Category Archives: Events
Culver Academy Parent’s Weekend Photos: CMA Silent Drill Team Performance
Today, the Culver Academy’s Infantry Silent Drill Team was one of the Honor Organizations that performed as part of the Fall Parent’s Weekend. I took many photos of them and have posted my favorites here. There are more posted at www.culverphotos.com under the Honor Organization section.
Culver Aacdemy Parent’s Weekend Photos: Lancer Performance
These photographs are from another great Lancer Performance during Culver’s 2009 Fall Parent’s Weekend. I’ve posted my favorites here though more can be found under the Honor Organizations section at www.culverphotos.com.
Culver Academy Parent’s Weekend Photos: CGA Drill Team Performance
Today, as part of Culver’s Fall Parent’s Weekend, the CGA Drill team performed along with the other Honor Organizations at the Riding Hall. I’ve posted a few photos here; more are located at www.culverphotos.com.
Culver Academy Photographer: Beautiful Day For A Parade!
After several days of cold, rainy weather, it was nice feeling the sun and having natural sunlight to photograph in for Culver Academies Sunday Garrison Parade. Both the troop and artillary were mounted for the parade, which was one of the final events of the Horsemanship Reunion/Dedication Weekend. The cadets looked quite well considering that school has only been back in session less than two months. As always, I’ve posted my favorites here; more photographs are at www.culverphotos.com.
On a personal note, my prayers go out to the young man who was rushed to the hospital via abulance after falling from his horse. I’m told that he is doing okay and should recover fine and the hospital trip was precautionary. Regardless, we wish him well.
Culver Academy Photographer: Horsemanship Weekend- Equestriennes
There is something to be said about the beauty of a well cared for, well groomed horse in motion. This evening, I was fortunate enough to watch, what I believe was, the first performance of the 2009-2010 school year of the Culver Girls Academy Equenstrienne team. As they always done, the CGA Equestriennes put on a great show coreographed with music from the Lancer band. This was one of the events scheduled during the Vaugn Equestrienne Center dedication weekend. For those not familiar with the Equestriennes, they are an Honor organization dressage team made up of female riders enrolled in Riding at Culver Academy. They are the female equivalant of the Lancers which has been around Culver since the 1930s. I’ve posted some photos here but there are more at www.culverphotos.com. If you happen to be looking for better photos of the Equestriennes, please vist the Honor Organizations section on www.culverphotos.com and look at the photos taken from the outdoor performances last Spring. With natural, sunny light, these photos turned out wonderful.
Culver Academy Photographer: Horsemanship Weekend- Lancer’s
I think this was the first performance of the Honor organization of the Lancers of the 2009-2010 school year. Considering that approximately one fourth of the team is new this year, I think they did a great job.
For those of you that know me, the Lancers are near and dear to my heart as I participated on this team 20+ years ago when I was cadet at Culver. I remember alumni bragging about how straight their formations were. I wouldn’t dare do that with this team. Great job Lancers! For more photographs of this team, see www.culverphotos.com.
Culver Academy Photographer: Horsemanship Weekend- Horse Show
Today I photographed part of a horse show at Culver Academy in the newly renovated Vaughn Equestrienne Center. This show was put on as part of the dedication weekend for the center. In addition to shooting some great horse photos, which I’ve always loved doing, I got to see some friends who returned for the event. I last saw some of these folks when I was a trooper at the Academy. I hope to make it to two more events over the weekend. Here’s a small selection of some of my favorite shots. There are more photographs posted on www.culverphotos.com.
Culver Indiana Photographer: Chairs for Charity
Ginny is a member of Tri Kappa, a women’s chairity organization here in Culver. They held a chairs for charity auction and asked me to shoot some pictures. I thought this selection of chairs would be most interesting. They had several chairs representing every type of method of artistry among them. One was a knit chair, some were painted, some were upholstered, some were decorated for a specific theme, and there were some unusual, one-of-a-kind pieces. They raised over $7,000, which is impressive in our little town. Congratulations to all of the artists who contributed and to the Tri Kappa women who hosted a classy event.
Culver Indiana Photographer: Boys and Girls Club Charity Auction
This year, Ginny was in charge of the Boys and Girls Club chairity auction. They went with a “Fabulous 50s Night” theme. It was a fabulous night, as they not only had a great party, but they raised over $40,000 for the Culver Boys and Girls Club. Ginny was thrilled with the turnout. My favorite part of the event was the hula hoop contest. The auction committee planners recruited well-known people from town to participate in a hula hoop contest that raised several thousand dollars. Chief of Police, Chief of Fire, the president of the town council, and many others hula hooped for money for the big event. They also had singer Quintin Flagg, a 50s singer, perform. He did a great job. The silent auction portion of the event was successful, and all seemed to have a good time. I captured a few pictures for the board, so that they could remember the evening.
Culver Academy Photographer: Culver Academies Graduation
There are so many photos from this year’s Culver Academies graduation weekend that to select a couple to place in our blog was impossible. This past weekend, I took over 6,000 photos from the events. There are photos from the Honor Groups, Final Garrison Parade, Final Ball, and Graduation Ceremony. If you are looking for photos from these events, please visit www.culverphotos.com where I’ve posted all 6,000+ pictures.
