Join us May 2nd and 3rd at Julia Bird Reservation in Ipswich, Massachusetts for a clinic with Dana Bright organized by the Myopia Driving Club.
Participants will be able to work on dressage, cones, or hazards, and 1.5 hour semi private and 45 minute private lessons are available.
The cost is $125 for current Myopia Driving Club members and $130 for nonmembers.
Please email myopiadrivingclub@gmail.com with any questions.
About Dana Bright
Dana Bright has 40 years of experience in the sport driving world. She is currently the Vice President of the American Driving Society. As former ADS Mid-Atlantic Regional Director she and a group of Mid-Atlantic ADS members created the American Driving Society’s Mid-Atlantic Recreational Drive at Fair Hill, Maryland. She is currently the chair of the ADS Pleasure Driving Committee, and a former chair of the Education Committee during which time she spearheaded the creation of the online ADS Education Library, and created two videos about harnessing that are included as a resource for new drivers. She is currently on the Driven Dressage and Safety Committees. She was the recipient of the ADS President’s Award in 2006. She has earned the Bronze, Silver and Gold ADS Driven Dressage Medals. She competes in Combined Driving and Pleasure Driving competitions with home breds, as singles, pairs, a unicorn and tandem. She was mentored and taught to drive a four in hand by one of the most elegant drivers, Mrs. Alberta “Mickie” Bowen of Unionville, Pennsylvania.
She has held Combined Driving, Driven Dressage and Pleasure Driving licenses with the ADS since 1997. She has judged and been the technical delegate for competitions in every ADS region, and in Canada. She finds it especially enjoyable to return to venues periodically and see the progress drivers are making with their driving animals. Her previous experience as a working student for Bruce Davidson Sr, graduating from the Instructor’s Course at Morven Park in VA, earning a British Horse Society Assistant Instructor’s certificate in high school, and coaching United States Pony Club teams gave her teaching skills easily transferred from riding to driving. She has taught clinics to students of all levels and ages across the USA for various driving clubs and horse expos. She believes good driving skills make for safer partnerships between horse and driver and will allow them to take part in the great variety of activities the driving world offers.