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Christmas Carols by Candlelight
On 1st December RC Silves Members and friends gathered at the home of David Trubshaw and Jackie Offen to sing Carol´s by Candlelight. The money raised from the event will go to Community Charities. The carols were led by Adriana Neto Gonçalves who is studying Opera at the Loulé Conservatoire. RC Silves is helping Adriana with her studies. But before the festivities began Pam Winn President of RC Silves welcomed a new member to the club, Ulrike Klein. Pam presented her with her rotary pin. Pam also presented Past President Rainer Kroth with his Past Presidents pin.
After a few warming up exercises from Adriana. We tried a few carols clasping our song sheets tightly. Singing carols is thirsty work so mulled wine and soft drinks topped off with some Christmas Fayre was next on the agenda. A wonderful array of Christmas delicacies was provided by Jackie Offen. Thank you Jackie.
Towards the end of the evening Adriana put our efforts to shame and treated us to two lovely traditional Christmas songs.
Just getting us all in the mood for the Christmas season. The event raised 750€
Crisis averted at Silves Rotary Club Concert
Imagine a n eagerly awaited concert to be played by a trio of highly professional musicians for a performance on Saturday 22 November. We suddenly hear that the well-known cellist, Martin Henneken, had been called into hospital for critical heart surgery. Would we have to cancel the sold out show.? No!
Just before he went into hospital, Martin had contacted a fellow musician at the Gulbenkian Orchestra, a young award winning cellist Gonçalo Lélis and asked him to stand in for him. The other two members of the string Trio, Sandrine Cantoreggi and Petra Vahle, rallied round for emergency rehearsals with Gonçalo before the big night.
Come Saturday, the programme for the string trio of pieces by Mozart and Beethovan was totally sublime.
Opus 3 Trio, Sandrine Cantoreggi, Petra Valhe and Gonçalo Lélis
In the friendly atmosphere of the Mascarenhas Gregório Teatro in Silvesit was the perfect ambient for a perfect evening. This was all thanks to the hard work by Sandrine, Petra and Gonçalo – I think I could hear Beethoven in the audience clapping his approval.
The artists with the President of the RC Silves Pam Winn and Sue Lorum Concert Organiser.
Thanks also go to the Câmara Municipal de Silves for use of their wonderful theatre, helping to raise 3000€ towards their local school support projects.
Quacking good time
Participants at the Rotary Club of Silves annual rubber duck racing event had a quacking time enjoying a traditional English afternoon tea whilst watching heats and finals of the duck race.The winning duck owner was Elke Beckmann whose duck crossed the finish line well ahead of the second-place duck owned by Rotary Club member David Trubshaw.
1000€ was raised towards the costs of accommodation and flights for the students of Escola Agrupamento Silves Sul who will be attending the Model United Nations meeting at Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire U.K. The two teams of 6 students made up of from the Algoz and Armação de Pera campuses will be representing Angola and Portugal at the Model United Nations gathering.
RC Silves would like to thank all those who took part and donated to this educational project. Opportunities like this make a big difference to students, their futures and Portugal’s.
Cookery Competition Awards
Judges gathered at the Sporting Club Albufeira for a dinner and to award certificates and prizes to the participating pupils of Agrupamento Escolas de SilvesSul and of course the winning team in the RC Silves cookery competition. The pupils cooked in the restaurant kitchen and the waiters served the wine, water and food. At the end of the evening, Alan Winn announced the winners. It was team 1. Jim Kennedy RC Silves president presented the certificates and FNAC gift vouchers. We will do it again next year.
Garden Gathering raises 2000€ for Education Projects
On the 19 May RC Silves members and friends gathered in David Trubshaw’s garden for a barbecue lunch of lamb, sausage, quiche and salad. This was followed by a myriad of desserts all baked by members fair hands. Topped off by a raffle, tombola and dancing to the music of the multi talented Jackson Rivers. The event raised 2000€ to support RC Silves Education projects for the schools in our community.
Antonio Lambe, Environmental Action for the Algarve, supported by Joanne Rodrigues
The members of RC Silves are very interested in their environment and work to enhance and maintain it. They were amazed to hear that there was an environmental problem so close to their homes. Antonio Lambe and Joanne Rodrigues from “Environmental action for the Algarve”, opened our eyes to the landfill problems on our doorstep.
Antonio came to the Algarve with his parents in the 60’s from Argentina and they created a lovely landscape around their home. Joanne is a restaurant owner near Odelouca.
To the west of Silves is a waste landfill where the operators of this site have applied to extend it into four surrounding areas. It is already causing a great nuisance to the local people. The rubbish delivered to the site is fed on by Storks and other birds.
The rubbish ferments and produces gases which add to the climate change. Joanne who runs a local restaurant is plagued by flies and this is ruining her business. These sites can also catch fire as they produce heat, bio gases and methane. There is also noise pollution from the heavy machinery needed at these sites.
A leap forward in recycling is required by the population of Portugal currently we are the 4th worst in the world.
Antonio’s presentation was followed by a discussion by members about many of the possible answers to this problem. Such as Biodigesters, Incinerators, Composting and encouraging the people of Portugal through education, incentives and financial penalties to recycle more.
Walking Praia da Falésia with Friends
One of the many activities pursued by RC Silves are fellowship walks. On the 8 February a small group gathered on the spectacular cliffs of Falésia to walk the beach and return by the cliff tops.
The striking cliffs of Praia da Falésia near Albufeira are the result of a long geological process shaped by sedimentation, erosion, and tectonic activity.
They are an impressive example of how weathering and erosion shape sedimentary landscapes over millions of years. Their striking colors and steep formations are due to differences in mineral composition and the ongoing geological and climatic processes. The combination of red, orange, white, and darker layers creates the stunning contrast that makes this coastline so visually striking. The views from the cliff tops are not for the faint hearted.
If you would like to be notified of any walks in the future please contact our Master of Ceremonies (MOC.rotarysilves@gmail.com) There is a small charge of 5€ the proceeds go to RC Silves projects. All walks are at our own risk.
Motown and More a success. “Oh what a night”
Oh what a night!!. Some very sore feet (with all the dancing) at our Motown and More charity event at the Ponte Romana Restaurant in Silves. We must thank Michelle the organiser of these charity events for including us in the programme, the artists Jackson Rivers and DJ Kiss FM Mark Sebastian and the wonderful people of the Algarve who support Motown and More you are amazing. Your generosity was overwhelming, and we raised 1,940€ for our Sensory Garden School Project and 500€ for APAA Association of Protection of Animals in the Algarve. Thanks again to all. See More
Rubber Duck Racing Hits Its Target
Saturday the 28 September members and friends gathered for the second Rubber Duck Racing event. The target to raise 1000€. We are pleased to announce that the target was met due to the generosity of those enjoying the racing and the afternoon tea. We also received donations from those who unfortunately could not attend. The wind gave the ducks some difficulties but they battled through. After 7 heats, 2 semi finals and the final, the winning owner was Carol Bradshaw a visitor from the UK. I am sure she will enjoy the bottle of Piper Heidseick champagne for first place presented by our President Jim Kennedy.
Our second place winner was shy but Sally Turner a new friend of Rotary accepted her third place bottle of wine again from Jim. Thanks go to all members, friends and donors who supported the event. See you again next year.
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