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Professional lacrosse made its debut in Saskatoon on Jan. 15. The Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League play their second of nine home games on Jan. 29 when the Colorado Mammoth come to town (Photos by Sandy Hutchinson)

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et me count the ways that I enjoyed the debut of the Saskatchewan Rush professional lacrosse team in Saskatoon.

• Sandy and I were spoiled by having media passes. They gave us pretty much the run of the place. In the media lounge it was great seeing former colleagues and friends such as Kevin Mitchell and Darren Zary. Sandy got to take photos alongside Gord Waldner.

• The Johner Boys kicked off the night by performing a song they wrote especially for the Rush. Get Ready for the Rush will be the team’s official song. It’s Saskatoon’s Bring ‘Em Out. The Johner Boys played again at halftime. They are very good. Buy their new album.

• I had mixed emotions about the sign a woman held against the glass — Grandma Says Rush Kick Ass. I pleaded with my mom not to bring the sign to the game. That’s a joke, people, Editor although the sign was real.

• The crowd was amazing. There hasn’t been energy like that for a sports event in the rink for years. The noise level got louder and louder. I am sure it had nothing to do with beer consumption and the non-stop music.

• Have you heard this one: “I went to watch hockey and a lacrosse game broke out.” There were a couple of fights. One was, as we say in the business, spirited.

• The players are incredibly skilled. The game is fast, it’s hard hitting and emotional. Remember most of the guys have real jobs. According to the website inlacrossewetrust.com, veterans were paid between $14,000 and $27,000 in 2014 and 2015. A franchise player received $34,000. The rookie rate was just over $9,000. Salaries are up 3.5 per cent this year.

• Dj Anchor played a nice tribute to David Bowie — cool and classy.

• People could order beer and food from their seats. A nice touch.

• The lineups to get into men’s washrooms were long. Did I mention people could order beer from their seats?

• The Wave got rolling in the stands in the third quarter. It’s a bit 1980s, but it was fun. (Note: I am more a Macarena person.) for as low as • I was hoping the rink would be filled † — 9,100 is a great start. I’m thinking we can do even better on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

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Can you tell which team this grandmother supports? at the SaskTel Centre. Remember, this is more than a game; it’s an entertainment package.

Other opinions @saskatchewander: Well that was totally awesome! … home opener did not disappoint. @kiefer1985: Great atmosphere for my first ever lacrosse game live. Loved the energy in the building. @kimfcoates (yes, that Kim Coates): Next time I’m in The Tooner I’m going to see the Saskatchewan Rush. Might even suit up. Looks like a hell of a ticket. @mizmama19: Once I got used to the music playing while the ball was in play, I really got into it. Whole night was fun! @bladeshockey: While we get ready for our tilt on the road, we send best wishes to @SaskRushLAX for their home opener. (Note: The Blades are a classy organization. Let’s support them!)

Tickets We have five pairs of tickets to give away for the Knights of Columbus Indoor Games. The tickets are good for all three days of the event, which runs Jan. 28-30 at the Saskatoon Field House. This is a wonderful event, featuring local track and field athletes and international stars. To enter, email editorial@saskatoonexpress.com. Please put “games” in the subject line.

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e have snow and we have balls, so why not the world record for the largest ever snowball fight?

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The challenge is taking place at 3 p.m. on Jan. 31 in Victoria Park. It will also act as the send-off party

for Team Canada departing for the world championships in Japan, Feb. 8. Saskatoon applied for the world record when Team Canada member Nathan Thoen investigated the Guinness World Records book and found the record was quite low at only 5,834 participants, and held by Seattle, a city that rarely gets snow. We can’t have that, can we?

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Running the Games Bob Barkman invests 40 years into K of C event Ned Powers Saskatoon Express ven in his wildest dreams, Bob Barkman never imagined he’d maintain a 40-year association with the Saskatoon Knights of Columbus Indoor Games.

“I began as a volunteer setting up the track at the Saskatoon Arena in 1975, was chosen by my council to be on the board of directors in 1978, and my participation grew and grew from there,” said Barkman, who was president from 1985 to 1995 and has been the executive director since 1996.

“There’s kind of a magic about every meet, but there’s always the challenge of making each one financially successful,” he said as he drew up plans for the 51st annual meet, which will be at the Saskatoon Field House Jan. 28-30.

“The biggest thing is that we’ve stuck to our guns. We have never paid the invitational athletes. If we had to pay them, we’d have folded probably 25 years ago. Other indoor meets in North America shut down because of those costs. I went to the Maple Leaf Games in Toronto one time, watched how they were financially managing their meet, which included payment for the athletes, and knew immediately that everything we were doing was the right way.

“The invitational athletes get their airfare paid, a per diem for meals, transportation to and from the airport and the Field House, and invitations to a noon luncheon and awards banquet.”

Barkman said the Indoor Games were always the perfect fit for the beliefs he shared with the Knights of Columbus.

He considers the most important element of the Games to be the relays for school children. The relays usually kick off the games.

“The Knights of Columbus are dedicated to the youth of the province and that’s the main reason for the meet. We give the youth a chance to compete on the same track as the invitational athletes, to be there with them, talk with them and learn from them.

When the invitational athletes come to Saskatoon, we go to the schools and that gives the kids a real high. It is a real motivator.”

Indoor track and field has a unique history in Saskatchewan.

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Bob Barkman has been the executive director of the K of C Games since 1996 (Photo by Sandy Hutchinson) 1957 as head of the sociology department at the University of Saskatchewan. He was born in Boston and graduated from Bates College in Maine and Harvard. He knew the value of indoor facilities in track and field.

He talked the U of S into fitting manmade corners for training purposes into the gymnasium floor in 1961. Within three years, he and contractor Jack Wells talked the Saskatchewan Diamond Jubilee and Canadian Centennial Corporation into financing a track which could be installed in gymnasiums and arenas. The first indoor games were held Dec. 4-5, 1965, at the Saskatoon Arena.

A year later, the Knights of Columbus accepted the challenge of maintaining the meet.

“My first experience in heavy lifting started in 1975,” said Barkman. “The Arena became available after the Saskatoon Blades finished a hockey game. A crew, anywhere from 25 to 40 people, worked from 10 p.m. until first thing the next morning. All the pieces were on a trailer outside the building. We had the help of some U of S Huskie football players, who did the heavy lifting. Eight or 10 could carry a section of the track. It had to be done by morning so when the surveyors came to do the measurements, everything was ready.”

