AHYA Visits Denver, Colorado
The 2011-2012 AHYA Youth Board visited Denver, Colo. for their annual March Board Meeting. The trip was filled with educational opportunities, successful meetings, and lively discussion. This year's Youth Board is
shaping up to be a very hard working group of equine enthusiasts.
Some early arrivals participated in a Denver City Tour including a visit to the Denver Mint and Hammond's Candy Factory. Attendees ventured up to the beautiful, snow covered mountains and discovered breathtaking city views from Colorado's famous Red Rocks Amphitheater.
The AHYA Board met over two days, setting goals and laying out the youth activities schedule for the year. Creative planning for this year's AHYA Convention is well under way. The 2012 theme is AHYA, Through the ERAbs - a play on words for the different decades and eras in history.
Saturday afternoon, the Youth Board participated in a working luncheon with their adult counterparts from the AHA Board of Directors. The luncheon was a great opportunity for the Youth Board to ask the AHA Board of Directors about many youth-related topics as well as expresses the needs, interests and ideas that our youth members share.
For the AHYA President Laura Killian's complete coverage of the March meeting go to the AHYA website. |
Regional Youth Team Tournament
Sign up now for the 2012 Regional Youth Team Tournament. Teams of up to six youth members can enter for just $10 per team, and each region can enter unlimited number of teams. Entries are due May 1 (entries must be submitted prior to the first event that you wish to be recorded).
The tournament offers youth from each region the opportunity to form teams which work together to earn points. These points, earned from both recognized and non-recognized shows and rides, lead to great year-end awards for the high scoring team from each region. The top four events within your region count toward end-of-the-year point total.
Awards will be given to teams with the most points in recognized and non-recognized divisions in each region.
Contact your regional youth team tournament secretary today and get a team together. For more information, click here.
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2012 Creative Contest theme is "Timeless Arabians." Use your artistic talents to capture the Arabian horse through out history. Enter unlimited categories for just $10. Compete in Creative Writing, Art, Photography, Computer-Generated, and Audio-Visual. Entries are due by June 1. Download a form here.
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AHYA is Looking for Youth Activity Sponsors at Youth Nationals!
Piggies, stick horses, hippology and more, it's all planned for the 2012 Youth National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show. The AHYA Board is looking for activity and t-shirt sponsors. Think it would be cool to have your barn listed on the back of all of those qualifier t-shirts? Or maybe your family would like to sponsor a Stick Horse Workshop? Download a Youth Activity Sponsorship form today from the AHYA website by clicking here.
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The AHYA Youth Board, in support of this year's theme, would like to challenge each region to decorate their Regional golf cart based on the
specific decade or era voted on by your Regional Youth Directors at the March meeting. A list of specific historical events will be available on the AHYA website to help get your creative and artistic juices flowing. Each cart will be different, each cart exciting, a journey though the eras! See the era assignments below.
Region 1 Cavemen
Region 2 Vikings
Region 3 The Future
Region 4 Dessert Bedouins
Region 5 2000's
Region 6 1920-1929
Region 7 1880's and the Wild West
Region 8 Mid-evil & Renaissance
Region 9 1950-1959
Region 10 1980-1989
Region 11 1970-1979
Region 12 Turn of the Century 1900-1919
Region 13 1940-1949
Region 14 1930-1939
Region 15 Victorian/Civil War
Region 16 1960-1969
Region 17 & 18 1990-1999
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No Consignment Sale at 2012 Youth Nationals
Youth Programs will NOT be holding the Consignment Sale at the 2012 Youth Nationals.
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New Youth National Classes for 2012
1136 - Arabian Limited Reined Cow Horse JTR 17 & Under
1805 - A/HA/AA Team Penning JTR 17 & Under Exhibition
1443 - Half/Anglo-Arabian Limited Reined Cow Horse JTR 17 & Under
865 - A/HA/AA Dressage Training Level JOTR 14-17 Championship
512 - A/HA/AA Dressage Training Level JOTR 13 & Under Champ
867 - A/HA/AA Dressage First Level JOTR 14-17 Championship
514 - A/HA/AA Dressage First Level JOTR 13 & Under Champ
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New $5,000 Scholarship
Be sure to check out the new Youth Scholarship page on the AHA Website after March 30. The Dale and Debbie Harvil Foundation Scholarship will be awarded to high school juniors (grade 11) or higher, age 21 and under, on the basis of financial need, academic ability, leadership, and equine involvement. Applications will be available on March 30. Applications and three (3) reference letters relative to character, ability, and achievement, with a certified copy of most recent transcripts (showing GPA), and copy of ACT and/or SAT score(s) must be postmarked no later than June 1. All candidates will be notified by July 15.
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