聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 The Kisbey Fire Deparment, Elks, and Rebekahs came together to host their first annual dinner theatre on Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The cast and crew included individuals from Kisbey, Arcola, and Lampman: Auldene Craig (Trudy), Steph Ernst (Gwen), Patti Baumgartner (Jessica), Sherri Swim (Sheryl), Wytt Hall (Dennis), Amber Evans (Kate), Michael Wyatt (Pete), Trinity Curtis (stage hand), Kayla McLaren (Prompter), Doug Curtis (director/set design), Bob Curtis (prompter), Grant Bueckert (lights/sound), John Voutour (set design/lights), and the MC for the evening was Paul Cameron.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Amber Evans explained, 鈥淭his is our first time doing this and we鈥檙e hoping to make it an annual event.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he three different organizations putting it on all work well together and everyone is helping out.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Through ticket sales alone, Evans says that they were able to raise nearly $10,000, while a definite figure after calculating costs and sales was not available at press time.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e sold 120 tickets last night [Friday] and are sold out tonight with 150 tickets.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 have done this without our volunteers, also Cindy and Rylan Weir are our caterers and the food was amazing!鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The dinner theatre was originally planned, however, as a way to bring people together to recognize members of the volunteer fire department for their service, but to also present four individuals with the Saskatchewan Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal. This honour was awarded to Bob Curtis, John Voutour, Kalvin Nankivell, and Doug Curtis.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Visiting was Saskatchewan Volunteer Fire Fighter Association (SVFFA) Zone 3 Director, Dwayne Stone of Grenfell, who presented these awards.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The service of Grant Bueckert, Mike Wyatt, Wytt Hall, Bob Curtis, John Voutour, Kalvin Nankivell, Cole Wright, Robert Wright, Jim Johnston, and Doug Curtis were also recognized for their years of service as volunteer fire fighters.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭here are 14 members on the Kisbey Fire Department,鈥� Stone stated. 鈥淚t is a large commitment and to volunteer to do a job that can seriously injure or kill you is quite something. There is 164 years of fire fighting experience from volunteers who have been here for months to 45 years.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he best thing an old fire fighter can teach you is how to become an old fire fighter.鈥�
