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More Sunday Lunch Fun Children’s Christmas Party & Christmas Dance JOAN MARBECK Sunday Menu YOUTH My Calendar Members Affairs & Joan Marbeck CAR RALLY! Business Classifieds Heather Fitzgerald Inside this issue: 10 11 12 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Special points of interest:TRANSCRIPT
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President‟s Message
Inside this issue:
Business Classifieds
2
Sunday Menu 2
2009 Grand Car
Rally! and Mass
Details
3
October
Sunday Lunch
4
More Sunday
Lunch Fun
5
Youth Committee
and our
Wonderful Cooks
6
Members Affairs
& Joan Marbeck
7
Seniors Events
and News
8
Back to the 70’s
Photos
9
Children’s Party
Registration
Form
10
Children’s Christmas Party & Christmas Dance
11
My Calendar 12
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NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 21 ISSUE 3
Special points of interest:
Photos from
OCTOBER LUNCH
CAR RALLY!
YOUTH
JOAN MARBECK
Hello members and friends
November is the month for remembrance, both for our departed loved ones and also for those who have given their lives in the service of their country.
As usual, we will have a special church ser-vice and our November lunch will be dedi-cated to the memory of those members who have passed away (see details on page 3). Letters will be going out shortly to invite sur-viving member spouses to join us for a com-plimentary lunch.
At this time of reflection and thanksgiving for selflessness I would like to remind mem-
bers of the amount of volunteer work that is done by those who contrib-ute continually in so many ways to the pleasure we all derive from the Association and its functions. I read recently that there are over 500,000 volunteers in WA who contribute more than $4Billion to the economy. These are staggering figures.
Our Association could not exist without voluntary service. There are those that volunteer by serving on our various Committees and of course our wonderful Sunday cooking brigade! You may not be aware of the time it takes for example, for someone to prepare a dish for our Sunday lunches. Cooks offer to prepare anything from 30 to 70 serves of a dish. Work often starts on the Friday before the lunch, shopping, cutting and preparing. Depending on the work involved, preparation continues throughout Saturday, culminating in a very early start on Sunday morning to cook dishes that cannot be done the day before.
So by the time we arrive on Sunday to get a ticket for lunch, our won-derful cooks will have been busy for hours and often days in advance. There are also those who prepare delicious cakes and goodies that are so popular, a very high proportion of which are donated every month.
Then there are those who have to attend to the set up of the hall, in-cluding the drinks table, bags of ice and large esky, delivery of the mi-crowave and cutlery for the kitchen, cutting and boxing up cakes. There are so many things that need to be done each month by so many peo-ple who give of their time and effort so kindly, that they deserve our combined thanks and recognition for what they do for us all.
Please take time to appreciate the tremendous dedication of those who volunteer for our Association – we would not survive without them.
Enjoy the Newsletter especially the items about Joan Marbeck, the Christmas Dance, Car Rally and all the great photos of fun had over the last month.
See you at the November lunch.
Heather Fitzgerald—President—Tel: 9277 4551 Email: [email protected]
Heather Fitzgerald
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Special Offer to AEAWA Members & Friends Would you love to have a slide show to mark that special occasion (Birthday, Wedding Anniversary, Family Reunion etc.) but you do not have the equipment, know how or time to produce one? Interested? Contact Alan Jupp for more details:
[email protected] or 040 0377054
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SUNDAY LUNCH MENU 8th November
Lontong
Beef Ambilla and Rice - (A Peranakan Dish)
Mee Siam
Nasi Lemak
Assorted
Cakes
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Sunday Lunches are at Redcliffe Community Hall Corner Morgan
Road and Field Avenue in Redcliffe, entrance also from Grand Parade.
Tickets given out strictly on a first come first served
basis. Tickets will not be given out for those who
are yet to arrive.
Lunch served from 12 noon.
Members bringing guests, please sign in the Visitors Book at the
door.
Hope to see you there!
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THE GRAND AEAWA 2009 CAR RALLY
When - Sunday 15th November 2009
Start time: 09:30 Hrs
First car away at 10:00 Hrs sharp, 5 minutes gap on next etc.
Where is the start point: Maylands Golf Club, far car park.
Detailed instructions will be issued to each car 5 min before its departure.
Prizes will be awarded—1st 2nd 3rd and BOOBIE!!
Small entrance fee of $5.00 per car.
Please send your registration details to Alan Jupp via email [email protected] or contact
any member of the Management Committee.
If you want to join in the picnic but not the Rally please contact Alan Jupp or Margaret Chowdhurie for the ―secret‖ location!!!
COME AND JOIN IN THE FUN!!!!!!
November Lunch in Memory of Deceased Members—Mass Information
Sunday 8th November
10 am
Notre Dame Church,
Wright Street, Cloverdale
Lunch as usual afterwards from
11 am at Redcliffe
Community Hall
Deceased members will be remembered at the lunch with a minute‘s silence and The Last Post
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Sunday Lunch October 11th 2009
Eulyth and William
Fernandez visiting from the
Singapore Eurasian
Association
Augusta D‘Cotta
(left ) visiting from the Melaka-
Portuguese Eurasian
Association
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More of the BIG
crowd—what great support!
