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Império Bonança in Lagoaand Lagos joins newgroup

WANTED - New Home forUsed Sheets and Towels

Friends and Foes in theMediterranean Garden

Roy Lancaster, modern day plant hunter with aVictorian counterpart, Harry Veitch

Zumba Classes atCarvoeiro Tennis Club –First Class Free!

Vídeo Mapping Workshopat Etic Algarve

ONZE restaurant re-opens

The Lagoa and Lagos-basedinsurance broker offices managedby Victor Rocha are now part ofa new group called Lsete Lda.

Aside from these twobranches, which are still man-aged by Mr. Rocha, the groupalso has offices in Portimão,Quarteira, São Brás de Alportel,Olhão and Vila Real de St.Antonio. Through this merger,

Lsete Lda. has become one of thelargest insurance brokers in theAlgarve.

One of the reasons for themerger of the Lagoa and Lagosbranches to the group was toenable Lsete Lda. to be closer toits clients across the region.

For further information, con-tact Victor Rocha on: 919 727 870or see their advert on page 10. After a short and refreshing

winter break ONZE happily an-nounced the re-opening of itsdoors on the 21 February. For thethird time in a row, managementspared neither trouble nor ex-pense in refurbishment and serv-ice improvements at the lifestylerestaurant, in order to provide themost welcoming, attentive andefficient service than ever before.

ONZE wishes to thank eve-ryone for their patience, under-standing and support in the lastyear! They promise to maintaintheir quest for perfection in or-der to provide their visitors withthe best experience possible!

ONZE, Rampa Senhora daEncarnação 11, Carvoeiro

Tel 282 357 427. www.onze-restaurant.com.

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The second InternationalSpring Conference of the Medi-terranean Garden Society willtake place on 1-3 March at thePine Cliffs Sheraton Algarveresort

Get to know your friends,and potential enemies, in thegarden with Mr Roy Lancas-ter, OBE VMH, renownedplantsman, plant hunter andauthor. A very rare opportu-nity to hear this world famous,popular and enthusiasticspeaker with his personal se-lection of plants suitable forMediterranean gardens. Royis famous for growing rareplants from the seeds whichstuck to his socks on planthunting expeditions!

Speakers include Mr JimGardiner, Director of Horticul-ture at the Royal HorticulturalSociety, Mr John Fielding onmediterranean bulbs for the gar-den and Dr Elizabete Marchantefrom Coimbra University on“Invasive Plants in Portugal” acontroversial but essential topic.

Saturday, 2 March - talks byRoy Lancaster & Jim Gardiner

cost €15 per person (includescoffee break). Numbers are lim-ited so please book your placeswith Rosie Peddle on Tel 289 791869 or rosie@thebtf.net

All are welcome for this veryspecial weekend of horticulturaldelights with MGS seed sales,Algarve natural history booksales and garden visits. Full pro-gramme and details of how toreserve places for other talksfrom Rosie Peddlerosie@thebtf.net

Information on MGS mem-bers gardens open over the week-end, local nurseries and gardencentres, walks and good loca-tions to view wild flowers willbe distributed at the conference.

For more information pleasecontact Rosie Peddle, 289 791869. rosie@thebtf.net

Web site for the venue http://www.sheratonalgarve.com/enGPS Lat N 37 05 48 Long W 810 45

More info www.gardeninginportugal.com & on Facebook,Mediterranean Gardeners,Portugal

Zumba dance fitness is takingthe world by storm and it isproving to be one of the fastestgrowing forms of fitness ever!This is mainly due to the fact thatit is fun and it is extremely effec-tive, affordable and accessible!

Developed by Beto Perez aColombian aerobics instructorin the 90’s, it was originally a mixof movements taken from Latindances such as samba, salsa,merengue etc but now includesstyles from around the world,like flamenco, hip hop,bollywood and even the latestdance floor track from Korea!

Zumba classes are attractingpeople who would normally betoo nervous or intimidated to goto a gym or studio.

The atmosphere is welcomingand friendly, and you don’t haveto know any of the steps to be ableto take part in the class! Themimimum age is 16-yrs-old butit really is for all ages and of any

ability, with or without dance,sport or fitness experience!

Sharing a passion for musicand dance, Zumba InstructorCoral Pearce, with a sport & fit-ness background of over 20-years experience has teamed upwith Susana Valente, a dancerwith 13-years-experience. Theycombine to make the 50 minutesof dance a real visual and ener-getic feast, so enjoyable that it’snot until the end that you realiseyou’ve had a really greatworkout for your mind, bodyand soul!

Classes are held Monday10:30am, Tuesday & Thursday7pm Wednesday & Friday11am, and Saturday at 2.15pm.

For more information:w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /zumbacarvoeiro.algarve /www.tenniscarvoeiro.com, Tel:282 358 236, Tm: 966 752 850(English), or 919 610 529 (Por-tuguese).

As a condominium and prop-erty management company,every year Algarve based LusoLiving have their annual clearout.

They currently have threelarge industrial size bin bags ofused sheets and towels whichowners can no longer use andwant to put them to good use.

If you know of a HomelessShelter, Animal Rescue, or other

charity that could benefit fromthis, then please contact them.

Although Luso Living’s mainoffice is located in Olhas daAgua, if you are unable to col-lect, they will be happy to de-liver to you.

Contact them on Tel: 289 398573, or at: info@the-livinggroup.com

Luso Living - Condominiumand Property Solutions

A video-mapping workshopis to be held at the ETIC Algarve(Technical School for Image andCommunication) school inPortimão, aimed at all creativelovers of 2D and 3D motiongraphics, video editors andvideo-scenographers.

Located in the old CaixaAgrícola bank building inPortimão the workshop willtake place over 1, 2, and 3 March,between 9am and 6pm.

Enthusiasts of this type ofvisual animation will have theopportunity to expand on con-tent such as the scenic layout ofobjects; the application and useof video-projectors; mappingwith MadMapper software; cre-ating special effects, and muchmore.

The workshop will culminatewith a final presentation of eachparticipant’s video mapping

project. All participants willalso be entitled to a certificate ofparticipation.

The three days’ training willbe carried out by teacher JoséBuhda, a pioneer in Portugal invideo jamming (VJ) and winnerof a number of prizes in the ar-eas of video manipulation.

José Buhda has also take partin renowned national key eventssuch as ‘Lisbon Week 2012’,where his ‘Traditional Lisbon’mapping/ screening was pro-jected onto the façade of a build-ing in that city.

Pre-enrolment in the work-shop is possible via the website.

For more information on theVideo Mapping workshop orany other of ETIC’s courses,timetables, prices and enrol-ment conditions, see:www.eticalgarve.com or phone:(+351) 282 111 494.