Barn Dance for Children’s Wish

Times Contributor  

 

The Wheatland Whirlers Square Dance Club hosted a barn dance fundraiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation with the Prairie Mountain Fiddlers as the entertainment on Aug. 13.

The evening was a huge success and certainly couldn’t be held without the countless hours of time, volunteers and energy that come with holding a fundraiser of this caliber.

The Prairie Mountain Fiddlers are a group of amateur musicians with an interest in old-time fiddle music.  As well as fiddles, some members play guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, piano and other acoustic instruments. They are located in Calgary and have over 100 members. Twenty-five of those members came out and volunteered their time and skills in playing for the different dances at the Civic Centre. 

The callers for the night were Dave Littlefair from Strathmore, Barrie McCombs from Calgary (also a part of the fiddling group), and Arlo McCool from Calgary who only does Old Time Square Dance Calling, which was different from Littlefair and McComb who performed what is officially called Modern Western Square Dance.

Claudia Littlefair, a member of the Wheatland Whirlers stated, “We raised $2,475 for Children’s Wish Foundation which surpassed last years amount of $1700.” 

The Whirlers are always looking for more people to come out and join them in their fun. Two special introductory nights will be held this coming fall on Sept. 24 and Oct. 1 from 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. free of charge and at Westmount School.