“♫♫ May I have the (FIRST) dance with you? ♫♫.” Monday, April 22, 1946
21 Sun. Doris’s Birthday. She is twenty this time. Mom & we girls went to Church in town. Easter Service & Communion. Home at 1. Stutts came this afternoon. Mr Stutt brought the cake for Doris & Isabelle. We gave them their presents.
22 Mon. Isabelle is 17 today. Mr. Stutt took us to town. Isabelle went along too. Doug Moore came in for me. I went to Colgate to play for their Wedding Dance. Real nice time & crowd. Music and others had lunch at Coulters. I had four dances after supper. One with Keith Boyle. Moores brought a carload back.
A lifetime of dancing begins with a single dance!
Mom & Dad dancing to the Charlie Candy Orchestra on their 25th Anniversary, 1973 
Celebrating Canada’s Centennial in Regina in 1967
23 Tues. Stayed awake pretty well today. Mr Stewart took us all to the show. “Spanish Main” with Maureen O’Hara. Pretty good. We went driving then ended up at Youngs. Visited there & didn’t get home until 10.45.
24 Wed. Fairly nice day. Mom phoned this morn to see if I’d like to go home this aft as Miss Farrell is there. Julia & Isabelle came in for me at noon. We played tennis & softball & rode the bike. Had rather a nice time. Henry & Wilfred called for Julia tonight so I came to town with them. Went down & practiced with Mrs. Pete Allan for tomorrow night.
25 Thurs. Quite windy all day. Good business. Doris & I went to Carpet Bowlers social at 8.00 & the program didn’t start until after nine. I played 2 piano selections. There weren’t many people there & we were bored silly. I played for Mrs. Allan to sing. We came out right after program at 9.40. Stuck posters up in store window & ate in commercial.
26 Fri. Dust & wind were terrific all day. The C.C.Y.M. Dance was tonight. Doris went with Judy Redgate. It was in the Legion with Roolas-Krivels Orchestra. I picked up Violet Knause & we went together. It was very late in starting, but we finally cleared $50.00. I didn’t have a very good time. Came home at twelve & stayed. Had dinner with Harm Stutt.
27 Sat. Mom was in town this morn for the chicks. Wind blew again today. This is my last Saturday night off. We didn’t have Boyle’s up. I was rather peeved, as they were to come before I started working Sat. nights. The girls came to town for me. Everyone in good humor.
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These are the diaries of a seventeen-year-old teenager from a farm near Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Her name is Lorraine. She eventually was a church organist in Colgate. In 1944 she was the piano player for a dance band in Weyburn. In these days before school busses she, and her sisters, each had to move from the farm into town to attend school for Grades 11 & 12. This is the darkest time in World War II. Weyburn hosted an airbase for BCATP (British Commonwealth Air Training Plan). In other words, the town is filled with eligible young airmen from all over the world …
For more information on BCATP see a blog site dedicated to “Paying homage to those who stayed behind to train those who fought overseas.