Month: June 2009

Okey so I know some of you are going to say this person and blog post has absolutely nothing to do with me, horses or HorseGirlTV but I must declare all of you incorrect. Much like Sir Paul McCartney and his Beatles buddies shaped modern rock n’ roll, this man (love him or hate him) Michael Jackson changed modern rock n’ roll forever by infusing it with his secret recipe; dash of moonwalk, pinch of crotch grabbing, simmered to create his genre changing pop style.

Now how does this have to do with horses, me or HorseGirlTV?

I grew up listening to MJ. I watched the advent of MTV with Friday Night Videos by way of a flicking black and white television screen. No, I’m not that old to have a black and white TV. We were just that poor to not afford color until later. I remember boycotting Pepsi after “they” burnt his hair. How sick (strep throat) I was when the Pepsi scandal happened and how it only made my hormonally fueled female self sicker but how much brighter my evening was when Brent dropped off flowers and the People Magazine with an article about MJ.

I learnt to moonwalk on the zebra striped linoleum of my father’s old taxidermy shop showroom wearing my knock-off red and black Thriller jacket. I watched in awe and terror (never been a scary movie person) for the world premier of Thriller and like many, I could still perform the dance sequences for you even 25 years later! I have been to quite a few concerts and have told people for years the Jackson Victory Tour (the final time he and his brothers ever toured together) was by far the best concert of my life. I’ve performed countless dance routines and tried to find new and exciting remixes of his music for incorporation into kur. Wait, did I type kur? Yes, how many musical freestyles have been inspired by Jackson? How many arenas have played his music during competitions?

Born to a sleepy southern town where kids grow up, take their parents jobs, produce babies and never leave that same sleepy town (think the 80s flick with Kevin Bacon, Footloose) I was inspired from an early age to be more than just a big fish, little pond person. If little Michael Jackson from small town Indiana could have the top selling album of all time then I could certainly achieve more and thus we’re here today, post dotcom luck/success story, producing the Internet’s leading equine based series about to take a sabbatical traveling to Holland, horse in tow (or flight as this case may be) to train with the best dressage rider in the world. Ok, so it’s not the top selling album of all time but I’ve moved around, seen the world and while it’s an ever evolving process I’ve have been and will continue to make my mark on this world with a tip of the hat to that early on inspiration.

So I do not feel silly or amiss when I say I mourn the loss of the life of a person I’ve never met. People are likening this to the assassination of Kennedy or the equally untimely death of Elvis Presley but to kids that grew up with the “Off the Wall” and “Thriller” Michael Jackson, we’re worlds apart from those ages and to compare would simply negate the power those losses held for the people of that time. You might not like me for admiring someone who’s been in company with some extremely bad press but all that aside, the man was the greatest performer and entertainer of my generation. He will be missed by many but the inspiration he’s created in his fans does not die with him. RIP Michael Jackson.

Photo is from one of my birthdays. Yes, it’s me, Brent and a Michael Jackson cake and NO I don’t remember if it was chocolate on the inside or not.

Okey so I’ve only posted a HorseGirlTV PR here one other time but this is equally as exciting as the show winning the USEF Best Broadcast Media Pegasus Award! My mare and I are going to train with Anky! Check it out!!!

HorseGirlTV’s Angelea To Train In Holland With Anky van Grunsven


HUBERT, Nc June 22, 2009 Tune in. Tack up. is taking it to the next level with a ramped up shooting schedule. HorseGirlTV’s production crew has been working overtime shooting the series so its host, Angelea Kelly and her Contucci mare Carrara, could fly to The Netherlands this fall to train with the best rider in the world, Anky van Grunsven at her stable in Erp. Ever the maven, Angelea has been given a unique opportunity as a high tech working student contributing her decade of IT experience to Anky’s online community, HorsUs (http://horsus.ning.com/).

“It’s an incredible opportunity to not only train with the absolute best and experience life in Holland but an honor to be able to work with the HorsUs team. Everything Sjef and Anky produce, whether it be horses, apparel or online technologies it is always top quality so I’m excited to be part of such an all encompassing, forward thinking project as HorsUs,” Angelea states. Grinning she adds, “There’s lots of developing components of HorsUs I’m not able to talk about right now but having worked with online technologies and social networking since 1998 I can certainly tell you HorsUs will fast become the ‘it’ place online for horse enthusiast from all walks of life.”

