Monday, March 21, 2011

St. Patrick's Day Thanks

Thank you to all dancers who helped us celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year. Your participation in shows, especially those at seniors residences and hospitals, helped to make it a special day for those less fortunate.

Thanks to those senior dancers without whose help we could not have gotten through so many shows in one week.

Our float in the parade was a great success this year, winning first prize for the Best Celtic Dancing Unit!! The Post-Parade Party had a great turn out and we hope it was a fun time for the families that attended! Many thanks to Sylvia, Palma and Valerie and their team of helpers for a successful event. The Cunningham and the Choiniere-Shields families were certainly a highlight of the entertainment at our party!

Our school also won the prize for the most Irish content in the 2nd Annual Hudson parade! Thanks very much to the girls who participated and many thanks also to the organisers of the parade and to Kerry O'Reilly who put a lot of effort into preparing our entry.

Many thanks to all the friends and families of the Bernadette Short School for supporting our fundraising efforts for the dancers going to Dublin for the World Championships.

Mary and Elspeth McMurray’s raffle was a success with many winners!

The iPad Raffle, organized by Cornelia Howell was won by ticket #67 held by Sylvia Kilmartin!

Donna Walker’s $1000 Mini-Lotto was won by our very own Amber Afseth!

Also thank you to those families that supported the Dough for Dublin fundraiser organized by the Choiniere-Shields family.

Bernadette and Marie