Over 230 members and
friends.
Angela Hoosen‘s wonderful
More Sunday Lunch Fun...
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Youth Committee
Hello members…..The weather has finally warmed up and we are gearing up for more activities especially outdoors. The numbers attending monthly lunches have grown and it‘s fantastic to see our younger mem-bers there as well. There‘s more exciting activities being planned starting in November.
8TH
NOVEMBER 2009 – ‗Remembrance Day – Cricket Game‟. To be held after the November lunch. Potentially playing for the ―Remembrance Day Shield‖. All members are welcome to participate but we are hoping to form a team of our younger members between the ages of 10 and 30‘s…so please bring your children and grandchildren along to the November lunch. We will be playing a ‗20/20‘ or shortened ‗limited overs‘ version of cricket depending on the number of players and teams. We will provide all the necessary equipment all you need to do is turn up!
Some other Youth activities being planned for the coming months are as follows:
Talentime / Musical Soiree – Calling for expressions of interest. To allow especially our younger mem-bers to show off their musical/artistic talents. Prizes will be awarded to all participants with major prizes for top performers.
We also require children/youth dancers and to perform our second Portuguese dance routine and dance instructors and dancers to perform other cultural dances such as Pilipino bamboo dance, Chinese fan dance, Indian traditional or Bollywood dances etc. Please let me know if you are able to assist.
Children/Youth to form a Christmas carolling group to lead our members in a sing a long at the December lunch. Come along to the November lunch or call give me a call with your name and contact details so that we can prepare for couple of quick practises. Please let me know if you can play an instru-ment. Other members are also welcome but priority will be given to our younger members.
„New Years Games Day‟ – “Eurasianlympics”. Planned for after the February lunch. Its the start of the new year, weather‘s fine, everyone‘s still in a holiday mood….sounds like a great recipe to work off the ‗extra kilos‘ from the Christmas/holiday season!!! A series of competitive games will be organised both outdoor and indoor to win the coveted title of ―Eurasianlympics Champion Team‖. Aimed mainly at our younger members but being a team competition, all members are welcome. Form family teams e.g. ―Team De Souza‖ or location teams e.g. ‗Team Morley‘. ‗Heritage‘ games such as ‗rounders‘, ‗sepak tak-raw‘, ‗chatek‘, ‗hop scotch‘, ‗badminton‘ maybe incorporated into the competition so watch this space for more details….
I require assistance especially from some of our younger members with organising these activities and would like to form a sub committee. If you can help, please call me on 0402 113 987. It‘s a lot of work and your assistance will really be appreciated. Chad Beins - Youth Coordinator
Our wonderful cooks and helpers.
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MEMBERSHIP AEAWA welcomes the following new members:-
Carol Richards
John and Agnes Hendricks
Rejoining: Mal and Bree Kleinman
Please make them welcome when you see them.
If there are some of you who are not receiving the
Newsletter, please let me know by phone or Email.
Thanks
Charles Reincastle, Members Affairs
9276 9439 [email protected]
Pensioner: 1 yr $15 or 3yrs $40.50
Single: 1 yr $19 or 3yrs $51.30
Family: 1 yr $28 or 3 yrs $75.60
Charles Reincastle
Members Affairs
Members Affairs Tel: 9276 9439
Email:- [email protected]
BE AN AEAWA
MEMBER AND
ENJOY
THE BENEFITS….
Activities &
outings
Monthly
newsletter
Friendship
Community
Generous
REBATES
Entertainment
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At the recent Back to the 70‘s Dance we were privileged to have a special visitor, Joan Marbeck from Melaka.
Joan is an internationally renowned author who has pub-lished several books on the Kristang language. Kristang is the Portuguese–Creole language which has evolved from Portuguese, English, Malay and other dialects spoken in the Melaka area since early settlement in 1511.
Joan has very kindly donated a selection of beautiful books she has written on the Kristang language and the inheri-tance of the Portuguese Eurasian culture in Melaka. There is also a beautiful coffee table book called Malaysia‘s Amazing Heritage in which Joan and the Kristang language are prominently featured.
Thank you Joan, for all your hard work and dedication and for your generosity in donating these books to the Associa-tion. We will be making the books available to members for loan over the coming months.
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SENIORS EVENTS - MARK YOUR DIARY …
Not just for Seniors—but for All Members and Friends!
Hi All, Welcome Spring - Go away hay fever! Good luck to those who will have a bet on the Melbourne Cup.
The October Lunch organized by the Seniors Committee, had a turn out of 230 people .Thanks to Chad Beins who organized the entertainment to which the crowd danced and sang to the old time songs, accompanied by Clifford Sequerah, Ron and Mike Chowdhurie. To Angela Hoosen for her Bollywood dance and of course to Heather, our singing President.
A big thank you to all the cooks and helpers. Lorna Hedges- Mee Rebus, Daisy Sequerah- Nasi Lemak, Carol Locke- Char Su Rice, Dennis Koek- Chee Kueh and Joan Reincastle- Indian Rojak.