HorseGirlTV will continue to launch its series the 1st and 15th of every month but its shooting schedule will slow in the absence of the shows host. Maintaining its focus on the hi tech horse world, HorseGirlTV will be shooting a webisode on location in Erp at the HorsUs offices giving viewers a sneak peak of what it takes to produce such a high scale project. Moreover as a web celebrity, Angelea will be in great company as HorsUs will be host to many ambassadors of the sport like Anky van Grunsven, Tim Lips (2008 Ranked 3rd at Aachen in Eventing), Jeroen Dubbeldam (Olympic Show Jumping Champion of 2000) , Ijsbrand Chardon (Multiple World Champion 4-In-Hand-Driving) with many American ambassadors in the line up too.

“I am very happy Angelea is going to work with us on this project for me. We in Erp are glad to have her networking expertise,” commented Sjef Janssen.

About HorsUs
HorsUs goes beyond a mere online community. Ever progressive as powered by ANKY, HorsUs encompasses learning, offers fabulous giveaway prizes, teaches refined education, world news and social community through a shared vision of reaching not only riders, trainers and industry professionals but everyday horse enthusiasts. Learn more by joining now! Website address: http://horsus.ning.com/.

About HorseGirlTV
HorseGirlTV is an Internet series hosted by Angelea Kelly producing educational and entertaining webisodes. The goal at HorseGirlTV is to educate the equine community while simultaneous entertaining and educating kids, families and mainstream audiences exposing the wonderful world of horses to the world thus enriching and expanding our industry. HorseGirlTV is equine entertainment for the wired generation! Website address: www.horsegirltv.com.

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It’s official, Zita is a woman (for a grown female dog!). Now we have two dogs in diapers, one that is paralyzed and the other having her period. Zoinks! Needless to say, Zita will be having her vet date scheduled ASAP. If having two dogs in diapers is this much trouble, I could only imagine what two kids in diapers would be like. Woah! I shudder the thought!

Regardless, this picture was just too cute of them both!

So I received this email last night with 4 pictures attached. Each picture had a caption and it was too cute not to post. This was after a long day of getting a horse settled at the farm and dealing with some icky North Carolina rain, rain, and more rain. 🙁 But hey… it rained ALL day yesterday and look how quickly it drained away! We have fabulous earth here! 🙂

1) Angelea demonstrating the bunny hop with Zita


2) Game on


3) Game reversed


4) Game OVER!!!!

HorseGirlTV was reviewed by a great new blogger who’s focusing (or so it seems thus far) on reviewing genre specific podcasts. Of course the blogger thought HorseGirlTV the best of them all! Yah! So if you guys have time, you should check out this new blog as you might learn some more about other types of podcast to find interesting!

http://thepodreview.blogspot.com/

In starting this post I’ve, for the first time, wondered when do you start calling someone a friend instead of a colleague. It was with these last emails that I smiled when I moved Taber to my friend mailbox rather than colleague. I think it was my simple happiness for his iPhone app creation, happiness for a friend that did it.

Well all that babbling aside. My friend Taber (who’s a totally amazing designer BTW) created his first iPhone app and I actually bought my first iPhone app for a small .99! It’s adorable and functional all at the same time. Check out some iPhone screen shots below and you can buy it online at http://tinyurl.com/countsheep

To say I had a splendid time with the Draper Equine Therapy folks is an understatement of epic proportions! Kristin and Kat were AWESOME!!! They convinced me we should start the morning shoot with Waffle House instead of traditional craft services so we ventured out into the culturally sterile, Jacksonville. My, my what eclectic folks we have in NC!



Of course what would breakfast be without a side of mayo! Yes. I did try it but I have to say I’m not a fan of mayo with my breakfast egg sandwich. I’m a coffee snob but everyone once and a while I do enjoy a cup of truck stop love watered down morning Joe!



On to the shoot which we were so wrapped up in convo and setting shots that we didn’t do any production promo picts so… you’ll just have to wait for the webisode to launch to see the interview!

But then there was the tourist trip to seaside Swansboro for a late lunch, ice cream adventure and looking at all the trinkets you could possibly want. For those of you that don’t know, I’m a minimalist so shop after shop of trinkets and chotskis was my equivalent to a living hell on earth! BUT, I did tag along and thoroughly enjoyed Kat’s modeling ability for the über odd gift shop items.



All in all it was one of my more favorite connections with the shows guests! I love all my interviews but these gals were a complete hoot not to mention the technology behind their products is way cool and progressive!!

Finally, here’s a cute snap of Kristin and Kat aboard the ski chair in quaint Swansboro! Thanks for coming ladies! I had a blast and you should definitely come back if you can swing it!!! Next time tho, bring monkey and we’ll adorn him with some HorseGirlTV gear!

Lynn at Absorbine passed this article along to me and I just had to blog it. HorseGirlTV and our interview with Miss Rodeo America was mentioned in the Miss Rodeo News! Too fun!