The Borden Dance Club held their Christmas recital program in the Borden Community Centre on Nov. 26, with some great desserts to start the evening and an opportunity to bid on the many silent auction items. The front of the stage was nicely decorated with silver icicle streamers, red bows and silver snowflakes while large blue snowflakes adorned the side walls.
The instructors this year are Miss Cassidy and Miss Kenzie, with 45 dancers taking part. Many of the dances were done to the music they will be using when they enter dance competitions in the spring.
The 10 students taking Acro demonstrated what they have been learning from Miss Cassidy in the way of acrobatics. In ballet one, 11 dancers with the help of Julia Siebert danced to Let It Go. Ballet two had five girls dancing to Butterflies of the Nut Cracker and the five senior ballet students chose Titanium as their music.
Tap 1 had 11 dancers demonstrating their skill to Jingle Bell Rock, Tap 2 had five dancers using the song When Will I See You Again and Tap 3, with six girls, danced to Bom Bom.
The three girls and Miss Cassidy in senior tap chose Stand By Me. The Tiny Tots, in their pyjamas and carrying gifts, showed what they had learned with the song Christmas Morning. Hip hop junior, with five dancers, Rocked the Disco and hip hop seniors, with eight dancers, showed off their hard- earned skills with Temperature.
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree had 11 boys and girls in jazz one dancing. Jazz two, with six girls dancing, used the song Better When I’m Dancing. Jazz three had seven girls and one boy dancing to Dear Future Husband and the seven girls in senior jazz danced to Acapella.
After the performance many thanks were extended to parents, the teachers, helpers, silent auction donors, cleanup crew and others. The 50/50 draw of $266.50 went to someone from out of town and many people took home silent auction baskets.
Radisson held their Christmas Craft Day on Nov. 26 in Radisson Hall with the playground committee arranging the sale and also selling lunch. The main hall upstairs had tables all around the outside and two long rows down the middle, so you needn't have gone home empty handed if you were looking for that special gift, crafts, baking, jewelry, cosmetics, perogies or whatever.
The last four days I have been busy with my computer, watching our grandson Duncan Sutherland playing volleyball with the College of the Rockies Avalanche team. Duncan is in his second year at the college in Cranbrook, taking kinesiology, and is renting a house with two other boys from the team. Thursday and Friday they played at Columbia Bible College, winning in three sets the first night and 3-1 on Friday. Then on Saturday and Sunday they played the University of Fraser Valley, losing the first night 1-3 and winning on Sunday 3-1. They now have time off from playing to study for exams and don’t resume until Jan. 6 and 7 when they host Vancouver Island University and Camouson on Jan.13 and 14.
Upcoming at Borden this coming week is the seniors’ potluck supper Nov. 30, Care Home Christmas tea Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. with entertainment, a baby shower for Lincoln Boucher (Erica Wensley) on the evening of Dec. 2 in the seniors’ room at 7 p.m. and the Borden Christmas sale with 16 farmers’ market tables and 12 other vendors Dec. 3 with grad 2017/SCC providing lunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Borden Community Centre. Dec. 4 in the community centre is the Borden Lions Carol Festival and Santa will be dropping in along. There will be cookies and hot chocolate served.
