HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-05-06, Page 5The carnival
comes to
town
Laura Broadley
Clinton News Record
The Hullett Central Public
School put on its 12th annual
carnival and silent auction at the
Blyth Arena and Community
Centre.
The event will raise money for
the Hullett's Student Advisory
Council (SAC). This is the one
and only fundraiser for SAC, the
idea being to eliminate small
fundraisers that don't garner
much money.
Local businesses and families
donate items and each class-
room collects things for gift bas-
kets, which are auctioned off.
The carnival part of the day
includes a photo booth, face
painting, hockey, arts & crafts,
carnival games, balloon animals
and a dunk tank.
Last year the carnival raised
$18,000 for the school and SAC
co-chair, Amanda Anderson,
thinks this year will match that.
The event gives the school
money for things like planners,
field trip subsidies, yearbooks
and other things that the school
wouldn't be able to supply. This
year the SAC is hoping to build
an outdoor music area, garden
and kitchen at the school.
Adam Shortreed uses all his strength
to send his teacher into the dunk
tank.
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Olivia Dekker and Melissa Boben make fireflies.
Reese Deboer, 3, gets her face
painted like a skeleton.
Hullett Central Public School teacher, Craig Caldwell, grimaces after taking a
turn in the dunk tank.
Elianne Kreuger, Shayna Hunking
and Hailey Govier dress up and take
advantage of the photo booth.
Reid Button takes a shot at the
hockey booth.
Clogger retires after 25 years in the business
Laura Broadley
Clinton News Record
Norma Preszcator is retiring
but she won't give up what she
loves forever. Preszcator is leav-
ing after having spent the last 25
years teaching and performing
all over the county with the Carry
on Cloggers.
Preszcator got started in clog-
ging after her daughter intro-
duced it to her in the '80s. She
didn't want to give it up after her
daughter moved on so she started
the Carry on Cloggers in 1989.
Preszcator couldn't get
enough, she fell in love with it.
She liked being able to see her
friends with the added bonus of
exercising. Clogging is a folk
dancing style that uses special
shoes to create sounds along
with the music. It is fast -paced
and requires dancers to be fit.
The Carry on Cloggers put on a
performance every two years
starting in 1991 until its last one
in 2012. The performances were
done in benefit of different chari-
ties. Preszcator said that around
$6,000 was raised each time,
approximately $60,000 in total
throughout her career.
Members of the Carry on Clog-
gers know how much dedication
it took to keep the group going
for so long. Preszcator's energy
was palpable, she was always giv-
ing 110 per cent, said Debbie
Rathwell.
Preszcator's work ethic is
something that her fellow danc-
ers admired.
"She didn't stop until it was
perfected," remembers Pat
Jewitt.
After 25 years together they
feel less like friends and more
like family, said Rathwell. The
group experienced a lot together,
including travelling to clogging
conventions in the U.S.
At its height the Carry on Clog-
gers boasted a membership of
over 100. Over the last few years
Laura Broadley Clinton News Record
The Carry on Cloggers have been around since 1989. They celebrated the retirement of Norma Preszcator last Tuesday.
Back row, from left to right, Deb Foster, Don Jewitt, Gary Black, Debbie Rathwell, Bernice Kemp, Gary Martin, Pat Jewitt.
Front row, from left to right, Jane Ladd, Marj Hayter, Judy Israels, Norma Preszcator , Gary Preszcator, Leisa Stephenson,
Donna Martin and Pat Taylor.
Preszcator saw her retirement
coming and has been slowly
downsizing to 20 dancers.
Although Preszcator is
officially retiring, she doesn't
want to give up clogging alto-
gether. She will continue to prac-
tice clogging at a more leisurely
level. The group plans to still
perform in nursing homes.
"I don't want to lose our fam-
ily," she said.