Models in the Mountains 2017Tiburcio Vasquez Challenge Chilao Halter Show (Show on June 17 2017)

June 16-18, 2017 Chilao School, Angeles National ForestMIM is a Western Conference of Model Horses Showers Member

and a PENDING NAN Member Show

Information and Registration

Our Schedule as of March 30 2017:

Susan Carlton Sifton Equine Sculpture WorkshopFriday June 16, 2017 beginning at 10 AM $20.00 Suggested Donation

Bring anything from bare armatures to works in progress, or create an armature at the workshopAll levels of experience welcome. Lunch/refreshments included. Potluck contributions to lunch menu welcome. Susan has been commissioned to sculpt many famous horses including American Pharoah, and is known throughout the world for her work with Breyer.

Live Halter Show - Tiburcio Vasquez Challenge ChilaoSaturday June 17, 2017 beginning at 10 AM (two judges still needed for OF Breyer/Other and AR/CM as separate divisions under one judge)

Original Finish Plastic and all Custom Equines. Fee scale - 1-10 horses $20.00, 11-39 horses $25.00, 40 or more horses $30.00. Lunch and refreshments will be served and contributions of breakfast/lunch/snack items are welcome. Ribbons, rosettes, prizes. Prize contributions welcome and very much appreciated. OF and CM will be judged separately with classes running concurrently, using the following class list for both divisions:

Divisions - OF Breyer/Other , OF Stone, Custom, Artist Resin (The class list, except for collectibility (OF) and workmanship (AR/CM) is the same for all divisions. You may use leg tags or cards. They MUST be legible. Breed and Gender on the face-up side, horse and owner name on the underside).

Foals1. Light Foals2. Stock Foals3. Draft Foals4. Pony, Sport, Longear, Other Part/Pure FoalsChampion FoalReserve Champion Foal

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Light Breeds5. Arab Stallion6. Arab Mare/Gelding7. Part Arab/NSH8. Morgan9. Other Purebred/PartbredChampion LightReserve Champion Light

Gaited And Spanish Breeds10. ASB11. TWH/MFT and Rocky Mountain, Walkaloosa/Spotted Walking Horse12. Spanish Breeds, Gaited and Non-Gaited13. Other Pure/Partbred Gaited And SpanishChampion Gaited/SpanishReserve Champion Spanish/Gaited

Sport Breeds14. Thoroughbred/Standardbred15. European Warmblood16. American Warmblood17. Sport Horses - appaloosa and pinto sport horses and other pure/part-bred horses18. Light Draft/Carriage Breeds/CobsChampion SportReserve Champion Sport

Stock Breeds19. Quarter Horse20. Paint21. Appaloosa22. Mustang - Spanish influence and BLM23. Other Purebred/PartbredChampion StockReserve Champion Stock

Draft Breeds24. Clydesdale/Shire25. Belgian/Percheron26. Other British/European27. Other Purebred/Partbred (includes all American draft breeds)Champion DraftReserve Champion Draft

Pony Breeds28. British and European29. American Pony30. Other Purebred/PartbredChampion PonyReserve Champion Pony

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Other Equines31. Mules/Donkeys/Exotics32. Miniature Horses33. Fantasy EquinesChampion OtherReserve Champion Other

Collectibility34. OF Breyer35. OF Other Make36. OF StoneChampion CollectibilityReserve Champion Collectibility

Workmanship37. Custom38. Artist ResinWorkmanship ChampionWorkmanship Reserve Champion

Ribbons awarded to sixth place. Rosettes for champions, prizes. As of March 30 - Judges needed for OF/Breyer Division and AR/CM divisions. The AR/CM classes are typically small and one judge should be able to do both. Questions? Contact Corina Roberts at redbirds_vision@hotmail.com

General Information

Models in the Mountains 2017 is a model horse enthusiast’s gathering in the Angeles National Forest at Chilao School, a 2,000 square foot vintage 1963 school house owned by the non profit association Redbird.

We are located in Chilao Campground off of Highway 2, 26 miles back in the Angeles National Forest from the intersection of the 210 Freeway and Angeles Crest Highway (2) in La Canada Flintridge. We are located in the heart of the Angeles National Forest, and two miles from the famous Newcomb’s Ranch Bar and Restaurant.

To reach Chilao School, DO NOT USE GOOGLE or GPS. Follow written directions, and look for signs on the road. From the Antelope Valley/14 freeway, exit Angeles Forest Highway. Proceed over the top of the mountain and down into a valley past Mill Creek campground. Turn left onto Upper Big Tujunga Canyon (look for either a Redbird or Models in the Mountains sign). Take Upper Big Tujunga Canyon for 9 miles to Angeles Crest Highway. Turn left. Proceed 6 more miles to Chilao Road/Chilao Campground. Follow signs through campground to Chilao School. From the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley area, take the 210 freeway to Angeles Crest Highway/Highway 2 exit. Turn north, up hill, away from the city, toward the mountains. If you immediately come to

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Foothill Boulevard you turned the wrong way. Go up the highway 26 miles to Chilao Road. Turn left into Chilao Campground. Follow signs to Chilao School.

