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Centre News, Events

Saltair Artisan Market

Attention Local Artisans and Makers!

The Saltair Community Centre is holding a winter market on Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 from 10 am to 2pm.

Anyone interested in participating as a vendor should submit a vendor application.  Please email: info [at] saltaircommunitycentre [dot] ca to request a  application. Please supply photos and description of your items.

The cost of a table inside the hall is $30.  A hallway table is $20.00.

The market organizers are striving to showcase local island vendors, makers, bakers and crafters.  All products sold at the market must be handcrafted or hand made as the goal of the market  is to highlight local talents and products for sale in our community.

 

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Alignment Yoga with Jessica

Secure Your Spot for September  Yoga Classes.

Welcome to all returning students, new students and perhaps students who have a hankering to step back on the mat with us. You are all welcome here.

Purchase a New Punch Pass and Register ahead on the Online Calendar.  Sign up on the September calendar to secure your registration for Alignment Yoga classes @ The Saltair Community Centre.

Click here to register

The calendar is all set up and ready for your registrations, so you can easily book your sessions ahead.

Here are the class times ongoing from now until December12th:

-Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
-Tuesdays on Zoom: 11:30 – 12:30 AM

*NEW* Starting Monday, September 30th – December 12th 2024
Mondays 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM
Classes can fill quickly, so it’s a good idea to register now to secure your spot. You can always cancel a class, and you won’t be charged for the booking.

FYI: If you miss the cancellation time (24 hrs. before class)  but can’t make it to class, don’t worry—I’m lenient. Just send me an email and let me know.

Booking ahead not only ensures you have a spot in class but also helps me plan our sessions better.

I look forward to seeing you in class into the fall sessions!

Warm regards,
Jessica
Align with Jessica

Centre News, Events

Chemainus Art Group

Join the Chemainus Art Group!

If you are interested in inviting more artistic play into your life, want to learn more about drawing and painting, or you’re a lonely artist who would enjoy meeting other like minded people for support and motivation, come join the Chemainus Art Group!
We are a group, varied in ability and interest, but with the common goal to support each other in our artistic community. Our next Meet Up is this Wednesday, November 8th from 9:30 to 12noon at the Saltair Community Centre.

We will hosting artist Silvina Lanusse who will be demonstrating printing and mark making using a gelli plate. Please contact us at artgroupchemainus [at] gmail [dot] com if you would like to attend, to see what we do and consider becoming a member of our group.
www.chemainusartgroup.com.

We meet in person every 2nd Wednesday and 4th Wednesday of each month. Our Meet Ups include demonstrations from guest artists, presentations from members, discussions and feedback about member’s work, and much more.

Centre News, Events

Saltair Community Centre Open House

SALTAIR CENTRE OPEN HOUSE/ HERITAGE EVENT

SATURDAY MARCH 26 2022 1pm- 3pm

You are invited to tour the Saltair Community Centre!

The volunteer run Saltair Community Society has been remarkably busy making the center a friendly and comfortable place to host events and provide affordable rental spaces. Building improvements paid for by the Society include a newly built accessible washroom, interior painting throughout,  gym/hall floor refinishing, cedar exterior sign, new hallway flooring, custom exterior handrails, electrical upgrades, Wi-Fi stations, hot water tanks, coded door locks, chain link fence removal, carport pot lights, outdoor lighting, toilet upgrades, ageing water main replacement, pressure reducing valve, tables/ chairs for all the rooms, office furniture, concrete repairs, natural gas high efficient furnace, parking lot improvements, just too many to list them all. Come check it out!

WHO IS USING THIS FACILITY?

Some of the Community groups that rent our spaces will be on hand to demonstrate their activities. If you are interested in signing up, please join us to meet and greet the following:

Saltair Quilt & Fiber Arts Group

Chemainus Art Group

Stephanie Roth, Performing Arts Instructor, for Musical Theatre & Dance.

Coastal Singers Choir Group.

Island Sound Healing & Restorative Yoga, Alexia Dumont

IT IS A HERITAGE EVENT AS WELL

You may remember the Saltair Centennial Celebration in 2010. Historical storyboards were developed that told the stories of original families in Saltair. The Society has looked after those story boards, and they will be on display at the open house for all to see again. People loved viewing these boards and visiting with the other original Saltairites. Please join in and reminisce with old friends.

SALTAIR COMMUNITY SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

Sign up for a yearly Saltair Community Society membership. Your membership allows the Society to host three public events per year and supports the volunteers that operate the Centre.

Annual membership fee is $10/single, or $15/family and includes an “I love Saltair” button and entry in a prize draw for joining up.

Coffee, tea, and pastries will be available. See you there : )