Mocha February 2011.indd - Mocha Shriners

CLUB NEWS
Waterloo Shrine Club
2010 Most successful in 27 years!
Greetings Mocha Nobles! On December 18, 2010 we
culminated one fantastic year of fun while entertaining
young and old at 18 parades during the season. We currently
have 42 Nobles in our Roster with most being
active parade members.
The parade season began in
March at a Paddyfest Parade
in Cambridge and finished
with a Santa Claus parade in
the village of St. Clements
on December 18. President,
and Band Director Doug
Fickling and his Lady Sandra
opened their home for a
Chili Party after the parade.
Doug is well known in our
region for his chili recipe
and he didn’t disappoint us.
Some 44 attended the party,
including many wives. We devoured two huge pots of
chili, one regular and one hot! Needless to say, all the
necessary trimmings were provided by the hosts with
scrumptious desserts baked by Noble Chris Bradley’s
wife Karri Waterman, who is also famous for her baking
skills.
We were honoured
to be asked by our
band member Ill.
Potentate Barry
Snider to perform
prior to and during
the first section of
the Spring
Ceremonial in
Waterloo. We even
surprised ourselves with the near flawless performance,
being a first for our band.
The Ingersoll Pipe Band requested our attendance at
their Annual Band Tattoo in July and the audience gave
us a standing ovation at the conclusion of our 15 minutes
of fame, being the first non pipe band to participate in
this event.
After the Ayr Santa Claus parade on November 27, we
entertained the adults and children at the Queen’s Hotel
where we were also entertained by the infamous Eddie
Shack who auctioned autographed photos from his playing
days with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He even auctioned
his personal Leafs windbreaker which went for a
bargain price of $800.
We then did the convoy
to the farm of
our own Noble
Richard Baechler
where we enjoyed
refreshments outdoors
under ideal
weather, while our
steaks were done to perfection. Potentate Barry Snider
installed the band officers for 2011 in his beautiful stone
home. The band officers for 2011 are: President Barry
Tracey, Vice President Wilson Brown, Secretary John
Paynter, Treasurer Jeff Rankine, Band Director Doug
Fickling, Parade Marshall David Churchill and
Quartermaster Watson Adams. John and Jeff were
unable to be present and will be installed at a later date.
Due to half our
parades being in
winter conditions
we decided to
purchase black
winter band jackets
with our band
logo on the back
and the official
“fez” on the left lapel.
A couple of years ago surplus instruments and equipment
was donated to our band by the Windsor and
Brantford Oriental Bands. This puts us in a great position
to recruit new members without additional cost of
instruments to our band. Any Nobles within reasonable
driving distance of the KW area are encouraged to join
a vibrant group of
Nobles.
Contact any
member or
Quartermaster
Adams at
519-886-1243 for
more information.
Noble Watson
Adams (Charter
Member)
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