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Dear Parent/Guardian and Cadet

Welcome back to what is looking to be another great training year with 2313 South Alberta Light Horse (Kiwanis) Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.

There are a lot of ambitious plans for the new training year which our excellent team of staff members are working hard to implement. I’d like to take this time to share some important information on recurring complementary activities with you.

Band – Our Army Cadets train with the South Alberta Pipes and Drums. Practice is every Monday at 1830 (6:30pm) in the Cultural Centre parking lot. The band provides instruction in your choice of bagpipes, bass drum, snare drum, or tenor. For more information on band, you can speak to Captain Girling.

Range – There will be range practice on every second Sunday starting 19 September. It is important that you attend if you want to be a member of either the Biathlon or Shooting Team. For more information on Range days, contact Lieutenant Gebhardt.

Running Team – If you are looking to improve your fitness level, then this is an ideal activity. Running Team will meet every Tuesday (with the exception of swim nights) starting in October at the Kin Coulee Band Stand. This is also important to attend if you want to be a member of the Biathlon Team. For more information on Running Team, see Second Lieutenant Bradley.

Swim Nights – Swim Nights are scheduled to occur on the last Tuesday of every month at the Family Leisure Centre. Cadets are encouraged to bring a friend to this activity. Swimming is free so long as you arrive prior to payment at 1830. You may contact CI Macdonald for more information on this.

Honour Guard – Honour Guard forms the pride and joy of the unit and plays an important role to our public. Honour Guard events include forming the flag party for weekly parades, forming the Cenotaph for Remembrance and Decoration Day ceremonies, participating in the Provincial Tri-Service Drill Competition, and forming flag parties for other events such as the Optimist Club and Medicine Hat College Convocation. This team is about a lot more than just drill and is a very fun and rewarding team to be on. For more details on Honour Guard, contact Captain Gerbrandt.

Important to note: members of the Biathlon or Shooting Team may not be members of the Drill Team due to the high demand of work that these teams require.

For a calendar of these activities and more, visit our website at www.salhcadets.org.

K.F. Bradley

Second Lieutenant

Training Officer

2313 SALH (Kiwanis) RCACC

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Dress: Dress for thursday is summer dress. Make sure you have your green button- up T-shirt, your dress pants, parade boots, name tags and berets. If you do not have your uniform please wear your corps T-shirt and appropriate pants. Please make sure badges are on properly,burn off old threads, polish your boots, iron your uniforms, delint your berets and buy name tags if you need to (you can buy them at trophy world: beside XS Cargo). If your beret does not fit properly that is no excuse not to wear the rest of your uniform bring the berete in and we will try to get you a new one.

Females: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put your hair up in a bun with GEL AND/OR HAIRSPRAY. If it is not done there is gel, hairspray, hair ties and hair nets in the office and I will be doing your hair. There will be NO if's and's or but's about it, it will be done!!!!!!!!! I will also be bringing nail polish remover if you are wearing nail polish i want it taken off before we form up form up for parade and unless earings are silver or gold studs and in the bottom hole only, they will be removed too.

Males: If you need to get haircuts please get them done. There should be no hair touching the collar of your shirts/ tunics, touching your ears or sticking out the front of your beret. This also applys to the females who prefer to keep their hair that short as well.

Pipe Band: Monday night at 6:30 (1830hrs) there will be pipe band practice at Alexandra Junior High School. Any body is welcome to join.

Shooting Team: For those of you who are on shooting team you know who you are, there will be no practice this sunday.

Biathlon Team: There will beno biathalon team practice this sunday.

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Dress: Dress for thursday is full dress. Make sure you have your tunic , your green button- up T-shirt, your dress pants, parade boots, name tags, berets and ascots/ ties. If you do not have your uniform please wear your corps T-shirt and appropriate pants. PLease make sure badges are on properly,burn off old threads, polish your boots, iron your uniforms, delint your berets and buy name tags if you need to (you can buy them at trophy world: beside XS Cargo). If your beret does not fit properly that is no excuse not to wear the rest of your uniform bring the berete in and we will try to get you a new one.

