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FREE PUBLICATION August 12, 2015 A weekly breath Year 4, Issue 45 of fresh air! It’s rodeo time! Rodeo fans can get their fill this weekend as the Pincher Creek Ag Society hosts the annual Pro Rodeo. Local favourites include Otys Little Mustache, shown steer wresting at the IRCA Rodeo held at Piikani Nation earlier this month. Photo by Shannon Robin August 14 & 15 FABULOUS Give Us Your Best YEEHAW! SIDEWALK SALEThe Aug. 14 - 16 $10 – $20 – $30 Racks Fabulous YOUR LOCALLY-OWNED ADVANTAGE Dot Sale and we’ll give you New Stock Arriving! Continues! 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I was readin’ Shootin’ the Breeze when I discovered the article a pink parade and to support the fundraising To be honest, at first I was mortified — Exploring the Crowsnest Pass With Paul Zizka (June 24 issue). The efforts of Wild Pink Yonder. I’ve seen Dennis dance! pictures are arresting and the article’s a great read. Jane Hurl and her team of supporters As tens and twenties began to fill Bob’s There is, however, one error. rode into town to a show of people in bright fist, I thought I should offer to match the bid The article reports that the Booming Ice Chasm was discovered pink T-shirts and businesses decked out in to prevent him from dancing. But with only in 2008. welcome. $8.50 left in my pocket, I couldn’t beat the Monica Field and I discovered the cave in 1995 and, thanks to The Pincher Creek Elks Club took on the $150 people threw in to enhance the dare. date-stamped pictures I took at that time, the caving community is Pinkest Little Town in the West challenge to Minutes later, Dennis was on the roof of acutely aware of this fact. garner community spirit and assist Jane with the car sharing his repertoire of dance moves Unfortunately for Monica and me, we didn’t know that we’d her efforts to support breast cancer research. as Adam, Charles and Nicki Schoening found a previously unknown cave. So, our discovery, outside of Charlie Price and Ken Neumann were played “Rockin’ Robin” from the stage. one published (2003) picture of the cave’s entry, remained hidden very visible in their hot-pink shirts as they My initial embarrassment was short-lived from much of society until a caver discovered my picture following promoted the event around town this sum- as I realized we all contribute in our own the caving community’s discovery — 13 years later — of the same mer. Other service groups, businesses and ways, and that Dennis was a great sport for cave. The “old” picture proved diagnostic. individuals joined the effort for a result the taking the challenge. The caving community was quick to name its ’08 find. Monica Elks can be proud of. If you want to check out his performance, and I, aware of their subsequent report, didn’t know, however, that A creative fundraising idea helped draw a there is video posted on the Shootin’ the they’d discovered what we’d found more than a decade earlier. crowd to the event. Breeze Facebook page. If you like it, why not Had Monica and I known our ’95 discovery of the cave was its People were invited to “bash cancer” and make a contribution to the cause. You can do first recorded observation, it would be known today as Ravensview. paid for the opportunity to take a sledgeham- this by purchasing a horseshoe our office. One of my ’95 images was shot into the sky from within the mer to a pink car. Young and old lined up for If was a good effort for a new event in the cave’s nearly vertical entryway. The dark, ominous mouth of the a turn, raising about $700. community. Watch for more pictures from cave frames the image. Monica, standing above me on the lip of One young girl shouted “Die cancer!” as the Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass rides the abyss, is silhouetted against a cerulean sky. Three ravens are she heaved the large hammer over her head. in next week’s issue, and posted online at circling over her head. It’s funny what some people will do for www.shootinthebreeze.ca. David McIntyre A positive voice in southern Alberta sharing personal Scan the QR code with your smartphone to and business success and community events. link directly to our website. Check it out! Small Business Award of Excellence winner in 2013 Editorial Shannon Robin, Publisher – Design, Writing, and Photography Advertising Share your stories and news ideas! Positive submissions, Cary Robison – Editing, Printing and Accounting Display ads, obituaries, personal ads, business directory ads and national ads are accepted for print. letters to the editor and photos are always welcome. 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Office hours 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 697A Main Street | Box 811, Pincher Creek, AB T0K 1W0 2,200 copies of Shootin’ the Breeze are distributed every Wednesday to over 170 locations in Crowsnest Pass, MD and Town of Pincher Creek and Piikani Nation PROUD TO BE LOCALLY OWNED AND LOCALLY STAFFED! www.shootinthebreeze.ca 403-904-2227 [email protected] Distributed weekly to Pincher Creek, Crowsnest Pass and surrounding communities August 12, 2015 Shootin’ the Breeze Page 3 Turning Pointe dancers invade New York City By Erin Fairhurst moment and sang along This summer, a with a busker in Central contingent of dance Park. students from Turning Students were able Pointe Dance Studio in to extend their scope of Crowsnest Pass took a dance, but also were able bite out of the Big Apple to take in history and and savoured every mor- architecture, and meet sel of their experience. people who work in the “We try to do a studio dance industry. trip every two years,” “They met and saw explains Tara Groves, the some well-known chore- owner and artistic direc- ographers and dancers,” tor of Turning Pointe. says Tara, “but they also “This was the third one, met all sorts of people in and the trips seem to get the industry.” bigger every year.” “All big companies In total, 40 people and organizations have participated in the trip to multiple departments, New York City, includ- and it was good to see the ing 22 students, their other arts-related careers parents, a few siblings, Photo courtesy of Turning Pointe Dance Studio that are out there.” and staff from Turning Students of Turning Pointe Dance Studio participated in several workshops and classes while in New This was Tara’s first York City. The opportunity was a great way for them to stay motivated during the summer while Pointe. Organizing such trip to N.Y.C., and she regular dance class is out of session. an ambitious trip had its says it was a special expe- logistical challenges, but rience travelling with her Tara worked with Brightspark Travel, a company that specializes in student students. “The kids were so great and it was really awesome to see the city tours, to make sure the trip would suit her students’ needs. through their eyes.” “The students were very involved in planning the itinerary,” she says. The trip lasted from July 21 to 26, and now that the group is back home, “The trip was definitely geared towards dance and our interests.” it’s time to start gearing up for fall registration and another busy year at The group participated in classes at the Broadway Dance Center, took Turning Pointe. Registration takes place on Sept. 3 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the in three musicals, toured the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and even had their studio in Hillcrest, and again on Sept. 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Pincher photo taken with a Rockette at the Radio City Music Hall. Creek town office. Embracing the adage “in a New York minute,” they made sure to make The studio offers a variety of classes that are suitable for all styles and the most of their experience.