THE U3A VOICE. June 2017 Issue 23

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1 THE U3A VOICE June 2017 Issue 23 I am pleased to take this opportunity of introducing you to your new Management Committee who were elected at our recent AGM in May. The following photograph shows your new committee. From left to right seated, Robbie Gordon Treasurer, Mick Goy President, Guy Stratford Vice President and Mike Dunkley Secretary, standing from left to right are Anja Homberg Travel coordinator, Ron Colcombe, Nigel Hobman, Peta Cole and John Melville Membership Secretary. Unfortunately due to personal reasons John Flannigan our new Group co-ordinator and David Mcfarlane Webmaster were unable to attend. JUNE GENERAL MEETING This will be our Annual SHOWCASE It will be held at the Polivalent (directions) on Thursday 22nd of June. The doors will open at 10.30am with the Showcase starting at 11.00am

2 This will be a great morning of entertainment from a number of our own U3A Groups, with members showing exactly what they have achieved during the year. There will be our usual Coffee and Tea available. Please come along and experience an enjoyable morning Forum We have a members Forum on our Website which gives you all the current and up coming events, plus items of interest and reports on previous activities. Please log on to our website and click on Forum. When this loads you will see a tab called subscribe, click on this and you will receive all the new listings directly on your , these will also include items for sale etc. This is free, so join today and do not miss any new important items posted on our forum. U3A Oliva visit the Albufera Forty members of Oliva U3A had a memorable day visiting the Albufera, a vast freshwater lagoon and nature reserve near Valencia, where the rice paddies stretch as far as the eye can see. After a visit to a traditional fisherman s hut, made of clay and reeds, we enjoyed a long boat trip around the lagoon, admiring the scenery and the birdlife, followed by lunch. Tourism is becoming increasingly important in this region and we had a choice of many excellent restaurants. Report by Tina Bellinie After lunch we moved on to Sueca to visit a chocolate factory, a family business based in a beautiful townhouse, where chocolate is still being made to original recipes from the 19th century. A tour of the factory and a history of chocolate making were enhanced by many samples, and we had the opportunity to buy a variety of products. It was encouraging to learn that chocolate is really very good for you, providing it is at least 70% cocoa.

3 Your new Travel Team have been working hard to plan the following trips and events for our New U3A Year up to Christmas October (1st half of October if possible): Ducal Palace tour in English, from there to the Monastery Sant Jeroni. Here especially for our group there will be a catered lunch followed by a tour of the Monastery in English, (full details and price will be available later). October: Make a Smile visit late in the month for lunch and visit to the local Olive pressing plant. November: 10th Anniversary Party on 11th of November at the Polivalent November: a visit to Elche. December: Christmas Market in Valencia (1st half of December) December: the 15th or 16th, a Glitter Gala Ball this is being arranged before everybody departs for a great Christmas. More trips and events for 2018 will be available here soon. We are still looking for more of your Trip and Event ideas and suggestions which we can seriously consider for Please send your ideas to me at :- travel-co-ordinator@u3a-oliva.org. Ten Year Anniversary As we are all aware this year, to be precise, on the 11th June we will have been around for 10 years. This is a momentous occasion. When you consider all the people who have been members and enjoyed all that the Oliva U3a has had to offer in terms of learning, companionship, appreciation of the local environment etc. The list could go on. This is a truly wonderful association with a lot more to offer for all involved. On the 11th of November we are holding a celebratory gathering in the Polivalent. We love for as many as possible to attend and enjoy an evening of entertainment by some of our tremendous Groups, with food and refreshment available with music and dancing to follow. We do however need your assistance. Please let me have anything that would assist in celebrating our achievements such as photo's etc. We would also like those who have not done so to complete our questionnaire 10th Anniversary Questionnaire. This will greatly assist us in deciding what will be required for the evening festivities. Many Thanks John. I can be contacted on:- johnmelville@compuserve.com.

4 Country Meets Rock and Roll U3A Line Dancers event New Group Co-ordinator I am please to introduce our new Group Co-ordinator John Flannigan. John will be liaising with all Group Leaders individually to establish a working relationship and to see how he can assist each Group.

5 Bowls Group Our Group Meets every other Monday at the El Cid Bowls Club,please check the activity calendar on our website for the dates. However there will be no Group Meeting during the summer due to the high temperatures. Here are 2 photographs of our Group. If you would like to join our Group please contact me, Trevor Perks (Group Leader)at:- bowls@u3a-oliva.org Oliva U3A Press Officer I am pleased to advise everyone that David Proctor one of our members has agreed to be our Press Officer. David will be responsible for all press reports and as a professional photographer will be available to take photographs for our organisation. If you have a group report or one of a recent activity or trip, which you feel is of interest to other U3A members and the public at large, please send this to David. On receipt he will arrange for your report to be sent to the local News Papers and arrange for it to be included in the next issue of the Voice. I know David will heighten the awareness and standing of our U3A throughout the area with his planned Press coverage. NB. all reports submitted must be ready to use without any changes or amendments and please include a photograph which must be at least 1meg in size. I wish David every success in this important U3A roll.. Invitation from the London U3A On our last Amble/walk of the season at La Plana Montgo, we were pleased to be joined by Chris Queen who is a member of the London U3A. Chris leads one of the walking groups for the London U3A and he has kindly invited any of our Oliva members who are visiting London and the South East area to join them on one of their Thursday walks.

6 The walk destinations are only firmed up a week in advance - so Chris will not be able to provide exact details ahead of that. But essentially they are held every Thursday on mixed terrains, meeting at a railway/underground station. Walks are about 10 to 12 km's with pub lunch arranged at the end. If you wish to take up Chris's offer all you need to do is Chris at :- chrisqueen@onetel.com Ian Mungall WORKS (Paintings, Drawings, Mixed media) By Peter BB Davis LA SALA D'EXPOSICIONS DE LA CASA DE LA CULTURA D'OLIVA, MUSEU DE MATLANS, CARRER MAJOR, 12, OLIVA (VALENCIA) Date: Friday 2nd June - Saturday 17th June 2017 (Opening Hours: 10.30am - 2pm & 5.30pm pm) Opening Night: Friday 2nd June - 7pm onwards For more information please Peter at Peter Woolnough For more details and information, including directions to the venue please click here

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8 Another presentation by the Oliva Drama and Cultural Association Please note that Thursday 22nd is completely sold out.

9 Treat yourself to a Night out at the Theatre I wish you all an enjoyable summer whatever you have planned and trust the weather will be on your side. I invite all of you to our September General Meeting which will be on Thursday the 28th of September at our usual venue the Polivalent in Oliva. Your next edition of the Voice out on the 15th of September will be produced and edited by my colleague David Mcfarlane, I wish David every success with our next and future issues. Thank you for reading this our June issue, It has been a pleasure writing and publishing this our U3A newsletter over the past 2 years A big thank you to everyone who has contributed an item to this and previous editions. Any questions, queries or suggestions please send them to David Mcfarlane. at :- webmaster@u3a-oliva.org before the 8th of the month.