Athabasca’s seniors will have to get our their dancing shoes for the 41st annual Seniors Harvest Festival, set for Oct. 15.
Sandwiches will feed and local live musicians will entertain seniors along with their friends and families at the Athabasca Seniors Drop-In Centre.
The event is hosted by the Athabasca Lions Club, and treasurer David Maguire said he would be helping out. He said he thinks it is a nice social activity with friends and neighbours for local seniors to enjoy.
“I remember doing it in the 1990s,” he said, noting that it draws people from the Pleasant Valley Lodge and Boyle, as well. “I’m going to be there making sandwiches on Sunday morning.”
Last year’s event was a bit of a dud, as they “got snowed out,” he noted.
Maguire said a few local musicians will be attending to play some of people’s old country and western favourites.
“Nice dancing music,” he said. “They may be old. They may even be in a walker, but they can still get up and enjoy music that they heard when they were younger and went to dances. They still dance and enjoy it.”
He also gave a nod to Rosie Guay, who he said has been working with the event for at least 15 years.
The free lunch for seniors and their friends begins at 1 p.m. at the Athabasca Seniors Drop-In Centre and runs until about 4 p.m.
