Hello From
Hoofbeat!
We hope
everyone is enjoying what's left of summer.
We want to
say a big thank you to everyone of the campers, staff, and horses - it was
another great summer at Hoofbeat!
Whoopi the
barn cat is really missing all of the campers and staff. She walks around the
barn looking for anyone that will stop and pet her. Today she came down the
barn hill and was looking in the office windows, hoping someone would come out
and say hi to her!
We are
transitioning to our fall programs at camp now. We have some UW groups coming
to do planning sessions and our after school riding lessons with the Madison
middle schools starts in a couple of weeks.
We also
have our fall Mother/Daughter Weekends on September 25 - 27 and October 2 - 4.
Both weekends are full, but we do have waiting lists. Our spring
Mother/Daughter Weekend dates are May 6 - 8, May 13 - 15, and May 20 - 22. The
registration information should be up on our website soon!
On October
23 - 25, we have our Horse Lover's Weekend for girls ages 8 - 15. It's a fun
way to enjoy camp in the off season, with riding lessons, horse care classes,
mounted games, trail rides (weather permitting), and lots of other fun
activities.
We have a
Horse Lover's Day for girls ages 7 - 13 on October 31. Campers will have riding
lessons, horse care classes, grooming, arts and crafts, a costume contest, and
lots of other activities. There is bus service provided from two locations and
the program ends in time for campers to be home to go trick - or - treating in
the evening!
Pippa is
hosting our annual Christmas Party this year! The date is December 12 and the
program is for boys ages 7 - 9 and girls ages 7 - 13. There will be riding
lessons, horse care classes, a candy cane hunt, Christmas crafts, and sledding
if we have enough snow! Bus transportation is available from two locations. We
are working on the registration for this program and it should be up on our
website in a couple of weeks.
Our Christmas Camp is December 28 - January 1, this year. Girls ages 8 - 16 can come enjoy riding lessons, bareback riding, horse science, sledding (weather permitting), a trip to a water park, a New Year's Eve party, plus lots more!
Check the
website for early bird registration for 2016. It will be ready in the next
couple of months!
We hope you
have a great school year and hope to see everyone back at Hoofbeat soon!
-Ted, Mary, and all of the Hoofbeat
staff, horses, and Whoopi the barn cat
