Second Wind Conference
September 11, 2025 ~ Save the Date
REWARD YOURSELF: spend a fabulous day at the 12th Second Wind Health & Wellness Conference for retirees at the Chateau Louis Conference Centre.
- Pick up a Swag Bag, enjoy a coffee & muffin at our āHava Javaā meet-and-greet and begin your wellness experience with an uplifting keynote address.
- Choose from a variety of engaging and informative speakers intent on improving your mental, physical and spiritual wellness.
- Enjoy a scrumptious buffet lunch ā including perogies!
- Grab a coffee during breaks and visit a host of exhibitors offering senior-oriented services as well as local artisans displaying their crafts.
- Win fabulous door prizes and share highlights from your day during our Wine Down.
Mark your calendar, bring a friend and join the FUN at Second Wind!
Early bird registration STILL only $95
Visit secondwindconference.ca in April to learn more about the Second Wind Conference.
Ā Who can join ERTA?
Membership in ERTA is open not only to several categories of retired teachers, but to many retired instructors of Alberta educational institutions and retired employees (support staff) of school boards, universities, colleges and technical institutions who have contributed to an Alberta government pension plan. Spouses of deceased members are eligible to join as non-voting members. 
Go online to the ERTA website at myerta.org to read about joining.Ā
Every day that we wake up is a good day.
Every breath that we take is filledĀ
with hope for a better day.Ā
Every word that we speak is a chance to change
what is bad into something good.
~Walter Mosley
Mayfield Dinner Theatre
The next Mayfield Dinner Theatre event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Tickets for the brunch 
presentation of the musical comedy The Full Monty are $87.26 for booth seating in Section C and $96.18 for Section B seats. The stage version of The Full Monty is based on the film of the same name.Ā
After spying on their wives at a āgirlsā night out,ā a group of jealous unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo contrive a plan to make some fast money. Their antics, which involve some instances of implied nudity, are hilarious and guaranteed to have the audience laughing right up to the end.Ā
For reservations, phone Vi Oko at 780-459-8013 prior to sending her a cheque, made payable to the Edmonton Retired Teachersā Association, to 20 Glenhaven Crescent, St. Albert, Alberta T8N 1A5.
Seating will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Seats are available for the brunch performance of Jersey Boys on Wednesday, April 30 at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre.Ā 
This theatrical production takes the audience inside the story of how four blue-collar, young men from New Jersey evolved into the very successful pop-music group, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, on stage along with their ongoing tribulations off stage. Many of the legendary hits of this award-winning quartet will be featured. Dinner theatre attendees are being advised that the show contains some mature themes and strong language.
Reserved seats in Section C cost $87.26 for this rags-to-riches musical while tickets in Section B are $96.18 each.Ā
Contact Vi Oko atĀ 780-459-8013 before sending a cheque, made payable to the Edmonton Retired Teachers Association, to 20 Glenhaven Crescent, St, Albert, Alberta T8N 1A5.Ā
Keeping Current
Most ERTA members receive notices regarding newsletter availability and branch information bulletins via email. Receipt of ERTA announcements is dependent on your personal contact information being up to date.
If any of your contact information such as email address, postal address, or the phone number at which you prefer to be contacted (only one landline or one mobile number is kept on our membership registry) changes, advise Cam Coville by emailing him at membershiperta@gmail.com .Ā If the membership registry has your up-to-date contact information, you will receive all current ERTA news.
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