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Anne Aloi (Chesapeake, VA) is the recipient of a $2,000 Lindgren Scholarship. She has been instructing for over 30 years, from Training Level through Prix St. Georges. Anne is a Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medallist and has volunteered her time with the Full Circle Pony Club in Statesville, NC and acted as the chef d'equipe for the winning FEI youth team at the 2012 USDF Region One Youth Team Competition.
Donna Meyer (Bryan, TX) was also awarded a $2,000 Scholarship. She has been a dressage instructor for over 29 years, teaching Intro through Fourth Levels. Additionally, Donna is a USEF "r" Judge, a USDF Associate Instructor, and an active competitor, having earned her Bronze and Silver Medals.
Since 1996, The Dressage Foundation has offered annual instructor scholarships in Major Anders Lindgren's name. Major Lindgren was an accomplished dressage rider, having won the 1971 Swedish Dressage Championship and ridden on the Swedish Olympic Team in 1972. He also won the Scandinavian Eventing Championship in 1959. Lindgren's contribution to American dressage was large, as he was solidly committed to the education of U.S. dressage instructors. Over a ten-year period, almost 1,000 participating instructors learned from his systematic, structural approach to teaching dressage at the USDF/Violet Hopkins National Seminars for Dressage Instructors, and then at the National Symposium. Major Lindgren passed away in 2010, at the age of 85. The Dressage Foundation is proud to offer these important scholarships in his honor.
Applications for the three Lindgren scholarships are due to The Dressage Foundation by September 30th of each year. A Grant Selection Committee will review each application and determine the recipients, if qualified applications are received. For more information about the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarships and The Dressage Foundation, please contact Jenny Johnson at (402) 434-8585 or visit www.dressagefoundation.org.