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The Oliva
U3A VOICE
November 2016 Issue 15
Our U3A CHRISTMAS PARTY this year will be held on Tuesday the 6th of December at 7.00pm.
Click here to book now, only a few spaces left
The Venue will be Moli Canyar in Potries
Directions to Moli Canyar
This Years Christmas Party will be a Very Special Evening
On arrival at 19.00h you are invited to join us for a Cava reception, following this we will be dining in the elegant Salón Guadaloupe.
After dinner you will be entertained by the well-known duo TIMEWARP, with music and dancing to suit every taste and occasion.
We have also organised a first class Raffle, with the proceeds going to our chosen Charity for the evening.
If you are experiencing difficulties with logging into our website you may need to change your password.
Please follow the following explanation on how to change your password :-
1. Try to sign in as normal with your present password.
2. When this fails a larger box will appear asking for the same information, but at the bottom there will be a box saying (Forgot Password.) Click this box.
3. The box will change asking for you email address, complete this and press send.
4. You will receive an email in your normal email box, open this up and select the second blue sentence.
5. You will be then asked to select another password and confirm, then click the box set new password.
6. Now you should be able to sign in with this new password.
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This will be held at the Polivalent on Thursday 24th of November.
The doors will open at 10.30am with the meeting starting at 11.00am.
The Presenter for this meeting will be Joe Bellenie, who will be explaining
the relevance of the twisted chimneys in and around Oliva.
I have always wondered why they all seem to bend in different directions.
There will be our usual Coffee and Tea available and this mouth our books
will be back.
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On Wednesday November the 30th.
The Oliva U3A Choir invite you to join them on this trip with a difference
They have arranged an Evening to see a musical adaptation of
Charles Dickens:
A Christmas Carol
This is at the Calpe Theatre.
click here to book this Theatre Trip
The coach will leave the Polivalent in Oliva at 18.00h. (click here for a map on how to find the Polivalent).
The coach will take us directly to the Theatre in Calpe were the doors open at 19.30h and the show will start at 20.00h.
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Group Leader Co-ordinator.
“The present co-ordinator is staying for this academic year – which will be her third in this post - but we need someone who would be interested in taking over next year. The months from January to June - the end of the 2016 academic year - would be used to help the new groups co-ordinator to slowly get acquainted with this job, which is very rewarding! The Group Leaders do a great job and the Co-ordinator is there to support them when required, and help members interested in starting new groups to set them up. The person for this post should be able to work as part of a team. Some knowledge of Spanish would be an advantage, to be able to keep the contact with the local people who support us at the CPC and the Town Hall - a great opportunity to practise your Spanish and learn more! Rosa will provide you with more information regarding your responsibilities.
It is important that our members are willing to be part of the body that runs our association, otherwise, without volunteers it will collapse and there will be no Oliva U3A. All members of the committee and groups co-ordinator need to be replaced after a while, new people with fresh ideas and new energy are needed to volunteer, if we want our precious Oliva U3A to continue and to thrive. Helping others we help ourselves. Without volunteers to run our organisation, without leaders to run the groups, we
will not have all these activities that we enjoy so much and help to make our lives more interesting, besides giving us the opportunity to socialise.”
Please, approach us we need you and your help! You can make a difference! Contact me as soon as possible by emailing to [email protected] and I will contact you to make arrangements to get together and provide you with all the information that you need. Looking forward to this opportunity.
Rosa Jones
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U3A Choir
Christmas Concert.
Our U3A Choir
along with their musical Director Philip Ashley.
Invite members and guests to a musical evening with a difference.
The concert will be held at the Polivalent in Oliva, on the 9th of
December, the doors will open at 19.00h with the concert starting
at 19.30h.
The cost of this MUSICAL evening is €5 p/p
Tickets are available from Choir members or alternatively at our
November General meeting.
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Our Website.
I am very pleased to let you all know that the website has been rebuilt with a number of additions and improvements. On your behalf I would take this opportunity to thank David our webmaster and his small team for their hard work in recovering this for our use.
Please log on and check out this new site, if you experience a problem with logging in please follow the instructions and change your PASSWORD above. By changing this you are helping to keep your login secure.
David during this rebuild has incorporated the following changes, You will first see there is a new Logo and heading and secondly the home page is far more user friendly and easier to read. The additions included in this exciting new website are,
1. Events calendar, with this you can find out more about a group or event and when the group meet or the event is planned, just click on the heading EVENTS CALENDAR, you will then find everything is laid out in date order.
