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Remembrance Service 18 November

SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE AT THE CEMETERY IN ALJEZUR

on Sunday, 18th November at 1100 hours

CERIMÓNIA COMEMORATIVA NO CEMITÉRIO EM ALJEZUR

no Domingo 18 de novembro às 1100 horas

GEDENKSTUNDE AUF DEM FRIEDHOF IN ALJEZUR

am Sonntag, 18. November um 11.00 Uhr

Everyone is welcome

We will remember people of all nationalities who have been lost to war in all countries around the world 

The service will be held in Portuguese, English and German and there will be representatives from the Royal British Legion, the German Embassy in Lisbon and the German Air Force.

Rocking On The West Coast

By Matt D’Arcy

If the American west coast is famous for its music, the Algarve’s west coast is also bidding for its own rock ‘n’ roll reputation.

This weekend brings the two-day Under The Radar festival of rock, blues and surf music to Vale da Telha, here on our coastal plateau outside Aljezur, within earshot of the Atlantic Ocean.

The festival, running through Friday October 26th and Saturday October 27th, features bands from all over Europe, in a celebration of live music and vinyl DJ’s on the land behind Hugo’s Bar alongside the Pines Roundabout, the central hub of Vale da Telha.

And the organisers are planning for it to be a family festival, with a children’s area, including a Pirate’s Air Castle (free entry for children under 12 with supervision), Loco Bingo, and a Local Creative Crafts Market, alongside food and drink areas.

There will be two stages on site, the smaller of the two featuring local singer/songwriters in the two afternoons.

Headlining the Festival on Friday is Portugal’s Anarchicks band, with an explosive mix of indie and punk.

And Saturday’s headliner is the Johnson Four from the Netherlands, a top Surf Rock band, with both nights featuring international bands and Portuguese artists in support.

THE PROGRAMME:

Friday 26th October (Start 2.00 pm, finish 12.00 pm)

Main Stage: Anarchicks, Mojo Groove, Chiclete com Batata Doce, Vale da Telha African percussion group, Swimwear Fashion Show.

Open stage: Iris Johner, Rob du Preez

Saturday 27th October (Start 2.00pm, finish 12.00 pm)

Main Stage: The Phantom Four, Creepin’ Johnson, The Twist Connection, Kindom Stage, Groovemeister Abbey

Open stage: Beardy Souls, Michele Loop.

Early Bird weekend tickets (now sold out)  with later bookings for the full weekend (2 days) priced at €25  Tickets for Friday or Saturday cost €15 (for each day)

The price of the ticket includes one Under The Radar bag, an Under The Radar recycled hard beer cup, two Bingo tickets and a donation to A Nossa Terra, a local NGO which supports the planting and caring for natural woodlands in the Serra de Monchique.

For tickets, go to the website, or pay on the door:

http://undertheradar.pt/

http://www.facebook.com/events/2119760244956705/

GPS coordinates for Vale da Telha according to the Mapawi website:

Latitude: 37.2833 

Longitude: -8.2722

Little Dresses for Africa

Amovate have been asked to advertise the following event:

On October 27th we will have one more of our workshops to sew smiles, this time in aljezur, at the cultural and recreational social center of serominheiro

Registrations are mandatory through the following link:
https://goo.gl/forms/Hu1KQpZg32YQUO4Q2

The meeting will be from 10 p.m.
Lunch is guaranteed by the association, but the participants are asked to take something for a shared snack
☺️
In addition to the sewing machine, a fabric to taste and of course, much joy and good mood
😉

Anyone who wants and can participate in the workshop helping in preparation will be extremely well received by our algarvian volunteers, to whom I leave a huge thank you because they are absolutely tireless in performing these
Thank you girls!

For more information…..https://www.facebook.com/LdfaPortugal/photos/a.1682027878720350/2196913357231797/?type=3&theater

Royal British Legion Dinner & Dance

The Royal British Legion
Portugal Branch – Western Algarve Section
We will be holding a Dinner & Dance in honor of the World War One Centenary. With the theme “A time to say “Thank You” to a generation who helped to shape our world as we know it today”! Price 23 € per person.

Venue: Hotel Belavista da Luz, Praia da Luz.
Date: Saturday, 10th November 2018 at 7 pm for a 7:30 pm start.

Music kindly donated by Nigel & Sarah from Collar & Cuffs.

Menu:
Starter: Pea Soup OR Chicken Liver Pate

Mains: Pork Loin with mash potatoes or chips & fresh mixed veg. OR
Red Snapper with boiled potatoes & fresh mixed veg. OR
Veggie option: Vegetable curry with plain rice.

Dessert: Lemon Meringue Pie OR Crème Caramel OR Fresh Fruit with ice-cream

Wine will be on the table – any other drinks must be paid for separately!

These events sell out quite quickly; so please book early!

For further details or to book a place, please contact James or Sue on 969324117 or email: casahobo@sapo.pt.

Vale da Telha Charity Bar Walk

by Matt D’Arcy

TOP CAT and Officer Dribble, Robert the Brute, Hawkeye the Noo, Shaun the Sheep, doctors, nurses, nuns, Bavarian beauties and a host of other characters turned a 3.54km (2.2mile) walk into a laugh-a-minute stroll that raised around €3,000 for charity.
The fourth annual Charity Fun Walk here on Vale da Telha raised €2,437 on the day with the final total expected to pass that €3,000 mark once all pledges are in.
And it means that the walk—with the participants calling in 8 bars along the way for a spot of liquid refreshment—has so far raised more than €10,000 for charity since it was started in 2015 by Vale da Telha’s very own Cath Baker who based it on charity pub crawls held in her native Lancashire.
The walk was held on September 9th, beginning at Restaurante O Paulo on the picturesque Arrifana promontory, with the Restaurante Fonte do Vale in Vale da Telha being the final “watering hole”, where the walkers’ arrival was the signal for a big party with music by Brian DJ Rockindad.
Prizes were handed out for the best male and female costumes. Faith Quinton won the ladies’ prize with her “Shaun the Sheep” outfit that involved the application of 550 cotton wool buds.
And Bob Packham took the men’s prize with his “Robert the Brute” outfit.
At one stop along the route Cormac Murphy, as Bavarian Boris, persuaded customers to have a €1-a-head whiparound to “persuade” him to dive into the swimming pool, kitted out in his full lederhosen!
The donations were flooding in even before the walk, with local Vale da Telha quiz group handing over €550, another €250 from community association Amovate, €150 from the lline dancing group, €100 from the Amovate Keep Fit class and €100 from the Vale da Telha Pilates Group.
And before the start at Restaurante O Paulo one customer handed over a €50 note to Cath, who—with co-organiser Steve Scott and her partner Kjell Motet—stopped cars, passers-by and tourists along the way persuading them to drop a few coins into their collection buckets, swelling the coffers.
Paulo at the restaurant also very generously put into the collecting tin all the money from the drinks bought by the walkers at the start, and also made a €50 donation himself.himself, as did the Restaurant Brisamar at Arrifana.
And later the Restaurante Fonte do Vale, which hosted the post-walk event, made a further donation of €285.
Previous walks organised by Cath have resulted in the presentation of 29 wheelchairs to Portimao Hospital and of an electric wheelchair and ramp for a local boy suffering a degenerative illness.
Last year’s walk provided the funds to build a Snoezelen room fitted out with sensory equipment for special needs children at Aljezur school and this year the cash raised will go towards buying a waterbed for the room and more sensory aids.
The school’s special needs teacher Claudia Fernandes commented: “The Charity Bar Walkers are making our dreams come true”.