Dreamcatcher Ranch Horse Camp
Counselors and CITs
All the CIT's and Senior Counselors attend the Training Program offered each year at Dreamcatcher to improve their skills as leaders and prepare for the camp season. Each counselor has current training in CPR and First Aid.
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Past counselors, many will be returning....
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  Nicole Inal - age 21, and returning for a fourth summer as Senior Counselor, and assistant trainer. She lives in Laguna Niguel and has been a student of Carol's since she was 5 years old, and learned to ride 16 years ago on "stud man" Finnegan. She competes her horse, Apolo in Hunter/Jumpers, but has 8 years of training in Eventing with Carol. Nicole has been a working student for her trainer for the past 5 years, as well as teaching lessons. She is completing her sthird year at Chapman University.
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  Chenery Lowe, - age 18 from Piedmont. She has been a camper for 6 years and is returning for a second year as a Senior Counselor after 3 year of CIT. She owns her own horse and is a C3 in Pony Club. Chenery has a big following from her barn attending camp every year. She has great ideas and brings a special compassion to all her campers. |
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  Maddie aka Duckie - 18 years old from San Jose. She has been a big part of Dreamcatcher for 5 years as a camper, and this year an addition to the staff as a CIT. Duckie naturally has great enthusiasm for having fun and making friends. She has joined the same group of campers during session 3 since coming here. A true passion for being with the animals and love for her own horse, who has also been to camp. |
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  Jessica Schneider, age 18, is a Senior Counselor finally after 4 years of being an outstanding CIT. Jess always has a smile, and watch out, her laugh is contagious. Jess comes from Palo Alto and has been a camper at Dreamcatcher for 5 years. She enjoys theatre and participating in the "Dreamcatcher pudding contest." |
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MEET OUR COUNSELORS IN TRAINING...your Yurt buddies and leaders....
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  Meghan -(left) aka Squirt - age 16 from Castro Valley. She has her own pony and competes in Pony Club Activities, as well as a member of 4-H. Squirt has been a coming to Dreamcatcher for 6 summers and is returning for a third year as CIT. She had a successful year working and showing our Dancer. |
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  Megan Heil ,- age 17, is returning on the staff after 4 years as a camper and two years as CIT. Megan lives in San Diego and attended our leadership training here at DCR. Full of giggles and ready to have a great summer with her campers. Presently she is leasing and showing our Hanovarian, Lukas, and doing a great job. |
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  Maddy Bradski - (left) - 15 years old from Santa Roas, is joining the staff as CIT, after completing Dreamcatcher's counselor training program. She has been a camper for two years, and makes many friends with her easy going and sweet nature. She loves to participate wholely in all the activities at DCR, and does a great job at leg wrapping her people partner. |
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  Katie Sanford -age 19 from Santa Rosa, is joining us for the third time as a CIT , as well as moving up as a Senior Counselor for the last session. She has been a camper for two years and has had 3 years in theatre training. So, Katie comes with great enthusiasm and lots of new games and ideas for her campers. |
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HONORARY PAST COUNSELORS:
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  Dory Blair is coming 22 this summer and been a camper and CIT for 3 years, followed by 3 years as a Senior Counselor. Her expertise, helpfulness, hard work, and ability to keep things laughing is a huge contribution to such a successful camp summer. So many side aches from laughing so hard. She is taking a year off from college to travel abroad and volunteer in programs that aid poor countries. |
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  Jillian Perry, - age 17 was a working student at Dreamcatcher and spends her available time riding the horses to get them ready for camp. A very talented rider, with the naturaly ability to ride even the most difficult pony/horse of the day. Jill is quiet and easy to make friends with, as well as carrying a great sense of humor. She also is a trickster, so beware campers... |
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 Briana Del Rosario (Brie)Brie is 24, comes from the San Diego area. She was a camper for 3 years, and a CIT for 2 years, and for four years she has been part of the staff as a Senior counselor and riding instructor. Brie brings with her super equine skills having been in Pony Club. She graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is in New Mexico for graduate school. Brie continues to put the love and training with some our project ponies. Carol really misses her little side kick.
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 Melissa Bard - - She is on the right, with buddy cit Jessica. Melissa is a returning CIT, with 4 years as a camper. She is 16 years old and attended DCR leadership training for two years. She is fun to get to know and makes easy friendships with her compasionate nature. |
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 Nicole Fawns...aka "Fawnzie" may take time off occasionally from her university pursuits at UC Davis as a veterinarian student to visit us. She will always remain a "Dreamcatcher Counselor". I look forward to the day I can call on her as our premier veterinarian. I think by 2010???She returns every year to spur up some memories, read stories to the campers from Young Rider or create food wars with the staff. Her favorite camp meal is "Hobo Stew", which she returns each summer to indulge in with the campers.
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 Sarah True has been one of our long time campers and frequent visitors off season. She has been a CIT here for 3 years, and was a Senior counselor for a week over the summer of 2007. She is completing her second year of college in New York. |
Rachel Martinez (Chee) 
Amanda Yancy,- age 17 lives in Oregon and has competed in 'A' rated shows and 3 Day Events on her horse, Red. Amanda has been a camper for 5 years. All year she is reminded of the great fun at camp by her screen saver photos. Amanda loves camp because she feels free to be herself and enjoys meeting new people and feels DCR is her second home.  Hailey Partridge is now attending Santa Cruz Junior College with her sister Sierra. Both are involved in competitive surfing and modeling for various surf clothing companies. Both girls are very much missed here at Dreamcatcher.
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 Rachael Ambrosia has been a CIT for two years, and senior Counselor the first half of summer 2006. She is in her third year of college in, N.C. on a track scholarship. Rachael has a full schedule, taking classes to include riding with the college as well as take care of Rocky who now resides on the east coast with her. Her smiles and sweetness will be missed.
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  Morgan Kirschenmann has been a part of Dreamcatcher since we opened. She has been a regular riding student here, as well as previous camper., and a CIT for 4 years. She was a benefit to the staff as a Senior counselor for two summers. She also shares her wonderful pony, Romeo with many campers, we all thank you. As you can see from the picture Morgan loves to goof around. |
All our counselors love to have fun...