Females: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put your hair up in a bun with GEL AND/OR HAIRSPRAY. If it is not done there is gel, hairspray, hair ties and hair nets in the office and I will be doing your hair. There will be NO if's and's or but's about it, it will be done!!!!!!!!! I will also be bringing nail polish remover if you are wearing nail polish i want it taken off before we form up form up for parade and unless earings are silver or gold studs and in the bottom hole only, they will be removed too.

Males: If you need to get haircuts please get them done. There should be no hair touching the collar of your shirts/ tunics, touching your ears or sticking out the front of your beret. This also applys to the females who prefer to keep their hair that short as well.

Pipe Band: Monday night at 6 (1800hrs) there will be pipe band practice at Alexandra Junior High School. Any body is welcome to join.

Shooting Team: For those of you who are on shooting team you know who you are, there will be a practice Sunday morning at the armouries from 9-12 (noon).

Biathlon Team: There will be a practice for the biathlon on Sunday from 1-5 pm.  Bring your lunches as you will be staying at the armouries all afternoon.

Volleyball Tournament: On saturday february 6 at 9:00 am there will be a tri- servie volleyball tournament at the southridge YMCA. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a volleyball tournament between the air, sea and army cadet corps. Last year we had a great turn out, I'm hoping this year will be the same.

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Dress: Dress for the 28th is full dress. Make sure you have your tunic , your green button- up T-shirt, your dress pants, parade boots, name tags, berets and ascots/ ties. If you do not have your uniform please wear your corps T-shirt and appropriate pants. EVERYONE should be bringing their PT gear for after parade!

Pipe Band: Monday night at 6 (1800hrs) there will be pipe band practice at Alexandra Junior High School. Any body is welcome to join.

Shooting Team: For those of you who are on shooting team you know who you are, there will be a practice Sunday morning at the armouries from 9-12 (noon).

Biathlon Team: There will be a practice for the biathlon on Sunday from 1-5 pm.  

Seniors Meeting: Seniors (Cpl and +) don't forget that after final parade there will be a meeting. It should not take longer then 10 minutes. Please let your parents know so they don't have to wait.

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First off, congratulations to our Biathlon teams who competed in the Southern Zones Championship this past Saturday. Both teams did very well with the Boys' team coming in first place. Cadets Robinson and Dawe came in first and second overall in the competition. Congratulations to all competitors.

Remembrance Day is this Wednesday. All cadets are expected to attend a ceremony in their full dress uniform (C-1). Those cadets parading in Medicine Hat are expected to be at the Esplanade for 0900hrs. For those cadets parading in Redcliff, you need to be at the Redcliff Legion for 0930hrs.  Ralston Cadets are expected to be at the cenotaph for 1020hrs.

Dress this Thursday is beret, green CF shirt, pants with belt, and parade boots. This dress is called C-2A.

 MUSCON this weekend has been changed slightly. It will now be held at HMCS TECUMSEH in Calgary on Saturday, and we will be returning that evening. Fridays timings will be announced when finalized by Winnipeg.

Drill team will be having it's second practice on Sunday from 1300hrs - 1600hrs. We need at least 21 cadets so please make every effort to attend.

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Regular training this week. The dress for the week is combats with cadet corps t-shirt and beret; for those with out combats it is the black cadet corps t-shirt with decent pants and shoes.

For those that are sighed up for  Wilderness Challenge  must attend the Wilderness Challenge Prep on Wednesday night at 1830hrs at the Kin Coulee band stand.The dress is PT gear, but cadets should also have hiking boots and a weighted back pack (25lbs) with them as well.

Thanks to all the cadets that showed up to on Monday and became a part of the pipe band, I was impressed at the amount that showed up and wish all of you good luck.

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Regular training this week. The dress for the week is parade boots, uniform pants, cadet corps t-shirt, and your beret; for seniors it is summer dress open collar (no ascots).

For those that are interested in attending Wilderness Challenge in October must attend the Wilderness Challenge Prep on Tuesday night at 1800hrs at the Kin Coulee band stand. This week we are just going for a walk without rucks but bringing a ruck is optional, the dress is PT gear.

Also for those interested, the military band will be starting up this Friday at 1900hrs at the Armouries. This is different than Pipes and Drums! Military band includes the same instruments as a concert band. For those interested see me on Thursday and I will hopefully be able to introduce you to our new band instructor.

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