PARADE PROGRAM HISTORY

The first CSHA parade occurred in 1946 in conjunction with the annual convention held that year in Santa Barbara and featured 1200 horses. Each year through 1963 a parade was held at convention featuring CSHA clubs and individual members. CSHA published simple rules for the most basic classes and, as with other disciplines, by the 1950s CSHA offered a courtesy list of “knowledgeable persons” who could judge a parade. But still many towns simply grabbed the nearest person to serve as a judge and it was sometimes difficult to figure out what rules, if any, were being followed. The Walnut Festival Parade organizers (Walnut Creek/Region 5) were inadvertently responsible for the initial development of more extensive parade class rules by CSHA. Even though the Walnut Festival was one of the top parades in California, the organizers were having trouble ensuring that their parade contained high quality equestrian entries. The organizers finally decided that much of this was due to the rather haphazard judging and turned to one of their own, Jim Cryderman, who with his wife, Helen, happened to compete in parades throughout California driving a pony-drawn surrey. As a member of the Equestrian Center of Walnut Creek, Jim turned to CSHA in the late 1960s for help. The result was a Parade Program with established rules for a wide variety of parade classes and, eventually, licensed judges. In 1967 Tom Johnston chaired the Parade Judges and Licensing Committee with Perry Wright and Bill Barnard as members. Their goal was to establish application criteria and to license the first judges within CSHA...parade judges. By 1972 the Parade Program was in existence as we see it today and licensing Parade Judges through a Parade Judges Commission. This Commission was disbanded in 1978 and is considered to have been the “blue print” for the all-discipline Judges Commission which was established that year. The parade high point season was established from August 1 to July 31 and culminated in a championship parade which was held in a different city each year. It appears that the first parade season was an abbreviated one with the first parade to offer CSHA points the 1971 Almond Blossom Parade in Ripon. At that time the next reported point parades were set for Petaluma on April 3, Los Banos on May 2 and Guerneville on May 8. The first state championship parade for CSHA was held in 1971 at Santa Rosa prior to the start of the annual horse show with 22 parade classes offered. After many years, the high point season was changed to January 1 through December 31. The Bi-Centennial Costume Class was added just for the 1976 high point season to highlight costumes that would have been appropriate to the revolutionary era. However, other classes were added on a permanent basis as the years went by: Future Horseman, Charro/Charra Mounted Group, Junior Equestrian, Fancy Parade Horse, Plain Western, Family Group, Novelty Mounted Group, Authentic Novelty, Miniature Horse or Mule Vehicle, Vaquero and Miniature Horse or Mule Vehicle Group. The most recent class added was the Mule Class which is in “pilot class” status from 2015 through 2017. The 1981 high point year brought unprecedented surprises with three ties and a “trifecta”

Indian Lady: Bev “Kamiah” Baxter and Crystal Pascale tied for Champion Sidesaddle: Janet Gehrke and Claire Allen tied for Champion Arabian Costume Lady: Ruth Hughes and Carol Grey tied for Reserve Champion

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Ray Berchtold won the Working Western Man Senior High Point Champion, Working Western Man Senior Champion (for the day’s parade) and Overall High Point Champion.

In 1976 the Bob McMackin Perpetual Trophy was first awarded to memorialize R. L. “Bob” McMackin. Bob rode in Silver Mounted Man and was very active as a parader and in other areas of CSHA as well. Sadly, he died on his way to a CSHA meeting that year. The first award was made to Maria Bayon. In 1981 the award was expanded in order to honor anyone who worked for the betterment of the Program rather than just actual riders. That year the award was made to the Scheurer Family, Charlie, Helen and Michelle. Lottie Miles (wife of Judge Paul Miles) wanted to honor juniors in a practical fashion. She awarded a $100 bill to the junior at the State Parade who she felt had best exemplified the ideals of sportsmanship and participation for several years. Upon her death, Mike Stigers and Steve Herrera established the formal Paul & Lottie Miles Memorial Award for junior participants in the Parade Program. The first winner of the Paul & Lottie Miles award in this format was Dori Ann Girard. In 2013 or 2014, the selection process for this award was expanded to include nominations from the State President and Vice Presidents, as well as all judges, and extended to include all juniors in the Program. The Helen H. Scheurer Award memorialized a grand lady of CSHA and the Parade Program, while honoring the high point junior participant in the Program from 1983 to its retirement in 2008. The first winner was Dori Ann Girard. The trophy was retired after 2008. In its place, CSHA now offers the Hank & Alice CSHA Parade Junior High Point Perpetual Award sponsored by Alice Lawellin, parade judge, in memory of her husband, Hank. Bonnie Standley and Michelle Scheurer established the “best of the best” award and in 1991 the first Scheurer-Standley Sweepstake Award was presented by the CSHA judges to what they deemed the finest entry at the Championship Parade. The first award was made to Christine Standley-Kiefer. Recognizing that there would not be a Parade Program if not for the 4 legs and heart of our equine partners, in 1984 the Program awarded a “Horse of the Year Award” to Hodgie Aquarian who carried Buzz Bond in the Silver Mounted and Parade Horse classes. However, it was not until 2009 that this became a formal concept when Peggy and Harry Narducci established the “Dino” Horse Award in memory of her gallant parade horse. The first Dino Horse Award was made in 2009 to Ms Grand Illusion. While in the “informal award” category, the Go-Fer Award was intended to honor the “unsung” hero whose bag of tricks included finding a pre-judging area in a strange town before GPS and Map Quest, the proper technique for applying hoof black, repairing costume “malfunctions” and generally ensuring that “their parader” was turned out in style and on time for pre-judging. The first award was made in 1981 to Ed Aguadro who “go-ferred” not only for his wife Jackie (Fancy Parade Horse and Parade Horse classes) but his cousin, Paulette DeMello (Working Western) as well. Other recipients were Roxanne Grubb and Bob Kmieciak. Two other informal awards were given out in 1981….Eunice Graham was named “Parade Grandma” of the year as she had at least 3 grandchildren at any given parade she attended and Jason was named the “Best Baby Sitter”. This “white unicorn”, belonging to Dana Strauss, was most often found quietly following Rich Mars Supreme (Parade Horse) around after pre-judging with Dana asleep on his back.

