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Music Festival – Update

WHO ATE ALL THE PIES?

Well, hopefully, the audience at the Vale da Telha Music Festival will eat all the pies!

Amovate is pleased to announce that Borley’s Pies, whose pies, pasties, quiches etc., are locally produced in Aljezur, will provide the food concession for next Saturday’s event.

Borley’s will be selling the following products (hot or cold) for consumption on the night, or to take-away:

– Chicken and Chicken & Mushrooms;

– Steak & Kidney,

– Sausage rolls,

– Borley´s Cornish pasties

– Spinach quiche

– Also: Sausages (to take-away)

Amovate has also negotiated an arrangement with Borley’s to provide discounts, away from the Music Festival, to any Amovate member purchasing their products directly from the company.

If you buy from the bakery shop at the factory on the industrial estate between Aljezur and Rogil, Borley’s will offer a 10 per cent discount on presentation of your Amovate membership card.

And if you wish to have your pies, pasties, sausage rolls, quiches etc delivered to your home or business the discount will be 5 per cent.

Borley’s are also available to supply parties and events anywhere in the Algarve.

Don’t forget—full details of the Vale Da Telha Music Festival 2013 are Here:

https://amovate.com/index.php/2013/07/vale-da-telha-festival-da-musica-update/

but these are the details in a nutshell:

Admission is free and three acts will feature at the Festival which is scheduled to start at 7.30pm on Saturday (August 24th) running through to approximately 1am, in the grounds of the Old School House, Vales. Gates open at 7pm.

Anna Messias

The Festival is hosted by our own Brian “DJ Rockindad” Jutsum who will provide music in the intervals, whilst singer Ana Messias opens the entertainment, performing a range of material from Adele to Gloria Gaynor.

Claudio and da Gang, a 5-piece classic rock band come next, then Os Compotas Band—a five-piece outfit just

Claudio and da Gang

back from a series of shows in Lisbon and playing only the funkiest of soul music—round off the show.

There will be two bars available to the festival goers. And don’t forget the Borley’s Pies food concession on site!

Os Compotas

 

 

 

 

 

 

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About Borley’s

BORLEY’S PIES has been operating in the Algarve since the 1960s and in recent years the company expanded with the opening of a factory outside Aljezur, which aims to preserve the Borley reputation while expanding the distribution extensively throughout Portugal.

A team of 10 produces thousands of pies each week at the factory and distribute them fresh all over the Algarve. There are around 20 products in the range, catering to Portuguese and English tastes.

The management team is set on preserving the traditional product, which was originally brought to the Algarve by Mr Borley, who has now retired in the UK.

The pies are made of the freshest meat from local traders, never using frozen meat, ensuring that there are no e numbers and no monosodium glutamate in the food.

All the preparation methods for the products are detailed and all the spices and secret ingredients are imported from the UK to give Borley’s their own distinct taste.

The new factory is registered to EC standards and, on opening, Borley’s Pies was said to be the only company in the Algarve that has the official stamp of approval to produce English food.

Piranha Bar Summer Party

As part of the Amovate in the Community project to support local businesses, the Piranha Bar will be hosting a Surf Summer Party on Saturday 3rd August starting at 20.00 hrs.

It is an outside event, being staged in front of the Piranha Bar………..so come along, and enjoy the sunset and the music

Vale da Telha Festival da Música – Update

The Vale da Telha Music Festival is back! 

After a year’s hiatus our very own outdoor feast of live music is returning to the Old School House at Vales.

And once again admission is FREE!

Amovate’s Vale da Telha Music Festival 2013 will be staged on Saturday August 24th so mark the date down in your diaries.

The bars will be open from 7pm, with the live entertainment expected to begin around 7.30—7.45pm running through to approximately 12.30am.

There will be three bars—two beer bars and the third selling wines, spirits and soft drinks.

We are in talks with the Bombeiros, who we hope will make food like bifanas available to buy from a food stall operated by them. We will post updated information here once we have made all the arrangements.

Amovate has asked Brian “DJ Rockindad” Jutsum to host the event and will be introducing three wonderful acts to keep you entertained—and dancing!

Amovate would also like to thank the three acts who have generously reduced their normal fees, as our Music Festival exists to raise money for our charity fund and because we are not charging admission.

The acts we have booked (with Brian’s mini-review on each one, and in the order in which they will be performing) are:

1: Ana Messias:

“Ana is a solo singer with a fantastic voice and she will be singing everything from Adele to Gloria Gaynor. When not performing solo she has her own hard rock band Orange, so maybe she will throw in a little bit of AC/DC as well!”