Camping - tent, RV, motorhome and sleepover style in the school available. List of area motels below.

If you would like to host a performance show, workshop or other hobby related event on Sunday, please let us know.

Questions, ideas, etc. - email Corina Roberts at redbirds_vision@hotmail.com or connect via Facebook - Corina Roberts (Redbird)

Models in the Mountains 2017http://modelsinthemountains.weebly.comhttps://www.facebook.com/modelsinthemountains2016

A High Desert Bandits Production hosted by Chilao School, owned and operated by Redbird - www.RedbirdsVision.org

Motels and Hotels in La Crescenta, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena

La Crescenta Motel

Bing Local

2413 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta, CA 91214 · ~21.9 mi

(818) 248-1294

Lincoln Motel

www.lincolnmotelpasadena.com

1559 Lincoln Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103

(626) 794-1355

Motel Sakurawww.motelsakura.com

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1500 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205

(818) 243-8999

Rose Bowl Motel

rosebowlmotel.com

1529 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

(323) 258-8033

Best Western PLUS Glendale

book.bestwestern.com

2911 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

(323) 256-7711

Days Inn Glendale Los Angeles

www.daysinn.com

450 Pioneer Dr, Glendale, CA 91203

(818) 956-0202

Howard Johnson Pasadena

www.hojo.com

1599 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106

(626) 304-9678

Glendale Motel

theglendalemotel.com

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1523 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205

(818) 243-7126

Glen Capri Inn & Suites-Colorado

glencapriinn.com

326 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205

(818) 246-7401

El Rio Motel

Bing Local

1515 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205

(818) 243-3157

Super 8 Pasadena/LA Area

www.super8.com

2863 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107

(626) 449-3020

Tangerine Hotel

www.tangerinehotel.com

3901 W Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA 91505

(818) 843-1121

Chariot Inn Motel

chariotinn.com

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1118 E Colorado St, Glendale, CA 91205

(818) 507-9600

Saga Motor Hotel

thesagamotorhotel.com

1633 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106

(626) 795-0431

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Chilao - Location Details

Chilao is located in the heart of the Angeles National Forest at an elevation of 5,200 feet. It is in a transition zone of hardwood and conifer forest, and high desert chaparral.

In October 2014 President Obama created the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument within the forest. Chilao sits roughly in the center of the new National Monument designation.

The weather, once upon a time and not so long ago, could be more or less predicted. That is no longer the case. Generally speaking, June is temperate and lovely, with lows above 40 and highs below 80.

There is no cell phone reception in Chilao. We do have internet (note the words “high speed” were not included) at the caretaker residence, and guests will be given the access code. We would encourage you to make sure your loved ones know that you can be reached via email or social media so they don’t panic if they cannot reach you by phone. At this time there is no land line telephone at the school, although that may change in the coming months.

You are welcome to camp free of charge on the property. There are several areas suitable for setting up tents, numerous places to park, and if you have a very large motorhome, there are several locations within a few hundred yards of school where you can park. We have a magnetic roller (it picks up nails and other metal objects that could injure tires) and we recommend using it to make sure these off-site spots are free of metal debris before you park. There is one electrical outlet behind the school; it will not be able to provide enough juice for a whole herd of recreational vehicles, but it can be used for light-draw appliances such as lighting.

Chilao is home to a number of campgrounds and day use areas, the USFS Chilao Visitors Center, the famous Newcomb’s Ranch Bar and Restaurant, the fire station where the very first Hotshot Crew evolved, and Chilao School.

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Chilao has seen several eras of human habitation. It was a favorite place to gather in the summer for five regional Native American tribes until the late 1700s. At that time, native people were rounded up and taken to missions, where many of them died. (Toypurina was a Tongva—Gabrieliño Native American medicine woman who opposed the rule of colonization by Spanish missionaries in California, and led an unsuccessful rebellion against them. She eventually succumbed to the tide of change, marrying Mañuel Montero,a man of Spanish descent, and dying at the tender age of 39).

The California Gold Rush began not far away in Placerita Canyon and forever changed the character of the neighborhood. The most infamous Chilao resident was the bandit Tiburcio Vasquez, who lived here for 23 years. The early to mid 1900s saw Chilao flourish with human activity which peaked in the mid 1960s and began to decline a decade later. The Station Fire of 2009 almost made Chilao a ghost town. Spared from the fire, Chilao School had sat empty for 30 years when it was given to the non profit association Redbird. The Chilao School property is now inhabited year round and slowly but surely, we are working to put some sense of community back in Chilao.

