As we
prepare to wind down another great dance season, we would like to thank all the
clubs we visited for their hospitality and all those who attended return
visitations. We truly value the friendships created by these exchange visits.
Our Mother
of The Year Dance is scheduled for Saturday, May 6th. Hope to see
many of you out for this.
Community
involvement included our annual dance for the Seniors at the Bethany Care
Centre in January and the students at RJ Hawkey Elementary School in March. Our
new dancers have discovered, with great pleasure, a new way to expand their
dancing experience: New Dancer Jamborees – from the Calgary Callers Jamboree,
to Three Hills, Drumheller and, of course, the Jamboree hosted by our Club.
Speaking of which, we had guests from Drumheller, Olds, Red Deer and
Strathmore. A special thanks to Ted Kornak (C&D) for sharing your caller
talents with us. And a special thanks to the Swinging Singles club who made up
39% of the attendance at this function. We really appreciate your continuous
support. Sincere apologies to our own club members and the dance community at
large for selecting the Family day weekend to hold this function – we will
change our timing of this even in future years.
At our
Annual Meeting last fall, we presented a challenge to increase our membership
by two squares this dance season, either with new or returning dancers and we
are proud to report “Mission Accomplished”. We started the season with 17 new
dancers – thanks to the guidance and TLC provided by Roger and Paulette, we
look forward to Graduation Night when we welcome 7 new dancers to our
membership (with the possibility of another 4, depending on how successful
these “Snowbirds” were with finding lessons down South). Two couples who were
unable to complete the lessons this season have indicated they would like to
resume lessons in the fall.
We are
delighted to welcome back 10 previous members, returning after a year or more
respite: Jean and Dave, Gwen and Steve, Claire and Ray, Brenda and Andrew and
Dorothy May and Bill.
Thanks to
all our regular members and the Club’s Executive for a job well done – everyone
has worked hard to achieve our Mission: Like Airdrie, The “Friendly City”, to achieve
a Reputation for being a Friendly, Fun-filled dance club.
Our Doors
are always open – you’re welcome to join us any Friday evening.
Have a
great summer.