Jesse Peters-Parelli Horsemanship Featured at 2015 Annie Oakley Festival

The Annie Oakley Festival Committee is thrilled to welcome a new attraction to its 2015 festival. This year the festival will feature Jesse R. Peters who, like Annie Oakley herself, was born and raised in Darke County but went on to earn national acclaim. Peters is a licensed Parelli Horsemanship Professional, 4 star senior instructor, and horse specialist. He has been seen on Good Morning America, has worked with the Pittsburg Zoo zebras, and was the 2009 winner of the Extreme Mustang Makeover. He works to improve the relationship and communication between horse and rider through the Parelli method. The Annie Oakley Festival Committee is proud to announce that Peters will be doing six shows throughout the weekend as well as participating the 2015 Annual Annie Oakley Festival Parade. His show times and descriptions are as follows:

• Friday, July 24th at 4pm at the round corral arena- Horses are from Mars, Humans are from Venus!
• Friday July 24th at 6pm at the pulling track arena- Horse Play and Six Shooters! Anyone can shoot a gun off a horse…..ONCE!
• Saturday July 25th at 3pm at the round corral arena- Seven Secrets to Success, How Smart is your Horse?
• Saturday July 25th at 4pm at the pulling track arena- Horse Play and Six Shooters! Anyone can shoot a gun off a horse…..ONCE!
• Sunday July 26th at 12pm at the pulling track arena- Horse Play and Six Shooters! Anyone can shoot a gun off a horse…..ONCE!
• Sunday July 26th at 4pm at the round corral arena- TBA

The 2015 Annie Oakley Festival will take place the last full weekend in July, July 24th through the 26th at York Woods just off of St. Rt. 127 eight miles north of Greenville. The festival committee is hard at work to make this year even better. If you would like more information about the festival, visit the website at www.annieoakleyfestival.org or find them on Facebook at the Annie Oakley Festival group page. The Annie Oakley Festival Committee meets the second Wednesday of every month at 7pm at the Shawnee Prairie Nature Center on St. Rt. 502.