Joy Richardson

Joy is the daugher of a farmer in England and regularily sat on a pony before she could walk and that was at 10 months. Her entire life has been dedicatd to working with and loving horses. this resulted in many International Championships in England, Canada and the United States where she judged a variety of disciplines. Hunters, quarter horses and thoroughbreds have taken her nt all disciplines from fox hunting, working hunter, jumping, eventing, western performance and dressage. Joy has lived in Canada since 1957 working as an Interior Designer in Vancouver. For the years following she was involved with the Vancouver Art Gallery chairing their enthusiastic social committees before her husband and herself purchased property in Aldergrove, BC. The year was 1969 and the two of them established the fine 60 horse Heritage Boarding Stables. During the next seven years Joy was also an inspector with the SPCA.

 

Joy joined the WRNS at the end of the war serving in the south of England at the naval base Chatham where they were all exposed to the German buzz bombs flying over the English Channel from France. By the time many bombs flew in they were beginning to run out of fuel which had driven them with loud and fiery strength, many hitting tree tops, church steeples or just dying, then they all quickly took cover in ditches or under doorways. Sometimes they would see dozens of them overhead en route to London. This part of the war was known as The Blitz. After the war Joy received three medals, one for joining the service, one for being in for Armistice and one for serving during The Blitz.

 

Joy has written for many years in horse magazines and is now finalizing her sequel to "Pride and Joy" and to my autobiography, "Joy for Living" which became a best seller. With friend, Jan White, we have just completed a new book "The Horsemen" which relates a fascinating account of the lives of twelve movers and shakers who, with their skills, foresight and leadership became giants in the ever-growing horse industry in British Columbia.

 

In 1978 becoming Chairman of the British Quarter Horse Association, Joy was elected their AQHA Director. After a serious accident in the fox hunting field when kicked by the Master's horse, this resulted in eighteen months in a wheelchair and on crutches. In 1983 Joy  returned to Langley with her horses and soon become president of the BC Quarter Horse Association. During this time Joy was the Vice President of the Langley Horse Federation from which she was elected Chairman of Road Safety in 1995 working with the Municipality and Chairman for The Spirit of the Horse Memorial Garden in Campbell Valley Park the following year. Joy was awarded Horse Person of the Year from BC Horse Council's 17,000 members in 1997 and received the Fraser Valley Woman of Excellence Award in Sport category in 1999.

 

Visit Joy online at her web site The Joyful Horsewoman

 

Visit The Spirit Of The Horse Garden

 

Tiffany Desrosiers ~ Co-Writer and Vocalist for the VFTH International Theme Song

Raised in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, Tiffany made her entree into performing with music, acting and dancing. After landing various TV/film roles such as Shannon McNulty in an episode of the TV series Millennium, mischievous Tina in Disney’s The Ultimate Christmas Present, and various principal commercial roles, Tiffany stepped onto a musical pathway that soon became her focus. Her travels led her to work with LA’s legendary vocal coach Seth Riggs (Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder) who was wowed by her voice and introduced her to music manager Dan Cleary (Natalie Cole) who managed her until his retirement.

Tiffany has shared the stage with David Foster, Mark Masri, Ben Harper, Jackson Browne, Bobby Kimball (Toto), Loverboy, Colin James, Jully Black, Destino, and Jarvis Church (Philosopher Kings). Tiffany was first runner-up in the Victoria region of the David Foster Star Search which later led to invitations by the Foster team to perform “The Prayer” in Foster’s honor.

Tiffany made her presence known to thousands when she was hand-picked to perform the theme song “Because We Dream” at the 2010 BC Summer Games. Written by Doug Johnson (Loverboy) and Don Wells, Tiffany performed the song at both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Games in front of an audience of 10,000 people.

In 2009, Tiffany collaborated with the writing/producing team SOS Productions and released her self-titled debut album. In 2010, she released a club version of “When I See You Smile,” the classic 1989 power ballad penned by Diane Warren and originally recorded by Bad English. Remixes of the track were created by an exciting batch of top remixers including the U.K.’s Future Freakz (Akon) and Klubjumpers (L’il Wayne, Michael Bublé). The single, which was released on Dauman Music Label, reached the top 10 on the UK pop club charts.

Contemporary Pop and Dance elements describe Tiffany’s new single “High,” which was released in April 2011, and co-written with and produced by Steve Smith and Anthony Anderson of SA Trackworks.

Tiffany’s unique ability to sing both pop and classical styles has led to performance opportunities with the classical crossover groups Il Voce and Classical Nouveaux. Key performances include the 2010 Olympics, 2011 Variety Show of Hearts Talent Show, Urban Rush, CTV Canada AM, Canuck Place Charity Event “The Gift of Time,” and Global TV Christmas Show. A recent graduate from the University of British Columbia Bachelor of Music program, Tiffany won the BC Provincials in Intermediate, Senior and National classical voice on three separate occasions, and she later went on to represent British Columbia in the Nationals.

Click here to learn more about Tiffany Desrosiers and the Vancouver Children's Choir ~ Joining Together in a Musical Production For the Voice For The Horse International Theme Song