Recent Highlights
Walking Tour with Alex Rășcanu of Experience TO
May 10 2025
On Saturday, Alex Rășcanu of Experience TO lead a walking tour of the Swansea area with assistance from SHS’s Bob Roden. The tour started at the Swansea Town Hall and ran from 11 am to about 12:30 pm. Please note that this tour replaces the Annual SHS Walking Tour, which had been planned for June 7, 2025. Unless there is a further change in plans, there will not be a walking tour on June 7.
SHS Monthly Meeting: Field Trip to Windermere United Church
May 7 2025
In a break from recent tradition, our Monthly Meeting in May was held in the former Windermere United Church building on the corner of Windermere Avenue and Mayfield Avenue. The meeting was jointly hosted by SHS and the congregation of Runnymede United Church as part of Runnymede’s 100th Anniversary Celebrations. In 2023, Windermere United Church merged with Runnymede United Church. The former’s building continues to provide outreach to the local community, otherwise known as the “Windermere Campus” of Runnymede United Church. The event included a tour of the Windermere building and it’s stained-glass memorial windows, a presentation on its history, and refreshments in the Church Parlour.
SHS Monthly Meeting: Tap Dance History with Performance
December 5 2024
Our Monthly Meeting in December was great fun as we welcomed back Trina and Amy to share with us the history of tap dance and a brilliant live performance. They discussed with us how women have played a huge role in ensuring tap dance was able to bridge the gap from the 1970s to today’s era of technology. From producing documentaries to organizing the first tap-dance festivals, women have ensured the art form could thrive by bringing tap dancers from the vaudeville era, with their wealth of experience and history, to the next generation of dancers.
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