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Vol. 21, Issue 6
June 2021
Florission's Journey to the USEF Developing Horse Program by Ann Damiano
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ack in 2016, I decided I was ready to purchase a new horse to add to my herd. Someday, this new horse would be for me to ride but I feel its important to provide strong foundation of training first. I like to buy horses on the younger side since 1) I have a trainer, Cyndi Jackson, who is an expert in bringing young horses up through the levels and 2) I can buy afford to buy more raw talent when the horse is younger. So in November, 2016, Cyndi and I headed to Germany to look for this new prospect. We worked with a local agent, Brigitte Peterson, who arranged the trip and had scouted a full agenda of horses that met our criteria. The long and short of the story is that when both Cyndi and I first laid eyes on Florisson, by Floriscount – Johnson, it was love at first sight. And after both of us rode him, that feeling was confirmed. He was 3 ½ years old, 6-weeks under saddle, recently gelded and was a dreamboat. All the other horses we looked at were compared to him and fell short. Of course he was outside the original budget so I had to come home and soul search to decide whether or not to buy him but of course I did. For one thing he was my favorite color, black! 6 yr-old champion at Adaquan Festival CDI e brought him home at the end of December 2016 and the journey began. We landed on a barn name of Jack, which was a play off of “Blackjack” and “Jackpot,” which is what we felt we had found. From the beginning he was sweet, kind, trainable and extremely talented. During
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2017, as a 4-year old, he worked at training level and was selected to participate in the USEF Young Horse Clinic with Young Horse Coach, Christine Traurig. She was very impressed with him and that was the start of him getting on the radar of USEF National Coaches. He finished the year as the Arizona Dressage Association State Champion and Tucson Dressage Club Training Level Champion. In 2018, we decided that were going to pursue qualifying for and attending the USEF Young Horse Championships for 5-Year Old Horses. He again was selected to participate in the USEF Young Horse Clinic in the spring with Christine Traurig which was an awesome experience. He scored well in the 5-YO test and received an invitation to the Championships. However, at the last minute we made the decision to not go given where he was and felt was just not the right time. Jack was the 2018 ADA First Level Horse of the Year with a 73.3% average and Region 5 First level Champion with a score of 75.9%.
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n 2019, we decided to again pursue the Young Horse route and he did his first CDI at the Adaquan West Coast Dressage Festival in Temecula. He won the 6-YO class and had the highest score of all the young horses competing. Then in May, Jack and Cyndi were selected to be part of a Developing Horse Observation Clinic with USEF Developing Horse Coach, Charlotte Bredahl. He was still too young to be part of that program so it was an honor to be chosen. It was threedays long with intense sessions including riding a test for an FEI judge who afterwards gave honest feedback. Cyndi and I had the chance to speak with the judge afterwards and based on feedback from her and Charlotte, we decided to change course and not pursue attending the USEF 6-YO Regional Championship Awards, October 2018 championships, though he did qualify and get an invitation. From that point on, the goal was to get into the Developing Horse Program. Over the next two years we had several opportunities to ride in clinics with Charlotte and kept Jack on her radar through regular communication and sharing his training and competition videos. Continued on page 4
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n 2020 Jack was a 7 year old. He started out doing 4th level and we were leaning towards doing the Developing Prix St. Georges Test. However, we all know what happened in March 2020 so it was decided that he would just stay home and train and work toward FEI levels. He debuted PSG at ADA’s Summer Show in August with scores in the low 70s. In October 2020, Cyndi and Jack applied for and were invited to be in another USEF-sponsored Observation Clinic with Charlotte Bredahl albeit virtual. The feedback was very positive from the Charlotte and the USEF Director of Dressage and now he just had to meet the other eligibility criteria: Developing Horse PSG scores. Coming into 2021, they did their first test and received a 74.9% from two international judges at the January CARA Champagne show. They did the test two more times and ended up with a 72.6% average and currently are ranked in the top 5 for the USEF Developing Horse PSG Championships in Lamplight in August where he will compete against other 7-9 year old horses. And in May we were notified that Cyndi and Jack had been selected to join the US Dressage Pathways Development program! The stated goals of the Program is to deliver sustainable success and is focused on team podium finishes at Championships. The Emerging programs serve as the foundation of the Pathway, followed by the Development program and ultimately the Pre-Elite/Elite program. Key factors for success: • Planning • Talent identification at Emerging, Development and Elite levels • Targeting of resources (prioritizing, benchmarking, and accountability) to achieve goals • Evaluating, maintaining and improving horse power
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am proud of my trainer Cyndi Jackson, with how she has brought this talented horse along, and of Jack for his amazing work ethic and for what a pro he has become in the show ring. We are looking forward to getting support from the USEF team to continue to improve and develop his talent as well as Cyndi’s expertise as a rider. And we look forward to representing Arizona at the USEF Festival of Champions in August in the Developing Horse PSG Championship!
