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More Pas de Deux!

Friday, April 27th, 2007

I have just returned home from a week and a half road trip. On this trip I visited Huntsville Alabama, twice actually, and worked with my students there, Debi Gilbert and Donna Barnes. Debi and Donna ride two beautiful half brothers, a black purebred Arabian named Serr Rafiq and a black Anglo-Arabian named Prince Bashir. This team won the USDF National Award for Pas de Deux in 2006 and we worked on a few changes in the choreography as well as a new edit and remix of the soundtrack they used last year. I think the result is a much more exciting Pas de Deux for 2007!

What do you think?

2007 1st level Pas de Deux

USDF National Award for Pas de Deux!

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Originally posted Nov. 2006

2006 USDF National Award for Pas de Deux!

Big congratulations to Krowchuk Dressage students; Donna Barnes on her Black Purebred Arabian gelding Serr Rafiq and Debi Gilbert on her Black Anglo-Arabian gelding Prince Bashir! This wonderful team won the 2006 USDF (United States Dressage Federation) Pas de Deux National Level Award, besting teams of all breeds. Once again, good solid basics, hard work and determination has proven that the Arabian breed is quite capable in open all breed competition!

GDCTA Sponsored Kudzu Klinic

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

I am pleased to announce that I will be teaching the April 2007 Kudzu Klinic for the GDCTA. Details follow below:

Originally published on the GDCTA website.

GDCTA Sponsored Kudzu Klinic

April 14-15, 2007

Dressage with Chris Krowchuk

at Camelot Farm in Moreland, GA

The Kudzu Klinic program is an opportunity for GDCTA members to participate in low cost clinics which provide instruction of correct basics for lower level riders and their horses. The Kudzu Klinics are made possible by the generous work of professional trainers who volunteer their time and barn owners who donate their facilities for the day. The rider fee goes toward supporting the work of GDCTA.

The clinic format may vary slightly with each clinic, but generally for dressage clinics there will be 5-7 sessions with 1-2 riders per session. Lunch-time Lectures may be given at the clinics. Auditors may sign up at the clinic, but pre-registration would be appreciated so that the lecturer can bring enough material for all participants.

Bring your own lunch, drinks and chair for the lecture.

To Reserve your place in this clinic, please complete the following and mail to address below:

1. Completed registration form 4. Check made payable to GDCTA.

2. Copy of GDCTA membership card 5. A signed GDCTA Hold Harmless Form

3. Copy of current negative Coggins certificate 6. E-mail address

Clinician: Chris Krowchuk Krowchuk Dressage

Location: Camelot Farm
Moreland, GA

Levels Offered: Intro Training 1st Level 2nd Level (circle one)

Clinic Date: April 14 and 15 Please submit entry by Closing Date: April 11

Rider Fee: Dressage Clinics $25 Auditor Fee: $5

An entry form may be downloaded: here

More information may be found about the instructor by clicking on the BIO link by his or her name in the GDCTA website.

Please send forms and check to: Merideth Roberts

P.O. Box 552

Resaca, GA 30735

Kudzu Klinic Coordinator:

Merideth Roberts 706-280-0870

E-mail: Merideth Roberts

Wowing at the CCI***

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

Originally published September 10, 2006

Click here to watch the Pas de Deux at the CCI***

On Saturday, September 9, 2006 my students Ulla Strickland on her Purebred Arabian chestnut gelding CF Chernobyll and Suzanne Lauda on her Purebred Arabian chestnut gelding CF Beau Navar performed a demonstration Pas de Deux as entertainment during an exhibitors party for the Poplar Place Farm CCI***, CCI** 3 Day Horse Trials. Competitors from all over the east coast were in attendance and cheered the girls on!

The performance was not without drama, rain threatened all afternoon, a slight drizzle starting during the warmup. The weather held long enough for our team to ride. And ride they did!

As is usual when riding a choreographed freestyle, one has to think ahead as they ride and be prepared to make impromptu decisions when things just don’t go quite as planned. The footing was a bit deeper than what we had been practicing on, adjustments needed to be made on the fly. Since the girls had really only rode this Pas de Deux once before, I was quite pleased with their ability to recognize they were behind the music slightly and made the needed impromptu adjustments.

Congratulations Ulla and Suzanne! A job well done!

Pas de Deux at the CCI***

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

Originally published September 9, 2006

Click here to watch Rehearsal Video #1

We have been invited to perform a demonstration Pas de Deux this Saturday, September 9th, 2006 at 6pm at Poplar Place Farm’s USEA/USEF recognized CIC***, CIC** horse trials featuring divisions Beginner Novice thru Advanced.

Poplar Place Farm is a fabulous eventing facility located about 1.5 hours south of Atlanta, in Hamilton GA. Their website is here!

Purebred Arabian half brothers CF Beau Navar and CF Chernobyll with their German owners Suzanne Lauda and Ulla Strickland will be performing a First Level Musical Freestyle Pas de Deux choreographed and prduced by their Dressage coach Chris Krowchuk to the original soundtrack of the German Musical “3 nuts for Cinderella”. We accepted this project just a few weeks ago so I think we are the “3 Nuts” and we are not sure where Cinderella is!

This will be a rather large crowd as this is a huge event, watching us, waiting for their food in the exhibitors party, so I imagine it will be raucous too!

I would like to invite everyone to join us as these Arabian geldings dance for the crowd and promote our breed to the craziest sport horse crowd of all, the Eventers!!

If you cannot make it to the show, I have an early rehearsal video available above and of course we will take a live one on Saturday as well!