For years in the K of C office, Barkman held a memento of the early games. It is a memento which he has just donated to the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.

“It was a baton, used in the first meet, and it accidentally flew out of a runner’s hands in a relay race. Try as they may,

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nobody could find the baton in the stands or under the stands at the time. Ned Helfrick was a prime organizer of the Games and never gave up on the idea of finding the baton. When the Arena was being demolished, he went down through some of the rubble and found it.”

While growing up in Lemberg, Barkman always loved sports. He played hockey, caught the pitches of his brother Greg in softball and “ran the 100 and sometimes the 220 on straightaway dirt tracks in rural meets.”

From his start with the Games, there was always an encouragement to try different things.

The school relays have always been part of the programming, but the Knights reached out to the youth in another way.

Bill Zmud, one of the meet’s directors, first talked to Barkman about taking a handful of international athletes into the inner city schools on the days just before the meet.

“The school visits and the media appearances were all new to the international athletes. They loved it.

“I’ll never forget one appearance with Freddie Williams, a one-time South African runner. He talked about the apartheid life when he went to school in South Africa.

There was a young First Nations boy who was a non-believer in what Williams was preaching. Williams talked about walking back and forth to school, because if too many blacks walked together, they were suspected of being in a gang. He was once arrested and accused of being in a gang.

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scar on his leg which had been caused by a police officer smashing a bottle against his leg. The young man suddenly paid attention. A year later, the boy was running in our meet.”

It was also important to inject a Special Olympic element into the Games, sometimes in specialized events, later integrated into main events. Appearing this year will be Janz Stein, a Reginan who will run the 60 metres. As an athlete with a disability, he ranked 11th in the world in the long jump and 19th in the 100 metres in 2015.

The guest speaker at the awards banquet will be Arnold Boldt, now a Saskatoon teacher. He overcame the loss of his right leg in a farming accident when he was three years old to become globally famous when he won gold medals and set world records for the high jump and long jump at the 1976 Olympiad for the Disabled.

One of the biggest changes over the years came in December 1980, with a venue shift to the Saskatoon Field House.

“We lost the intimacy and the atmosphere of the crowds being so close to the athletes,” said Barkman. “We gained the track surface the runners liked. We took on the expense of a permanent take-off box on the floor so we could maintain the pole vault events. The one constant complaint we have is the lack of backs on the seats.”

The rewards of organizing the meet have been plentiful for the Knights of Columbus.

“The Games are all about what we can do for the kids. Just giving them the opportunities is most important.”

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couple of weeks ago, I was in a grocery store seeking a wee bit of steak for supper. I forget exactly what we were making . . . ginger beef, I think.

We make a mean ginger beef.

Most of the credit goes to the better half on that.

Anyway, I was checking out the little packages containing a couple of teeny steaks: I try to Columnist buy mid-quality beef for this dish, but holy flipping cows, the prices were unbelievable.

A co-shopper in the meat aisle leaned over, and pointed at a little sirloin roast. I wish I’d checked its weight, but didn’t think of it at the time. Suffice it to say, it would fit neatly into both of my tightly cupped hands.

“You should buy that one,” she said, dryly, while pointing.

Oh! I thought. I could buy a little roast, and that would work! We could just cut it up into slices.

It was fifty bucks. No word of a lie. Fifty bucks.

We co-shoppers just looked at each other, eyebrows raised. Good grief.

You’d think I’d be used to astronomical beef prices by now; they’ve been soaring for a couple of years already, and don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that prices have finally started paying beef producers. (It was a long haul; remember when BSE (mad cow disease) popped up in Alberta in 2003? That was the beginning of an ugly time in cattle country.)

But let me tell you, as a relatively normal middle-class person (who lives with a bona fide carnivore, which complicates things a bit), I truly can’t afford that roast. I never thought I’d say such a thing. We eat less and less beef, and when we do, it’s in much smaller amounts. It’s now a big deal to eat a big steak. What about people who don’t have as much money as even I do? Do they ever eat good quality protein?

We’re also reducing our portions on chicken and pork.

Sure, it’s good for my waistline, but increasingly it’s important for my pocketbook, too.

Having bitterly complained about this to my husband, he promptly printed off our expenses. (We’ve been keeping pretty close track for about seven years now.) And before I JW15787.A25 James

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share them — because the numbers, I think are pretty high — let me point out that we very, very rarely, eat out; and we, traditionally, and largely because we cook a lot, try to justify buying the best-quality food we can afford.

So, from 2009 until 2011, we averaged just under $830 per month for food. (That would also include stuff like soap and vitamins.) The number started edging up in 2012, and by 2013, we were spending just over $1,000 per month.

Last year, we spent $1,100 per month. Ouch.

OwOwOwOwOW. I don’t know about you, but I’m sure as heck not making, proportionally, more money. And that’s way more than the inflation rate, by the way.

Food prices rising has been all over the news lately, mainly because importing food is getting more expensive, and that is in part because of the crashing oil price driving down our dollar. Many restaurants are saying they will have to raise prices. We may all have to cut back on meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, all of which are going up and up and up.

I wish I had really good advice on how to eat well and keep expenses down. I suppose one way is to eat more nonmeat protein; it is the year of the pulse, after all. I personally cannot gag down lentils, but many can. Maybe more beans will make their way onto our table, though.

We recently roasted a (very expensive) big chicken, about eight pounds. We stretched that baby until it squeaked. We first had a lovely, festive meal with potatoes and stuffing. We have enough left over to make a shepherd’s pie, a big favourite around here. We’ve made one round of soup (two meals) and have enough bones left to make another round. If you add sandwiches to the soup, we get six meals out of that plump and delicious bird.

And, as with the ginger beef, you could once stretch a steak into a nice meal if you added enough ginger, carrots, peppers, mushrooms and onions. Now, onion aside, you’re paying a fortune for the veg, too.

I think I’m quite ready for this economy to turn around, thanks very much.

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Martel launches new novel Yann Martel will be holding a book release Jan. 28 at McNally Robinson (Photo by Emma Love) Tammy Robert Saskatoon Express ann Martel has been interviewed many, many times.

The Internet, a place where every uttered syllable serves time for the rest of its life, is bursting with questions and answers lobbed back and forth throughout Martel’s literary career, which skyrocketed after his novel Life of Pi won the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Reviewing Martel’s archived conversations, a theme emerges.

