Festival Congratulations

Congratulations to all our ward members who participated in festival!  It was a busy 2 weeks with band, piano, voice and speech!  It was wonderful to watch the competitors and their talents growing and to learn from the qualified adjudicators!  Keep it up!
Grand festival was held March 23rd with ward members winning the following awards:
Hallie J & Justys C - 1st in flute quintet 
Darby J - best tv, movie, or pop piano and best quartet piano
Aislinn I -Excellence in piano
Lorijane B - Vocal Award for Best Adult Performer
Justys C -  Best Folk Song
Corynn C - Best Intermediate Voice
Brock F - Junior Speech
Dalys F - Intermediate Speech, Best Shakespeare Scene, and Best Musical Theatre
Best School Chorus - Gr. 5 Tyson S, Brock F, Tristan I, Zack L, Chase C.

Congratulations to those recommended to Provincials!!!
Both Elementary Jr. & Sr. Choirs!!
Lorijane B. - voice!!
Dalys F. - Musical Theatre and Speech!!

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady at the Carriage House Theatre has started it's run.  Come for an entertaining evening and watch ward members Darice C, Marty C, Justys C, Lorijane B, Dalys F, and Mitchel F.

Show dates:
Monday March 26
Tuesday March 27
Friday March 30
Monday April 2
Thursday April 5
Friday April 6
Saturday April 7

Doors open at 7:00 pm and close at 7:25 pm
Tickets available at the Carriage House Theatre box office daily from 2:00pm to 6:00pm.

Basketball Provincial Champions!

Congratulations to our Sr. Boys team who won Provincials March 17th!  Congratulations to Austin L. and cheerleaders Denae J. and Abbey S!
Congratulations to Haley B and the Sr. Girls who won consolation in provincials!  And to Nick L. and Hayden J. of the JV boys who won Zones as well as to the JV girls who also won Zones!

Relief Society March Party

Thursday March 15th 6:00pm is the annual "17th of March Party" (obviously not on the 17th of March) held to commemorate the organization of the Relief Society in 1842.  It will be a yummy evening!  Come enjoy dinner, visiting, and a recognition of this organization devoted to uplifting others and giving "Relief".  All sisters invited as well as the Laurels.
If you have time, here is a wonderful message from General Relief Society President Sis. Julie B. Beck made especially for the anniversary. (Video at very bottom of link.)
170th Anniversary of Relief Society Video

Cub Car Rally

A big thanks to Bro. Creed and Bro. Cronin for all the great activities they do with this big group of cubs - wow!  Look at the fun variety of cars made by the boys and their dads/grandpa's!!!

Quilters at it again

We had a fun time together in Marlene's big room sewing and cutting and talking away.  Sis. Hough could hardly get us quiet enough to learn our new block of the evening!  I love learning all the things that she knows and seeing others projects and ideas!  Good work girls!

Elder's Quorum Party

Elder's Quorum Party (wives invited) 6:00pm Saturday March 2nd.
-Food and games night.
-Volleyball, Wii, board games - people can bring a favorite game with them if they want.
Bro. Infanti says...."And let them know to come hungry!"

Buddy ideas

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all the buddies!  It is so nice to have so many to encourage and support our YW!  Here are a few ideas from Sis. Brooks of things to do with your buddy - enjoy reading them over and do what fits you and your buddy.

 

Share your favorite scripture or hymn

Have them do baptisms for names you will take to the temple

Let me tell you about their family

Fill out a "get to know you" and then share

Learn about their favorites:  song, food, places to go, movies, books, clothes, flower etc.

Celebrate their birthday

Write them a note

Share one of your talents with them

Develop a new talent together

Share one of your teenage experiences with them

Find a cause to donate to together ie. (perpetual education fund) (roll on your pennies)

Go on a walk together

Send them an email

Give them a hug

Ask them about their day

Surprise them with flowers

Help them do their genealogy

Invite them for breakfast

Take them for lunch

Invite them for dinner

Invite them over to make cookies

Attend the activities they are involved in

Find out what they are good at and celebrate it

Call them on the phone to let them know you are thinking of them (leave a message if you miss them)

Go on a drive to Waterton

Surprise them with something

Do junk food and a movie at your house

Find a way to serve someone else together

Help them sew their costume for Moroni's Quest

Take your pictures together

Take them on a picnic

Teens love slurpees

Share a pizza

Invite them to sit by you in Relief Society

Tell them how beautiful they are

Learn to love them

Look for ways to build them up

Bring them chocolate

May the Lord bless you for your goodness and kindness and may you glimpse in some way the positive influence you have on these Young Women :)