BCPHC Youth

This was the last show of the year and the kids took the opportunity to remind all us show-weary adults what going to horse shows is supposed to be about – FUN!  They had a costume contest (planned in advance) and it was a highlight of the night.  Charming the audience was a black and white horse complete with udder, cowbell, and the most darling little farm girl with milking bucket in hand; a bike racer team complete with lights and an exhaust pipe (?), a very pink and wild rock star (Emilee Chamberland) complete with disco ball (One Cool Promise); a couple of terrifying pirates ready to send you down the plank (Chrissie and Daniella Penaloza with matey Tequila Sunrise Debar); a trip down the yellow brick road with Don’t Temp Me (cringing in the background as the lion) and Giorgina and Ingrid Libera as the scarecrow and Dorothy, and their little black dog as Toto; and a Sesame Street lookalike (aka Jaime Myren) on Oscar the Grouch (Obvious Chance).  Garnering the biggest applause was the formidable duo of Kirsten Chamberland, Matthew Moore and Kenos Tailor Made impersonating a BC fire engine – Tailor was dressed up in a red sheet with big yellow and black wheels, flashing lights on her head and ‘flames’ in her tail.  The kids were dressed in mini firemen suits and clinching the win was Jennifer King’s white puppy Eva specially attired for the occasion with the appropriate fire dog black spots all over her body.

  

Nicole Braddick & Stony Brook

It’s kind of amazing when you reflect back on your kids early years how there are little signs, that today, tell you there’s no mistaking how some people or animals come into your life. When I started to scrapbook Nicole’s relationship with her horse I found so many little signs that horses would become a huge part of our lives. From the many pony rides when Nicole couldn’t even sit up without her brother holding her tight on her first ride, to the pony rides every year in Parksville, the pony stick in ballet that we would have to pry her away from each week, to the wooden horse she would ride and play on in Whistler and, of course, the 3 consecutive pony ride birthday parties in Langley. There are multiple pictures of her dressed in cowboy boots, and chaps, suede vests and skirts with her cowboy hat and boots, not to mention the visits to the Cloverdale Rodeo and always wanting to go see the horses. It’s no wonder when we found out some relatives of our friends had a farm in Langley with horses, I knew we would have to ask to tag along on one of their visits and that’s exactly what we did.

It was October 2000, when we went down the long driveway to the back of the property where the barn was and it wasn’t more than a second later Nicole was out the car door running to see if there was any horses in the barn. She was 8 yrs old. Out past the barn was this big Arena, and it was there we were introduced to a lady who was lunging a horse. (Of course we didn’t know what lunging was, we only knew there was a horse on the end of a long line and it was running around in circles.) That lady was, Dianne Rouse, and she would introduce us to her 12 yr old Red Roan Overo Paint/Pinto horse named Stony Brook (who was in foal at the time). This day changed our lives forever. Before too long, we were coming out to visit the horses weekly and to see Stony Brook to groom her and give her treats, hoping we weren’t being too pesky. Nicole was in Ballet and Figure Skating when we first met Stony but we realized quickly that our pursuit was so focused on horses, she gave both activities up. She was always asking me “when are we going to the barn?” . . . . "click for full article and photo"

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