Choir concerts €660 raised for charity you who came along to support, donate,
etc., a super big thank you.
Local choir “CoraXalia” (Director:
Eusebio Pita) has the pleasure of inviting
you to two free Christmas concerts, one
in the Arts Centre in Alcaucín on Friday
December 7 at 8pm and one in the
Church of San Isidro Labrador in
Periana Saturday December 8 at 8pm.
There will be a collection for charity at
the end of the concerts. For more
information please email
[email protected] or tel: 689 111 352. Food for Change held another
fundraising spa day on November 3.
Therapists donated their services,
including: Reiki, Reconnective Healing,
Thai massage, Energy Lines Massage,
Lakota Card Reading, Natural Facelift,
Reflexology and Lymphatic Drainage. A
total of €660 was raised for Los Angeles
de la Noche – the food kitchen in Little Gecko
Art Exhibition
Local artist Margaret Riordan has an art
exhibition until end April 2019 at Bar
Choto Playa on the N340 at Peñoncillo
Beach, Torrox Costa, (Closed Tuesdays).
(next to Ruta 340 motorcycles shop).
Free entry,
plenty of
free parking.
Margaret is
a self-taught
artist
(retired
secretary).
She was
born in
Bristol,
England,
and has
been
painting and
drawing all her life. She has entered
many competitions with success at local
and national level and over 400 of her
works have been sold throughout the
UK, Europe, North America & Australia.
Nerja Players
Nerja Players invite you to leave your
worries on the doorstep and just direct
your feet to the funny side of the street
where The Two Bees (Burch & Brentley)
and other Bs are presenting a night of
comedy... funny that! Laughter really is
the best medicine... The time is 7pm on
December 4 and the venue is the
premises of The Nerja Bridge Club,
between Salon de Juegos and the
Supermarket, at the top of c/ Castillo
Perez 1. This will be a Comedy night
with a Christmas spirit. 12 Nights of
Christmas Raffle with proceeds to
benefit ‘Taller de Amistad.’ Members:
Free / Non-members: €3.
Màlaga. The charity serves over 2,500
meals, daily (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
and, as Christmas approaches, they plan
to serve a special dinner on Christmas
Eve, in a total of 30 Asadores around the
city of Málaga. Thanks go to all who
attended the spa day or made donations.
Special thanks to Tracey of Centro
Dharma for the use of the therapy
centre. Tracey will be continuing her
holistic work, running training courses at
different locations, from the end of
November. This takes the total raised by
these spa days to more than €6,500. If
you would like to know more about the
homeless charity:
www.angelesdelanoche.org/en/
For more information on
complementary therapy treatments and
workshops:
www.facebook.com/theartofholisticbeing
Over €800 raised
A very successful and enjoyable
fundraiser was held in Busker’s Bar in
October raising €840.56. Cassie Shine
(pictured) is volunteering to work with
orphans and children affected by AIDS
next summer in Mozambique and
Swaziland. Cassie, from Coventry will be
16 in April and is a niece of Mary and
Marc who live here in Nerja. She would
like to thank Joe for hosting the event,
also to the musicians who gave their
time and talents for free; Joe himself,
Niall, Mike, Bernie, Bill, Alberto and
Alastair. Special thanks to Howie for
guitar dueting with Cassie herself.
Thanks also to Lucy, Millie, Mary G and
Abel for behind the scenes and to all the
local businesses who contributed so
generously with raffle prizes; Buskers,
Irish Annie’s, The Harp, The Beer
Garden, Fitzgerald’s, Good Stuff and The
Ship. Lastly, to each and everyone of
20
Little Gecko are holding a Christmas
Fayre at El Zoco on Friday December 14
from 6pm. There will be handcraft stalls
and each El Zoco business will sell some
type of reasonably priced Christmas
item. A choir will sing carols, a dancing
group will perform, and they are having
a donation stall, for blankets, coats and
wrapped presents to be given to the
homeless and needy in Nerja,
(distributed by the Church). Finally,
there will be a free wrapping stall run by
some local children, plus some free or
minimal charge fun things; Hoopla etc.
Lastly, they have organised an Advent
raffle and to date 39 businesses have
confirmed their participation with an
offer of a prize and more may join in.
Prizes range from ‘Two pints of lager
and a packet of crisps’, to a solicitors
consultation, meals, drinks and a
designer cake. Tickets are available from
all participating businesses, so just ask
your local bar if they are or go to Little
Gecko to get yours! All funds raised by
the Fayre and the raffle will go to Taller
de Amistad. See their ad on page 38.
New bar at El Zoco
There is another new bar in the El Zoco
commercial centre next to the sports
ground by the old Supersol. Harveys,
owned by Steven and Leeanne Motion
from Edinburgh will be showing live
sports including 3pm kick offs on
Saturdays. They will be serving a range
of snacks including a selection of
Toasties and Baguettes. There will be a
happy hour on Saturdays with Draught
Fosters at €3 per pint and house wines at
€1 per glass. And finally, they will host a
kids Christmas party on December 23.
Please check out their FB page for
further details and their ad on page 41.
Almijara Bowls Club
On November 7, the Almijara Bowls
Club held their Gala day which was
sponsored by Liberty Seguros. 11 teams
played 10, 5 end triples matches and
there were many close results. The
overall winners were Graham Williams,
Nigel Locke and Marion Talbot.