NAN 2013 Registration open until midnight MDT, May 10, 2013

Registration is open now through midnight MDT, May 10, 2013!

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View the 2013 NAN Show Packet.

2013 Member Show of the Year Committee

It's time to nominate yourself as a member of the 2013 NAMHSA Member Show of the Year committee. The committee needs one person from each region to read the nomination forms for various member shows in contention for MSOTY. Plus, we are looking for someone to serve as the committee head.

Please submit your name only if you can commit to the required time to read all of the nominations as well as discuss them and then vote. This period will run from May 22nd to June 10th, with the final vote concluded by June 10th.

The committee chair is looking for experienced show holders, entrants and judges that can fairly evaluate a show without bias.

Please submit your name by May 10th, along with which region you're from and a general idea of how many years you've been attending shows and how many (exact numbers aren't needed, but a rough idea will let me know how experienced you are in regards to shows).

NAME:

YOUR REGION:

SHOWING HISTORY:

Please send all information to and whether you would like to chair or just be your region's representative on the committee to:

Teresa Buzzell, NAMHSA President, president@namhsa.org

Board Meetings - Meet Vice President Carra McClelland

Hello hobby, I am Carra McClelland. I am currently serving as Vice President of NAMHSA.

I began collecting at age 11, when I got the Palomino family Arabian Mare for a birthday gift. I still have her and adore her.

I started going to shows when I was 17. I participated in Rocky Mountain Model Horse Expo and did pretty well for myself. I dove right into the open division. I had been showing real horses for a few years prior and felt like I could handle it. I won some and I lost some, but I learned a lot and made a lot of really good friends. After that, I would go to RMMHE and ring steward and clerk for Karen Gerhardt until I decided to hold my own show, the Cornhusker Classic. It was in a tiny ballroom in a Holidome. It was thrilling and scary and I wanted to do it again and again.

I have since held live shows at Siouxland Horse Fair (my first experience holding a show many miles away from me), my own successful Buccaneer Live show series, Nebraska Horse Expo's Nebraska Model Horse Expo, a couple of smaller independent shows, and I was co-chair of NAN in 2012 with Stacy Faraci. I love the excitement of holding a show and giving out awards. I hope to do it again sometime very soon!

My showing career has come in fits and starts, but now I have a fairly competitive show string. But even before that, I met and have become good friends with a number of awesome people from all over the world through the hobby and showing. Ribbons are nice, but those friendships are priceless!

In my non-hobby life, I have 2 cats - Stuart and Gurlie - and a horse - Cooper. Stu and Gurlie are both generic cats. They are both such little characters though! Cooper is an Arabian gelding that I do Western Pleasure with. He has been shown in Hunter Pleasure by a friend and by his trainer and Western Pleasure and Halter by me. He is a winning halter horse and has placed well amongst his peers in both under saddle pursuits. My "day job" is Computer System Specialist at Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska. There is a merry band of 5 of us in the Help Desk to provide support or dispatch field techs to almost 10,000 users. It is challenging and a lot of fun! My "evening gig" is voiceover and web work for AutoRestoMod in Aiken, South Carolina. This allows me to enjoy an aspect of the automotive industry that interests me greatly (classic car restoration and modification) and work for and with some of the nicest people I have ever met, including fellow hobbyist Gina Witters.

I look forward to serving NAMHSA as President. I have enjoyed my time of the Board of Directors as a Region Rep and VP and hope to contribute in some way to the organization for a long time to come.

NAMHSA Congratulates the January, February and March 2013 Merit Award Winners!

NAMHSA Congratulates Merit Award Winners!

NAMHSA congratulates the following horses and their owners who earned Merit Awards in January, February and March 2013:

Superior Event Horse for Outstanding Achievement (requiring 12 NAN cards in one class):

American Freedom  -  Welsh Ponies  -  Lori Sala
Late Harvest  -  Custom European Pony (Welsh)  -  Lori Sala
Master of Ceremonies  -  OF Stone Other Ponies  -  Lori Sala
Inheritance -  Other Pure/Part Foals  -  Colorado Ranger  -  Lori Sala
Working Class Hero  -  Breyer Paint Halter  -  Teresa Buzzell
Crete -  Custom Glaze Mixed Sport Breed Halter  -  Teresa Buzzell
CZ Rowdy Commando  -  Morgan  -  Nina Henne
TS Blue Horizons  -  Vintage Breyer Decorator  -  Mary Ann Snyder
TS Lohengrin  -  Vintage Breyer Decorator  -  Mary Ann Snyder
Found Gold  -  Collectibility  -  Elise Partanen
TS Magnum  -  Western Stockwork  -  Elise Partanen
Seamstress -  Harness  -  Katherine Dwyer

Superior Halter Horse for Outstanding Achievement in Breed and Collectability or Workmanship(requiring 16 NAN cards, with a minimum of 4 each in Breed Halter and Collectability / Workmanship):

Bottle Rocket  -  Heather Mays
Bliss -  Heather Mays
Bearly Dun  -  Heather Mays
Woodbury -  Robin Kent
Diesel -  Elise Partanen

