Anne Williams Activities Coordinator click here to email me

Hello everyone,

Firstly a very happy and healthy New Year to you all and secondly I look forward to a great year of fun and companionship with you. 
So, let’s get to it!
“How many of you have been with a recipient of a letter from the Queen of England to congratulate you on your 100th birthday”.  Well! We were honoured to be with a gentleman in that very category when we visited the cherry farm during the last function of 2011.
Congratulations to you Harry from all of us at Have a Go News; I look forward to having you with us at some of our functions this year.
“Spooky” things do happen and I have to report as I find. 
Something unusual happened at our Christmas party last December. 
We had a table of eight guests, namely June Mulder and her three friends and the Sharps with the Inglis’s. Each one of these guests won a raffle, almost one after the other. The final prize, which I jokingly of course, said to June she would win, as I walked away from her table; then to my complete surprise, she won, completing the eight wins at one table.  In fact, June’s prize was the two tickets to Mary Poppins. Congratulations to you all.  See Scene Socially on page 51 for the photos of the day.
Following is the program organised for the coming few months.
Our annual Chinese New Year function to be held on 25 January is always a great luncheon with our hosts, once again, the Dragon Palace in Francis Street, Northbridge. We will be upstairs in the private function area.  I love The Dragon Palace as they do such a great menu and serve authentic Chinese food; you can’t go wrong.  It is the Year of the Dragon. Check out which year you are in the Chinese calendar.
The booking form is in this issue.
To end February, our second event this year, on the 29th, will be our Swan River cruise down to Fremantle and back with Captain Cook Cruises and we will be have a lovely buffet lunch on board. This will be a completely relaxing experience as I am sure by the end of our last two months of summer, we will need to relax and keep cool. We enjoyed this trip a few years ago so do join us to take in the beautiful Swan River, hear some interesting information and stories that “go with the territory”. Our very special price for this trip is $53 (usually $59). I look forward to having you aboard!  The booking form in this issue.
Once again in March we celebrate International Women’s Day.  Our lunch will be on the 8th this year at the Hillarys Yacht Club again. This year we are closing off the bookings at 200 so we have more room than last year.
There will be lots of raffle prizes, namely dinner, an overnight stay and breakfast at the Duxton, and also two tickets to the Mary Poppins matinee on the 11 April. 
The booking form is in this issue.

Our very first concert with WASO this year is the Chamber Series No 1 to be held in St Mary’s Cathedral after our buffet lunch at the Duxton Hotel. Our music fans really enjoyed last year’s concerts in the cathedral so I know many of you return for these performances which are quite different to our Morning Concerts. You will notice that the price has increased which, unfortunately, is completely beyond my control. 
The booking form is in this issue.
The performance of Mary Poppins the musical is “creeping” up on us and bookings are coming in “fast and furious”, so please do not leave your booking till too late.  I have heard that all shows have been booked out by the general public, but we are still able to offer you matinee tickets for only $70. 
The booking form is in this issue.
In the middle of April we start our Morning Concerts with WASO with Beethoven’s Fifth with Paul Daniels conducting.  Don’t you just love watching him from the choir stalls?  He is so fascinating. We have 50 seats reserved for you, as we did last year, and as we nearly always manage to fill them, so book early to avoid disappointment. 
The booking form in this issue
Day tours are being discussed at this stage so if any of you have some interesting and new, feasible ideas or think of anywhere you would like to go that we would all enjoy, then please let me know.  Please note that the trip should take no more than one and a half hours to get to the destination. What about a trip to the Mandurah Canals again as we have not been for about four years? Maybe it is time we bought an old “jumbo jet” to get us further “down the track”. Wouldn’t that be just great! 
Keep your eye on the calendar, as it is updated regularly.
Also, when you receive your receipts for any of the functions you book, please look at the flyer I include in the envelope. This is a re-confirmation of your booking. The flyer reconfirms the date, time, place, BYO on occasions, change of arrival time and more. Please do check to make sure your booking is correct. Many thanks.

Cheers with a strawberry in it for New Year!

Anne

¥ Wednesday 25
“Let’s do Lunch"
Chinese New Year Luncheon
Dragon Palace Restaurant
Francis St, Northbridge
$38 per person
Booking form in this issue

¥ Friday 26
WASO Chamber Series 3
Best of Baroque
St Mary’s Cathedral
Lunch at the Duxton prior
to the concert
$65.50
Booking form in Aug issue

For bookings pick up your copy of Have a Go News

*Calendar as at January 2012**Venues can be subject to change
**As bookings are made for exact numbers - monies will NOT be refunded for "no shows"!