Willkommen

 

We were delighted to welcome 6 excellent dancers from Germany for our first dance of the fall season. 

Welcome back to Brents Bunch starting September 18

Hi Brent's Bunch Members & Regular Guests,

We hope you had a nice summer and are ready to resume dancing with Brent's Bunch on Thursday evenings, starting September 18, 2025. 

We are still dancing at Alan Emmott Centre, 6650 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby.  

We will maintain the current schedule of doors open at 7:15pm, with Plus dancing with rounds from 7:30pm – 9:15pm.  We do not plan to provide any drinks or have a food break except on special occasions to be determined. 

Brent will be missing a few dances, but don't worry, we have callers lined up to fill in.  

We are also hoping for some volunteers.  I should have more information on volunteer opportunities at our first dance of the year.   

I will send an email out closer to the first dance with the cost of dancing this season (hint: it will be the same as last session).

Our dance dates for the fall will be as follows:

September 18

October 2, 9, 16, 30

November 6, 13, 20, 27

December 4, 11, 18

Special Dances: 

October 23 Visit Stardowners for Oktoberfest (Dark at Alan Emmott)

October 30 for a Halloween Dance

December 18 Christmas Dance

Thank you all for your support over the years and we look forward to seeing you all on September 18.

Therese and Brent

  

GOOD NEWS! July 13th SUNDAY dancing is back ON at Aldergrove!!!

Hi again;

Tyler Wagner has graciously offered to call at the July 13th session of Sunday dancing at the OAP hall in Aldergrove.  It is a mainstream level dance.  So, for those who were disappointed to find out that dancing had been cancelled for that day, you can now plan a great afternoon dancing up a storm.  😎

Cheers,

Maureen Wilson

FVS&RDS President

No dancing Sunday, July 13

Hi Everyone;

Due to unforeseen circumstances, BOTH Sunday dancing halls -- Kennedy Hall, Surrey and OAP Hall, Aldergrove will be DARK on Sunday, July 13th.   

Thanks,

Maureen Wilson

President FVSRDA

PS from Daphne to Brent's Bunch members - Anyone wishing to participate in the Grand March at the BC Festival, please wear your club colours the evening of Thursday, July 31 and arrive by 6:45.  We will bring the club banner.

Reminder - Paul Colvin's Celebration of Life is tomorrow

Hi.  Therese has asked me to remind you of the details of Paul Colvin's Celebration of Life.

Thursday, June 5th, at 11:00 AM at Dwelling Place Church, 1460 Lansdowne Drive in Coquitlam.

Debra earlier said "In honor of Paul's lifelong love of sports, we invite those attending his Celebration of Life to wear a Canucks or New York Yankees jersey, or any sports jersey of their choice.

Paul's obituary is available at https://www.burquitlamfuneralhome.ca/obituaries/paul-colvin  

Daphne

Newsletter from Frank McNeil, President BCSRDF

Visit to Stardowners

Thanks to the Stardowners for their warm hospitality, and yummy Trifle!

Reminder: Brent's Bunch is DARK for the next 2 weeks

Hi Brent's Bunch & friends. 

Therese has asked me to remind you that Brent's Bunch is dark April 3 and 10.  We just have 2 dances left this season, April 17 and 24.

We have arranged a club visit to Stardowners' Trifle Dance at Centennial Lodge in New Westminster, this Thursday, April 3.  I will send a separate email with map and details to those who signed up.  If you didn't sign up but want to go, let me know and I'll send you the info.  Should be a good time!

There is no formal club visit on the books for the following week, but we encourage you to get out and visit!

See you on the dance floor.

Daphne

Paul Colvin's Obituary

Hi Brent's Bunch & Friends,

Debra Colvin has asked me to pass this along to you.  

Dear Brent's Bunch,

Paul's obituary has now been posted on the Kearney Burquitlam Funeral Home website.  

In honor of Paul's lifelong love of sports, we invite those attending his Celebration of Life to wear a Canucks or New York Yankees jersey, or any sports jersey of their choice.

Thank you for all your love and support during this incredibly difficult time.

Debra

Sad News to Pass On

Hi Brent's Bunch and Guests,

We have sad news to share with you that Paul Colvin passed away suddenly on Saturday.  