2: The 1st of the two bands is Claudio and da Gang:

“They are a 5-piece Classic rock band. Claudio and the two lead guitarists have a residency in Alvor, and perform as the Buff Band. On special occasions they perform as a 5 piece band—and the Vale da Telha Music Festival is one such occasion. Music from the bands Free, the Doors, U2, Kings of Leon etc will be on their set list, so prepare to boogie!”

3. The 2nd band, which will be wrapping up the show, is Os Compotas Band.

“This is a 5-piece outfit performing only the funkiest of soul music. They are just back from wowing Lisbon, after a series of shows in the capital and will really get the place jumping. Any Sex Machines in the audience will not be disappointed; as James Brown would say I’ve got ants in my pants and I wanna dance!

Also, DJ Rockindad will be plugging any gaps in our musical menu, and

 

has promised some new gems in his musical mix.

AND DON’T FORGET! THERE IS NO ENTRANCE FEE—ADMISSION IS ABSOLUTELY FREE! 

(Incidentally, one of the guitarists from Claudio and Da Gang has asked Amovate if anyone can provide accommodation or b-and-b for himself and his wife and two children. If anybody can do this could they contact us at info@amovate.com and we will pass on the details)

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Here is another important date for your diaries—more detailed information to follow.

On Saturday September 28th Amovate will be staging a Gala Ball in the Marquee at the Hotel Vale Da Telha at the Pines Roundabout.

The Ball will be similar to last year’s extremely well-attended Summer Ball at the same venue, although there will be one or two changes and improvements which we hope will heighten your enjoyment of the occasion.

 

Car Boot Sale – 4th August

There will be another Car Boot sale at the Old School House on Sunday August 4th as Amovate tries to breathe new life into a traditional monthly event dealt a devastating blow by new Government legislation concerning such fairs and markets.

You may recall an article 2 or 3 weeks ago in the local English newspapers reporting on our attempt to re-launch the Car Boots by following the original concept of these gatherings.

The article read:

Death of the Car Boot Sale?

Expats on the Algarve’s West Coast are asking: “Has the Portuguese Government killed off the traditional Car Boot Sale?”

Residents Association Amovate, in Aljezur, decided last Sunday (July 7th) to re-launch its monthly car boot, but this time strictly adhering to its original concept of selling only still useful but unwanted domestic items that otherwise might have been thrown away.

Professional traders and people making goods, or growing plants and foodstuffs, to sell on for profit were asked to stay away.

Amovate (Association of Residents and Friends of Vale da Telha) had suspended their car boots sales—proceeds from which go to charity—following the outcry of the police raids on the Barão de São João flea market.

They were hoping that the re-launch would rekindle the community spirit of the monthly gatherings—a hope their spokesman admitted was quickly dashed.

“We usually attract between 30 and 40 stalls to the grounds of our Old School House headquarters, but this time only six stallholders fulfilling our requirements turned up,” he said.

“Although the authorities showed no interest in the resumption of our car boot, people are now obviously afraid that they run the risk of arrest and fines if they sell goods at such fairs and markets and therefore decide they can no longer afford to take that chance.

“It really is a sad state of affairs that law-abiding people who enjoy such a harmless activity are now denied that opportunity.

“And unless the authorities re-think their strategy and ease people’s fears in this regard we fear that we are seeing the death knells not just of the car boot sale in Portugal but also of some other traditional and wonderful markets unique to this lovely country.

Despite that setback Amovate has decided to give the Car Boot another go, in the hope that people’s confidence is being restored, and will be open for business on Sunday August 4th, the gates opening at 9:00 am for stall holders.

JUST TO RECAP ON THE NEW REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE LATEST LEGISLATION:

The Portuguese Government crackdown on tax avoidance is clearly intended to target anyone who sells goods at a higher price than they paid to buy them in the first place, or who sells items they make to sell on for profit

Sadly, in order to comply with these new Government legislations covering markets etc, we can no longer allow professional traders to pitch their stalls and sell their wares on Amovate property.

That means we can only permit access to those people selling their own unwanted goods in the original spirit of the car boot sale; i.e. (as the article above stipulates) unwanted domestic items that might previously have been thrown away but are now being sold for less than the price originally paid for them.

Nor can we allow access to anyone selling foodstuffs or fruit and vegetables as these almost certainly require separate licences and are subject to health and safety issues.

We believe that this decision to go back to the original Car Boot concept satisfies the spirit of the new legislation.

Hopefully it also falls in line with the anticipated decisions of a review apparently planned by the Government and tax authorities to address those parts of the legislation causing confusion in relation to such informal markets.

So, if you are planning a stall at Amovate on August 4th, please make sure you comply with these requirements.

That way we should all enjoy a traditional, old-fashioned car boot sale…