USEF Developing Horse Clinic with Charlotte Bredahl
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Dear USDF Region 5 Members, We are looking forward to the 2021 US Dressage Finals Presented by Adequan, to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park on November 11-14, 2021. Due to the fact that the 2020 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 5 Championships was cancelled, horse/rider combinations located in region 5 or that changed into region 5 and did not compete in a 2020 regional championship competition will be eligible to compete in the US Dressage Finals provided they have met the following criteria below: • The rider or owner must submit to USDF their expression of interest in competing in the 2021 US Dressage Finals by emailing USDF (kwright@usdf.org) no later than June 15, 2021. • The following criteria will be used to determine acceptance: • The average of the two highest scores (must be from the highest test of the level for national levels) must be at minimum no more than two percentage points below the relevant Wild Card score for US Dressage Finals qualifying. • These two scores must be earned in one or more of the following classes: GAIG/ USDF qualifying classes, GAIG/USDF regional championship classes and/or US Dressage Finals classes. • Scores can be earned at one or more competitions and may be from the same judge or judge panel. • Scores must be earned on or after December 1, 2018 and prior to December 1, 2020. • Competitor must contact USDF in writing to request the previously earned scores be recorded as GAIG/USDF qualifying and pay the qualifying fee to USDF no later than June 15, 2021. • Riders must complete the 2020 nomination process between July 1, 2021 and August 31, 2021, in addition to entering the US Dressage Finals by October 25, 2021. • All other rules regarding horse and person membership requirements are unchanged
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June Region 5 Message Summer is here, and we’ve had such a wet spring, the grass is green and the horses are loving their turnout. We are starting to see things go a little more back to normal in regards to Covid and we are even starting to see each other’s faces at horse shows again! I hope that everyone is enjoying their time with their families and their animals this summer and staying healthy. We are very close to finalizing a facility for 2022 USDF Region 5 Regional Championships and I’m excited for all the help we’ve received from folks in finding a suitable venue and weekend. The 2021 USDF Convention will be December 1-4 in Houston, Texas! Come and visit Region 9 and be a part of the governance process and attend some fabulous educational sessions. The host hotel is right in downtown Houston and there are many great restaurants and things to do within walking distance. As of when I write this, our potential candidates for the 2021 FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships August 9-15 in Travers City, Michigan are going strong and making great qualifying efforts. We have 9 riders who have declared (7 Juniors and 2 Young Riders). If you would like to contribute or help with their fundraising efforts, please contact Joan Clay, our Region 5 Jr/YR FEI coordinator at jnclay@comcast.net or 970-420-0877. This competition is a reasonable distance for us to travel by trailer, which makes things much more feasible, but we still need your help in order to be able to attend. Please be sure to read the emails that come out from USDF and USEF on a regular basis. Lots of things change frequently, especially regarding the regulations governing showing, so if you do have intentions of competing this summer, make sure you stay on top of things. Both the USDF and USEF websites also have sections for COVID updates as well. If you have news you’d like to share, please let me know, we’re happy to get it out and about for you. Till next month! Heather Petersen Region 5 Director
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ADA Horse & Rider Year End Schooling Show High Point Award Nomination Arizona Dressage Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
