2003
RENDEZVOUS

Presented By:

"Preserving an Era"

May 16, 17, 18, 2003 

 Central Washington State Fairgrounds

Yakima, Washington

Free Admission


Learn from:

Josh Lyons (click his photo to visit his COOL Website!!!)

John Lyon’s son is becoming recognized as a world class clinician himself as traditions are being passed down by his father.   Josh brings with him many proven techniques of natural horsemanship and has developed his own flare with his audiences and truly is fun to watch and is a pleasure to learn from.  

Johnny Clark 

Yakima’s very own Johnny Clark is becoming one of America’s most well known horseman.  Johnny’s gentle nature and proven training methods lures horse people from around the world.
 

 Dianne Mortenson 

Dianne is another Yakima horseperson and brings with her gentle training and natural horsemanship techniques.  She is truly wonderful with horses and horse people. 

Elaine Steele 

Elaine features unique centered riding techniques.  She trains the rider and provides for comfortable relationships between the horse and the rider resulting in a natural partnership between the rider and their horse.


  Shoptil you drop:
Many vendors from all over the Northwest 

t    Horse tack & saddles 

t    Leather goods 

t    Arts & crafts 

t    Western clothes 

t    Outfitters supplies 

t    Raffles and auctions 

t    New trailers & trucks 

t    Great food 

t    Fun gifts

t    and much more. . .


Enjoy lots of fun activities:

 

Western Music

Dutch oven cooking competitions

Mule Team demonstrations

Back country packing competitions

Photo contest

Live music & dancing

Cowboy church

Informative demonstrations

Blacksmithing

Horse-shoeing competitions

Authentic mountain men camps

Drill teams & flag teams

Informational speakers


Adopt a Wild Horse or Burro

BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program

We Will Have 15 Burros and 75 Horses to Bid On!!!

Click here for Schedule and Details about the Yakima Adoption


Daily Rendezvous Schedule

May 16th, Friday: 
Gates open at 1:00pm
Opening Ceremonies start at 1:15pm
Several demonstrations on Friday afternoon (See Program for details)
Friday evening live music and dancing at 7:00pm
 
May 17th, Saturday:
Breakfast at 7:00am
General BCHW meeting 7:00am - 10:00am
Demonstrations, seminars, and competitions start at 9:00am through 5:30pm (See Program for details)
Dinner at 6:00pm
Auction at 7:00pm
Live music and Dancing at 9:00pm - 12:30am
 
May 18th, Sunday:
Breakfast at 7:00am
Cowboy church at 8:00am
Demonstrations, seminars, and competitions start at 9:00am through 2:30pm (See Program for details)
Awards presentations at 2:30pm
Gates close at 3:00pm
 

For a detailed schedule be sure to pick up your own 2003 Rendezvous Program when you arrive.  With the purchase of a program for will receive a free raffle ticket for a chance to win a beautiful Pendleton blanket.

  


Registration, Contest and Vender Forms:


RENDEZVOUS CHAPTER'S CHALLENGE!

The Rendezvous is coming up quickly. Here’s a challenge to all you chapters out there…and…you could win "big bucks" for your chapter, too. Do you want to know how? Put together a LNT camp and compete against all the other chapters for the big prize. We have space reserved for each and every chapter to participate. It would be lots of fun to see what you all come up with …and all the great ideas we could learn from each other. Sounds like LOTS of fun to me!!!

And be going through those photos for the perfect one, or two, to enter in the photo contest. For you packers, get ready…we want to see a bunch of you this year. Register early and waive the packing entrance fee. Now THAT’s a GREAT deal! That way we can get the schedule done ahead of time. That ought to make things go smoother for you all, especially if you’re competing in other competitions for the packsaddle overall prize.

Does your chapter want to have bragging rights? We have another chapter challenge for you…get everyone in your chapter to pre-register. We have a prize for the chapter with the most participation this year…and bragging rights, too. Watch in the THN and on the web site for all the competition and prize information and for the registration form. And, your director also has this info. We plan to have great prizes in every event.

Tell all your friends about our big weekend and bring them along. Competitions are open to everyone, ya know. Last year was successful but this year can be off the record. Don’t forget to get your breakfast and dinner tickets, too. We promise GREAT meals this year. Don’t forget, the convention (membership meeting), clinicians (Josh Lyons, Johnny Clark, Dianne Mortenson, and Elaine Steele), auctions (silent and live), music, dances, shopping, demos, BLM wild horses and burros, cowboy church, and more my co-chairman, John, told you about in the last THN. We’ll keep you busy from Friday to Sunday with all the fun things to do and see. See ya in May!!

Jill Veach


 For more information, contact:

 

John Comer, jwcomer@earthlink.net,  (509)453-0167

OR

Jill Veach, JVeach2206@aol.com,  (509) 697-7630 

 


Come

Join Us

in

Yakima

on

May 16-18 

We’ll have

a great time!