Friday, September 24, 2021
5:30 PM–8:30 PM
Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Rd, Longmont
$50 BCHA member (includes active volunteers of our non-profit member partners)
$75 Non-members (includes a BCHA membership of your choice)
Join Boulder County’s horse community to celebrate 50 years of advocacy, education and recreation. It’s BCHA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration & Annual Gathering! This fun evening will be held in the beautiful Swan Atrium at the Longmont Museum. Mingle and make connections, catch up with friends and make new ones while enjoying delicious small plates by Three Leaf Catering and desserts by Shamane’s Bake Shoppe. Plus get ready to bid on some great auction items! Music by Paul Kimbiris.
Our guest speaker, Dr. Tamar McKee, PhD will take us on a journey through time as we explore the historical landscape of Boulder County, and how it has been shaped by horses and their people. Learn about upcoming BCHA events and what’s on the horizon for 2022. Meet the interesting and dedicated volunteers—past and present—of one of Colorado’s oldest horse-focused non-profit organizations. Let’s make it a great ride into our next half-century—together!
*Tickets must be purchased in advance as this is a catered event (no at-the door ticket sales). Ticket purchase puts your name on the guest list at the door and includes: small plate service, dessert, non-alcoholic beverages, and one complimentary drink ticket (beer or wine). Masks are required at all time except when eating or drinking. Thank you!.
A Quick View on the Evenings Schedule (subject to change accordingly):
5:30 – 6:30 PM: Doors Open/Check-In/Socializing & Cocktails
6:30 – 7:30 PM: Socializing/Cocktails & Small Plates
6:30 – 7:30 PM: BCHA Business/News/Cocktails & Small Plates
7:30 – 8:30 PM: Special Guest Speaker/Desserts
8:15 PM: Silent Auction Closes
8:30 PM: Event Closes
Special Guest: Dr. Tamar McKee, PhD
Horse Empowered: how equines help us hold space in times of historic and ecological change
Through a mixture of storytelling and historical analysis, this engaging talk will explore how the landscape and culture of Boulder County has been shaped by the persistence of horses and their people.
About Tamar
Tamar was bucked off a horse before she was born. She birthed just fine and went on to grow up, leave and return to Boulder County because “Chief Niwot’s curse” for her was especially powerful when it came to horses and family. As a girl she traversed bridle paths and trails throughout southeast Boulder on family-bred Appendix Quarter Horses, once attempting Dressage on a beloved retired racehorse at Joder Ranch. Summers of riding, barrel racing, rodeoing, and racing in Colorado and surrounding states gave way to an academic career in cultural anthropology and museum curation, culminating in a PhD. from UBC-Vancouver with a dissertation focus on human-horse relationships in the after-care world of Thoroughbred racing in Bluegrass Kentucky.
After teaching at various universities in the Vancouver, B.C. area, Dr. McKee returned to Boulder County in 2017 where she co-founded Khala & Company with her husband, a business that manufactures “zero waste provisions” to help solve global plastic and food waste. Dr. McKee also had a good ride from 2019-2021 at History Colorado as manager of their research center and co-developer of an exhibit on the history of horses in Colorado and the American West. She is a mother to two kids who ask everyday if they can get a pony. Dr. McKee is currently working on a variety of bucket list, equine-related projects.
About the Annual Gathering
Are you a newcomer to Boulder’s horse community, or just like horses and want to learn more? Thinking about joining BCHA? Interested in BCHA volunteer opportunities? This year’s Annual Gathering is the perfect place to find out more about what we do. It also gives you the opportunity to meet others in the Boulder County horse community. Refreshments, food, and an enlightening presentation make the evening even more fun.
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