Each Horse & Rider combination is a $10.00 nomination fee. 1. Both the Rider and Horse Owner be current ADA members and have paid the $10.00 fee before the start of a show for scores to count toward the year end awards. 2. Each horse/rider/level combination must ride in TWO or more shows and compete in at least TWO classes at each show to have their scores count. 3. Riders may compete in two adjacent levels on the same horse, but the horse must be nominated at each level to be scored toward Year End Awards. 4. Riders may compete on more than one horse, but each horse/rider/level combination must be nominated. 5. A horse may be shown by up to two competitors, but each horse/rider/level combination must be nominated. 6. All scores for Year End Awards are tabulated using the HIGHEST PERCENTAGE SCORE earned by each horse/rider/level combination throughout the show year at each level and in each division. 7. It is the rider’s responsibility to notify the ADA Second Vice President of any changes that affect year-end award status. 8. Awards will go to the top four Junior, Adult Amateur and Open Horse/Rider combination at Introductory through Grand Prix Levels. 9. Champion may not be won more than two times by the same horse & rider combination at the same level. Award year is from December (current year) through November (following year)
Horse: The horse’s name must be entered the SAME way on each entry blank for the scores to count.
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Meet the Trainer - Cheryl Casati Name & location of your business: Equi Balance Dressage and Horsemanship, River Valley Ranch, Freelance too How did you start with horses and then dressage? I started riding as a 4 year old. For 4 years I was riding western and bare back. I discovered a love for English riding in hunter/jumpers about 8 years old. I still loved bare back, but now I was riding in an English saddle, sometimes over fences! I watched horses from the ground A LOT and how they interacted with one another. I was a very quiet and curious child! We bred one of my mares. I had the pleasure and joy of seeing my first foal born at 12 years old. He also was the first foal I educated and backed from the ground up on my own! Backing him was so very easy as he had been handled from birth quietly and gently. I bought Professor Beery’s Guide to educating horses and it proved helpful, but I learned much more from the horses by working with and watching them. I went to my first 3-day Event in Florida to see what it was like. I was 18 years old and this was my first exposure to dressage. I fell in love with dressage and realized even then it was the foundation for balance and a harmonious, quiet connection with horses! I was ‘hooked’ on dressage as a foundation for any time of equestrian activity. What motivated you to become a dressage trainer? Motivation is defined as the inner will and doing something to reach a certain goal. My goal was a balanced program which brought rider and equine partner into harmonious communication. From the ground up this started, and under saddle it is refined. I was electrified by Disney’s film, Miracle of the White Stallions! I wanted that type of subtle communication and beauty between horse and rider! What person and/or horse inspires you? Only 1, is hard. Jap Pott, Alois Podhajsky, Herman Koopman (a friend and colleague of Podhajsky’s I trained with for many years). Kim Walnes, Robert Dover, Charlotte DuJardin and Stepffen Peters to name a few. Valegro, Ravel and Wanadoo. What is your favorite word or phrase when you teach? Breathe, relax and stay focused. What is your general training philosophy? From the ground up build a training program on an individualized level. While the entire process of bringing on a horse and rider is rooted in the same beginning, That beginning is to get the base to be as long and low and stretched as possible, so that behind the saddle, the horse raises his back and those muscles start to move and the horse’s develops their bodies in the right way. Every horse and rider combination are individualized, nothing is ‘blueprinted’ except the genuine principles of great dressage, they are, however. offered , in a way best suited to the horse and rider combination 12 | THE CENTERLINE | JUNE 2021
