In the 1990s I hosted a live show in Illinois called Lincoln Land Live. As a counterpart to it, I held a youth show, too. That show was always held in my home, and usually the participants were horse crazy kids who were invited to come over, borrow my models, and have a pony party.
Lisa and
Cole used to attend live shows with me and so they really enjoyed participating in the ones at our house.
I still have some of the tags they had put on my borrowed models.
Once in a while I find one of these old tags with my kid's name on it, and it never fails to make me smile.
That's Cole consulting with me in our Illinois kitchen with the kitchen table set up for some sort of performance class.
The kitchen counter was used, too. (Michelle Z. is writing out some documentation.)
Not only did they use my show props, but it looks like we pulled out the Barbies, too! I have absolutely no idea what class this was!
Holding those shows was as fun for me as it was for the kids who attended, and I know that at least two of the entrants still love horses twenty five years later. Michelle Z. even invited me to her wedding in 2011. That day included a horse drawn carriage!
My photo was snapped while I was giving the carriage horse, a beautiful Percheron, a kiss. I found it framed and wrapped under my Christmas tree later that year.
Go
here for a look at another of the youth shows that were held in my home.
