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Orlando Sentinel: "Horse story with true literary heart"
The special brown-bag matinees were rewards for participating in a unique reading program built around The Black Stallion series of children's books that have sold more than 100 million copies in 28 languages."Two Florida friends whose lives are intertwined with those classic stories created the literacy program and are about to expand it nationwide."One of them brings the love of horses and the other brings the love of books," says Beverly Brizendine, director of elementary education for the Osceola County School District, whose students have participated in the project for four years.Arabian Nights owner Mark Miller, 59, of St.... It was inevitable, then, that he would show up one day at Tankersley's celebrated Al-Marah farm, where television cowboy Roy Rogers and Ben-Hur movie chariot drivers camped with their horses while performing in the area."Mark's mother was among the first to import purebred Arabians to the United States, so my father got to know his parents before we were even on the scene," says Tim Farley.Tankersley and the author became so close that Farley never purchased an Arabian from any other breeder.
Arabian Horses: 40th Annual U.S. National Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show
As always, this flagship event will offer Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses while both amateur and professional riders or handlers compete in halter, native costume, reining, working cow, cutting, trail, show hack, sidesaddle, park horse, driving and English, western and hunter classes.... Or experience the magic of the most recognized Arabian horse of all time: Walter Farley's Black Stallion with the Arabian Nights Dinner Theatre Road Show (Kissimmee, FL), bringing a fairy tale to life on horseback Friday evening, October 20th.
Road Show: "The Black Stallion"
In conjunction with the U.S. Nationals Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show: Experience the magic of the most recognized Arabian of all time: The Black Stallion. Arabian Nights Dinner Theatre (Kissimmee, FL) brings a fairy tale to live on horseback in an evening performance culminating with Walter Farley's Black Stallion.