in front of me. How do you stay up-to-date with dressage trends or education? I am a member of Dressage Today Online, I will also continue taking lessons with top dressage instructors as travel loosens up in the time of Covid . What do you do in addition to teaching? I write a lot and am currently working on my first book. I’ve written for international newspapers on equestrian and non-equestrian areas for years. I am also an artist; I love to draw and paint. I’m going back to that. I meditate too, in the Buddhist practice of Falun Dafa, it calms mind and heart which I find beneficial to everything in life! I had PTSD from my military years and this mediation practice has eliminated the tension. What or who is your support system? Interesting question, my daughter Micki who works for NASA, my son Michael, Kim Walnes, and a few more! A lot of my support team is comprised by a few of my barn friends and friends overseas! What animals do you have aside from horses? Two cats, and a dog! What is your favorite activity in your non-horse time? I love hiking, writing, meditation and reading! I’ve been invited by a website based in the UK to be their equestrian voice. The website is focused on traditions that need to be carried on with roots that carry a long history and the equestrian arts is one of them. What will you do when you retire? Oh my, I have ‘retired’ once already, from 20 years in the USAF. I don’t plan on retiring. The equestrian arts have never bored me, and I’ve been blessed with an incredibly healthy body, so I’ll stay involved with no planned retirement. I have enough avenues!! Bio: I have a BHSAI from the UK, one of my teachers was Molly Sivewright, and I was Head Instructor at a German Riding school outside of Ramstein AFB, German-owned and run. It was called St. Georg Reiter Schule. I was tested along with my fellow Germans by Warendorf Reiter Schule for bronze medal testing..which I passed. We were tested on dressage, jumping, care of horses, and more. So being a riding instructor and with the recommendation of the owner of the Ramstein Stable, Herr Finck I was also awarded bereiter status. Herr Finck was a gold medal holder from Warendorf and often used my lesson plans to present to his students. He was impressed with the teaching (my then-husband taught too, but fewer qualifications) He invited us to his home (unheard of) and asked us if there was any way we could get out of our orders to return stateside.
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Judging Terms Deciphered by Beth Martinec
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ne of the most exciting parts of competing in a dressage show after riding your test of course is getting that test back from the judge to see your scores. The score and the comments associated with the score (if we can read them) really tell us what went right or wrong. The comments give context to the score; they can tell us how to improve and what to work on for the next test. Some of these comments are easy to understand (halt not square, needs more angle, tension) and some typically leave us asking our fellow competitors for an explanation. Here are just a few of those terms that always seem more difficult to nail down. Definitions are from the USDF and more information and more terms can be found at usdf.org. Cadence: The marked accentuation of the rhythm and emphasized beat that is a result of a steady and suitable tempo harmonizing with a springy impulsion. A horse that has cadence has brilliance. Clarity/ Clear: The correct rhythm (sequence and timing of the footfalls and phases of a gait). When used in reference to transitions between gaits, applies to either or both gaits. Elasticity: The ability or tendency to stretch and contract the musculature smoothly, giving the impression of stretchiness or springiness Engagement: Increased flexion joints of the hind legs during the weight-bearing (stance) phase of the stride, lowering the croup relative to the forehand, enabling the back to assist in elevating the forehand, and providing a springboard for upward thrust/impulsion. Engagement is carrying power, rather than pushing power. At canter and piaffe, there is additional flexion at the hip joints and also greater flexion at the lumbosacral joint, which contribute to the horse’s ability to lower the haunches. Note: Engagement is not flexion of the hocks or “hock action” when the leg is swinging forward (as seen most clearly in gaited horses and hackneys), nor does it describe the forward reach of the hind leg under the horse’s body. Expression: Increased impulsion, with harmony, balance, lightness, and cadence, giving artistic or dramatic effect. Fluent/Fluency: Flowing or moving smoothly and easily. Same as fluid. Impulsion: Thrust of the hind legs, releasing the energy stored by engagement. The thrust is transmitted through a back that is free from negative tension and is manifested in the horse’s elastic, whole-