Why name a horse show after a horse thief?

Tiburcio Vasquez is best known in the American version of history as a feared and ruthless bandit and horse thief. In Mexican history, he is a hero, and some sources claim that the character Zorro was based on him. ( Although Joaquin Murrieta is often noted as the character reference, and Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a missionary gone rogue who died in 1810, is also given that distinction, it is Vasquez who was most like the fictional Zorro).

In learning his history several things become apparent. He was embraced by the people who knew him, and welcomed into numerous homes. His friends were many, and included Indian people, who at the time were still being hunted - the bounty on Indian scalps was a hefty $25.00 at one point (and was only lifted a little over a hundred years ago).

He lived in and around Chilao for 23 years, probably very close to, if not exactly, at the present location of Chilao School and the Chilao Fire Station. He and his compadres stole horses from both Los Angeles and San Bernadino Counties, hid them in Chilao and nearby Horse Flats, and sold and traded them in the opposite counties. Vasquez Rocks, another favorite location of his, bears his name, and Castle Rock in Chatsworth -

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which I lived, unknowing, at the foot of for a number of years, was another of his favorite places. Adobe style Indian houses lined the steep slopes of Castle Rock, and I recall what I thought were nothing more than rumors of their remains when I resided there in the early 1980s. I never went to look; the Hell’s Angels had taken up residence just below the great rock face, and they seemed nice enough, but I was always a bit shy.

That he was able to survive for as long as he did, with so many people aware of his location and unwilling to surrender it, is testimony to his character. More than one officer of the law had been told that if they knew the man personally, they might not be so eager to hang him. Indeed, the judge that ultimately did have him hung would later state that justice may well have not been served that day. Although several people had been killed during his raids, there is no proof that it was ever Tiburcio who fired a fatal shot.

Wrote lauded historian Will H. Thrall of Chilao and Vasquez in 1948: “It was said that Jose Gonzales was guard for the camp and stock, living in a little log cabin near the present site of Newcombs Ranch Inn; that he battled with and killed a big bear when armed only with his knife, and this gained for him the nickname of "Chillio," or as we today would say it, "Hot Stuff." In those days the area was known by that name but down through the years the spelling has been changed, by those who did not know, to the Chilao of the present time.”

Few but the Native American people who came before him knew this land better than Tiburcio Vasquez. Its every trail, overlook, outcropping, canyon and stream was known to him. Its beauty was largely unspoiled. His was a life lived under incredible blue skies and star emblazoned nights. His horses fed on native grasses and drank pure mountain water. There were long periods of inactivity in his bandit career - when the bounty of this land carried Vasquez and his followers without need to leave the mountains. There are just a few people who have such a love for this place today, and probably none who know it as intimately. It seems fitting then, that as we bring the spirit of the horse back to Chilao, we do so recalling his name.

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Registration

Models in the Mountains 2017

Friday Sculpture Workshop with Susan Sifton starting at 10 AM

$20.00 suggested donation per person. Bring your own sculpting stuff if you own any. Bring a piece that’s troubling you, that you just started, that you started ten

years ago and can’t finish, bring a bare armature, or bring your bare hands. We will try to accommodate everyone. Lunch and refreshments will be served - potluck

contributions to lunch are welcome.

Saturday Live NAN QUALIFIER (pending) and Western Conference of Model Horse Showers Member Halter Show starting at 10 AM

$20.00 for 1-10 horse, $25.00 for 11-39 horses and $30.00 for 40 and up. If you have your own folding table and it is easy for you to carry, bring it along. We do

have some tables and shelves and we will try to make plenty of room for everyone. The school has two “sides” - we will be staging on one side and showing on the other. There may not be a lot of room for sale items; you are welcome to bring

items for sale but we can’t promise you a lot of display space. Lunch and refreshments will be served - potluck contributions to lunch are welcome.

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Models in the Mountains 2017

Name ___________________________________________________________

I am attending _____ Friday ____ Saturday _____ Sunday

Number of people in my party _______ (helps us figure out how much food we need)

I am camping for the weekend ____ in the school, sleepover style ____ in a tent

_____ in a small medium large motorhome (circle one)

Contact information:

Email _________________________________________________________________

Phone ________________________________________

Amount enclosed or sent via Paypal: ____________________

Please make checks payable to Redbird and mail to P.O. Box 702, Simi Valley CA 93062, or send via paypal to redbirds_vision@hotmail.com

Donations are always welcome and appreciated, whether they be monetary, prizes for the show, or contributions of breakfast/lunch/dinner/drink items.

Thank you!