Dear Editor:
On Sept. 10 there was a dance at the Alma Community Centre. As a senior and having no partner I felt I’d like to go. I jokingly ask a young lady who could be my grand daughter if she’d like to go. She said sure, I’ll get my parents to come as well.
Well Sept. 10 came, I went to the dance hoping to see her, I walk into the hall and all I saw was a lot of people my age and older, I didn’t know anyone. Now should I stay or go?
Ten minutes later the music started, the feet started moving under the tables, bodies started moving and the floor began to fill. You were pulled by the good music. Well I wasn’t going to sit there, I was here to have fun. I asked a band member’s wife with a beautiful smile if she’d like to dance. She said yes. Now I was dancing great.
I looked at the door coming into the hall and guess what? Not one but two angels walked in: Kelsie, my young date, and a girlfriend. Here’s two young angels who looked so out of place amongst us old folks, but they had big smiles on their face and sat at a table.
When the dance stopped I went over and Kelsie said her parents couldn’t make it. But not only did she keep her word that she’d come, she brought a friend. I asked her to dance she said they didn’t know how. I said she did, took her onto the floor and when the music started we were moving all over the floor. She still said she didn’t know how to dance. I asked if she was having fun, she said yes, I told her that’s what life is all about to have fun enjoy.
To make a long story short because of those two angels I never saw so many people have so much fun. I don’t think those two girls felt any older but I know everyone in there felt a lot younger. These girls danced with us all.
I’ve never been to a dance and see so many people have so much fun and there’s no alcohol. I hope people realize you don’t have to drink to have fun. All you need is good country music and let yourself enjoy.
Thank you, Kelsie. I hope when there’s another dance these angels will show up again and bring their friends. It’s nice to feel young and alive again.
I’d like to thank Dave and Carl Geddes and the Optimist Club for putting on such an event that allowed people to forget their aches and pains and enjoy themselves. You all did a wonderful job.
Ernest J. Cashubec,
RR1 Alma