History of the Terts Page

The Terts have a long and complicated history. I will try to make it simple for you to read. The Terts started off in 1995 as four teenagers who became friends. But, we were not called the terts back then. It wasn't until one year later, in September of 1996, that four of us went to dinner, Dan, Steve, Kelly, and Nicole. We did not want Nicole to come, we felt that she was butting in. We had dinner to plan our camping retreat for a committee that we were all involved with. Kelly started to draw a tent to depict what camping would be like. Kelly then followed by writing down "Dan in a tert". There was a rather large argument on whether it said "Tert" or "Tent". In the end, Kelly admitted defeat, and the group decided that it said Tert. We then named the four of us the Terts, for our retreat, as a group name. It stuck.

There are also honourary terts including, Steve W. from California, Scott M. from the Hardrock cafe and others. They may be included at a later date. We have gone on many trips together including trips to Hope British Columbia, Point Roberts Washington, and DISNEYLAND California! Now you may be thinking we are a bunch of geeks for bringing this to the internet, your right. That concludes the complete history of the Terts.

A Poem

This Poem was made by an anonymous member of the Terts to celebrate our one year anniversary in September of 1997.

It started on a cold night,
under the order of John White.

It ended up costing lots of money,
but ended up being pretty funny.

It was to plan the D.S.A.C. retreat,
and it did not end up in defeat.

Kelly had her vision in sight,
we thought she stayed up all night.

She wrote "Dan in a tent"
Most people on the table thought her writing was bent,

In actual fact the N was an R
Kelly was off, by far.

The word said tert.
"Tert?" Dan said,
Kelly shut-up,
and Dan fed.
Enough Said.

Nothing was thought of it,
besides a short chuckle,
So everyone packed for Brackendale,
including their buckle.

At the retreat Nicole, Steve, Dan, and Kelly...
Wanted a name that wasn't too smelly.

We decided on tert,
but Kelly still upset, was hurt.

We bonded like glue,
Terts was our name,
It was to go down in the hall of fame.

It was history from there,
it was as sweet as a pair.
From the gift exchange,
to the Point Roberts range,

Let's never sever,
Terts forever!