HORSE BACK RIDING LESSONS AT LLOYD HARBOR EQUESTRIAN CENTER
CAUMSETT STATE PARK HUNTINGTON
BY TRAINER ALANNA WIEST
English Horseback Riding Lessons
by trainer ALANNA WIEST
Caumsett State Park Huntington Long Island
email stormymartini@hotmail.com
English horseback riding lessons available for children and adults with private trainer with over 20 years of experience in hunt seat equitation.
Trainer experiences in all phases of riding. Private lessons by half hour or full hour at
Lloyd Harbor Equestrian Center at Caumsett State Park in Huntington, Long Island
Have fun while you learn.
Learn to ride confidently and safely with solid
Equitation – Hunt Seat Instruction
Then go on to ride miles of trails at
Caumsett State Park In Huntington
Instruction is in enclosed rings and in an all-season indoor arena
I have competed nationally in Equitation,
Hunters and Jumpers for 23 years.
I also have a strong dressage background
RESUME
As Junior Rider
1989 – Long Island Equitation Champion and Hunter Champion
1990 – Zone II finalist Children’s Hunter Harrisburg National
1991 – Zone II finalist Children’s Hunter Harrisburg National
1991 – Jr. Hunter Champion Hampton Classic
1991 – Equitation Finals, Port Jervis 5th
1992 – Jr. Hunters Hampton Classic 5th
ADULT RIDER
Jumpers 1993 – 1998
Polo (Meadowbrook Polo Club) 1996
WORK EXPERIENCE AS RIDER TRAINER
1994 – Glenview Farms – Professional Rider
1995 – Melbourne -Professional Rider
1995 – Windham Hill -Professional Rider
996 – Flying R. Ranch -Horse Training
1996 – Shadow Run Farms -Professional Rider
1996 – Windswept Acres -Professional Rider
1997 – Schooling and Free-lance Professional Rider
1998 – Eq International at Caumsett State Park-Trainer
1999 – Pal-O-Mine Therapeutic Riding Program at Caumsett State Park-Trainer
2000 – 2003 Free lance and Certified Vet Assistant specializing in large animals
2003 – 2004 Free lance, training young filly, catch riding,
assisting large animal veterinarians
2004 – 2007 Training Yearlings, 2 and 3 Year olds
Private Training of horses and riders
2008-2012 Private instruction Riders – Training Horses at Lloyd Harbor Equestrian Center,Caumsett State Park Huntington Long Island
STAN WIEST -MEMBER OF ASSOCIATION OF BRIDAL CONSULTANTS discusses the formula for a successful and stress free wedding. Every aspect of the wedding is according to the bride’s wishes. Never a volume problem, seven page questionnaire to cover every aspect of the wedding -from every ceremony to music to be played and to be avoided.
The four aspects of a successful wedding are
1) Packed Dance Floor
2) Every guest-regardless of the age group says “they played my kind of music”
3) No one-including the oldest guest -has to leave the room due to volume problems
4) Elimination of all stress for the bride and groom
STAN WIEST can be contacted at (631) 754-0594 to discuss wedding needs, problems ,resources and advice.
I just updated my main website http://www.stanwiest.com as well as my main DJ website http://www.stanwiest.com/li_wedding_dj2.htm and my party entertainment website http://www.stanwiest.com/li_party_entertainment2.htm
There are a number of catering facilities on Long Island as well as in the New York metropolitan area that have limitations on outdoor music due to town ordinances. Unfortunately many brides are not aware of these limitations and this has caused many last minute problems as well as problems at the wedding itself.
Both planners, performers and brides should check with their facility if they fall into this category. Many of the locations are near residences and therefore they do not allow outside amplified music. This past week I was contacted by a bride who wanted a guitarist/vocalist for her outside cocktail hour and I had to tell her the catering hall will not allow any amplified music outside. She could not understand that an acoustic guitar and non amplified vocals would not be heard by 200 guests outside. She was not informed by the hall of the restriction when she booked the date and now she is upset that her plans could not be met.
Steel drums can perform acoustically with 2 performers. One steel drum performer has to play to tracks- amplified with speakers. Keyboards have to be amplified.
