Stacy Porcher Jackson and Daniel Jackson proudly announce the birth of Maren Jackson. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20.25 inches long.

Shasta and Justin are ecstatic to announce the arrival of their baby girl, Arianna Sophia Williams. Arianna was born on Wednesday, April 30th, at 10:20 PM at Foothills Hospital, after an epic 48 Plus Hours of Labour. She measured 53 cm and weighed in at a healthy 8 lbs and 7 ozs.

Alberta's Provincial Gymnaestrada was held in Calgary on April 26, 2008 at Cresent Heights School. It was a one-day extravaganza of recreational and performing group routines in Alberta and celebrate the diversity of rhythmic gymnastics with participants from 3 years old to 75 years young.

Congratulations to Dwila Slatcher and Heather Palmer from Norglen and Rhythmic West and her team of “Zombie Dolls” (choreographed by Michelle Gunn) for stretching the envelope at this event.! Thank you to Norglen and Rhythmic West (Dwila Slatcher and Heather Palmer) for their hard work in putting on a great Gymnaestrada.

Congratulations to Cassy Smale Chau on the arrival of her new daughter, Bianca. Stay tuned – the Alberta baby boom continues and we expect more announcements shortly!

Congratulations to Olivia Jack and Caitlin Marchak for their Gold and Silver performances at Western Regionals.

Congratulations to all competitors - you were amazing! Tom Hamp - our incredible photographer - has picture packages for sale. Please contact him directly at Prairie Light Photography (TomHamp@PrairieLight.org) to purchase your competition package of photographs. To order photos or video, please follow the instructions here.

Congratulations to all athletes, coaches and volunteers. For results please click here. For a slideshow of the event, please click here. (The file is 5M in size and so will take a little while to download).