The Northeast Florida Dressage Association, a chapter of the Deep South Dressage and Combined Training Association, is very pleased to announce Col. Axel Steiner as the judge for the AHSA/USDF Recognized Dressage show: "Dressage on the First Coast." Col. Steiner, an international "O" judge for twelve years, has been chosen to judge Sydney 2000. NFDA has also secured Klaus Fraessdorf as the second judge, Joyce Hamelin as Technical Delegate and Lyn Carver as the Show Secretary. Northeast Florida Dressage is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with such a well-respected group of officials.

"Dressage on the First Coast" will be held September 18-19 at the Clay County Agricultural Center in Green Cove Springs, Florida. It is the first recognized show to be held in the Jacksonville area in over twenty years. NFDA has hopes of making this an annual event and has billed the show as a final "tune-up" for the Region Three Championships. In addition to the recognized show, Axel Steiner will be conducting a clinic on Monday and Tuesday after the show. Any interested riders may contact NFDA's Clinic Manager, Suzanne Graham, at (904) 287-6110. To request a prize list for the show, please contact NFDA's Show Manager, Marge Savage, at (904) 276-2427.

A portion of the show's proceeds and money raised from a silent auction will go to benefit the Children's Home Society of Florida, Buckner Division. The Children's Home Society's 14 divisions are the caregivers to Florida's less fortunate children. Best known for their adoption services, they have placed nearly 30,000 children with loving parents since their founding in 1902. CHS also provides foster care, emergency shelters, group homes, family counseling and child abuse and neglect prevention programs. The Society's individual attention to each case ensures that each child is cared for according to his or her special needs.

If your group or business would like to become a show sponsor or donate an item or service to the silent auction, please contact NFDA's Sponsorship Chairman, Mary Farr, at (904) 287-0751. North Florida Dressage would like to thank our sponsors for helping Florida's less fortunate children. NFDA's sponsors for the 1999 show season are:

Whitelock Farms Equestrian Development
American Dental Care
American Windows
Billiards Factory
Brewer Industries, Farrier/Metal works
Dennis Construction
First Union Personal Investments/Dennis Wiggins
Horse Creek Farm
First Union Commercial Finance/Tom Savage
Jacksonville South Travel Center
Jacksonville I-10 Travel Center
Mandarin Shoe Repair
Perma Flex
Southside Feed, Inc.
State Farm Insurance
THE Furniture Place
Tomboy Construction
Walter Williams Coldwell Banker Realty
Watson Realty/Evelyn Houck
Westside Feed/Nutrena
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