History

ADU History

History of Austin Dressage Unlimited Events

If you would like information about some of Austin Dressage Unlimited's past events that we have organized and offered for our members' benefit, please see links below.

2010 Events

History

August
22	ADU Dinner & DVD Night at Alida Darlington's home in Hutto. More details to follow.
July
25	ADU Dinner & DVD Night Hubertus Schmidt dressage training videos.
June
6	ADU Dressage Seat Symposium & "High Tea" - presented by Nancy Fair, USDF Gold Medalist and L Program graduate. Lecture, live demos, & exercises.
20	ADU Dinner & DVD Hubertus Schmidt training video.
May
16	ADU Dinner & DVD Night Part 3 of From Foal to Grand Prix with Klaus Balkenhol. At the request of film-maker Roland Blum of Germany, we will also act as film critiques for this "international event," filling out an evaluation providing him with feedback for this series of educational DVDs.
18	Purina Horse Owners Workshop (HOW), Georgetown Show Barn, Georgetown, TX. Barbie Piccinni will be representing ADU as a community service, giving a dressage talk and a Grand Prix dressage demonstration. She will be paired with a Western Reining demo, as 2 of the FEI disciplines. Contact Linda at Georgetown Farm Supply 512-930-4054
April
18	ADU Dinner & DVD Night Showing 2009 World Cup Dressage Finals during the Salad-fest Dinner and From Foal to Grand Prix, Part 2 – Klaus Balkenhol. A very special opportunity for ADU, we have been asked by the German film-maker of this series, Roland Blum, to critique this series for him, for use in future dressage education video projects he will be creating!
March
7	ADU Dinner & DVD Night - From Foal to Grand Prix by Klaus Balkenhol.
February
20 - 21	“Improving Your Judging Eye & Showing Skills ~ What Judges Are Looking For”USDF approved Education Program – by Gary Rockwell
January
17	“Young Horse Competitions” Educational Program – by Joan Darnell

History

2009 ADU Events

November
7 “Denim & Diamonds” 2009 ADU Membership Party
7 Official Release of Chef D'Equipe, an Equestrian Cookbook

September
ADU Cookbook Project

August
2 Bodywork Workshop I “Balimo, TTEAM, Equine Massage”
9 Bodywork Workshop II “Centered Riding, Ride Right, Accupuncture”
23 Dressage Warmup & Test Riding Workshop

July
26 Dinner & DVD Night “If Horses Could Speak – Dr. Gerd Heuschmann”

May
10 Dinner & DVD Night “Schooling a Horse, Part 4 – Rudolph Zeilinger”
30 Educational Practice Dressage Show

March
15 Dinner & DVD Night “Schooling a Horse – Rudolph Zeilinger”
29 “Getting Ready for a USDF Show” Workshop

February
15 Dinner & DVD Night “Training Studies – Dr. Uwe Schulten-Baumer”
22 Dressage Warmup & Test Riding Workshop “Focusing on Eventers”

January
18 Dinner & DVD Night “The Beijing Olympic Dressage Competition”

2008 Events

December
12-13 Tack Shop Tour

November
8 “Band in the Barn” Inaugural ADU Membership Party