Sarabande Academy of Riding May 2009

upcoming events
Summer Camp
Sarabande 2009
may 2- Saturday Team &
SuperStars Meeting
Academy of join us & invite a friend! 8/9- Teen Jump
Riding dolor sit Session 1: June 1-5 Workshop

amet. Session 2: June 8-12 16- SAAHA Brandi

Session 3: June 22-26 Fenton Show &
Ice Cream
Session 4: June 29-July 3 Social/Summer
Session 5: July 13-17 Camp Registration

Session 6: July 20-24 22-24- Equistar Show

Congratulations to our
Carousel Show Team!
& BBQ at Freeman
for more info go to Farms
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30- Saturday Team

june 1-5- Summer Camp

Session 1

8-12- Summer Camp

Session 2

15-19- Betsy gone

22-26- Summer
Camp Session 3

29-July 3- Summer
Camp Session 4

Darien Austin Team & SuperStars- Saturday, May 2

Zoe Leonard
Chloe Bosmeny Saturday Team runs like a day of after Team ends at noon. If you are
Sedona Gallagher camp… rotating riding lessons, interested in participating in the club or
Linnaea Caldwell barn chores & pony school. The have any questions, please contact Megan
Marissa Romero cost is $50/Saturday (this is in at meganaustin@hotmail.com.
Molly Madden addition to your monthly lesson
fee) & hours are 8:00am-noon. All
students Level Silver & above are
welcome.

The Sarabande SuperStars

Saddlebred Club will meet right
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Congratulations to our
April Equistar Show
Team!

Jacy Prestinario
Bibi VanderHeiden
Zoe Leonard
Sedona Gallagher
Maddy Keuper
Nicole Dasilva
Marissa Romero
Darien Austin
Megan Austin
Ann Keuper

Equistar Show & BBQ at Freeman Farms- May 22-24

Show Team Members participating in the
May Equistar Show will leave on Friday
afternoon, May 22. We will have a pizza
dinner at Freeman Farms that evening,
participate in a workshop on how a show
is run (planning, coordination, rules,
judging criteria, etc) & stay the night at
the barn house. Please bring sleeping
bag, pillow, essentials & show clothes
(including clean boots & helmet).
Show starts at 8:30am Saturday morning
& will last most of the day- there will be
classes in Saddle Seat & Hunt Seat
divisions. We will again spend Saturday
night at the farm, and then Sunday
morning we will attend the BBQ hosted
by Freeman Farms. We will head back to
Tucson sometime around noon & return
to Sarabande around 4:00pm.
Cost for the entire weekend is $150 per
student (includes food, transportation &
show fees), which needs to be paid in
advance of the trip. If interested, please
sign up at the barn ASAP or email
sarabandestables@yahoo.com so Betsy
can schedule participants and horses in
appropriate classes. Parents, please let
us know ASAP if you would be willing to
drive so we can coordinate carpools.

*There will be no afternoon/evening lessons

on Friday, May 22 & no Saturday Team May 23
due to the Equistar Show

Lesson Prices

One lesson: $40 Team- $50 per Saturday

Package of four lessons- $150
(due at beginning of month)
One private or adult lesson- $50
(level Silver or above ONLY)
Saddle Club- $50 for ! day
(max. four hours) or $100 for full
day (max. eight hours)

Package of four private or adult

lessons- $190
(due at beginning of month)

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We try to be Please email or

flexible with call as soon as you
missed lessons know you are
cause life going to miss a
happens to all of lesson and we will
us. reschedule it.

