Gusty Wind Acres Riding School, Inc.: October 2009

This year we decided to have a barn party costume parade! This was the one time everyone could dress up even though it wasn't a horse show. Lots of the students did not get to go in any horse shows this year. So dressing up for the pure fun of it seemed like a a great idea!! (At least until I got started trying to get the horse outfits on the horses! Then I wasn't so sure!)

First in line in the parade were Peek A Boo and Flyer. Peek A Boo was dressed as the young horse and Flyer was dressed as her "Granny". Arlene rode Peek A Boo and Lisa led Granny. Many thanks to Lisa for helping with Granny. Anyone who knows Peek and Flyer know that were Peek A Boo goes Granny is almost always close by. Granny even stayed at the vet hospital last year when Boo was getting surgery. Granny was getting ready to take Boo on a field trip to South America, Boo even had her bag packed. We played a game later where the participants had to guess what Boo had packed for her trap.

Boo has made Granny's hair grey! It is a chore sometimes keeping up with this young horse!

Here is Kathleen the only one of the three Musketeers that could make it to the party. She is riding "Blue Sky", whose old registered name was "Bold Intimidator" that name seems appropriate when he is dressed like this!

Here is the new kid, Andee Ixe Storm. She just moved back from Pittsburgh and judging from her chef outfit she is planning to cook her way into popularity with the other horses. Marina is her proud owner!

This is Julie's first opportunity to dress up her horse, Kolt (Cypress Moonbar). I guess that since she wanted a horse for Christmas last year but had to wait until New Year's day to get him she decided to go with a "Father Christmas" theme.

Here is Kathleen ready to conquer the party.

Julie and Kolt

Here is cowgirl Ashley with her cow pony Luke!

Here is our Hippy Friend Alyssa riding Long Legs. Peace Out!

That is a view of the parade. A total of 13 horses participated! What beautiful fall colors.

Here is Buddy Berry riding his "cow" Reo. Their theme was a cowboy riding a cow.

Here is Abby riding Autumn. Autumn is a hula dancer with her Island rider Abby. That straw hat was real challenge to keep in place!

Abby and Cincinatti are a vision of spider webs and spiders. I was shocked that someone who is as afraid of spiders as Abby is would chose this for her costume. However Cinnci thought the web was itchy!

Here is Chelsea with Cameo. They are dressed in an Arabian horse native costume. Cameo is an Arabian and Chelsea wanted to show her off in her traditional garb! Chelsea and Sherry made the tassles by hand.

Krystal also did an Arabian native outfit with Buddy who is also an Arabian. I think this pair is very nice.

Brittany makes a nice statement with her outfit. She is riding Sundance Bob.

What's cooking Andee? I was getting really hungry by this point.

Here is Sweet Valentine. She had her 35th birthday last month. So we sang her happy birthday and I fed her carrots. She was purchased for me originally so I insisted on presenting her carrots. I sure look different now than I did when I was 9 years old and saw her for the first time!

Afterward we played what is in Peek A Boo's purse and ate lots of good food at a Potluck Dinner! I hope we have even more participants at the next barn party.