Friday - 1st Feb – Bar Nite

Saturday – 2nd Feb – ‘C’ Street Band performing – 8:00 PM

Friday – 8th Feb – Bar Nite

Saturday – 9th Feb – Rodeo, the Retro Band performing - 8:00 PM

Sunday – 10th Feb – Bumper Housie – 7:15 PM

Tuesday – 12th Feb – Valentine’s Day with Dominic D’Cruz & The Butterfingers – 8:00 PM

Saturday Housie: All Saturdays - 7:15 PM

Sunday Housie: All Sundays - 7:15 PM

Whist Drive: All Mondays - 6:30 PM

Duplicate Bridge: All Tuesdays - 6:30 PM

“For Private Circulation Only”`1

February 2013

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The Amateur Nite conducted by the youth of the Club on January 26th went through a makeover this year with the event being held on a single day, right from 11 am to 11 pm.

The day started with housie and brunch around an open stage with the audience taking up the mic and a couple of youth bands performing.

The competitive part had over 70 participants that kept the audience enthralled through the evening. Winners took home a variety of prizes that included a drum kit, a karaoke system, guitars, recordings at pro studios and many more. We even had a direct entry into the Opus KroaKing7 semifinals (national karaoke competition).

Congratulations to the 20 winners in various categories!

Nivedita Vasanth who won the first prize in the Senior Instrumental category and was also judged this year’s Most Promising Musician took home a

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drum kit from Sonido.

The other big prize, a karaoke system from Sonido, was for the Best Vocalist. This went to Ningthoujam Kishore who performed a surprise filler (Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen) that brought shivers to everyone in the close to 500 strong audience and later sang with a group that was placed first in the Senior Western Accoustic category.

We would like to make a special mention of Annaika Fernandes who was the only participant in the Dance category and rock n rolled the night away.

A big thank you to all participants, volunteers and the youth team that helped make this a huge success. And to the main sponsors, Sonido and the co-sponsors, Opus and Christortion Studio.

Lionel de NazarethMIC

PROGRAMME FOR THE MONTH

Youth

• Mr. Don D’Monte (Mem No. 221) expired on 28th December 2012

• Mr. Ronald John Johnson (Mem No.495) expired on 5th January 2013

• Mr. Harry Abreo (Mem No. 1601) expired on 6th January 2013

The Managing Committee condoles with the bereaved family members. May the Lord grant them the strength to bear their loss.

Obituaries

HINDI CLASSESFor children and adults.Acquire a lifelong language skill with special attention to grammar.Group sessions (max 8) or one on one. Special summer classes from April 1 to mid May 2013. Orientation for parents mandatory.Contact: Francina Farias, Mob: 97429 73270

As if to make up for the break through December 2012, Raintree was packed for our double author meet and speak iBrowse event on the 11th January 2013..

Library

Members were amazed with twelve year old Vindhya Vishwanath’s confidence levels in answering questions put to her by the gathering. Having read over 500 books and starting really young as a toddler in the UK, Vindhya’s dad revealed that he and his wife always encouraged her to read and when she began to write it was mum Veena who turned her hard copy, pen and paper scribbles into ‘soft copy’ for the editors and publishers.

Before this, however, seeing an opportunity to get children to interact with a young author and possibly kindling in them an interest in writing, a special session for kids only was arranged in the library which now wears a new look and has a whole lot

of books and games for kids. Refreshments were provided and Vindhya very happily interacted with the children present and parents and grandparents who encouraged her with their views and questions.

Later, I introduced my new novel called ‘Above the Ricefields of Pilerne’ published by Leadstart which is set in Goa, in my little village of Pilerne, in Bardez. Gregory de Nazareth and Gavin Cordeiro introduced the iBrowse members to my book, with readings of passages that I have enjoyed writing. As the blurb says -“Like the famed food and drink of Goa, this family saga is redolent with earthy and piquant flavours.” You will get to read about quaint village customs and get a peek into the Goan ethos, which sadly seems to be slipping away with time. The next iBrowse meet is on 8th February when Giselle Mehta, a former bureaucrat, will be our guest author for the evening with her book “Blossom Showers.” And the book chosen for discussion is ‘ Life of Pi’ a novel by Yann Martel which won the Man Booker Prize and is now a major motion picture.

Do come at 6 pm on the 8th Feb!

Marianne de NazarethSub-committee Member

The cooking demo by Ms Lubna Bhat ably assisted by Ms Erica Saldanha, went off very well and was well received by those who attended. Her speciality, Chicken Biryani with Brinjal Chutney, was made to appear very easy to prepare and I am sure that some of those who attended would have already made an attempt at its preparation. Many thanks to Lubna for this effort.

We hope to have more of these demos in the coming months, though it may not be possible always to announce them in the news letter. Kindly look out for details on the notice board.

We now have a separate wine menu and I request you to sample the selection and give us your comments.

Prakash AlvaresMIC

Krav Maga certification examCongratulations to Tanya Veigas, Ryan Nikit Saldanha and Simran K Bhatt who have excelled in the P1 level exam conducted by Krav Maga Global.

The next batch of P1 level training is planned to commence in March, 2013. Kindly contact the reception for details.

Krav Maga essential self-defence techniques for womenMr Elroy Vaz from Mumbai who is currently running the Krav Maga classes will conduct a short program in the essential self defence techniques for women, free of charge.

The session will be for 1.5 hrs on 9th February, 2013 from 10.30 am to 12.00 pm. It will impart basic training on techniques for tackling emergency situations. If you are interested in learning to protect yourself, please register for this program with the squash court marker.

Badminton Ladder TournamentThe Badminton Ladder tournament is currently under way in three categories – men, women and under 18. If interested in participating, kindly contact the squash court marker as soon as possible.

Lukose Abraham MIC

The Xmas Super Bumper was a big success thanks to all the sponsors.

And great news - on January 27th, both the Super Bumper and the Jackpot were won by Ms Judith D’Soares. Congratulations!

Lincoln D’CruzeMIC

The 14th Carlisle Bartley Double frame accumulative score Handicap snooker tournament will be held from February 18th to March 8th, 2013. Please do give your entries to the markers at the earliest.

Michael de RebelloMIC

Sportico Bar & Cafeteria

Housie

Billiards