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Salmon Arm

Sunday Duplicate Bridge

Door opens at 12:30, play starts at 1 p.m. sharp. Come and enjoy a good game of bridge in a friendly atmosphere. Phone for further details. Fifth Avenue Activity Centre
250-832-6550

Parents Without Partners Meeting

11am each Sunday for parents who would like to meet others who share the same interests. Jane's Restaurant, Piccadilly Mall

Weekly Blues Jam

Weds. 8 p.m. Hosted by StoneBanditz & Dan Engelland & the Hoodoos on alternate weeks. Phone for further information. Club 351, 351 Hudson
250-832-0466

Shuswap Writers' Group Meeting

11am-1pm - every 1st and 3rd Wednesday Sept-May. If you love to write, if you are published or not, if you would like to meet others who share your passion, we invite you to join us. For information, please call Shirley. Piccadilly Mall Board Room
250-835-4544

Salmon Arm Al-Anon Weekly Wednesday Meeting

8pm. Seniors' Resource Centre, 320A 2 Ave. N.E.
250-832-2311

Toastmasters Weekly Meeting

7:30 p.m. each week - Toastmasters International has an excellent program for developing public speaking, presentation and leadership skills for individuals and businesses. Guests are always welcome. For more info phone Colin Bunston. SAS Sullivan Campus Library
250-253-2491

Salmon Arm Al-Anon Weekly Thursday Meeting

12 noon. First United Church
250-832-3310/ 250-835-4368

Grandmothers to Grandmothers Monthly Market Day

9:30am-2pm - First Friday of each month. Proceeds from handmade articles locally made by grandmothers go to Steven Lewis Foundation for grandmothers in Africa raising HIV/AIDS orphaned grandchildren. Piccadilly Mall

Shuswap Writers' Group Coffee House

7-9 pm - The Shuswap Writers' Group meets the 4th Friday of each month. If you are interested in hearing readings by authors known and unknown, or if you are a writer yourself and wish to read your work to an audience, you will find a friendly group of like-minded literary artists at the coffee house. Contact Chris Schon for information. Downwtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap St.
250-832-0329

Mental Illness Family Support Group

7 pm - Mental Illness Family Support & Info Centre Family Support Group meets last Thursday each month.For information, contact Donna. The Family Centre, 181 Trans Canada Hwy. N.E.
250-832-2170 ext. 206

Parent-Child Mother Goose Program

9:30-10:15 a.m. & 10:30-11:15 a.m. on Fridays - For families with children ages 0-3-years. Free. Snacks provided. To register call Patti or Trish or send an email through the website. or send an email through the website. SASCU Downtown Activity Centre Library
250-804-0165/250-832-6942
www.shuswapmothergoose.org

Recreational Badminton

9:30am every Tuesday - Drop-in fee $2 - Contact Ken for further information. Gleneden Hall
250-832-9806

Beginners Line Dancing

9:30-11:30 a.m. each Wednesday - Everyone welcome. Contact Linda for further details. Gleneden Hall
250-804-0917

Shuswap Needle Arts Guild Meeting

10am - 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month - For further information, contact Gemma or Sandra. Sunnybrae Senior Centre
250-835-8842/250-832-9972

Seniors' Regular Monthly Meeting/Potluck Supper

5:30pm each month for supper, followed by the regular meeting. Seniors' Hall, 3585 Sunnybrae Canoe Point Road

FORCE Society for Kids'' Mental Health Monthly Support Group

6:30-8:30 p.m - 3rd Wednesday of every month - Childcare available. Phone Monica for information. Family Resource Centre
250-833-6100
www.salmonarmforce@gmail.com

2-Day Beading Workshop

9am-4pm both days - Presented by the Shuswap Needle Arts Guild, the workshop, called All Around The Circle". will be instructed by William Hodge from Toronto. for further information, contact Sandra. Sunnybrae Seniors Centre
250-832-0972
www.armurestudio.ca

Equinox Concert by Acoustic Avenue

7 pm - Celebrate the beginning of Spring. SAGA Art Gallery

14th Annual Ukrainian Fundraising Banquet

6 p.m. - Entertainment by Sadok Ukrainian Dance Ensemble. Speical guests from Ukraine. By donation. Reserve by phone at Broadview Church. The Gathering Place
250-832-6366

St. Patrick's Day Potluck Supper

5pm - Happy Hour/ 6pm - Supper - BYOB - Wear a little of the green and come out and meet your neighbors. Sunnybrae Community Ctr.,3595 Sunnybrae Canoe Point Road, Tappen

Ken Bell and Friends Country Music Coffee House

7-10pn the 4th Friday of the month - Everyone welcome. Come to listen, sing, dance or play along with us. SASCU DAC, 451 Shuswap St.

Writers' Coffee House

7-9pm - Writers'' Coffee house takes place every 4th Friday of the month until May. Contact Chris for further information. SASCU Downtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap St.
250-832-0329

Easter Cantata "The Singing Cross"

7pm each night - Admission is free and all donations will be sent to the Haiti relief effort. For further information, please call Diana at the church office. Five Corners Church, 3160-10 Ave. SE
250-832-3121
www.fivecornerschurch.ca

Easter Egg Hunt and Pancake Breakfast

8:30am - Pancake Breakfast to start the festivities, followed by Egg Hunting and Contests at 9:30am. Cosst is $6 per person. 3595 Sunnybrae Canoe Point Road, Tappen

"The Fighting Days"

Preview April 29th, regular performances begin April 30th - Produced with special arrangement with Playwrights Guild of Canada - By Wendy Lill - Directed by Julia Body. This play, by Winnipeg author Wendy Lill is about the women's suffrage movement in Manitoba and features three well-known personalities: Nellie McClung, suffragist and politician, Lillian Beynon Thomas, author and journalist, and Francis Beynon, women's page editor of the Grain Growers' Guide and the heroine of the play. It isn't often that an audience has the chance to see an historical play that blends political themes with poweful human drama. It is even more rare to find a play inhabited by strong, articulate, three-dimensional female characters. The Fighting Days has all this and more. It is an historian's delight, a director's dream of a larger than life drama and, for the actresses involved, a rare and precious opportunity to delve into the hearts and minds of women who found themselves in the midst of a profound political struggle. - All shows start at 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm) except Sunday May 1 matinee which starts at 1:30pm - No show Monday. Shuswap Theatre
www.shuswaptheatre.com

Shuswap Writers Festival

The Writer's Festival is sponsored by the Shuswap Association of Writers. More details to come. Salmon Arm

"Silverwing" by Shuswap Youth Theatre

The play is based on the first book of the vastly popular novel series for young readers, The Silverwing Trilogy, written by Kenneth Oppel. Performance times are: Friday at 7pm - Saturday and Sunday at 1:30pm. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information call James Bowlby, Director or visit the website. Shuswap Theatre
250-832-8383
www.shuswaptheatre.com

18th Annual Roots and Blues Festival

Plan your vacation and enjoy some amazing music in one of North America�s most beautiful settings. Daytime and Evening Stages. Craft and Food Vendors - Artisan Market - Children�s Activities on Site (Children 12 and under admitted free with adults) - Beverage Gardens - Camping - Bike Lock-Up. Phone or email for more information. Salmon Arm Fair Grounds
250-833-4096