“Tell me about it,” said Martel. “I can’t count the number of times I’ve been asked, ‘Why do you live in Saskatoon?’ I wonder if writers living in New York or London ever get asked that question — justifying where they live.”

The Saskatoon-based author, whose long-awaited next novel The High Mountains of Portugal launches Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson, concedes he has spent many of his years in big cities — Paris, Montreal, Mexico JW15656.A25 JamesCity — and that

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there is something thrilling about them.

“The sheer quantity of human beings and human artifacts,” he said. “But they’re also oceans of anonymity and loneliness, and despite having such huge populations — or perhaps because — they are curiously detached from the surrounding countryside.

“In big cities, food just appears on shelves, water just gushes out of taps, gas is forever available at gas stations and there’s no sense of where they come from,” he said.

“I got tired of that exile from the rest of the Earth. I love living in a smaller city. You appreciate what you have — the opening of a new restaurant, for example – more than you do in a big city.

“And it’s so easy to get around and get to know people. I do miss the large art museums that only big cities can deliver. But I get that art fix when I travel. Otherwise, I’m content living here and raising my children.”

Martel has demonstrated repeatedly that an author does not have to live abroad in order to set the backdrop of a book in an exotic or remote locale. Set mostly in

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Portugal, Martel’s new novel tells the tale of three main characters, in three different timeframes and settings.

“We begin in the early 1900s, when Tomás discovers an ancient journal and sets out from Lisbon in one of the very first motor cars in Portugal in search of the strange treasure the journal describes,” says the description released by literary powerhouse Penguin Random House, global publisher of The High Mountains of Portugal.

“Thirty-five years later, a pathologist devoted to the novels of Agatha Christie, whose wife has possibly been murdered, finds himself drawn into the consequences of Tomás’s quest. Fifty years later, Sen. Peter Tovy of Ottawa, grieving the death of his own beloved wife, rescues a chimpanzee from an Oklahoma research facility and takes it to live with him in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, where the strands of all three stories miraculously mesh together.”

A Canadian senator? While the book is being released worldwide, the Canadian reader could be forgiven for arching at least one eyebrow at mention of this character’s vocation.

“I’ve had the senator character in The High Mountains of Portugal in my head for years, long before Mike Duffy shoved his ridiculous persona into our national consciousness,” said Martel, when asked about the curious quirk.

“I’m not sure what Canadian readers will make of my character in light of the recent scandals attending the Senate. That part of the story takes place in the early ’80s, long before the Senate became so publicly aberrant. And in his defence — of my character, not Duffy — he resigns from the Senate.”

Readers of Martel’s novels will recognize the predominance of animals in his work.

The High Mountains of Portugal presents a continuation of this literary device, with the inclusion of both a rhinoceros and more than one chimpanzee.

“I chose chimpanzees because I wanted a creature that most closely mirrored our species,” explained Martel, who included an orangutan named Orange Juice in Life of Pi, and Virgil, a howler monkey, in his most

recent novel Beatrice and Virgil.

“In zoos, monkeys and apes tend to be the most popular attractions precisely because we recognize ourselves in them so much, certainly in terms of social behaviours. I did most of my research reading books — Jane Goodall, for example — but I also visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Montreal, besides watching lots of documentaries.”

After the launch of The High Mountains of Portugal, Martel will embark on a marathon book tour with stops including Arizona, California, Washington, D.C., and Canadian cities from coast to coast.

“I still love touring,” said Martel. “Books are gifts; they create communities, so it’s nice to go about and talk to readers about them. And I love travelling, staying in hotels and visiting cities and so on. But of course now I have less time for it. I miss my partner and our four children if I’m gone too long.

These are the years when I explore the inner world of childhood rather than the greater world out there. I’ll get back to that world in a few years, I hope.”

As for what comes after all the touring and promotion of his new book, Martel is decisive.

“Not writing, that’s for sure,” he asserts.

“I need a break from it. It takes it out of me, writing a book. I want to spend time now with my children, reading, skiing, exercising; generally flitting about without being burdened by a 300-page novel that needs writing. I’ll do that until the internal pressure starts to build. At one point, I’ll feel like I’m dying on the inside and I need to write another story. Then I’ll trudge to my studio — and be so glad to be back there. There’s nothing more exciting than a new story developing in one’s mind . . . but I’m not there yet.”

When Martel is ready to tackle another project, one can be certain it will be embarked upon here in Saskatoon. It’s a city which Martel and his family take great pride in calling home.

“I think it’s a great place for being creative in a literary way,” said Martel. “It’s those big skies peering down at you. They’re so conducive to storytelling.”

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ometimes I forget we are The first wave of educated living in a period of revoFirst Nations people were lution. I firmly believe mostly social workers, teachin 50 or so years from now, ers and police officers. It seems students will be looking at this obvious, but these are profestime as being one of dramatic sions where people wanted to change for Canada’s Aboriginal help others.

Peoples.

There were laws at one time In my lifetime, I have seen which prevented First Nations and been a part of an incredible people from using modern farm movement of social makeover. equipment. This law was impleIt’s like I went from moccasins mented because white farmers to expensive, brand-name runwere complaining the Indians Columnist ning shoes. were harvesting better crops Even though I am quite than they were. young, or like to believe so, I have witThere was a law forbidding Treaty Innessed a quiet revolution taking shape. dians from leaving the reserve unless they The year I was born, First Nations people had a signed pass from an Indian agent were still not allowed to vote. We weren’t from the federal Department of Indian Afconsidered a people. It was then-Prime fairs. Even though North American IndiMinister John Diefenbaker who made ans are the oldest peoples on the continent, those of First Nations ancestry a “peowe were still the “newest arrivals.” ple.”

Today, it is rare to see the “first.” In I suppose up until that point, First the 1970s and into the 1980s, there was Nations were non-existent; an entity that always the first Indian lawyer, the first really wasn’t there. In my lifetime, the Indian doctor, the first Indian judge, and Department of Indian Affairs was once un- on and on it went. Now, we are entering der the Department of Natural Resources. the second generation of totally free InHow would you feel if you were a natural dian nations. Today, it is common to see resource? young First Nations students following I believe change started in the early in the footsteps of parents who pursued 1960s, when First Nations people were careers. given the basic fundamental rights which This revolution is also showing in other Canadians took for granted. It was the accumulated wealth of First Nations access to education that opened the doors people. In Saskatchewan alone, the wealth just enough to peek into what was about of First Nation people is in the billions. to come. I was still in grade school when I With that comes the power and the ability started to hear about First Nations people to change direction for their communities. entering high school, and some were going I feel fortunate to have seen this unfold into post-secondary education. The dreams before my eyes. I have been privileged to of being a doctor or a lawyer or an Indian be part of this movement. Idle no more, chief were becoming realistic. you say.

