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Academy News – April 13, 2017

Hey all,

Last Saturdays’ banquet was great, pics will be posted on our blog. To those that were unable to make it , I want to thank all of you for a great season, it all depends on each of us doing our thing to be sure our customers have a good time. Thanks again for being part of the team.

The hill will be open both valley and skyline on Friday and the pro room will be open for tickets and jacket returns. On sat and sun it will be Skyline only.

Those that missed picking up awards can do so at customer service. Chuck Fairbairn, Felix Boulet, Matthew Jeffrey, Mike Stuckel, Jake Blair, Pascal Ormonde, Laura Davies, Christophe Lepage-Bilodeau.

All for now,

Frank

 

Academy News – April 7,17

Hey all ,

We still have lots of snow, and the hill is open on both sides. Hope to see people out  this weekend.

Pro room is open 9:00 to 3:30 for jacket return and tickets.

We still have some room for the banquet email academy@campfortune.com  or come by and buy it at the cage.

About to go get all the awards, looking forward to a great evening.

All for now.

Frank

Academy News – March 29, 17

Hey all,

Looks like the sunshine will be with us this weekend, hope to see people get out and make some turns. Banquets tickets are on sale until Sunday. If you are done for the season, please return your jacket over the weekend.

The tentative plan:

Valley, Pineault, Skyline open Wed-Sunday (March 29-April 2).

Meech is closed for the season.

Skyline Open Monday-Sunday April 3-9.

Valley Open Saturday and Sunday, April 8 -9 and maybe Friday April 7

Skyline should stay open until Easter – subject to weather – so stay tuned.

 The Academy Banquet

I want to emphasize how important our end-of-season banquet is for the school and its instructors. We hand out many awards and recognize good work by many of our people. It’s always fun to see the various strata’s of our school come out and socialize. Dates and friends are welcome.

Be part of the scene, come out to applaud the winners. Get your tickets and/or reserve your spot(s) before this Sunday.

Trophies are being engraved as we text…

I need to know how many people will be attending in order to have the kitchen ready to serve all of you.

Frank

Academy News – March 25, 17

Hey all,

The weather will be nice again this weekend hoping to see many out to ride and ski, we are still running privates .

Banquets tickets , please reserve your place for the Banquet. We need to know how many are coming.

Pro Room Spring Hours

Please note that (due to spring hours) the pro room will be only open from 9 AM  to 4 PM Monday through Sunday when the Clifford lift  is running.

All for now

Frank

Academy News – March 16, 17

Hey all,

With this week’s new snow you can expect some great conditions on the weekend. Hoping to see many of you out in the sun enjoying the snow. We should be busy enough with privates for you to make a few bucks while you’re here. Many hands make for light work.

Remember to purchase your banquet tickets. Save the date of April 8th for the banquet.

Below are some of the Award nominees ;

SKI WEE Ariane Leclair-Roberts Erin Zhang Gabriel Seale Bryton Stewart
Leiam O’Byrne Ethan Alcaide Braden Stewart Nick O’Cnnor
SKI WEE Sarah Becker Brooke Auger Sepi Azizi Camille Demers
All Mountain perfomance
All Mountain Sasha Spano Ben Rogers Julie Desfosses Josh McDowell
All Mountain  Lyndsay Romain Liam Jay Jane Holski Yan Zhang
ADULT Jake Blair Andrea Lower Jim Marriott
TA – SKI Christophe Lepage Bilodeau Andrew Grguric Teagan Nalley
TA – SKI Laura Davies Emilee Alcaide Robin Bernstein
Snowboard  TA Pascal Ormonde Addy Yang Saevok Son Qualid Sandi
snowboard rookie  of the year Sean Flynn Jacob Sauve Wesley Miles Jessie Porter -MacLennan Sebastien Bonbarenko
Snowboard instructor of the year Adriene Vatcher Benoit Quenneville Karen keskinen Noah gardener

All for now

Frank

P.S. The good news is that most of you will be in Green for St. Paddy’s day…

 

Academy News – Frb 24, 17

Hey all,

Week 8 is here and I hope you will be able to give out most of your report cards , please think of keeping them in a baggie to ensure they stay dry.

A few simple things to keep in mind on the second to last week.

  • Review and put it all together · By now you should be able to give your pupils a clear picture of how they ski/ride and suggest simple ways to move forward · It’s feel good time · Positive! Positive! Positive!
  • School Social 4 pm both Saturday and Sunday (pizza, beer and soft drinks), and we will attempt a group picture of the various programs, . Once again all to the benefit of the NGBF for TA’s.

Academy Banquet tickets will be on sale as of the weekend in the cage(25$). Let’s start planning for it. We have many awards to hand out and I will need nominations for the following:

  • SKI WEE program, male and female instructor of the year,
  • All Mountain male and female instructor of the year,
  • ADULT program instructor of the year,
  • Performance programs (ski wee and all mountain).
  • Ski and snowboard TA awards.
  • Snowboard program awards
  • Full-timers awards.
  • Lifetime Achievement award.
  • The Markham Award ( MVP),
  • Dave Hearnden Award ( Leadership)
  • Fern Award, this is given out for the most humorous event or mishap of the season, voted by applause. If you have a story let me know.

Please send any nominations to me at  fbernier@campfortune.com

We can use snowboarders for the Quebec and Ontario March break, so please sign up if you can help.

All for now, see you on the weekend.

Frank

Academy News – Jan 5, 2017

Hi All:

The sun is shining, the snow is down and groomed, lifts are running, it’s program time again…  now all I need is a melody…

Yup, it’s that time of year when the (local) world flocks to Camp Fortune to learn how to ski/board. And you know what that means – all instructors boots on boards, ready to teach.

For Saturday and Sunday, please be in the Pro for 8AM to pick up your ticket and meet with your supervisor – don’t worry if you don’t know who your supervisor is, you will meet him/her that morning.

After skiing ( on both days) we will be hosting a little fund-raising soiree in the Pro room at 4 PM. There will be pizza, beer and soft drinks available for a nominal fee (Pizza $2, Pop $1, Beer $5). The proceeds of this event go to the Norm Grondin Foundation – a foundation that helps ski/board Teaching Assistants to move up to the next level and take the CSIA or CASI Level 1 Course (for more information click here).

We are looking for people to work during the full-time period (Monday to Friday, 9 to 4) 2- 3 days a week. Interested people should contact the Cage at academy@campfortune.com or talk to Eric Trottier.

Th-th-thats all Folks…

Howard (subbing for the way-to-busy Frank)

Academy News – Dec 4, 16

Hey all,

Another couple of days on snow, pre-course is now underway and returning instructors are beginning to show up and ski/ ride. A reminder that next weekend will be a busy one:

Saturday

  • Pre course (second weekend)
  • Instructor training
  • Women’s Edge ? (if enough have signed up on http://www.snowpro.com)
  • TA training.

Sunday

  • Pre course last day ( receive course recommendation)
  • PDP am or pm – must be signed up before Thursday – please email academy@campfortune.com  your name,  CSIA # and whether you want AM or PM.

Weather has changed and snow making is working hard to get more runs open.

All for now, see you on the weekend.

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Weekend Update – Nov 24,

Hey all –  we are open this weekend.

Hill will open at 10am so we should be good to organize people in pro room starting at 9 am and then be on snow for 10 to 12 and 1 to 3 pm ending with a quick indoor Q and A.

 

All for now,

Frank