We are so sad for Debra, her whole family, and close friends.    

Debra and her family need time together, so she has asked that we do not contact them at this time.  

Don Allan provided the information below and says he will keep us informed of any updates and does not mind if you would like to contact him.

We will let you know if we receive further information.  

Information from Email from Don Allan:

I received an email on Saturday with the very sad and shocking news that Debra Colvin's husband Paul passed away suddenly on Saturday afternoon.  

Paul had knee replacement surgery last Tuesday and had been recovering well.

A subsequent message indicated that Debra's family is taking care of her and her daughter Bridget.

The message repeated the request that no one contact her at this time.

Best Regards

Brent & Therese

Reminder: Brent's Bunch is DARK tonight March 6

Hope to see you next week.

Daphne

Canada Won!

Brent's Bunch is on Tonight & Schedule



Hi Brent's Bunch,

I'm back from Africa and looking forward to seeing you tonight at our Brent's Bunch dance.

Our regular program details are below

Plus Dancing & Rounds Thursdays 7:30-9:15pm
Alan Emmott Centre
6650 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby
Guests $10/person (card payment available)
Hearing Assist available & solos welcome
Current info at brentsbunch.blogspot.com

Our remaining schedule for this season is as follows:

Session #	Thursday Date	Notes
Spring 05	Feb 20, 2025	Brent calls
Spring 06	Feb 27, 2025	Brent calls
	Mar 06, 2025	DARK - Brent Away
Spring 07	Mar 13, 2025	Brent calls
Spring 08	Mar 20, 2025	Brent calls
Spring 09	Mar 27, 2025	Brent calls
	Apr 03, 2025	DARK - Visit Stardowners Trifle Dance
	Apr 10, 2025	DARK - Brent Away
Spring 10	Apr 17, 2025	Brent calls
Spring 11	Apr 24, 2025	Brent calls

 

Best Regards,

Brent Mawdsley

E: squaredancewithbrent@gmail.com
C: (778) 984-2811

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Reminder - Brent's Bunch is DARK tonight

Just in case you didn't mark it on your calendar, a reminder that we are not dancing tonight.  Hope to see you next week when Brent is back from Africa.

Daphne

Dancing February 6 is on

Hi everyone, 

What a week in weather. 

We are still planning on dancing tomorrow night unless the weather changes. 

I will keep you posted. 

If you have any concerns or questions please let me know. 

Hope to see you all tomorrow for a fun evening with Bryan Clark. 

Therese

Brents Bunch DARK this week. Updates and Thank you's

Hi everyone, 

Thank you all for the support at the Robbie Burns Night. The decorations, costumes, food, door prizes,  and all-around help is so appreciated.

Special thanks to Chuck and Daphne for all the help with organizing the Stardowners' visit, food, decorations, door prizes, and set up, and Bruce for your toast to the Haggis. 

We are dark this week and will return to dancing with Bryan Clark on Feb. 6. 

It was wonderful having Stardowners out to our dance we are hopeful that we can return the visit to them at the Trifle Night on April 3 as we are dark that night to go and visit them.  They dance at Queens Park in New Westminster in a beautiful hall.  I will be sending out an email as it gets closer so we can let them know how many of us can make it.  

Therese

We had a great time!

Brent called a vibrant Burns Night dance last night, and 4 squares of us danced to Scottish tunes and a few that made their way under the Burns umbrella.  Thanks very much to the Stardowners for their club visit, our other visitors and our club members who made so many contributions to the festivity.

Brent & Therese, who make it all happen

Club members in their kilts

Stardowners Club Visit

Addressing the McHaggis

 

Here is a link to the rest of the photos.  Sorry I didn't catch everyone.

Daphne

 

 

Robbie Burns Dance Jan. 23

Hi everyone, 

We are excited to announce that we will be having a Robbie Burns Dance on Jan 23, 2025, from 7:30 to 9:30.

Stardownwers are coming for a visit, so we decided to have a party night. We will enjoy a little food and Robbie Burns's sayings during the night.

If you have decorations that you would like to add please let me know.  

I also have had a few dancers offer door prizes as well as food.  Please email me and let me know if you were one of the offers and what you would like to bring.   

We will have other opportunities for food in the future so no worries if you don't bring food this time we will catch you next time.