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Silvermine arena during the Taste of Dressage fundraiser, Eau Claire, WI.

Finished Chair

Sorry for the delay in update.  I ended up getting trained on a new mail route and another week working mine.  But I did get the chair done in time and it went to the Taste of Dressage in Eau Claire on 10/10.  I left a little early but last I looked it was bid up to $50.

Edit:  1-14-11 Quick story behind the chair for those just coming to this post.  It was a sturdy chair with a cracked back found at St. Vincent de Paul for $10. It was stained and painted with a goopy red paint that when I stripped the chair was quite strange.  It took me two days to get it stripped. I then painted it a pale tan (fossil) and black with a dressage horse riding theme.  You see, when a dressage rider enters the arena to perform for the judge "X" is the center of the arena.  The rider always rides to X, halts and salutes the judge before continuing on.  Hence, the chair says "Halt at X" meaning "have a seat and stay awhile."  Ha.