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body movement. Note 1: Impulsion is present only in gaits that have a phase of suspension (trot, canter, passage) but not in walk or piaffe, which have energy but not impulsion. Note 2: For purposes of the Pyramid of Training, the German term “Schwung” is translated as “Impulsion” (see Foreign Terms and Pyramid of Training sections). Regularity: Purity of the gait. At walk and trot, denotes symmetry in terms of evenness of the length of the steps, levelness of the height of the steps, and equality of the time interval between the steps of the left and right forelimbs, or the left and right hind limbs. Note: In the first collective mark on a dressage test, “Gaits (freedom and regularity),” regularity is used to address purity and soundness, not to address the horse’s tempo. Rhythm: The recurring characteristic sequence and timing of footfalls and phases of a gait. For purposes of dressage, the only correct rhythms are those of the pure walk, trot, canter, rein back and piaffe. See also the definition in the Freestyle section. Note 1: “Rhythm” is sometimes used mistakenly to mean “tempo” (rate of repetition of the rhythm). This usage is not consistent with the correct English definition of “rhythm” (per Webster), nor with its normal usage in music. Note 2: In English, there is no one term that covers both the rhythm (as defined above) and the tempo, as does the term “Takt” in German. This has caused confusion because “Takt” has commonly been translated as Rhythm. For purposes of the Pyramid of Training, the German term “Takt” is translated as “Rhythm” and is used as shorthand for both the rhythm itself (as defined above) and the suitable rate of repetition of the rhythm (tempo). See Foreign Terms and Pyramid of Training sections. Suppleness: Range of motion of joints and the ability to move the joints freely. Also described as flexibility. The opposite of stiffness. A horse’s suppleness is largely determined by genetics but may over time be improved or negatively impacted through training. SUSPENSION The moment or phase of the trot, canter or passage in which the horse has no feet on the ground. SWINGING In series of flying changes, piaffe, or passage, the alternating left and right lateral displacement of the shoulders and/ or haunches. SWINGING BACK The springy motion that occurs when the thrust off the hind legs is transmitted through a stretched topline with trunk muscles that contract and release rhythmically rather than remaining either rigid or slack. Tempo: Rate of repetition of the strides as may be measured by a metronome. Tempo is measured by counting the number of times per minute that one of the hooves touches down (indicating completion of one full stride). Alternatively, at walk and trot, both emphasized beats of the stride may be counted. Note: Tempo is often confused with rhythm, speed, pace, or cadence. Throughness /Through: State in which the rider’s aids/influences go freely through to all parts of the horse, from back to front and front to back (e.g. the rein aids go through to reach and influence the hind legs). Prerequisites for this state are good connection and positive mental/emotional state. Note: “Throughness” is a shortening of “throughlettingness,” the literal translation of the German term “Durchlässigkeit.” See Pyramid of Training section for further explanation.
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Our Mission: The Arizona Dressage Association is a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to promote the advancement of classical dressage through educational opportunities and programs, and the rigorous evaluations received at recognized and schooling dressage shows.