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - January 25-31, 2016 - Page 8 manage the entire automotive sales group in Saskatchewan and British Columbia. At night, he is a retired DJ making his mark on dance floors of many nightclubs and cabarets. Also known as Torch, Michael is looking forward to a fun and fiery competition.

Amanda Murray Amanda is the owner of def SOL Productions, known as Saskatoon’s top street dance company for over a decade. Amanda has competed with the 3SB pro crew in 2013, winning the Canadian Hip Hop championships and representing at semi-finals at worlds in Vegas. Amanda continues to teach and perform across Saskatchewan and Alberta with the mission of spreading hip hop dance, culture and knowledge to the next generation. ***** Chris Ryder Chris was born in Tasmania but grew up in Saskatchewan. Chris is a chartered accountant (B.C.), but don’t hold that against him. After a few years as an auditor, he began a diamond adventure in B.C. as CFO at Dia Met Minerals, Canada’s first diamond mine. In 2001, BHP Billiton bought Chris, as well as the Dia Met, and sent him to Belgium to market diamonds. His winding career has led Chris back to Saskatoon.

His interests include music and travel, but exclude dancing and rhythm so you’ll have to bear with him.

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he popular Swinging with the Stars fundraiser will be held Jan. 30 at TCU Place. The event is a fundraiser for Hope’s Home in Saskatoon. Below are mini-profiles of the local celebrities that will be participating, as well as their professional dancing partners.

kids. She also works as a prof at the University of Saskatchewan and does research on technology that helps older adults to age in place. Her first attempt at dancing was as a child growing up in Cabri, where her parents owned the Chinese restaurant. Unfortunately, her Chinese fried rice is a lot better than her dance skills.

formed for a studio in Toronto. Deciding to move to Saskatoon 13 years ago to teach tennis, the city’s vibrant Latin community has taken over his life. His favourite thing about dancing is the interaction he has with other people and the music. The expression “dance like no one is watching” is totally him.

Jenny Basran ***** Saskatchewan’s only Internist GeriatriLeo Liendo Michael Wyant cian and this year’s Sask. Medical AssocaLeo was born in Venezuela and grew up Michael is the youngest of the VWAG tion Physician of the Year, Jenny is mostly dancing to hot Latin rhythms. After moving Wyant men, but No. 1 in the hearts of the seen around town chauffeuring her three to Canada in the 1980s, Leo danced and per- dancing infamy. Michael’s day job is to

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Ashley Berrns Ashley is excited to be dancing in Swinging with The Stars for her third season.

Ashley is owner and director of Dance INK where she spends most of her time sharing her passion for dance with her students. Her Saskatoon based studio is in its fifth year and recently expanded to a second location.

Ashley holds her A.D.A.P.T. Teaching Certification in jazz and tap, and she also enjoys teaching contemporary, ballet and hip hop.

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - January 25-31, 2016 - Page 9 His favourite song is Whitney Houston’s “I wanna dance with somebody who loves me.” Slade knows he will have strong fan support from all the free shows he has put on from his balcony in his “tighty whiteys” and black sunglasses while belting out Whitney.

Kimberly Parent Kimberly is the owner and artistic director of Saskatoon Salsa Dance Company.

With more than 10 years of experience, Kimberly offers group classes, workshops, and private lessons as well as performances for corporate events and weddings. To check Ervin Kormos out the salsa scene in Saskatoon, visit saskaIn 2002, Ervin began dancing and teach- toonsalsa.com. ing salsa in his homeland of Romania at the Salsa Caliente Dance Studio. During ***** that time, he performed at and attended Michelle Wildeman International Salsa Congresses in Bulgaria, Not much happens in our city that Hungary, Romania and England. In 2006, Michelle hasn’t played a big part in. She he moved to the Cayman Islands where has stepped up for the Children’s Hospital, he continued to teach and grow the dance Remai Art Gallery, The Friendship Inn, The community. He moved to Saskatoon at the Lighthouse, Ronald McDonald House, and beginning of 2012. Since then, he has been the University Cup — just to name a few. In teaching, choreographing and performing keeping with her philanthropic spirit, Royal with Saskatoon Salsa Dance Company.

University Hospital Foundation is where ***** she hangs her career hat these days. The allTamara Bowman around community supporter is also mom to As Metric Design Centre’s owner and four children. With all of that extra time on lead designer, Tamara is known for her great her hands, she’s excited to swing into action style and unconventional approach to design for another great cause. and business. After opening Metric’s doors in 2011, Tamara has been proud to receive Leo Rodriguez-Lopez many awards and nominations such as the New to Saskatoon, Leo has competed in SABEX New Business Venture award in Calgary, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Las Vegas, 2012. She was named One to Watch by Miami, San Francisco and Vancouver. His Western Living Magazine in 2013. Tamara salsa group placed in the top 10 at the World considers herself a dedicated soccer mom Latin Dance Cup in Miami, Pro Team Divi(whose kids don’t play soccer), as well as sion. When not dancing, Leo is the plant a self-proclaimed connoisseur of all things manager at Expocrete. food and drink. Tamara loves to spend her downtime with family and friends, enjoys a ***** good party and is a closet karaoke enthusiast.

Drew Burko Drew is quarterback for the U of S Brenden Turanich Huskies and claims to have less than zero Originally from Saskatoon, Brenden dancing experience. He was born and raised has spent the last 10 years working with in Saskatoon except for a brief year living in some of the most renowned names in the Australia at the age of six. He has played for industry via television, film, music videos the Huskies since 2011 and recently particiand live shows. Some of Brenden’s profes- pated in the prestigious CIS East-West Bowl sional credits include on-screen and live All Star Game. performances for Chris Brown, Cee-Lo Green, Stevie Wonder, NBC Universal and Carissa Brockman New York Fashion Week. Now residing in Carissa was born and raised in RosthSaskatoon, Brenden is thrilled to be a part of ern where she grew up dancing. After high Swinging With The Stars and contributing school, she travelled on a university program to Hope’s Home Foundation. to Guatemala and joined university athletics at three consecutive universities — Canadian ***** Mennonite University women’s volleySlade Desrochers ball, University of Manitoba Bisons’ track Slade Desrochers is only 37 years old and field, and University of Saskatchewan and has already established a career in the Huskies’ track and field. She is in her final real estate industry, and a marriage to Nicole semester of a four-year honours degree in sothat he is extremely proud of. Slade grew ciology and a four-year Bachelor of Psycholup in Hudson Bay, and is the vice-president ogy at the U of S, and currently dances out of JW15807.A25 James of the Progress Club Saskatoon Downtown. Saskatoon Salsa and Dance INK.

