulting Insurance Jan Weber ..............................30 hoc committee. USEF/AVA Judges Forum Suzanne Detol ...........3 Approved: Executive Board to purchase Timberlane Vaulters Great Falls/Topaz Fall Fest 9/16-17 .....................33 3614 Ridgemond Court, Grand Rapids, MI Octoberfest Extravaganza Karin Schmidt ............34 general liability insurance from SPI (Specialty Region IV October Fest 10/7-8 ............................35 Program Insurers). 49546, phone: 616-85-9851 Horse Schooling Clinic Patti Reschar .................35 Approved: The $4000 given to the AVA by the [email protected] Morning Star/Willow Tree Fest 10/8 ...................36 Circle of Friends for the purpose of making a Contact/Coach: Annie Rouvillois DevonWood Harvest Fest Suzanne Detol ............37 companion video is to be returned to the Circle Intercollegiate Vaulting Demo. Kathy Gorsky .....37 of Friends. Mt. Eden’s Halloween Fest 10/29 ........................38 The complete minutes are available at wwww. 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Holding my Mom’s hand, I impatiently waited in line, picking out “my horse” from those that mer- rily circled before me. No lordly lion or red robed rabbit for me. No! A golden horse with the wildly tossing white mane and showy saddle, or perhaps the jet black stallion with his jewel-bedecked bridle and boldly arched neck! As the gate opened, I raced forward to spring onto the perfect prancing pony, hoping that no other rider would beat me to my mount! Then as the music rose to a crescendo and the carousel whirled round faster and faster, I flew by the happy crowd. On every turn I waved to my Mom, who stood smiling as if she were spellbound by my amazing equestrian skill. Too soon my galloping friend slowed to a halt, leaving me immediately begging for just one more ride! Years later, in 1980, when I competed before an international audi- ence in Paris, I experienced the thrill of circling before a crowd once more, but this time on a real horse! Through vaulting, the carousel ride of my childhood became reality, and 5,000 vaulting fans now replaced the carnival crowd. As I performed my freestyle, the impressionistic blur of faces, color and music brought back the childhood delight of those fanciful carousel rides. Perhaps more than any other equestrian sport, vaulting shares the fantasy, beauty and magic of a merry-go-round, but with live horses as partners! The vaulters, color, splendor and music go round and round before a crowd, whirling into a wonderful scene. Today though I still thrill at seeing and riding historic carousels