2015 Show Special SHOW Special - Dancin' Donkey Acres Edition... · Assphalt Acres/Manilla, IN Steve & Jill Crim $100.00 Gold H & V Farms Robert &Beth Hughes $50.00 Silver H3 Miniature

hold a miniature donkey show the

same week as The Great

Celebration in Shelbyville. A

show held on Monday and

Tuesday; were we crazy?

Possibly!

To say our group was not afraid

to think outside of the box is an

understatement. Food for

participants was going to be an

issue. Our answer was to have a

vendor come in and provide the

food for participants to purchase

for lunch and snacks.

Unfortunately, that became

impractical at the last minute.

Board Members stepped in and

sponsored two meal, snacks and

drinks for both days!

It was great to have all the

participants meet in one

comfortable room to eat, relax

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SPEC IAL PO I NTS OF I N TEREST :

It is important to us that everything about ADA be professional and

depicts the donkey as a highly respected and appreciated animal.

The ADA website is up and growing everyday. Dayle Haworth is our

Webmaster. www.americandonkeysassociation.com

ADA News is published February, April, June, August, October and

December of each year. The Editor is Richard Fleener,

[email protected]

The American Donkey

Association (ADA) was founded

on January 1, 2015 with one of its

goals to put on a first class

miniature donkey show in the

first year. That, at first, seemed

simple enough.

There were many challenges and

hurdles to overcome to put on a

first ever show. The ADA Board

of Directors wanted the first show

to be a small example of all the

great things the organization

hopes to accomplish. The show

had to be fun, professional and

NMDA sanctioned.

The biggest fear was that we

would have a show, but no one

would show up. The first annual

Music City Show held on July 6th

and 7th of 2015 was a major

success in the eyes of the Board

and we hope the participants.

Our first two challenges were to

find an exceptional location and

the perfect date for the show.

Again we took a risk. Clearview

Farms in Shelbyville, Tennessee

had never before been the

location of a miniature donkey

show. No one had ever tried to

2015 Music City Show a Success

Volume 1, Issue 3—2015 Show Special August 2015

ADA NEWS

SHOW Special

http://www.americandonkeysassociation.com

Music City Show Photos

and tell stories?

Did you ever wish you could get

some good photos of your

animals in action at a show but

there just wasn’t enough extra

money after travel, rooms and

registration to pay for the luxury

of a few photos? Not a problem at

ADA’s 2015 Music City Show!

Photos of nearly every class and

(Continued from page 1; A Soldier's Story) every animal and exhibitor are

available for free!

Were there complaints? Yes, a

few but, in my opinion, it was the

most fun I have ever had at a

show. Not only that, but the

camaraderie, fun and friendly

competition seemed to carry over

to the Great Celebration Show.

Plans are already being discussed

for next year. No decisions have

been made, but it is highly likely

we will be doing it all over again

but even better!

The ADA Board of Directors has

a lot to do but growth of

membership and expansion of

shows to other States in the next

year are certainly likely to be high

on the list of new challenges.

ADA Stall Talk Page 2 ADA NEWS Page 2

A few of our

winners.

We may not have

had any Youth

Classes this year

but that did not

stop them from

winning against

the intimidating

adults!

ADA

Sponsors

Our Sponsors: THANK YOU!


ADA

Putting on a miniature donkey

show with a brand new

organization takes a tremendous

amount of work and cooperation

from everyone including the

participants. In addition there are

a lot of expenses required to put

on a show; insurance, facility

rental, signage, ribbons and the

list goes on.

Our Sponsors went above and

beyond our expectations. ADA

didn’t exist until January 1, 2015

and had no funds other than what

the founding Board Members had

contributed for incorporation and

other miscellaneous expenses.

Our Sponsors for Class Ribbons,

banners, lunches, snacks and

other advertising permitted the

ADA Board and Show

Committee to continuously move

forward without worrying how

everything was going to be paid

for.

The list below is everyone who

financially made the 2015 Music

City Miniature Donkey show

possible and successful.