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(Continued from page 8) ***** Chantel Huber When not doing the CTV afternoon and evening news, Chantel likes to get out from behind the desk to feature health news, which has led her to winning national awards. However, she is no award-winning dancer. When all her friends were at dance class as a kid, Chantel opted for piano lessons. She didn’t practice, so needless to say she can’t play the piano or dance. But she’s excited to take part in Swinging with the Stars, and have some fun for a good cause.

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hen I read a recent a state-funded buffet lunch, costs letter to the editor upwards of $100 million US just penned by my very in Helsinki. Our pre-secondary smart friend Michele Rajput, I provincial education budget is chuckled. just under $2 billion, but we can “The federal government barely squeeze our kids into the should not enact laws regarding buildings we have, including the nutrition and diet,” she wrote. ones we just built. It’s a matter “That is not its role. The proof priorities. vincial government should not Now let’s be clear, this is enact laws regarding nutrition not about denying children in and diet. That is not its role. The need of nutritional support the Columnist school board should not enact resources they are already getpolicies regarding nutrition and ting in schools, including right diet. That is not its role. … It is my job to here in Saskatoon. Are those resources feed my children. I will decide if they eat sufficient? I admittedly don’t know, but I do breakfast, and what foods that breakfast know that the good people at organizations will include. I will decide what my children like CHEP work their tails off to keep up have for lunch.” with the demand. All of the school-based No kidding. nutritional programming for hungry CanaBut oh, did the intrepid Internet comdian and Saskatchewan kids should be fully menters ever gather in the town square funded and supported by any and all means (Facebook), with their torches and pitchpossible.

Do you see, though, how this column forks (iPhones), braying for Michele’s head. What kind of calloused, cold-hearted has segued away from apples, heading for oranges? My fault, yes, but remember how mother would deny a school the means I called it a “shaky foundation?” I did so to help starving students? What kind of mother denies her own children breakfast? because having the federal or provincial Oh yeah. It was nuts. That’s because it’s government actually legislate what we eat, when we eat it, how we eat it, why we eat it so much easier to respond on the Internet than to go back and read the original article, (you get the picture) is terrifying. There’s a Margaret Atwood novel out there somewhich reaped Michele’s response. where with a plot dedicated to that premise, She was responding to a StarPhoenix editorial which, in part, advocated for “the I’m sure of it. It also has absolutely nothing to do with implementing a universal school federal government to enact laws in the public interest regarding nutrition and diet. lunch program in Canadian schools. One It can make laws that govern food labelling, is a political agenda. The other is noble, if not idealistic. I’ll let you decide which is block advertising (especially to children), which. place limits on sodium, ban trans fat and Is the Finnish model enviable? It is. The shift taxes from healthy foods to junk entire Finnish education system is envied foods.” by every developed nation on the planet.

This statement was the rather shaky But giving every school kid in Canada a hot foundation for the argument that varilunch is a far cry from the state deciding ous levels of Canadian government need what food we should eat. Oh, and please to band together and deliver a universal don’t compare this kind of “we’re going to “school food” program to all Canadian school children, regardless of need or want. legislate you skinny” type of initiative to “School-age children are required to be the success of anti-smoking initiative. No amount of exercise in the world is going to in school for nearly half of their waking hours, but we have yet to seize this opportu- work off the cancerous effects of a pack of nity to include diet and nutrition into school smokes — but it will probably help with that bag of Doritos your kid scarfed after health curricula,” said the authors. school on her way to hockey practice.

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Shakespearean trifecta coming this summer

Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express f you’re getting sick of winter, the announcement of three summer plays may add a little green to the white.

Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan will, for the first time in 15 years, present a trifecta: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, J. Caesar (no, not Julius) and, for something completely different, The Roving Show.

“For us, a lot of it is that we’re such a focal point of the summer. It’s such a great way to celebrate summer in Saskatoon,” said Will Brooks, artistic producer, in a recent interview.

“We want to be able to increase the festival atmosphere — have more activity going on, of different types; different audience members, and audience members with different backgrounds, have things they can enjoy with their family, whether they are new to the festival or have been connected to the festival for all of our 32 years.

“We do have a lot of patrons who have seen every single show, and many who have seen 90 per cent of them.”

For many years, S on S has offered a double show model — one big comedy and one big tragedy. That model captures most of the tastes of audience members, but now it’s time to diversify, said Brooks.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the headline comedy for 2016, a massive undertaking to stage with all of its magic and spectacle.

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Already, on the cork board behind Brooks’ desk, are pictures of “cirque nouveau” concepts. The new circus, such as Cirque du Soleil, is a popular form of entertainment with its athletic format, elegantly wild make-up, and bewitching backgrounds. Brooks and the S on S team are already working on how to stage Midsummer in that style.

The tragedy, directed by Anita Smith, is J. Caesar. J, however, stands for Julia, not Julius.

“It’s an all-female cast. It’s set 400 years in the future, in a sort of post-apocalyptic world where women are running the place,” said Brooks.

Smith points out that 1916 was the year women got the vote in Saskatchewan, which gives 2016 some cadence with that milestone and with an all-woman play.

“I’m really excited,” said Smith. “One of the coolest things that we did when we were auditioning, was we did a fight choreography portion.

“We (female actors) are not trained in it. I would often see my male counterparts do fight choreo, but not me. But when we did the audition, it was so cool, so empowering to see all these women getting really physical.”

That’s important, because Caesar is all about power, betrayal and physical and political fighting, noted Brooks.

“It’s really great to put all that power into the hands of this huge, fantastic array of female artists that we have, that don’t often get a chance to play those roles.”

