Season wind-up held for Gymnastics Club
The Assiniboia Gymnastics Club held their end-of-season wind-up on March 23. The day involved regular gymnastics class, where parents and family were allowed to come and watch. After the class, there were treats from Assiniboia Bakery to enjoy.
The Club includes three groups, the Parents and Tots, which is for three and fouryear-old children. The second group is the Beginners, which includes five to eightyear-old kids. The third is juniors, meant for youth eight and up.
They ran a 20week program that had ten classes be -
fore Christmas, and another ten after. The last few years there has been a waiting list for classes, as they are full. This can only speak to the fun at gymnastics classes. The Assiniboia Gymnastics club does not have competitions or awards. They are strictly for the fun of the sport.
The Club is currently working on getting a few more coaches certified. At this time, their coaches are as follows: Dorrell Weal, Christine Weal, Chantel Weal, Shirley Elstrom, Jesse Yasuda, Andi Pinfold, Summer Sheldon, Sarah Kesslering and Kyla Prefontaine.
Music Festival hosted in Assiniboia
The annual Music Festival for the Assiniboia and District Music Festival was recently hosted. It featured music and speech arts across a range of ages from the Assiniboia district.
The music festival started on April 25, with sessions in
the afternoon. It continued on Tuesday, with a few additional morning sessions. The Festival of the Stars, which honours the best performers of the week’s music festival, was held on April 28. Local scholarships were also presented.
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Parents and tots group with coaches.
Beginners group with coaches.
Juniors group with coaches.
Front Row: Alyssa McIvor holds Irelyn McIvor, both from Medicine Hat, Alta. Next to her is Irelyn’s great-great-grandmother, Anita Durand, 94-year-old resident of Ross Payant Nursing home in Assiniboia.
Back Row: Grandmother Nicole Cochrane of Moose Jaw and great-grandmother Gisele Fafard of Willow Bunch. Picture was taken at Easter.