However, if you
fail to show up for
a scheduled
lesson & don’t let teen jump workshop &
us know, there
will be no make-
sleepover- Friday/Saturday, May 8/9
ups or refunds.
There will be a Teen (10 years & older)
Jump Workshop on Saturday, May 8 in

SAAHA Brandi Fenton Show Benson at the J-Six Equestrian Center

Saturday, May 16
This is a great, low-key, low- pressure opportunity for
current show team members to refine their skills, as
well as those wanting to "try" a show for the first time.
It is an all-day show with classes in Saddle Seat & Hunt
Seat Divisions. We will ask participants to be there at
8:30am.
If interested, please sign up at the barn ASAP or email
sarabandestables@yahoo.com so Betsy can schedule
participants and horses in appropriate classes. There
taught by National Level Jump Instructor,
Colleen Garcia. Those students attending
the workshop may also participate in a
sleepover at Sarabande the night before
(Friday, April 10).
Cost for the entire weekend will be $150
per student (includes food, transportation
& workshop). Please sign up at the barn
by next Wednesday, May 6 & and leave
$150 check payable to Sarabande.
*Lessons will be held as usual on Friday, May

will be a $50 show deposit due upon sign-up. Even if 8, however, there will be no Saturday Team
May 9 due to the Jump Workshop.
you are not participating in the show,
we encourage everyone to come out &
support your fellow Sarabanders at
this local show.

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Sarabande Academy of Riding
Betsy Lundell-
Owner/Head Trainer
Sarabande Policy Updates
Effective 5/1/09
3250 E. Allen Road
Tucson, AZ 85718
520.907.3965
sarabandestables@yahoo.com
www.sarabandeacademy.com
SARABANDE SIGN-IN BOOK
We have created a simple, effective new system to
keep better track of who is in & out of the barn & make
our administrative life at Sarabande much easier.
Starting today, May 1, 2009, EVERY STUDENT will be
required to sign in when they arrive at the barn for a
lesson, event, team, saddle club or any other reason
in our SIGN-IN BOOK. Every Sarabande student has
their own sign-in sheet & folder, so simply look for
your name & sign in under the appropriate category.
Your monthly bills & any other communication we
need to get to you will be placed in your folder, so
please make a habit of checking it regularly.
A HUGE thank you to Michelle Christiano, one of our
Sarabande moms, for creating this notebook for us.
Note: The next time you are at the barn, please check
that your contact info is correct on the index card
located in your folder so we can make sure our
records are up-to-date.
SHOW/EVENT/CAMP DEPOSITS
Each time we have a sign-up for a show, camp or
other Sarabande event, there is a deposit or paid
fee attached to it that is supposed to be paid
BEFORE the event. In the past, we have been lax
about collecting this ahead of time, however we
can’t afford to continue this flexibility. Without pre-
paid deposits, we must front the money to fund pre-
paying for show or event fees, transportation fees,
etc. that are required for us to participate.
Please understand that this sometimes puts Betsy
several months behind in recouping that money
due to our billing cycles. This is not wise for any
business. So, from this point forward, your
reservation for an event will not be complete
without a deposit check. Note that any show/event
fees that are accrued in addition to the deposit will
be added to your next monthly bill.
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IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION REQUEST
Many of us understandably find it most convenient to
tell Betsy in passing at lessons or in conversation that
we’d like our children to participate in an event or
program or discuss missing or changing a lesson
day/time.
However, it is difficult for Betsy to be able to
remember and document each of these conversations
throughout her day while she is in the middle of
training. Sarabande now has close to 50 students, and
we don’t ever want a student to be left out of an
opportunity due to a miscommunication.
So, if you do not do so already, please make it a
priority to sign up in the suggested manner for each
event and/or email sarabandestables@yahoo.com so
that we have an administrative record of your request.
This will help keep Sarabande running smoothly and
efficiently. We greatly appreciate your help &
understanding in this matter!
SUMMER LESSONS
Starting June 1, all weekday lessons will begin after
5:00pm due to the heat & summer camp schedule.
Since many of you will also want to change lesson
days/times to accommodate your own summer
schedules, please email sarabandestables@yahoo.com
with your preferred lesson day/time (even if it is not
changing) to begin June 1. We will do all we can to
accommodate your request.
BILLING
Sarabande monthly invoices will be sent out via email
(with a printed copy in your sign-in book folder) on
the 30th of each month. Payment is due on the 1st. Late
fees of 10% of your total bill will begin accruing the
15th of the month if a balance remains.
This billing policy will be enforced. Please help us in
understanding that prompt payment of your bill is
very important to the business of keeping Sarabande
running smoothly. Thank you!
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