J. Caesar was adapted by Vancouver playwright and actor Tracey Power, perhaps known best in Saskatoon for Chelsea

Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan artistic producer Will Brooks, left, and Anita Smith, who will direct J. Caesar (Photo by Joanne Paulson) Hotel. The seven-hander, which amalgamates a number of the usual Caesar roles, is “a very tight, fast interpretation,” said Brooks.

The cast includes Andrea Runge (Brutus), Jonelle Gunderson (Cassius), Jackie Block (Caesar), Liz Nepjuk (Calpurnia, Portia), Jenna Berenbaum (Casca), Heather Morrison (Antonia) and Angela Christie (Strato). They also appear in Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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“A lot of the work we’re doing is about expanding the festival atmosphere and connecting to our partners, our area. That part of the city just gets cooler and cooler every year.

“So, it’s going to travel. It will start on our festival site; the audience will meet there, and then follow the show. It will be out on the riverbank and on the paths, and in cubbyholes in and around our area.

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Please tell us you are removing old meter posts Question: Please tell us The swale is a very importhere is a plan to remove the tant natural area and protecting old parking meter posts. They these natural areas is becomare a real inconvenience on ing more important to the city. very narrow sidewalks. The There are two thoroughfares posts are an eyesore, not to that will cross the swale; mention an accident waiting McOrmond Drive which will to happen when someone trips connect to the Parkway Bridge over one and bites the paveand the second is the Perimeter ment. I imagine the city would Highway which is a provincial rather avoid the potential legal project. I would like to see settlements that would ensue. some type of land bridge or Mayor Atchison: There is a Ask the Mayor bridges much like the one on plan. Some of the posts will be McOrmond. It might work repurposed so cyclists can lock for wildlife and people. The up their bikes. The rest will eventually be area needs to be totally safe for wildlife to removed. Right now most of them have move across. It would cost more money, caps on them for protection. but I think it is worth exploring.

We want to have the least possible Question: Some issues have been disruption to the swale, keeping in mind reported about the parking stations and that we still have to move people throughthe impact of cold winter weather. Are out the city. People should be able to walk, they working? maybe cycle, in those areas and enjoy nature. The swale doesn’t end at the city Mayor Atchison: Saskatoon is like boundaries. It keeps going well to the many cities with this new technology.

There are some bugs to work out. Calgary northeast of us. As the city continues to had horrific problems with their system. I grow we need to continue to focus on protecting the swale while allowing the city to think they have most of them ironed out expand. It’s a fine balance, but I believe it now. The technology used in the parking can work. stations is making it a lot easier for folks All of this discussion arose because to pay for parking and the mobility of of the Northeast Swale Master Plan that being able to park anywhere in that area was recently delivered to the Planning and within your time limit is great, too. But Development committee by the Meewasin there are cold weather issues. They’ve had difficulty with the coin slots for sure, Valley Authority. There is a cost to develbut good old plastic debit and credit cards oping the swale. I believe it was about $6 million to create pathways and fenced off seem to work in them quite well. areas along with interpretive areas. And Question: Do you regret going to this another $8 million for what is known as the greenway or the areas on either side of system?

Mayor Atchison: The old system was the swale that will create a buffer between the swale and the new neighbourhoods. antiquated and wasn’t what people were Question: Why is there a combinalooking for into the future. We need to tion of green light poles and stainless be able to provide as many options as possible for drivers to access parking, pay steel ones on streets and freeways?

Mayor Atchison: Instead of replacing for parking and maximize the time they all the green light posts with stainless steel bought. This system does that. ones, we are replacing the street light and freeway light posts as they wear out or get Question: How are we going to damaged. Sometimes they get knocked preserve the northeast swale with the various road projects in that area of the over in a collision or damaged in other ways. The cost savings are important becity?

Mayor Atchison: During the Ice Age, cause the city had to paint the green ones every few years, but the stainless steel the swale was on the western edge of the largest lake in the world — Lake Agassiz. poles require very little maintenance.

Its shoreline was near Saskatoon. It ran up Did You Know beside Silverspring, Evergreen and Aspen There are a total of 1.5 billion vehicle Ridge neighbourhoods. That lake extended all the way over to Hudson Bay and James kilometres driven every year in Saskatoon.

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Saskatoon player named to Canadian football team Darren Steinke Saskatoon Express en Getzlaf never assumes good things will come his way, even when he does well on the football

He said he has heard it is easier for a Canadian to adjust to American rules than it is for an American to adjust to Canadian rules. So far, Canada’s under-18 squad is a perfect 2-0 at this annual event.

With that in mind, Getzlaf is expecting the level of competition to be an eye opener.

“It is going to be pretty fast I think,” said Getzlaf. “It will probably be the highest level of play I have played yet. I have just been playing a lot of basketball lately (for the Holy Cross senior boys’ team). It is kind of hard to train for football at the same time. I think it (basketball) has definitely helped me with like my cardio.”

Like many boys growing up in Saskatchewan, football was in Getzlaf’s blood.

He would often go watch the University of Saskatchewan Huskies play at Griffiths Stadium and make road trips to Regina to check out the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Riders’ receiver Chris Getzlaf is a second cousin.

Unlike his second cousin, who stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 208 pounds, Ben Getzlaf can’t use size to his advantage, standing 5-foot-10 and weighing 175 pounds.

The Holy Cross standout focuses on being a crisp possession receiver.

“I am not the fastest guy, but if you run your routes right you are able to get around people,” said Getzlaf. “I think that is a big part of my game.”

Getzlaf patterns his game after former Huskies star receiver Kit Hillis, who is similar in size at 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds.

Hillis coached Getzlaf at various Huskies high school summer camps.

Overall, Getzlaf said his biggest influences in helping in the sport have been older brothers, Nick and Russ. Ben always wanted to be like his brothers, who also played the sport.

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The Grade 12 student at Holy Cross High School aims to put forward his best effort and let the chips fall where they may. His abilities allowed him to become a star receiver with the Crusaders football team that has won the last four Saskatoon 4A city championships.

He was part of the Saskatchewan teams that played in the last two Football Canada Cups. At last year’s tournament in SaintJean, Que., Getzlaf helped Saskatchewan dump Alberta 22-9 in the bronze-medal game.

Despite the mounting accomplishments, Getzlaf didn’t think playing for Canada’s under-18 team at the International Bowl series, which runs Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 in Arlington, Texas, was a possibility. That all changed after he received a package in the mail that informed him he was named an all-star at the Football Canada Cup, and he had earned a spot on the Canadian team.

