Summer Day Camp at Shady Farm / Horse Camp in Bearsville, New York

A super fun filled, informative and inspiring combination of balance seat horseback riding lessons & clothing design/sewing class. Outdoor morning yoga 3x a week, ceramics & African dance, plus demonstrations from professionals on horsemanship and related topics.

Each session includes a field trip to the exciting HITS (Horse Shows in the Sun) showground and a fabric buying trip for design projects, all ending in an exciting BBQ dinner party with horse presentation and fashion show for parents and friends.

Set on 87 acres of serene meadows and Catskill mountain land, just 4 miles from the center of Woodstock, NY., Shady Farm is a peaceful, private horse farm with streams, hammocks, tire swing, and plenty of wooded mountainside to satisfy the nature lover in anyone.

Your child, 5 to 16/17 yrs old, will have daily, one on one horseback riding lesson(s), engage in horse care activities while learning horsemanship skills, and plenty of time to just chill out with fellow campers & the friendly horses and ponies at the farm. In addition, they will have daily lectures and practical work on approaching clothing design as an art form and skill. Design elements, sketching, draping, the basics of sewing by hand and machine, measuring, fitting, pattern development, cutting, sewing and finishing an original design are all part of this engaging program, unleashing each student's creative potential and opening the door to the exciting possibilities of this useful and fulfilling skill.

3 separate 3 week sessions are offered for summer 2011, limited to 10 campers per session so that each child will get the most from their experience with us here, at Shady Farm. 1 week, or single day attendance by special arrangement.

Specialties

Ceramics Fashion Design & Sewing Fashion Show Private Balance Seat Riding Lessons Yoga