Montréal Mix 2026
LGBTQ+ Square Dancing in Montréal
July 1-5, 2026
43rd IAGSDC Convention
Thank You!
What an amazing weekend of fun, friendship song and dance that was!
We want to send out a heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteered to make this event so incredibly successful including, but not limited to:
- Nelly Van Veldhuizen for all the amazing hand-sewn bags (again!)
- Osamu Miyabe for the beautiful origami centrepieces at the banquet
- Nancy Deadman for the adorable elephant centrepieces at the signature event
- A whole mountain of GCA callers who stepped up to take shifts and to put on the super fun caller showcase dance
- GCA caller school graduates for one of the best graduation dances ever
- Hotel staff, A/V techs and servers who kept us fed and entertained
- Bill Eyler for his super fun specialty dances at the church
- David Hartman for making the pool tip so memorable
- Volunteers and competitor at the Honky Tonk Queen pageant (Old Queen!!)
- Alan Gaudet of Club Bolo for hosting the country & western/line dance
- Our incredible organizing committee team
- Our great staff callers
And mostly we want to thank YOU for registering in such large numbers and making our yearly family reunion a celebration of joy and love.
We are going to take a few days to rest and recharge and we’ll come back shortly with some photos and video we collected during the event.
If you have some footage you’d like to share, send it to us at [email protected].
Barry Clasper
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Michael Kellogg
Home: Northridge, California
Michael Levy
Home: San Francisco, California
Don Moger
Home: Montreal, Quebec
Sandie Bryant
Home: Chicago, Illinois
Justin Russell
Home: Memphis, Tennessee
Wendy VanderMuelen
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Ett McAtee
Home: Severn, Maryland
Vic Ceder
Home: Los Olivos, California
Brian Crawford
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Ted Lizotte
Home: Manchester, New Hampshire
Dave Hutchinson
Home: Marlbank, Ontario
Kris Jensen
Home: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Rob French
Home: Sunnyvale, California
Paul Brulotte, Treasurer
Home: Montreal, Québec
Paul lives in a suburb of Montréal and has years of experience as both
a square dancer and as a professional accountant. He will ensure our
books balance and every penny is accounted for.
Joel Smith, Chair
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Previously co-chair of the Ottawa 2023 convention, he brings tons of
experience working with people and negotiating contracts. His leadership
will ensure a convention experience like none other!
Marge Coahran, Secretary & Housing
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Marge comes to us with years of experience as a
dancer, as a caller and as lead organizer of multiple
fly-ins for her home club: the Toronto Triangle
Squares. She will make it her mission to make sure
your stay in Montréal will be pleasant and memorable.
Michael Helfgott, Tours
Home: Washington, DC
Michael comes to us from the DC Lambda Squares. He brings
attention to detail and exuberance to the role of Tours coordinator.
He has made it his goal to provide the best tourist experience possible.
Louise Bissonnette, Caller Coordinator and Social Media
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Having been social media coordinator during
the Ottawa 2023 convention, Louise was the
one who provided us with informative and
interesting posts to brighten up our day. If
you’re not following us on Facebook and
Instagram, you’ll be missing out! (see links below)
J.M. Robichaud, Communications
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Putting together informative newsletters and up-to-date
website content, J.M. will make sure that all the details
you need will be at your fingertips.
Brian Murphy, Registration
Home: Ottawa, Ontario
Having done an amazing job handling registration
for the Ottawa 2023 convention, Brian has agreed
to reprise his role for Montréal Mix 2026 and will
make sure everything runs smoothly from start to finish.
Lorna Irwin, Food & Beverage
Home: Guelph, Ontario
Lore previously held the post of F&B coordinator for
the Toronto and Ottawa conventions and she will yet
again be taking on the role of ensuring our meals will
be top notch and on time.
Nancy Deadman, Volunteer Coordinator
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Nancy is an experienced team leader,
always cheerful, never stressed, with
a fun and goofy personality that doesn't
take herself too seriously.
Welcome to Montréal Mix 2026!
The video above was shown during the San Francisco convention’s banquet.