USDF Recommended Reading List USDF Training Manual (Classical Training of the Horse) – USDF The Principles of Riding – German National Equestrian Federation Advanced Techniques of Dressage – German National Equestrian Federation USDF Pyramid of Training – USDF The Gymnasium of the Horse – Gustav Steinbrecht The New Basic Training of the Young Horse – Ingrid & Reiner Klimke Cavalletti for Dressage and Jumping – Ingrid & Reiner Klimke When Two Spines Align – Beth Baumert Balance in Movement: The Seat of the Rider – Suzanne von Dietz Thinking Riding – Books 1 & 2 – Molly Sivewright The Complete Training of Horse and Rider – Alois Podhajsky The Riding Teacher – Alois Podhajsky An Anatomy of Riding – Drs. H. & V. Schusdziarra (Reprinted as Anatomy of Dressage with USDF as the co-publisher) Rider & Horse Back to Back – Susanne von Dietze Practical Dressage Manual – Bengt Ljungquist Dressage with Kyra – Kyra Kyrklund Dressage: A Guidebook for the Road to Success – Alfred Knopfhart The Competitive Edge II – Dr. Max Gahwyler Riding Logic – Wilhelm Müseler 101 Dressage Exercises for Horse & Rider – Jec Aristotle Ballou Equine Locomotion – Dr. Willem Back and Dr. Hilary Clayton
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NAC of ADA 2021 Board Members PRESIDENT: KIRSTEN KUZMANIC 951-440-4615 Kirstenk38@gmail.com V. PRESIDENT: KAY LAAKE 217-549-1186 Klaake08@gmail.com TREASURER: TRACI ZENNER 612-616-9956 Taz32406@aol.com SECRETARY: ANGELIQUE LEVELL 720-600-8717 Levell9angelique@yahoo.com FACEBOOK, WEB, NEWSLETTER: KAY LAAKE 217-549-1186 Klaake08@gmail.com COMMITTEES SHOW MANGER: KIRSTEN KUZMANIC, ANNE CALLAHAN, ANGELIQUE LEVELL CLINICS/EDUCATION: LAVONNE JACOBSEN, 405-509-4667, ljakemcm@yahoo.com
2021 Show Dates MAY 09 OCT. 02
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CLINICS: JUNE 07 WORKING EQUITATION: ANNE CALLAHAN RANCH, PAULDEN AUG. 26 & 27 WORKING EQUITATION & SCHOOLING SHOW: ANNE CALLAHAN RANCH, PAULDEN
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“The tricks are the easy part. The basics are the things that bite you in the bum all the way out.” - Charlotte Dujardin
2021 CALENDAR OF EVENTS JANUARY 22-24: Champagne Dressage Show. Contact Central Arizona Riding Academy for more information.
JULY 9-11: TDC Road Runner Dressage Show II: Pima County Fairgrounds, Tuscon, AZ
FEBRUARY 7: ADA Fun in February: Dale Creek Equestrian Village MARCH 13-14: Tuscon March Madness I/II: Location: Pima County Fairgrounds, Tuscon, AZ. Judges: Cheryl Holekamp, Ocala, FL and Joan Williams, Watsonville, CA
TD: Carolyn Vandenberg, TX
Entries close: Feb 25
Show secretary; Paula Madden cactusdresage@outlook.com
20: ADA Schooling Show: Dale Creek Equestrian Village, Judge: Sarah Lindsten APRIL
AUGUST 21-22: ADA Summer Heat Dressage Show, Location: WestWorld, Scottsdale, AZ in the Equidome with indoor stabling 26-27: NAC Working Equitation Clinic & Dressage Schooling Show, Location: Callahan Ranch, Paulden, AZ SEPTEMBER 12: ADA Members Only Schooling Show: WestWorld, Scottsdale, Judge: Cynthia Ganem 'R-WD & L' OCTOBER 2: NAC Dressage Schooling Show: American Ranch, Prescott, AZ, Judge: Michell Combs 'r' western 'r'
2: Western Dressage in The Desert: WestWorld, Scottsdale, Judge: Cynthia Ganem WD ‘R’ 3-4: ADA Spring Celebration: WestWorld, Scottsdale, Judges: Sandy Hotz & Paula Lacy MAY 1: ADA Dressage Schooling Show: Dale Creek Equestrian Village, Judge: Lynn McKinney 'L' 8: NAC Dressage Schooling Show: American Ranch, Prescott, AZ , Judge: Lynn Brinkley 'L' 8-9: Freestyle Clinic with Terry Ciotti Gallo, Central Arizona Riding Academy
NOVEMBER 6-7: ADA Fall Fiesta, Location: WestWorld, Scottsdale, AZ with use of the Equidome 20-21: Arizona State Dressage Championships: Pima County Fairgrounds, Tuscon, AZ
DECEMBER
29-30: Janet Foy Symposium, Location: Hipico, Santa Fe, 100 S. Polo Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Contact: Kathleen Martin for more information kmartin05@msn.com JUNE 4-6: TDC Road Runner Dressage Show I: Pima County Fairgrounds, Tuscon, AZ 7: NAC Working Equitation Clinic: American Ranch, Prescott, AZ
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ARIZONA DRESSAGE ASSOCIATION PO Box 31602 Phoenix, AZ 85046-1602
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