Newsletter- 3.18.24

Ski Day-Recap 3.16.24

There were 60+ Silver Hares on the trail and almost 40 at our Après ski for our 14th Saturday gathering.

A pretty solid showing for a time of season when the bikes start calling for your attention. On that subject, we have only 2 weeks left in our Silver Hares season and I would not be inclined to sacrifice a ski day with so few XC ski days remaining and all the XC trails still good to go… but that’s just me!

Ok so now you all know what California XC skiing is all about, sunny blue sky, no wind at all, sun screen and eye protection a must, one layer clothing, long sleeves in case a fall on abrasive transformed snow.

Nobody has it better than us here at SilverStar!

Swing Dance Class- Huge Success!

Saturday’s Swing Dance Lesson was a blast for all 25 of us! Everyone looked to be having a great time from all the laughter and kidding around, this coming from someone not at all comfortable going into the evening. Turns out if you think of it as learning any sport, which is more or less how our instructors- Jens and Heather presented the lesson- it becomes not at all intimidating. We would learn a movement, practice that movement, add another movement and another then put them together and voila we can now call it a dance. Finally, after we had some comfort with the movements the music was added. For sure the Silver Hares will do this again.

Thank you Jens and Heather for doing a great job entertaining everyone and making us all feel comfortable. Alex and Elaine, thank you for hosting our evening and Barb B. for the idea in the first place.

Last Silver Hare group ski - Let's have some extra fun!

March 30th our last ski for the season, lets make it a session to remember, dress in retro clothing / gear any and all costumes welcome, get a little silly even.

If you don’t have any thing to dress up in there are a couple second hand stores in town, I’ve got some great $5 Hawaiian shirts there or go to Amazon, lots of fun costumes there.

Leader Appreciation Dinner & Social Windup March 27th

As of Friday, we are at 53 reservations and have room for 100+ more. Those of you attending when you arrive simply order you food so we don’t overwhelm the kitchen with all our orders coming to them at the same time.

We’d love to see us fill the place for an evening of good food and socializing so please consider joining us, the more the merrier! Make your reservations at: Black Pine Restaurant | TouchBistro Dine Restaurant Reservations (tbdine.com) If you have trouble reserving online call the restaurant and ask for Kat, she can take your reservation or just leave a note for her with whomever is there.

Beth is helping to lead the volunteer leader appreciation effort you can contact her at: bmacdonald00@gmail.com

Even if you can’t come to the dinner, help show the volunteer leaders some love by sending an appreciate note to Beth or myself.

Sovereign to SilverStar- S2S

The S2S has become the 3rd largest XC Loppet in Canada. This accomplishment thanks to the volunteers stepping up to host this event and represent our thriving XC community. Sooo a huge THANK YOU to all of those Silver Hares volunteering again this year to allow us to put on another S2S in 2024. Remember, volunteers skiing in the S2S receive a volunteer reg. discount, contact me personally to receive this code.

Now the ask which you knew was coming, WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS

If you have interest to join, you can contact Pat personally as Chief of S2S Vollie’s or contact Cyndy who handles all the volunteer software to enter you into the schedule or simply go directly to the link and enter yourself Sovereign2SilverStar – Volunteer. Volunteer shifts are generally anywhere from 2 – 6 hours, you will receive some swag, a Toque as well as food and then there is the Volunteer Social on Sunday afternoon in the Chilcoot with more food and fun!

S2S Movie Night!

Movie Night – April 6th @ 6:30pm in the SilverStar Village.

S2S is putting this on for you all. Join us for an exciting night of Mountain Films at the NATC in the Village. Relax and enjoy some of the best Mountain Films from the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. Tickets are $25/person.

Click here to buy tickets: https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=34687

Next Ski: Wednesday March 20th

Our next session is this coming Wednesday the 20th and Saturday March 23. We meet as usual 10am next to Red Antler.

There may be fewer leaders so some groups may be self led.

I will again be there to help organize and ski with you. See you soon!

Contact Silver Hares: xcskierpat@yahoo.com

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