FARM SPONSOR NAME AMOUNT Level

Millers Meadow Miniature Donkeys/Mulvane, KS Bob & Debby Miller $250.00 Platinum

Donkey Ridge Farm/Spokane, MO Brian & Paula Selgelid $250.00 Platinum

Legendary Farm/Murfreesboro, TN Richard and Katrina Fleener $250.00 Platinum

Sunset Acres/Grand Island, NE Bob & Cindy Loewenstein $150.00 Gold

Appalachian Farmstead/Jonesborough, TN Dennis & Peggy Vonderfecht $150.00 Gold

Dancin' Donkey Acres/Jerry & Vicki Pegelow Jerry & Vicki Pegelow $100.00 Gold

AssN9 Ranch/Shawnee, OK Jim Speck & Kim Winton $100.00 Gold

Half Ass Acres/ Chapel Hill, TN Joe & Dayle Haworth $150.00 Gold

Lazy J Mules & Donkeys/Cleveland, TX Rose Jones, David Sessum $100.00 Gold

Frontier Legends Miniature Donkeys/Bertram, TX Skip & Patsy Oertli $100.00 Gold

Assphalt Acres/Manilla, IN Steve & Jill Crim $100.00 Gold

H & V Farms Robert &Beth Hughes $50.00 Silver

H3 Miniature Donkeys/Checotah, OK Charles & Mandy Henderson $50.00 Silver

Rocking 615 Ranch Dena Wilson $50.00 Silver

Coyote Run Miniature Donkeys/ Cabot, AR Jerry & Belinda Whitley $75.00 Silver

Ravenwood Farm/Hartsville, IN Jerry & Susie Patterson $50.00 Silver

Little Rasscals Miniature Donkeys/ Noble, OK Kenny & Missi Webb $75.00 Silver

Brayberry Farm/Dover, AR Phil & Lori Howard $75.00 Silver

Country Blessings Miniature Donkeys/Parrish, FL Bill & Sally Dunn $25.00 Bronze

Willow Pointe Donkeys Rocky, Rusty, Ten & Valerie $25.00 Bronze

The Red Gate Registered Minauture Donkeys/ Centerburg, OH Scott & Theresa EllInger $25.00 Bronze

Equine Dentistry Scotty NeSmith $25.00 Bronze

Willow Pointe Donkeys Shadowcross Rhubarb $25.00 Bronze

Sue Ganser $25.00 Bronze

Page 4 ADA News

Our photographer for the

show was Richard Fleener,

Legendary Farms. If you

want to see all 1,600 of

the Show photos go to:

www.LegendaryFarms.com

You can download and save

as many as you want for

free! If you want a full

resolution image you will

need to contact Richard at

[email protected]

These are also free!

http://www.legendaryfarms.com/ada-music-city-show-photos/

mailto:[email protected]



Our Winners: CONGRATULATIONS!















Page 14 ADA News

The future of

miniature

donkeys lies

with our

youth.

Please

encourage

them to

participate.

ADA Show Chair Says Thank You!


ADA

By: Debby Miller, ADA Show

Chair 2015

The Music City show

committee began the

plans for the show early in

2015. Members of the

show committee were

Missi and Kenny Webb,

Little Rasscals Miniature

Donkeys, Noble, OK, Brian

and Paula Selgelid,

Donkey Ridge Farm,

Spokane, MO, Steve and

Jill Crim, Assphalt Acres,

Manilla, Indiana, and

Debby Miller, Millers

Meadow, Mulvane, Kansas.

Class lists, fees, ribbons,

special awards, stalling,

meals, porta potties,

entries, sponsorships,

show schedules, finding

volunteers and many

other little things were

handled by the show

committee during the six

months of planning.

The show committee

thanks all our volunteers

who helped make this

show successful: Patsy

Oertili, Sue Ganser, Dena

Wilson, Robert Hughes,

Hunter Hughes, Katie

Randall, Maria Randall,

Sally Lightner, Richard

Fleener, Katrina Fleener,

Missi Webb, Kenny Webb,

Jerry Patterson, Steve

Crim, Sally Lightner, Brian

Selgelid, and Paula

Selgelid.

