MONROE - A bonspiel, Alpine Curling Club's mixed invitational, was held Feb. 3. Besides curling, a Saturday morning breakfast was held for all the curlers participating in the bonspiel at the house of one of the club members. A sit-down banquet, entertainment and a raffle were held in the evening.
Normally a bagpiper "pipes" out the teams onto the ice for the finalists for the first and second events.
They head to the other end of the ice house then proceed back as a "line" of people. This year chairwoman Dawn Johnson put a Swiss twist to the "piping" by having Swiss men from New Glarus "alphorn" the teams onto and down the ice.
They performed two songs while on the ice. The first one was played as the teams entered and proceeded to the "hog line" where the skips of each team came forward for the celebratory shot of "scotch," as this is a Scottish game started over 350 years ago. After a Swiss greeting, translated to English, the alphorn players performed another song. After they left the ice, they performed several more songs in the club house for other participants and club members to enjoy.
Normally a bagpiper "pipes" out the teams onto the ice for the finalists for the first and second events.
They head to the other end of the ice house then proceed back as a "line" of people. This year chairwoman Dawn Johnson put a Swiss twist to the "piping" by having Swiss men from New Glarus "alphorn" the teams onto and down the ice.
They performed two songs while on the ice. The first one was played as the teams entered and proceeded to the "hog line" where the skips of each team came forward for the celebratory shot of "scotch," as this is a Scottish game started over 350 years ago. After a Swiss greeting, translated to English, the alphorn players performed another song. After they left the ice, they performed several more songs in the club house for other participants and club members to enjoy.
