Take care.

I went out to photograph one of her most unique setups at the Fogolar Furland club, and what a setup it was! I’ve posted a few photos of everything below.

To contact Impressions by Janie, call 519.996.6488 or go to www.impressionsbyjanie.com

Also, when you and your friends get your photos taken together, they will be put into an animoto slideshow that you can share with everyone who went to prom, and also family and relatives. I’ve posted a small Animoto preview of my Graduate Ambassador, Angela, below.

Looking forward to seeing everyone this graduating year! Take care.

This was hosted by TV Cogoco at their location on Dougall Avenue, and was hosted by Dave from Dave and Chuck the Freak on Windsor’s very own 89X radio station.

Dave and the Easter Seals Ambassador Aaron.

Throughout this live broadcast, people were encouraged to call in and donate to the Easter Seals Society, and many businesses stepped forward to make a pledge to this great cause. Among these donors from Windsor/Essex County were:

• Windsor Family Credit Union
• Green Shield Canada
• Cogeco Business Solutions
• CAW
• Toy Box ECE Center
• Sobey’s in Tecumseh Mall and Lakeshore
• Royal Canadian Legion (Zone A1)
• The Caboto Club
• Caesar’s Windsor

All in all, the day was very eventful and there was a lot of money raised for the Easter Seals Society to continue supporting those with physical disabilities. Thanks to John and Suzanne from Easter Seals for letting me capture the great events of this day, and for putting on such a great fund raiser!

If you’d like to know more about the Easter Seals Society, please visit their website at www.easterseals.org

A quick shot of behind the scenes at the Easter Seals Telethon

The Royal Canadian Legion makes an incredible donation of $14,000.00 to the Easter Seals.

A member of the Royal Canadian Legion reads out his pledges from callers to Heidi from 89X.

Sobey's makes a donation of $6000.00 to the Easter Seals.

The Toy Box ECE center makes a donation to Easter Seals.

CAW members step up to the plate and take donations by phone during the Easter Seals Telethon.

CAW made the largest donation of the day at $20,000.00!!!

Cogeco Business Solutions makes a large donation of $5000.00 to Easter Seals Society.

$4000.00 in total is donated by Windsor Family Credit Union and Prestressed Systems.

Another donation option was to pledge $20.00 towards a certain hockey team, and that team would get a point. Who won this game? It was Toronto Maple Leafs!

Green Shield makes a great donation of $16,500.00 at the Easter Seals Telethon.

Here’s a few photos that I took while there. My thanks goes out to the Belly Dance Essex for their awesome performance, and to all the dancers that work so hard at what they do. Looking forward to the next show!

A great shot of the opening dance.

This event was held in Essex ON, at the new arena

There were many different performances this night, with both group dances and solo dances. Aiyanna (left) dances with a scimitar, while Korinne (right) does a separate solo piece.

Aiyanna gets a huge applause from the audience after finishing a great dance with a scimitar.

One last shot of a group dance at Shimmyfest.

This year, the Chudokan Dojo had 4 participating students. Two were testing for Shodan, while others were testing for higher ranks. All in all, it was a very eventful day where many Aikidoka put forward all their energy to show that their years of study have paid off.

Sensei Kevin Blok (Blok Kyoshi) not only tested his students on physical techniques. He asked them questions on the history of Aikido, and where certain movements came from in order to see if they had studied the art and not just shown up to class. This made the test something that pushed his students to their physical, mental, and spiritual limits.

I’ve highlighted a few photos below, and a gallery of 50+ photos is at the end. Please share and enjoy, and congratulations to all the participants of today’s event. Osu!

Many Aikido students (Aikidoka) showed up for the Shodan Testing.

Weapons testing is required as part of a Shodan test. In this photo, Aikidoka Joe M. and Mike S. face off.

Aikidoka Alex (Michigan) demonstrates that Aikido movements can be done in traditional Seiza (kneeling) position as well as from standing.

Part of testing is that you teach Blok Kyoshi exactly how to perform a movement as if you were teaching it to a new student of Aikido.

The last part of the test consists of a Randori - a multi-person attack in which you must defend yourself from all attackers.

As a few of you may already know, I have been a member of the Forest Glade Optimists for almost 2 years now, and doing what I can to support youth activities in my area. I was asked by fellow Optimist Brian Adler to take some photos at this event, and was happy to get out and shoot somewhere that isn’t cold this time of year!

The object of this event was to participate in three basketball challenges, being shooting, passing, and dribling. Each challenge had a points system attached to it, and every youth’s points would be written down and added together when all youths had completed every challenge. The highest points won a medal, plus the opportunity to participate in the Regional Basketball Challenge at the WFCU Center in Windsor Ontario.

Without further delay, here’s the photos. Thanks again for stopping by, and please support your local Optimist group, as they help keep youths active.

Coach Brian Adlam gives directions to youth about how to participate in this year's Tri-Star Basketball Challenge.

Optimist John Post helps a youth in the basketball passing challenge.

For the dribbling challenge, youths had to run around three pylons and points were awarded for every twelve inches they ran.

A youth takes a shot in the basketball shoot out challenge.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals were awarded at the end of the day to those who scored the most points from all three challenges.

To all the parents who attended: your photos can be found in my secure, on-line photocart software, located at www.jameszeddphotography.com/photocart. To access the photos, just type in the access code you received at the party, and you’ll be able to see all the photos.

Thanks to all who attended. Hope to see you next year!

Your support and donations will go towards rennovations for Complex Continuing Care, Rehabilitation and a new facility for Mental Health Patients. Click here for more details.

I will be out photographing this event from about 4:00PM to 7:00PM. Please come out and show your support by taking part in this 5k walk/run, making a donation, or volunteering to help put the day together.

For more information on this event, please click here.

To all the parents who want to view their images, please go to www.jameszeddphotography.com/photocart and use the access code that was given to you to access the photos.