“I was pretty surprised,” said Getzlaf.

“I wasn’t too sure that I was going to make it. There is definitely a lot of talent on our Team Sask. team. I was just so overwhelmed. I still kind of am. I can’t wait to go down there.”

Canada’s under-18 team will face the U.S. under-19 selects on Jan. 31 and the U.S. under-18 national team on Feb. 3 at AT&T Stadium, which is home to the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys.

All games will be played using United States rules.

“I still don’t know whether I am playing wide receiver or tight end yet,” said Getzlaf. “I have to adjust to that.”

“I Ben Getzlaf has committed to the U of S football program (Photo by Darren Steinke) organized football and further followed in his brother’s footsteps by joining the Crusaders. Nick and Russ didn’t play beyond high school.

While family helped create a key initial attraction to the game, Ben enjoyed the new friendships he made on various teams he has been part of.

“I like being able to play with all my buddies too, just all my friends started playing,” said Getzlaf. “You just go to practice every day with all your friends. It is not even like work. You are just practising with your friends.”

When Getzlaf returns from Texas, he will finish out his time with the Crusaders senior boys’ basketball team before focusing on football once again. He has committed to joining the Huskies, but is trying to keep his mind centred on the moment.

“It is pretty exciting to look forward to, but I am just kind of focused on like high school right now, just enjoying the experience,” said Getzlaf. “I want to worry about that (Huskies) a little bit later, when it starts to come.

“After Texas I am going to start having to like go to the clubhouse to start working out with the team. That will be fun bonding with those guys.”

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The Roving Show goes for 17 shows at the same time as the J. Caesar performances. This is a scheduling point of order, since the men in the travelling show and the women in J. Caesar are all, also, in the comedy. The four actors are Rob van Meenen, Greg Ochitwa, Aaron Hursh and Dalton Lightfoot.

So, rehearsal schedules are kind of interesting to organize.

“It gets to be a logistical nightmare in the scheduling, and the rehearsal scheduling, but it’s also so much fun,” said Brooks.

Another new programming item is a partnership with Prairie Lily Boat Tours. Patrons can choose to come to the site, have a drink and a snack, and take a river tour before or after their chosen play (depending on whether it’s a matinee or evening show.) Sir Toby’s Tavern also returns, and opens earlier to accommodate the boat tours.

Three plays, three directors, and a boat – it will be a bit of a “three ring circus” on the riverbank. Think summer.

Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan takes place July 6 to Aug. 21. Tickets go on sale April 1 at ticketmaster.ca, or 306-938-7800. Discount ticket packages for a riverboat cruise and Shakespeare play booked for the same day will be available soon through Prairie Lily Riverboat Tours at www.prairielily.com or by calling 306-955-5459. For further information, the festival’s new website goes live in early April 2016, www. shakespearesask.com, or call the office at 306-653-2300.

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When asked to take on such significant and meaningful roles, men and women may recognize the honor but be unsure of what their responsibilities are as couples move forward with their wedding plans.

Bridal party roles can vary depending on certain circumstances, but many couples still want their bridesmaids and groomsmen to perform many of the more traditional tasks associated with their roles. The following are some of the tasks bridesmaids and groomsmen can expect to perform in the months leading up to the wedding and during the wedding itself. · Maid of Honor: The maid of honor serves as the bride-to-be’s right-hand woman as she plans her wedding and gets ready on her big day. Maids of honor typically go gown shopping with the bride and may even choose or offer suggestions about the color and style of the bridesmaids’ dresses. Once a dress style and color has been chosen, the maid of honor will make sure everyone is fitted on time.

A maid of honor will also plan the bridal shower, sending invitations and arranging for lodging for out-of-town guests if necessary.

Many brides want the details of their bridal showers to be a surprise, and maids of honor

should honor those sentiments when possible.

A maid of honor also plans the bachelorette party, though many brides do not mind being involved in the planning of such parties.

The maid of honor may be asked to help address save-the-date cards and envelopes as well.

Come the day of the wedding, the maid of honor will ensure the bride’s day is as stress-free as possible, helping to address any last-minute issues that may arise.

Maids of honor may be asked to serve as the legal witness to the wedding and sign the wedding license before the reception. At the reception, the maid of honor will toast the bride.

• Best man: The best man is the maid of honor’s counterpart, helping to plan the bachelor party and toasting the groom at the reception. The best man also tends to hold the rings during the wedding ceremony, and during the day of the wedding, he will coordinate the groomsmen to make sure everyone is ready to go on time. The best man may arrange transportation for the groom and groomsmen on the day of the wedding and may also return the groom and groomsmen’s attire the following day if the newlyweds are departing on their honeymoons.

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(Continued from page 14) • Bridesmaids/Groomsmen: The bridesmaids and groomsmen serve similar functions, acting as sources of support as couples plan their weddings.

Bridesmaids and groomsmen help to plan the bachelorette and bachelor parties and may also be asked their opinions as couples make decisions regarding their weddings. Bridesmaids and groomsmen must be prepared to take pictures once couples have officially tied the knot. They also must help the brides and grooms with any issues that may arise in the hours before couples become husband and wife.

• Flower girl/Ring bearer: Flower girls and ring bearers are often young relatives of the couple, whether they are a young brother or sister or a niece or nephew. The responsibilities of the

flower girl and ring bearer are typically limited to the ceremony, during which they will walk down the aisle, either together or individually, before the father of the bride escorts his daughter to the altar or stage.

• Father of the bride: The father of the bride walks his daughter down the aisle during the ceremony, and, along with his wife, may pay for the wedding, though many couples now finance their own nuptials. The father of the bride will dance with his daughter during the reception, and some fathers may even share a special toast for the newlyweds during the reception, though such a toast is not traditionally required.

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Prairie Sky Farmer’s Market is open every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It is located at St. Paul›s United Church in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone or text Kathy at 306-222-2740. ***** SCOOTERS - A drop-in indoor playgroup for children ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivJANUARY 28 – 29 ers. Thursdays from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church. $40/family/year, Outside The Wall is a Saskatoon tribute band JANUARY 30 or a suggested drop-in fee of $2/child or $5/ which pays homage to Pink Floyd in a very Robbie Burns Dinner. The Saskatoon Scottish family. For more information, email scooters@ musical and stylish fashion. They’ve being doCountry Dancers invite you to celebrate the ebap.ca, visit www.emmanuelbaptist.ca/ ing the two-nighters at The Bassment for six music, poetry and life of Scotland’s bard, Robyears. The music starts at 8 p.m. on Thursday, bie Burns. 5 p.m. at St. Andrew’s College (1121 scooters, or check out (www.facebook.com/ scootersebc).

