2001
USDF Annual Convention
27 November - 2 December 2001
Orlando, Florida, USA
Medieval
Times, An Apex of the 2001 USDF Convention
Thursday
and Friday, November 29-30, 2001, were two intense days
of discussion. Featured guest speaker Conrad Schumacher
completed his trilogy of seminars with developing a
good dressage seat and the training of upper level dressage
horses as main issues in his speech. Thursday evening
"conventioning" ended with an in-depth debate
between Tom Noone, Sue Blinks and the audience on how
the musical freestyle can spice up the programme of
dressage competitions.
The GMO's and USA Equestrian and USDF Board of Governors
presented an overview of last year's achievements and
asked the audience's opinion for their 2002 agenda.
Friday's highlight meeting was probably the two-hour
general assembly of the USDF Board of Governers.
To
unwind guest speakers, delegates, sponsors, vendors
and the audience, the USDF booked Kissimee based equestrian
show Medieval Times. The crowds gathered at the Medieval
castle at 7.30 PM, but it wasn't until 9.00 PM that
the show started. Six knights on Andalusian horses demonstrated
the principles of classical dressage as well as the
equestrian skills required for cavalry knights in the
Middle Ages. Although the story outline to the event
was hardly essential in order to enjoy the spectacle,
in the end, the blue knight beat the evil black knight
that invaded the king's realm to steel the queen and
conquer the throne.
Thursday
and Friday, November 29-30, 2001, were two intense days
of discussion. Featured guest speaker Conrad Schumacher
completed his trilogy of seminars with developing a
good dressage seat and the training of upper level dressage
horses as main issues in his speech. Thursday evening
"conventioning" ended with an in-depth debate
between Tom Noone, Sue Blinks and the audience on how
the musical freestyle can spice up the programme of
dressage competitions. 
To
unwind guest speakers, delegates, sponsors, vendors
and the audience, the USDF booked Kissimee based equestrian
show Medieval Times. The crowds gathered at the Medieval
castle at 7.30 PM, but it wasn't until 9.00 PM that
the show started. Six knights on Andalusian horses demonstrated
the principles of classical dressage as well as the
equestrian skills required for cavalry knights in the
Middle Ages. Although the story outline to the event
was hardly essential in order to enjoy the spectacle,
in the end, the blue knight beat the evil black knight
that invaded the king's realm to steel the queen and
conquer the throne.