Versatility Award, for Outstanding Achievement in Halter and Performance (requiring 16 NAN cards in any combination of classes, with a minimum of 6 in halter and 6 in performance):

Toby -  Barbara DiAnnibella

Superior Division Horse for Excellence in a Performance Division (requiring 16 NAN cards in one performance subdivision, with a minimum of 4 cards each in 3 different classes within that subdivision):

Rocket Man  -  Western Performance  -  Heather Mays
Paradox -  English Performance  -  Heather Mays
Absolute Proof  -  Western Performance  -  Heather Mays
Forever Blue  -  English Performance  -  Heather Mays
Hollywood Splash  -  Western Performance  -  Heather Mays
Sweet Spot  -  English Performance  -  Ann Harris
Toby -  English Performance  -  Barbara DiAnnibella

Legion of Merit for Excellence in Halter and Performance (requiring 8 NAN cards in any combination of classes, with a minimum of 3 card in halter and 3 cards in performance):

Picasso -  Heather Mays
Absolute Proof  -  Heather Mays
Cash -  Barbara DiAnnibella
JustaCommotion  -  Nina Henne
CZ Kool  -  Nina Henne
Imperial Sass  -  Nina Henne

Register of Merit for Excellence (requiring 6 NAN cards in one class):

Snafu  -  Stone Collectibility  -  Teresa Buzzell
Tariq -  Native Costume  -  Teresa Buzzell
Tariq -  Stone Arabian  -  Teresa Buzzell
B.Y.O.B. -  Western Arena Trail  -  Teresa Buzzell
Alchemist -  AR Warmblood  -  Teresa Buzzell
Flicker of Lightning  -  AR Mini Other Light Breed  -  Teresa Buzzell
Mercenary -  Breyer Mini Warmblood  -  Teresa Buzzell
Good Girl Gone Bad  -  Stone Mini Saddlebred  -  Teresa Buzzell
Another Whistler’s Tune  -  China Other Light  -  Robin Kent
Dakota West  -  China Paint  -  Robin Kent
Ivory Moon  -  OF Arabian Mare  -  Robin Kent
Mistaken Identity  -  SM Vintage  -  Robin Kent
Popelino -  China Longear/Exotic  -  Robin Kent
Zor -  Breyer Test OOAK  -  Robin Kent
Vladislav -  Workmanship  -  Ann Harris
Dun With Sue  -  Western Arena Trail  -  Ann Harris
Catlike -  Cutting  -  Ann Harris
Sweet Spot  -  Huntseat Pleasure  -  Ann Harris
Sweet Spot  -  English Games  -  Ann Harris
In The Black  -  Saddleseat Pleasure  -  Barbara DiAnnibella
Hero For Hire  -  Cutting  -  Barbara DiAnnibella
Skeleton Key  -  Stadium Jumping  -  Barbara DiAnnibella
Toby -  Shetland Pony Grand National  -  Barbara DiAnnibella
Maranoso Arrogante  -  Lusitano  -  Nina Henne
Causin A Commotion  -  Colorado Rangerbred  -  Nina Henne
Power To Impress  -  Shire  -  Nina Henne
CZ Sweet Dreams  -  QH  -  Nina Henne
CZ Rowdy Commando  -  Morgan  -  Nina Henne
Lotto Flash  -  Appaloosa  -  Nina Henne
CZ Kool  -  Appaloosa  -  Nina Henne
Imperial Sass  -  Showmanship  -  Nina Henne
Lita -  TB  -  Nina Henne
Secret Weapon  -  Paint  -  Nina Henne
Freyafra TS  -  OF Plastic QH x Icelandic Foal  -  Mary Ann Snyder
TS Kiger Lily  -  OF Plastic Kiger Mustang Foal  -  Mary Ann Snyder
Black Magic Woman  -  Azteca  -  Marisa C. Hildebrandt
Ellie Mae  -  Quarter Pony Weanling  -  Marisa C. Hildebrandt
Vanilla Gorilla  -  Collectibility  -  Elise Partanen
Sterling -  Collectibility  -  Elise Partanen
Blue Beauty  -  Collectibility  -  Elise Partanen
After the Party  -  Collectibility  -  Elise Partanen
Skag -  Western Games  -  Elise Partanen
Swing The Mood Jive  -  Saddleseat Performance  -  Katherine Dwyer

Sweet Pea – OF PS Pony Foal – Vickie Carper

Yucatan– OF Other Pure Light – Sarah Whelehan
Rogue River – OFP Breyer Halter Collectibility – Adrien Synnott

The goal of the Merit Awards program is to reward models that consistently place well at NAMHSA member shows. This is entirely separate from, and may be in addition to, any NAN awards the model may win; attendance at any NAN is *not required* to earn a Merit Award.

WANTED: Photos of past and present Merit Award winners for inclusion in the online Merit Award Gallery on the NAMHSA website! Send JPGs to Merit Award Coordinator, Beth Lamm.

For more information on the Merit Award program and Gallery, please visit http://www.namhsa.org/meritawards.htm