UPDATE:

Brian “DJ RockinDad” Jutsum wishes to thank everyone who attended the Chicken Night at the Karisma on Saturday.

Everyone had such a good time and, most importantly, the event raised €75 for the “Help For Heroes” Charity.

Brian says: “The generosity of those who attended was wonderful, and it’s great to see that having a good time can produce such a beneficial spin-off.” 

DJ Rockin’ Dad is asking: “What the cluck’s going on?”

It’s the Taska Do Karisma Chicken Night, on Saturday July 6^th, a party and disco that is part of the Amovate In The Community programme—THAT’s what’s going on!

Food will be served from 5pm (Antonio crosses his heart!), and music starts at 7pm—but we can’t promise that the Muppets’ “Chicken Song” will be on the agenda!

Brian “DJ RockinDad” Jutsum will be taking requests (50 cents a time, all proceeds to  HELP FOR HEROES charity) between 7 and 9pm, before launching into his own musical mix for the remainder of the evening, guaranteed to get people on their feet and dancing.

Brian will again present his “Beat The DJ” challenge when anyone asking for a record to be played that Brian doesn’t have in his massive archive will be rewarded with a free alcoholic drink.

Buy your tickets for a €5.50 chicken dinner directly from Antonio at the Taska do Karisma bar on the Pines Roundabout (tel: 91 243 73 33), and make sure you book them early (you don’t need to have a meal to attend).

Antonio will be the only source for tickets—none are being handled by Amovate.

We are aware that there were problems last year with the late arrival of food; the principal and perfectly justifiable gripe being that it wasn’t available at the promised time.

Brian and Ogy have had a meeting with Antonio and made it very clear that we did not want a repeat of last year.

He promises that, this time, preparations in the kitchen will begin earlier, and that the food WILL be available from 5pm onwards.

He also hopes to number each diner’s ticket as they arrive, and meals will be served in that order, much like the ticket machines at the butcher’s and delicatessen counters at the supermarket.

Keep on cluckin’!

As part of the Amovate in the Community project to support local businesses, we are pleased to announce the details of the Summer Solstice Celebration Evening at O Paulo Restaurant, Arrifana on Friday 21^st June 2013.

The evening will start at 7:00 pm and will consist of dinner, with live music through the evening till late.

(If you wish to view the poster in a larger form, just click on it)

The meal will be as follows: 

Couverts:               Bread and Olives etc. 

Starters:                 Local Sausages, Shrimp Croquettes, Rissoles, Prawn Cakes, Fresh Crab. 

Main Course:       BBQ selection of:

                                   Streaky Bacon, Sausages, Chicken, Ribs, Pork, Rabbit, Turkey Kebabs. 

                                   Skate Wing, Various Bream, Salmon, Sardines.                                  

                                   With – Salad, Vegetables, French Fries. 

Sweets:                   Selection of desserts including:

                                   Fruit salad, Watermelon, Melon, Chocolate Cake, Profiteroles, Pudding, Chocolate Mousse. 

All for the Price of €16.50   

(All Drinks, Coffee’s etc. are NOT included in the above price, and are to be paid for on the evening)

Why not treat yourselves and come and enjoy an evening of great food and fun.

Tickets will be available from Sunday 26^th May and can be purchased from either Amovate Committee Members or at the Restaurant. Numbers will initially be limited to 100 people.  First come, first served – so time is of the essence.

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Amovate has been asked to advertise a forthcoming meeting, which a few of the Dutch speaking members of the community are trying to organise.

The invitation can be seen below, and this includes contact details for those interested.

Beste taalgenoten Vale da Telha en omstreken. 

Het idee is geboren om met elkaar kennis te maken en indien, bij voldoende belangstelling, zo nu en dan (of regelmatig) bij elkaar te komen voor een gezellig samen zijn.

Wij denken hierbij eens in de maand,bv. elke 4e donderdag, te borrelen en daarna,voor wie zin heeft, een hapje te eten.

Het voorstel is om dit de 1e keer te doen op donderdag 27 juni in Restaurant O Paulo in Arifana vanaf 17.00 uur.

Omdat wij niet al onze taalgenoten kennen zou het prettig zijn als U deze mail verder verspreidt aan mensen behorende tot de doelgroep.

Want…. hoe meer mensen hoe meer vreugd!

Hopelijk tot 27 juni.

Wilt U meer informatie kunt U terecht op onderstaande emailadressen of telefoonnummers:

Beste groeten Dorine Wamsteeker dorine4455@gmail.com 282997198

Maarten Lens van Rijn

Jan Clements

Gees Ottens gees@sapo.pt 282997478 

Amovate has decided to resume the monthly Car Boot Sale at The Old School House from Sunday July 7^th, on a trial basis. On this day, the gates will open at 9:00 am for stall holders.

But as we move forward we will be turning the clock back to the original concept of the Car Boot, accurately described thus in an American travel brochure:

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According to ‘The American’s Guide to Speaking British’

Car boot sale – This has nothing to do with the boots you wear on your feet. A boot sale is where hundreds of people descend on a field with cars full of unwanted wedding presents, clothes and other junk.

A car boot sale gets its name from the way goods are sold out of the back of a car. Car boot sales are often but not exclusively held in the grounds of schools and other community buildings, or in grassed fields or car parks

Usually the items are unpacked onto folding trestle tables, a blanket or tarpaulin, or the ground. Entry to the general public is usually free, although sometimes a small admission charge is made.

Although a small proportion of sellers are professional traders selling goods, or indeed browsing for items to sell, the goods on sale are often used but no longer wanted personal possessions.

Car boot sales are a way of focusing a large group of people in one place to recycle still useful but unwanted domestic items that previously might have been thrown away.  These car boot sales are a mainly British form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods.

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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 July 7 please make sure you comply with these requirements.

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

In order to read our fascinating article, “Car Boot Sales—All You Needed To Know”, click here

to read Car Boot Rules & Regulations, click here