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In the 1980s the Parader’s Grant was established by the Parade Program. Peggy and Harry Narducci were the guiding force behind the establishment of this grant awarded yearly to a handicapped riding program and managed the grant for the Parade Program. After Peggy’s death in 2012, the Parade Program established formal guidelines for nominations and the award of the grant. PARADE JUDGES (We believe that this is a complete list of licensed Parade Judges) Al Darnell Alice Lawellin** Anna Bell Popp* Arthur Betts Tommy Hintz* Capt. T. W. Carrithers* Carol Grey Cindy Ann North** Clyde Goehring Walter Haws Darlene Rimmer Doc Lapkin* Don Fisher Don Haskell Steve Herrera* Donna Thornton** Dorothy Shipman Ernie Mangue Evelyn Huffman Ruby Keifer* Evelyn Wison Freddie Lee Miller Joann Bonde Gladys Brough Robert Wenzel Gordon Willison Harley Medeiros Harold White Helen Cryderman* Paul Miles* Hoyt Fowler James Carney James Cryderman* James Looper Rex Machlan* James Menefee Jim Real* Joyce Grubb* Kathy Hansen Kim Cipro** Mike Polaski Larry Durbin* Lloyd Shipman Lynn Sullivan* Neal Russell* Mary Jo Madison Mary Johnson Medeiros Mary Mounce Paulette Webb** Ralph Principe Mrs. Roynell Turner Gloria Russell Rick Russell Neal Russell* Robert Cunningham *Known to be deceased ** Active in 2016

PARADE PROGRAM CHAIRS (list is not complete)

Darlene Rimmer Steve Herrera Clyde Goehring Harley Medeiros Rex Machlan Joyce Grubb

Paulette DeMello Buzz Bond Janice Gray Emmett de la Fosse Candy Graham

George Wilkerson Kim Cipro Helen Schuerer John Lavrischeff Robert Cunningham Larry Durbin

High POINT SECRETARIES (list may not be complete)

In the State office: Pat Austin, Kathe Carron, and Barbara Linde

Volunteers: Darlene Rimmer Mabel Simpson Jan Bost Carol Grey Donna Grossman Connie Gillette Joyce Ballard

A PHOTO IS WORTH 1,000 WORDS

PARADING THROUGH THE YEARS WITH CSHA

If you would like to include a parade photo on this website, please contact the current CSHA State Parade Chair for details.

Ed & Edith Cain were honored as Grand Marshals at the 1989 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade in Castro Valley. Ed & Edith began participating in parades in the Silver Mounted class in the 1940s and cotninued together through the 1960s as a couple. Edith continued participating on her own and rode one of her

last parades a year or two before this photo was taken. The Cains sold silver parade saddles to a number of paraders over the years including Buzz Bond, Chris Gammel and Peggy Narducci. At the reins

is Sparky Yearian, son of CSHA member Dale Yearian, a competitor in the Horse Drawn Vehicle Class.

Silver Mounted or Parade Horse riders in El Monte, CA Parade circa 1960s

Silver Mounted Man 1962

Fancy Dressed Western Man 1965

Silver Mounted Lady circa 1960s

Novelty Costume August 1968

Emmett De La Fosse April 1970 – Fancy Dressed Western Man (Future State Parade Chair, State Southern Area Vice President & First Vice President)

Spanish Lady April 1970

Future Licensed CSHA Parade Judges L to R Neal Russell & Don Fisher – Indian Man Class circa 1970

Arabian Costume Lady April 1970

Pam Mc Clain & Rebel – Spanish Lady Class May 1972 (Future Region 12 President & State Southern Area Vice President)