O Canada - Another SEND-OFF Reminder!
I’m now up here in Canada and ready to begin teaching Young Riders as well as out WEG Team Riders tomorrow and just found out that we are still over 100 tickets short of our goal for the “Send-Off To Kentucky” benefit on September 12th. Now, I know that many times people wait until the last minute before buying their tickets to these kind of functions but, my Canadian friends, now you’re really starting to make me nervous!
Coming to this event is about having a great time, meeting and showing your support for our team, and providing incredibly vital funding for future programs for everyone from our Juniors through our Elite International combinations. So here’s the thing. If we do not produce this much needed funding through events like this, how do you suppose we are to create the long-term, sustainable programs which can rival those of countries such as Holland, Germany, Great Britain and even the United States? To me, this whole thing is such a “no-brainer” that I am just dumbfounded when I’m told we’re still not sold out! I feel like I keep jumping up and down to try to get people as excited as I am about Canada’s future in Dressage, but for some reason so many of you don;t want to hop on the band-wagon. I have to say, if you are all content with the results you’ve had for the past 22 years, there’s not much I can do about it in the end , other than to remind you that then you can’t complain about anything including mediocre results. But if you are serious about becoming a “World Power” in our sport, all I can say is GET WITH THE PROGRAM!
PLEASE, go to the top of this page and click on the banner for the “Send-Off To Kentucky” benefit today and purchase your tickets and tables so that our Team and all the kids and adults hoping to one day represent Canada have world-class programs in place starting in 2011. In the end, you’ll be proud you helped make a difference and I’ll stop having to go back to my hair colourist so often! Thank You!!!
Cheers!
RD
sarah — August 31, 2010 @ 1:31 pm
I am not sure if alot of people are having the same problem, but I have tried about 3 times, from 3 different computers to make a donation/buy a ticket and it does not go thru and the website crashes. I am playing phone tag with the organizers trying to get my ticket
Maybe that is why ticket sales are down?
Richard — September 1, 2010 @ 10:45 pm
Are there any huge sponsors in Canada that are putting the kind of money into the team that Jane Clark does here?
Perhaps I’ll donate $1 in the name of the Canadian team for every ridiculous post Michelle makes here. So Michelle, go to it and help bring in $$$ for Canadian dressage!
Michelle — September 2, 2010 @ 6:21 am
Um sorry Richard you are the ridiculous clueless boring one.
Richard — September 2, 2010 @ 12:18 pm
$1 for Canada. Yay!!
Robert Dover — September 2, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
Sorry, Richard, but this works retro-actively so you already owe about $50.00 and Michelle, we need lots of money so PLEASE keep it up!
Cheers!
RD
michelle — September 2, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
Hey Robert my posts are not ridiculous I can’t help you guys don’t let the facts get in your way. But I am here for you so here goes.
Richard I’m guessing you are from BP or the Bush administration either way KARMA my friend.
Robert Dover — September 2, 2010 @ 2:58 pm
Thanks, Michelle! I actually think you’re a trooper! Best of all, I’m getting help from Richard to raise funds for my Junior/Young Rider Program from all these dollars!
RD
michelle — September 2, 2010 @ 3:31 pm
Hey Robert whatever I can do just let me know. I will keep the $$$ rolling in for you. Richard makes it sooooooooo easy:)