Without you it wouldn’t

have happened. Thank

You!

The Participants,

seemed to have a good

time. Even our Judge

and Ring Steward had

time to relax and

enjoy the fun spirit of

the show.


VOLUNTEERS

If you would like to become

more involved with ADA we

have a number of

opportunities. Each of our

Committees have different

needs over time. We need

articles for the ADA News,

good photos from shows

around the Country. We need

help with membership growth

and as the number of shows

grow, we will need lots of

help at those.

If you are interested in

serving on one of our

committees, or even our

Board of Directors, send us

your qualifications and

contact info to our President,

Katrina Fleener at:

[email protected].

We also welcome your

suggestions for what we can

do better. What would you

like for us to do to help you

and your local club?


ADA

Your farm’s business car ad could be here!

The cost is only $25 for the rest of 2015 and all of

2016. The ADA News is published every other month.

If you place your ad now, we will also provide you a

business card link on our web site to your farm's web-

site!






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site!


Several of our ADA

Members took the

opportunity to get a

free “Glamour” photo

shots with their

donkey.


Letter From the President

Thank You All,

I am so excited with the success

of the 1st Music City NMDA

sanctioned show. The

competition was fierce,

wonderful Donkeys were

entered in the classes and we

had fantastic exhibitors. The

show had a total of 70 Donkeys

with farms from 11 different

states.

Thank you to all the Sponsors

whose generosity is greatly

appreciated. I do intend to

submit an article to The Asset

and The Brayer and recognize

all those folks.

Our Show Committee (Debby

Miller, Missi Webb, Steve Crim

and Paula Segelid) did a

wonderful job. Sally Lightner

worked hard taking entries and

ensuring exhibitors were fed

tasty lunches both days. Our

Announcer, Sue Ganser and our

Points Keeper, Dena Wilson

diligently kept the classes

running smoothly. Others that

made the two days wonderful

were Kenny Webb, Robert

Hughes, Katie Randall, Patsy

Oertli, Hunter Hughes, Jerry

Paterson, Jim Tippie, Jim Speck,

Kathy Schmitt and Jerry Pegelow.

We appreciate everyone’s hard

work!! Thank you to Richard

Fleener for all the terrific

photos, they are great.

We received quite a bit of

Official Address of :

American Donkey Association

4520 Sharpsville Road

Phone: 615-849-3836

Mobile: 615-295-9804

Fax: 615-217-1136

The purpose of ADA shall be to foster and promote education,

activities, and camaraderie among members to enhance the

Donkey breeds.

Officers:

President: Katrina Fleener; 615-295-9804; [email protected]

Vice President: Sue Ganser; 615-939-1928; [email protected]

Secretary: ; Debbie Miller: 316-777-9233 or 316-990-6337; [email protected]

Treasurer: Sally Lightner; 931-361-0087; [email protected]

Board Members:

Brian Selgelid ; [email protected]

Dayle Haworth: 615-504-4536; [email protected]

Richard (Dick) Fleener: 615-624-3724; [email protected]

Robert Hughes: 615-828-7446; [email protected]

Committee Chairpersons:

Membership: Sally Lightner

Public Relations: Richard (Dick) Fleener

Shows: Debbie Miller

Officers and Board of Directors


feedback and I believe

everyone wants to see the

Music City Show again in 2016.

So let’s do it!!!!!!!!

We’ re very interested in

making ADA shows the best in

the country. Please feel free

to forward comments to the

Officers, we would love to

have your input.

Again, a great 1st Show and we

look forward to many more.

Sincerely,

Katrina Fleener President 2015

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the State of Tennessee as a none profit corporation. The ADA logo

and all content of the ADA News is the property of the American

Donkey Association and may not be reproduced without the express

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2015 Show Special SHOW Special - Dancin' Donkey Acres Edition... · Assphalt Acres/Manilla, IN Steve & Jill Crim $100.00 Gold H & V Farms Robert &Beth Hughes $50.00 Silver H3 Miniature