The June WSCA Game Show is now behind us and it was a great day.  The rain thankfully held off, it was overcast and cool-ish, so very comfortable for the horses and riders.

Our new food-stand/registration-stand seemed to work really well.  The food was, as always, excellent - - thank you Galen and food stand crew, you guys rock!

Actually, a huge thank you goes out to everyone who helped at the show, things went super smooth and we never had to call and beg for workers.  Most members who attended spent at least some time working a gate, helping in the arena, in registration, working the food stand, or the ever-dreaded picking up manure detail.  Several members were on duty for 12 hours or so, we'll have to work hard to make sure that no one gets "stuck" at the Barrel Show.  Super kudos to Karen who took on the daunting task of paybacks and high-point; she was only planning on half a day but was there until the very end.  We learned a few things about this job and plan to make some changes to how this is handled, it's a pretty stressful and frustrating task but we'll make it better.

Photos, many courtesy of Stephanie Branch (thank you!!) are found in the Photos and Fun section.  If anyone else has photos you'd like to have included, just email them to me at Lsrd1@msn.com.

We'll be doing it all again over the July 4th weekend for our Barrel Show!

In other news, MSC minutes will be posted to the website under the Members section, with the catchy title of MSC Minutes

We are less then 2 weeks away from our WSCA Speed Show, to be held June 13 at the Dunn County Fairgrounds.  The NBHA show, our biggest fundraiser, is slated for July 3 and 4, also at the Fairgrounds. 

Both of these events provide not only the majority of our Club's funding annually, but also a venue for our members to compete.  For those who choose not to compete, the shows offer 3 full days of fun and comaraderie.  Not to mention, a little sweat equity in our Club!

The new Menomonie Saddle Club website affords Committee Members the opportunity to not make 57 phone calls to solicit help.  Non-Committee Members do not need to play phone tag responding to calls from the Show Committee (which is the most in need of help annually from members). 

Everyone can find a list of what type of help is needed for the Horse Shows on the Help Needed page.  There are two options for responding to let us know what you can do:

1)  Simply "add a comment" to this blog post  OR
2)  On the Help Needed page, complete the form at the bottom and submit it.

Either way will give the Committee the information needed to avoid telephoning and bugging everyone.  Keep your fingers crossed for great weather.  Hope to see you all there!