9 p.m. on Friday. The Bassment. Tickets - $20 College Drive). Tickets $30 each for dinner ***** for SJS members, $25 for non-members. and entertainment.For more information, email Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets saskatoon@rscdssask.org or call 664-7049.

JANUARY 30 Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Rm. 13, 610 Clarence Ave. S.). Learn Martin Janovsky, the highly-talented pianist, February 6 leads a full orchestra through a musical romp, The Yorkton Film Festival and Grace Westmin- dances from many countries. First night is free. 306-374-0005; www.sifc.awardspace. with vocals by Jana Janovsky and Kathryn ster United Church are hosting a film event at com Schulz. Show starts at 8 p.m. The Bassment. 3 p.m. at the church. JR Dingwall will lead a Tickets - $17 for SJS members, $22 for non- discussion of three films by National Film Board ***** Le Choeur des plaines welcomes you to sing animator Torill Kove. My Grandmother Ironed members. the King’s Shirts and Me and My Moulton were and socialize in French each Thursday at FEBRUARY 2 7:30 p.m. at L’École canadienne française at nominated for Academy Awards, while The Coig is an al-star assembly of East Coast 1407 Albert Avenue. The choir is directed by Danish Poet won a coveted Oscar. musicians, with Chrissy Crowley and Rachel Michael Harris and accompanied by Rachel FEBRUARY 9 Davis on violins, Jason Roach on piano and Fraser. All who wish to sustain or practice Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, Third Avenue their French are welcome. For more informaDarren McMullen playing a variety of instruments. The band’s debut album, Five, won the United Church, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tickets tion, call Rachel at 306-343-6641 or Jean at $7 — available in advance or at the door — East Coast award for roots-traditional group 306-343-9460. children 10 and under $5. Please call 306-652recording in 2015. Show time is 8 p.m. The EVERY FRIDAY 6812 for more information.

Bassment. Tickets - $20 for SJS members, A Chance To Dance! Kids Have Left Home! $25 for non-members.

MUSICIANS NEEDED Learn To Dance! Waltz, Two Step, Fox Trot, FEBRUARY 7 Calling all Brass and Percussion players: Rumba, etc. Friday nights at 7 p.m. Class Saskatoon Brass Band Inc. is looking for more starting Jan. 8 to Apr. 8 Albert Community Classical variety Night: Introducing the players to join our three groups: Saskatoon Midwinter Mantinee edition in our fifth Centre, 610 Clarence Ave. S. (south door, season. Featuring local musicians performing Youth Brass – for younger players with two or elevator to second floor). Choreographed Ballmore years’ experience – Thursdays 6:30-7:30 room Dancing. Karousels Dance Club. Contact music they love. All ages are welcome to p.m.; Bridge City Brass – A relaxed community Ruby at 306-290-5486. attend. This event is hosted by the Galliard Foundation and will be held at Grosvenor Park ensemble for any age and ability – Thursdays EVERY TUESDAY 7:30-9:30 p.m.; Saskatoon Brass Band – A United Church at 2:30 p.m. Admission is by donation. For more information, visit galliard. more experienced ensemble – Tuesdays 7:30- Love to Sing? Join the Saskatoon Choral Society. No auditions. 6:45 p.m. at Grace 9:30 p.m. For more information, contact Eric alyssasmusic.ca or email galliard.foundaWestminster Church (505 10th Street East).

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Staple Productions presents It’s Complicated: A Stephen Sondheim Cabaret, featuring Lauren Allen, Mitchell Larsen, Emma Thorpe, and accompanist Nathan Coppens, with direction by Kathy Allen. All performances at The Refinery Arts and Spirit Centre (609 Dufferin Avenue), Jan. 29-30 at 8 p.m., and Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. For more information, visit ontheboards.ca/events or find Staple Productions on Twitter and Facebook.

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Come and have some fun and learn speaking and leadership skills. The club meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hospitality Room of Great Western Brewing Company. Follow the red fence on south side of building through the gate up the stairs into the building.

LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH Dizziness and Balance Support Group will meet from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at LifeMark Health Centre, 3907 Eighth St. East. Anyone with a dizziness/vertigo/balance condition is welcome to attend. There is no cost to attend.

There will be an educational topic presented and an opportunity to learn from each other.

For more info, call Rae Ann at 306-652-5151 or email raeann.erickson@lifemark.ca.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Singles Social Group - “All About Us” for people in their 50s and 60s. Weekly Wednesday restaurant suppers, monthly Brunch, Movie Nites, and more.Meet new friends.

No membership dues. For more information email: allaboutus10@hotmail.com or phone (306) 978-0813. ***** St. George’s Senior Citizen’s Club (1235 20th St. West) has bingos and Kaiser from noon until 4 p.m. The club is campaigning for new members who are 55+. Memberships are $5 per year with discounts included. For more info, call 306-384-4644 or 306-716-0204. ***** Bargain store to support the inner city Lighthouse project. Babies’, children’s, women’s and men’s clothing; jewelry, purses, belts and camping clothes available. Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Avenue. Prices from $0.25 to $5. Everyone is welcome. For more information: Call 306-955-3766 (church) or go to spuconline.com or email zixiag@gmail.com.

EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club holds dances at All Saints Anglican Church, 1801 Lorne Avenue, from October until April. We dance to old time music from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with beginner instruction during the first hour. Beginners are welcome. For further information call 306- 382-5107.

FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7:30 p.m. at Mayfair United Church. Meetings are held on the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. If so, meetings are on the second Monday. **** University Non-Academic Retirees Association meets for coffee at 10:30 a.m. at Smitty’s in Market Mall. All former support staff who have retired from the U of S are invited to attend.

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Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more information, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. ***** FROMI - Friends and Relatives of People with Mental Illness meetings will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue North (wheelchair accessible). If you have a loved one or friend with a mental illness and you need understanding support, contact Carol at 306249-0693, Linda at 306-933-2085, Lois at 306-242-7670 or e-mail fromisk@gmail.com.

FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons. The no-obligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

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