Yacht Club Hosts Aspen Crossing for Dinner and Death!

Poisoned tea, apron strings, and a big bloody cleaver–the weapons of choice used at Aspen Crossing’s fantastic presentation at the Calgary Yacht Club February 27th. The creativity of playwright Gail Whiteford was evident by the enthusiastic audience reaction and fervent writing as the sleuths furrowed their brows then sent in their best guesses as to who ‘dunnit.’ The Aspen Crossing cast flew in and out of doors and stairwells, keeping the laughing audience on their toes. The one-of-a kind menu was catered by CYC Manager Laurie Dunn who was aided by her many helpers. Laurie had her hands full with that job, but also played the part of ‘Laurie Dunnit’ one of the judges in the ‘Chopped’ competition. Audience members pored over the menus then ‘Chopped’ all but Chef L’etoile seen in the photo. Sadly, he later got the cleaver in the back! Prizes for the best answers (your humble writer got the ‘most confused’ award!) went to Miss Alexandra Oliveira, sister to CYC youth sailor Connor Oliveira, and ‘Sherlock’ Julie Peterson who both sussed out the right motives and methods.
If you missed this event, you can catch the players at their home in Aspen Crossing www.aspencrossing.com or closer to your home there are lots of activities upcoming at the Calgary Yacht Club on the shores of Chestermere Lake, the oldest yacht club in Alberta. Spring is around the corner. As soon as the water is in, Adult and Youth Sailing lessons, opportunities to volunteer to help at the various regattas, and weekly sailing nights (Thursday with Laurie’s amazing suppers afterward), as well as rental of paddle boards (new in 2015) will start. Check out the webpage www.cyc.ab.ca See you at CYC!