2. By clicking on the ACTIVITIES heading this will take you to the Groups page, from here you will be able to check out each Group and contact the Group leader for more information.
3. A new heading is Blog & Forum, by clicking here you will be asked to either select the BLOG or FORUM. In the Blog it will give you information on activities already arranged plus over the coming weeks there will be blogs from your committee, aimed at keeping you informed and up to date. On the Forum tab you have the opportunity to make suggestions or leave a comment. This will help the committee to help you.
4. By clicking on the ,Group Info. you will be taken to a second page giving a list here you can find out more about our U3A and also go to the buy, sell or swap page. From here you will be able to list the item you wish to sell or buy, just follow the simple instructions David has given.
I would ask every member to check out our new website which has been carefully planned and designed to help you find the information you may require, click here to go to the new website
Well done David and your Team.
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2017 Short Break
We have arranged an excellent 4 day or 6 day break, you can decide which one you
prefer.
This will be to :-
La Rioja- Ribera Duero in Castilla
This trip will start on the 17th May 2017
click here for more information and to register
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Computer Problems !
David our webmaster has written an article to help and assist you if you are experiencing problems with your computer.
To help you understand your computer more and help you to solve some of the basic problems, every month David will give you more advice and information on how to improve your computers functionality and performance. To access this months information please click here
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2017 CRUISE
This Cruise will leave the Port of Valencia on
October the 5th 2017.
The duration is 8 days on the
MSC Splendida.
Check the following map which shows the ports of call during the cruise
The itinerary is as above with stops at Marsella, Genova, Rome, Palermo, Cagliari and Palma before returning to Valencia.
Please click here for more details and reservation
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Report on the trip to Make a Smile
On Sunday October 16th members of our U3A visited the Make a Smile farm at Relleu. On arrival we were warmly welcomed by Tony Grande and his Charity Volunteers.
Following the welcome members were divided into two groups and each were taken on a very interesting tour of the farms facilities.It was explained how and why they grew the different vegetables on the farm. We were also shown the animals they have including the chickens of which a number of our members had already sponsored one previously.
The lunch provided was excellent which included, Salad made from fresh farm produce, home made paellas and finish off with homemade Lemon Cake.
There was also a few stalls looked after by some of the volunteers these included fresh farm produce and other various items
Unfortunately we had to cancel one part of our planned trip due the the heavy rain the area had 3 days earlier. This would have been to the Olive pressing plan to see how the Olive Oil is produced. The pressing plant had been closed due to flooding and a landslide which had contaminated the machinery.
At the end of our trip Tony thanked everyone for visiting the farm and we were told the charity had raised €996.86 from our members during their visit.
The following is an email I received from Tony Grande following our visit.
Evening Mick, just a quick thank you to you and all the U3A members for your continuing help and support. I hope everybody enjoyed their day out at the farm project I know we all enjoyed your company, I will get Gemma to send you a receipt for your generous donation tomorrow and a thank you letter to the U3A members. Monies raised today (including the line dancers donation of €408) was a grand total of €1,404.86 fantastic!!!
Talk soon, very best Tony
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GROUP INFORMATION.
"We have a vacancy in our popular intermediate Spanish class on a Monday morning. Class size is limited to 10 people. Our teacher is a native Spanish speaker. We are looking for someone who is neither a beginner nor advanced, but who can already speak and understand a little Castellano, and who wants to improve their skills and vocabulary.
Meets on Mondays at 10.15am for an hour and a half. Average monthly cost is about 20 Euros. Trial free lesson.
Please apply asap to Mike Dunkley at :- [email protected]
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Line Dancing Group Report
U3A Line Dancers would like to thank you all for your support at our Country & Western Dance at El Cid on the 24th September. We received
60.00 euros donated from the Line Dancers of Denia and wish to thank them for this. We raised €335.50 in total and this was donated to the Make a Wish Charity during our recent U3A visit,
We all had great night with music organized by John Sandham our teacher
on Monday mornings at the CPC in Oliva, all members are welcome to join us.
For more information about our Line Dancing Group please contact me on :- Click here
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Please remember I am always looking for suggestions from you to help improve our organisation for all our Members These can range from ideas for our monthly meetings, to suggestion of new travel destinations. Your help and assistance with this is always invaluable.
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Thank you for reading this our November issue, our next edition will be with you on the 15th of December.
Any questions, queries or suggestions please send them to me Mick G. at :- [email protected]
