Below are the dates for the 2016 Seniors’ Club Sunday afternoon movies.
Please write to webmaster@swiss-society if you require futher information about location and time.
January 31 February 28 April 3 April 24 May 29 October 16 November 13
Outdoor Club – 2016 Activity Calendar
Outdoor Club – 2016 Activity Calendar
Jan 27: AGM at Edmonds Community Center 7 pm Jacques
Feb: 6-7: Ski week end at cabin Jacques
Mar: 6: Snow Shoe local Mountain Jacques
Mar 6-10: Sun Peaks Joe Mueller
Apr: 16: Hike Whyte Lake Joe Mueller
May 14: Squamish hike by new Gondola: Sea to Summit trail Peter
Jun: 4-5: Cabin clean up week end
Jun 4: executive meeting
July 6-7: Pender Island week end: Urs Boxler will guide us around Jacques
Aug 6: Blue Gentian Lake, Cypress Peter
Sept 17-18: Cabin Week end hike Baker area Andy
October 8: Buntzen Lake Joe
Oct 30: Meztgete and hike Jacques
Nov 5: Reifel Bird Sanctuary Delta Joe
Nov?: Jass Tournament Irma
Nov 26: Executive Meeting
Dec 18: Waldweihnacht
Dec 30-Jan 1: New Years Eve week end
Outdoors Club AGM
SWISS OUTDOORS CLUB OF VANCOUVER
Annual General Meeting
January 27, 2016 at 7 pm
Location: Edmonds Community Center
7433, Edmonds Street
BURNABY, BC.
7433 Edmonds: Underground parking entrance is off of Fulton Ave or Humphries Ave, take elevator to 2nd floor.
We will review the year 2015 and propose activities for 2016/17.
Refreshments: Coffee, tea and sandwiches will be served.
We would appreciate if participants would bring some your favorite cake or cookies for all to enjoy.
Note: we will have paper plates available.
Urs and Julliette Friker will present a visual show from their recent trips to the East.
Thank you for supporting your club,
Jacques Goldschmidt
Swiss Outdoors Club
Swiss Outdoors Club Ski Weekend
Swiss Outdoors Club – Invitation Ski Weekend
When: January 09 – 10, 2016
Where: 7552, Canyon View Drive, Galcier Springs, WA.
The snow condition is excellent. Come Saturday morning and drop your belongings at the cabin and then play in the snow the whole week end.
As usual please bring all your bedding and food for the week end and let’s enjoy our house and the warm wood fire and some good company.
Please register with Jacques Goldschmidt:
goldschmidt.jaques@gmail.com or call 604 – 996 – 6253
Swiss Outdoors Club: Ski Week in Sun Peaks
Sunday, March 6th – Thursday, March 10th, 2016
Our ski week in Sun Peaks has been set for Sunday, March 6th to Thursday, March 10th, 2016. By visiting Sun Peaks earlier than in previous years we expect to find perfect snow conditions and to avoid the notorious school break.
Cahilty Lodge offers special rates for rooms and 4 days ski passes.
They have set up the group code as SWISS so people can call and book using that group code.
Typical room rates are:
– $ 128.00 per night plus tax for a Studio room with a queen murphy bed and double sofa bed
– $ 152.00 per night plus tax for Studio Kitchenettes with a queen bed or a queen murphy bed.
Other room options are also available.
The ski lift ticket pricing for 4 days of skiing for an adult is $246.00 + GST and for a Senior $198.00 + GST.
This is the price for 3 days of skiing and the 4th day of skiing is free of charge.
Contact and reserve directly with Cahilty Lodge:
Calvin Doyle
Assistant General Manager
Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Lodge
3220 Village Way
Sun Peaks, BC V0E 5N0
calvin@cahiltylodge.com
www.cahiltylodge.com
Hotel Phone # 1-250-578-7454/1-800-244-8424
Direct Phone # 1-250-578-6207
Fax # 1-250-578-7451
New Year’s Eve 2015 Fondue Party
Swiss Outdoors Club
New Year’s Eve 2015 Fondue Party
We invite our members and friends to our cabin in:
7552 canyon View Dr.
Glacier Springs, WA.
December 31, 2015: please come in the morning and get a day of snow play in before gathering in the evening around a warm and cozy wood stove.
Please bring a pouch of fondue mix and bread for the New Year’s Eve meal together.
We will enjoy wine and hot tea, green salad and fruit mix.
Some of you can surprise us with some baked goodies.
All other meals you supply yourself.
Also bring your own sleeping necessities.
May there be lots of snow then we can extend our stay until Sunday, the 3rd of January!!
Please Register with Jacques Goldschmidt:
Email: goldschmidt.jaques@gmail.com
or call: Cell # 604 – 996 – 6253 or home: 778 – 856 – 4665
The Vancouver Swiss Choir Annual Christmas Concert
The Vancouver Swiss Choir presents to you our annual Christmas Concert.
We are pleased to invite you to a treasure of traditional and old favored Christmas music with some original Swiss songs and jodles.
Date:
December 17th, 2015
Where:
All Saints Anglican Church, 7405 Royal Oak Ave, Burnaby
Time:
7:30pm Door opens at 7:00pm
Cost:
$10.00 Ticket at the door
On Flute:
Christina Lips & Sonia Essinger
Director:
Dubravko Pajalic
After the concert we would like to invite you for coffee, tea and treats in the church basement.
Book reading with Bernadette Calonego “Under Dark Waters”
Book reading with Bernadette Calonego
“Under Dark Waters”
Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.
Alma VanDusen, Lower Level
Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Free! Popular! Come early!
Diamonds. Murder. Betrayal. International mystery writer Bernadette Calonego reads from her latest thriller Under Dark Waters. In this suspenseful and intriguing book, Swiss historian Sonya Werner travels to British Columbia’s North in search of answers to her husband’s suspicious death. Swiss-born Bernadette Calonego, a foreign correspondent for European Media in Canada, has gained a growing following in Canada and the U.S.
For more information: or info@vpl.ca
VPL – PLG – Program – Bernadette Calonego Under Dark Waters – Author reading
Swiss Herald – November/December Edition
The November/December edition of the Swiss Herald prepared by our editor Christina Lips is here! The Herald is now available on our website for download following this link.
Radio SRF 1 – Die fünfte Schweiz
Radio SRF 1 airs interviews with Swiss living abroad. Coming up on Sunday is an interview with Rolf Brulhart from Vancouver. You will be able to listen to it on the SRF website.