Several catering locations are built within communities with residences very close by. Several of the locations that in the past allowed outside amplified music had to change their policy as houses and communities were built adjacent to the catering facility and town laws were changed.
With the wineries on Long Island entering the catering field a new problem has arisen. Many of the wineries erect tents for wedding receptions. The towns all have sound/noise restrictions. Depending on the town in the Hamptons, North and South Forks all outside music must stop at either 10 PM or 11 PM. Last summer I performed for a wedding at an East End winery. I was contracted to perform with my band from 7 PM to 11 PM. The bride left all arrangements to her planner. I reminded the planner that the specific location had a 10 PM stop time for live music. The planner assured me that the restriction was lifted for her client. On the day of the wedding at 10 PM – when the dancing was at maximum – I was told by the winery that the volume had to be lowered to whisper level due to the town ordinance. The planner never received permission to change the restriction and the bride was quite angry that for the last hour of her wedding all the music was at elevator music level. The winery warned me the local police would shut down the reception if any sound could be heard beyond the tent and the winery would shut off the electricity to the band.
It was a shame that for all the planning and expense that went into the wedding it had to end this way. In this case the planner (who had not done a wedding at a winery) just assumed there would be no problems.
Planners and brides also need to be aware of specific performing times at catering facilities. I always contact my clients the week prior to the wedding/event to double check on the times for a ceremony, cocktail hour and reception. On several occasions the times were changed without letting me know. With performers are playing several functions a day they arrange their schedule with enough time to travel to each location. For one wedding I was providing a harpist for a 2 PM ceremony at one location and a 4 PM ceremony at a nearby location – the client was late and did not show up until 3:30 PM for a 2 PM ceremony. The harpist had to leave and there was no music for the ceremony. The client just assumed everyone would wait for them –this threw off the entire schedule of the wedding and the bride had to pay overtime for the facility as well as for the performers at the reception since everything was delayed by 1 ½ hours from contracted times. The ceremony was contracted 2 PM, cocktail hour was 2:30 PM and the reception was 3:30 to 7:30 PM The ceremony did not start until after 3:30 PM.
All the above problems could be avoided with the proper planning and preparation
I get many requests to provide wedding ceremony music on a beach. As romantic an idea that it is - there are serious environmental problems involved. Quality string instruments (violin,viola,cello) can be easily damaged by the sand. Even with no wind blowing there are tiny sand particles in the air. This as well as the salt water in the air becomes extremely corrosive to the wood of a string instrument. There is also the problem of the strings going out of tune and the wood swelling before the ceremony is over due to the moisture in the air. You would not want to hear the strings “tuning up” during the ceremony nor would you want to hear the strings playing “out of tune” by the end of the ceremony. Even worse is having a keyboard play a ceremony on the sand. With all the intricate electronics in an electric keyboard it only takes a small sand particle to freeze up the keyboard and cause major repair problems. Much worse is trying to have a harp perform in the beach – add the problem of moving the harp through sand to the problem of the effect of the sand and moisture on the strings and wood frame of the harp.
I have also received requests for string instruments, harp, flamenco guitar for wedding ceremonies outdoors during November and December. If the temperature is above 60 degrees it can be done. Lower temperatures cause the fingers of the performers to freeze up and swell. No one can predict what the temperature will be several months in advance. In this case a definite PLAN B is needed for an inside location. Any time an outdoor ceremony is arranged a PLAN B has to be in place in case of rain. Strings, guitar, harp cannot perform in rain or even light drizzle without damaging the instruments. Keyboard adds the problem of electricity – the availability of electricity at a park etc. and the problem of electric shocks in damp weather.
If a ceremony is planned at a public venue -for example Central Park in Manhattan – permits must first be obtained from the appropriate authorities. I get many last minute calls for wedding ceremony music in Central Park only to advise the client they must have a permit from the City for both the ceremony as well as the music. A few years ago a client wanted to propose to his girlfriend at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan to a Mariachi Band. I told him he had to get the appropriate permit. He told me the permit was approved (it never was) and as soon as the Mariachi started playing - as he was proposing to his fiance – the police asked him for his permit- the music had to stop and a very romantic idea was in ruins.
