2005 10th Annual International Centered Riding Symposium
November 4-6 in Brattleboro VT
Plan to attend this 10th aniversary of our Symposium! A very special event is planned. Here is your chance to meet Sally Swift in person - she's 92 in April - and she hopes that everyone will make a special effort to attend this Centered Riding celebration.

This year's Symposium is being co-chaired by Elaine Merideth Steele elaine@trinergy.net and Sally Haney halfhalt@verizon.net. So that Sally Swift is able to attend, the Symposium is again being held in Sally's home town Brattleboro, Vermont at the Quality Inn. Elaine & Sally along with vice-chairs Heidi Potter potter5@sover.net and Mary Olson, are busy developing our most exciting symposium to date. They are lining up an exciting roster of speakers including Max Gawyler, reknowned clinician and author. This is a great opportunity to meet Sally Swift in person and network with like-minded people. Details will be announced in this newsletter as speakers are confirmed.
Once again there will be a Silent Auction and a Used books etc Sale to benefit the Sally Swift Scholarship Fund. If you or someone you know would like to make a donation to either of these, please contact Karen Irland barngirl@bignetnorth.net, "Sam" Morrison wlcmhome@megalink.net, or Sue Leffler sleffler@magma.ca.

For more information about this special event, contact Elaine at elaine@trinergy.net.

The Brattleboro Quality Inn is again offering us an excellent room rate which includes a daily hot buffet breakfast.

Instructor Courses

My appologies! I missed listing the course being held in Austria.
 Centered Riding Instructor Courses are being offered this year in the USA and in Europe. At this time these are the only Instructor Courses being offered this year. For those of you wanting to join the swelling ranks of CR Instructors, you will need to ride in an Open CR clinic prior to taking the Instructor Course. Check the website for a list of all the prerequisites.

April 22-25 + June 30-July 3 with Sue Leffler in Charleroi, PA  Contact: Sue Taylor staylor116@hotmail.com
April 22-24 + June 16-19 with Susan Harris in Malvern, PA  Contact: Debbie Hadden (610) 644-1963
July 7-9 + September 7-10 with Susan Harris in Winterthur, Switzerland  Contact: Christa Muller stallchrista@freesurf.ch
Aug 19-21 and Sept. 1-4  with Lucile Bump in Auenmark, Austria  Contact: Sabina Fuchs 0043 664 501 695
August 23-25 + September 13-16 with Lucile Bump in Roosendaal, The Netherlands  Contact: Margreet alona@home.nl
The cost of the course varies according to location and other expenses so check with clinic organizers to find out about the cost of the course you are interested in attending. A lot of time and effoert go into organizing the Instructor Courses. The organizers need your registration and commitment to attend as early as possible.

Centered Riding Instructors & Update Clinics

 Again my appologies! I missed listing the Update clinics scheduled in Cherryvale, KS and in Greene, ME.
Centered Riding Instructors of all levels are required to Update at least every 2 years to remain current. Many of our instructors update annually. These Update Clinics are 4 days in length and are offered this year in Canada, the USA and in Europe. At this time these are the only Instructor Update Courses being offered this year.

April 14-17 with Lucile Bump in Guilford, VT Contact: Lucile smowing@sover.net
May 25-28 with Robin Brueckmann in Roosendaal, The Netherlands  Contact: Margreet alona@home.nl
May 26-29 with Sue Leffler in Cobourg, Ontario Canada  Contact: Gwen Boyles highpointeinn@sympatico.ca
June 10-13 with Judy Cross in Cherryvale, KS  Contact: Donna Armour donna@circlestarhorses.com
June 28 - July 1 with Lucile Bumb in Winterthur, Switzerland  Contact: Christa Muller stallchrista@freesurf.ch
July 7-10 with Judy Cross in Greene, ME  Contact: "Sam" Morrison wlcmhome@megalink.net
July 14-17 with Sue Leffler in Elkhorn, WI  Contact: Ann Cummings windspinnr@netwurx.net
September 8-11 with Lucile Bump in Bretzwil, Switzerland  Contact: Simone Schnieder simone@simoneanna.com
September 22-25 with Peggy Brown in Beulah, MI   Contact: Diane Kaser dhorse@localnet.com
 The cost of these clinics varies according to location and other expenses so check with clinic organizers to find out the cost of the course you are interested in attending. We get lots of requests from instructors looking for clinics to update at and yet many times these clinics are forced to cancel due to lack of participants. Please let the organizer know early that you want to attend and then make the commitment to be there by sending in your deposit early.

Congratulations!

 Congratulations are in order for Judy Cross, Centered Riding level IV Clinician who has awarded Advanced Instructor level for North American for the Handicapped Association.