Cakes: - Kueh Binka-Leslie Sutton, Angela Hoosen, and Tessie Gregory. Pulot Serikaya: - Lorna Rodrigues, Molly Stevens and Ann Jupp. Rempah Udang: - Lim Giak Hiok (Jade) Pulot Inti: - Dawn Koek Kueh Lapis: - Thelma Green. Ang Koo Kueh and Apom Belak: - Lily Sta Maria. Kueh Kosui: - Patricia Pereira. Pang Su See: - Sim Reincastle. Taufu Fa: - Hazel Ratnam.
Well done all! Thanks for your support and contribution to AEAWA Next event is the Christmas Dinner/Dance don‘t miss out! —see page 11 God Bless. See you at the next Sunday Lunch (8th Nov. 2009)
Seniors Co-ordinator Joan Reincastle 92769439/ 0419906719
NEWS
Congratulations!
To Con and Chris De Rozario on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary on 30th October 2009
Suggestion Box
No suggestions received this month. The Management Committee encourages and welcomes constructive feedback from members. All signed suggestions will be discussed by the Committee and responded to in the newsletter.
Member’s Draw—Be there to win
The prize of $40 was won by Terry and Betty Tan who were present, so another $40 will be drawn next month. The taxi vouchers kindly donated by Philip De Mello to the value of $20.00 were won by Joe and Brenda Parasuraman who unfortunately were not present. So the vouchers jackpot to $25 for November.
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Did we really used to dress like that??
What a great night it
was!
Back to the 70’s
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Children‘s Christmas Party
Children’s Christmas Party
Registration Form
Date: Sunday 6th December 2009 Time: 3pm-6pm ( note new time)
Venue: Redcliffe Community Centre,
corner Epson Ave + Grand Parade, Redcliffe.
Members: $15.00 per child
Non-Members: $25.00 per child
Member Grandparents are entitled to register one grandchild at $15.00 Please make all cheques payable to the Australian Eurasian Association of W.A.
P O Box 875 Cloverdale 6105 W. A.
Receipt: - Cost: Signed:
Cut ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Family Name:……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Postal Address:……………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Contact Phone No:…………………………………………………………………………………………….
Financial Member? Yes / No Membership No…………………………………
Child/Children’s Details:
SURNAME NAME SEX AGE MEMBER COST
1……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Total:…...………
Payment Received:- Cash $................. Date:-………………
Cheque $................ Signed:-……………
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Children‟s Christmas Party 2009
Date: Sunday 6th
December 2009
Time: 3pm-6pm (note new time)
Venue: Redcliffe Community Centre corner Epsom
Avenue & Grand Parade Redcliffe.
DEADLINE for Registration is 29th November
Members: $15.00 per child. Non Members: $25.00 per child. A member can have ONE non-member grandchild for $15.00
(REGISTRATION FORM ON PAGE 10)
You will be able to register your child at the November Lunch.
We will be running a Christmas Hamper Raffle at the Children‘s Christmas Party. We need donations of non-perishable goods and other prizes. Thank you for donations already received. Thelma Green, (Children‘s Party Coordinator) Ph: 94547251 Mobile: 0400239755
AEAWA CHRISTMAS DINNER DANCE
Date: - Saturday 5th December 2009 7 pm to midnight
Venue: - Scarborough Sportsman’s Club. 75 Deanmore Rd. Scarborough.
Band: - Klassworks
Cost: - $ 50.00p.p. Including Dinner
Drinks: - Strictly No BYO (Fully Licensed)
Rebate: - $10.00 to each financial member.
Tickets available from Committee Members.
Get a table together and start the joyous season of celebration with a great night !
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YOUR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
President Heather Fitzgerald 92774551
Vice President John Sutton 0437 286 301
Secretary Frank Hedges 93897105
Treasurer Gary Fernandez 0407 330 612
Seniors Joan Reincastle 92769439
Member Affairs Charles Reincastle 92769439
Catering Daisy Westerhout 94565435
Children’s Party Thelma Green 94547251
Functions Margaret Chowdhurie 0403 179 505
Youth Chad Beins 0402 113 897
Heritage Gerry Carroll 0416 709 106
Committee Member Sue James 93321294
Committee Member Graeme Mitchell 0403 336 899
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AUSTRALIAN EURASIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
PO Box 875, CLOVERDALE
Western Australia 6105
Letters to the Editor
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We would love to hear
your stories.
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Please contact any one of the
Committee if you have any questions or
ideas. We are always happy
to hear from you!
My Calendar 2009/10
NOVEMBER 8th Sunday Lunch in Memory of Deceased Members Sunday 15th—AEAWA Car Rally and Picnic Lunch
DECEMBER 5th Saturday Christmas Dance 6th Sunday Children‘s Christmas Party 13th Christmas Sunday Lunch
JANUARY 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR! - no Sunday lunch or Newsletter
FEBRUARY 2010 14th Sunday Lunch 20th - ―AEAWA 21st Anniversary‖ Dinner Dance
MARCH 2010 14th Sunday Lunch
APRIL 2010 11th Sunday Annual General Meeting and Sunday lunch MEMBERS ONLY PLEASE