Australian Eurasian Association of WA Inc.

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Hi everyone!

We had our Remembrance Day Cricket Game after the lunch on the 8^th November 2009. Unfortunately we only had a small turnout of 9 children/youth and 8 adults. Regardless of the turnout, an enjoyable afternoon was had by all who participated and the weather was perfect! Due to the small numbers and some young children participating, a round of good old fashioned Australian ‘backyard cricket’ was played….. and the best part of the afternoon was seeing the kids have so much fun!!!

There are more events being organised (see below) especially the big games day planned for after the February lunch. The success of these and other events depend on you. We hope and encourage you to give us more support! Please participate.

·         ‘New Years Games Day’ – “Eurasianlympics”. To commence after the February lunch. A series of competitive games will be organised both outdoor and indoor. All members are welcome. Please form teams of 5 people among friends or family some of which MUST include younger members. Games likely to be played are ‘rounders’, ‘chapteh’, ‘hop scotch’, ‘badminton’ and soccer. Rules to follow. Please let me know your teams at the December lunch if possible.

·         Christmas carolling - I am looking for members (particularly our younger members) to join me in a sing a long at the December lunch.

·         Talentime / Musical Soiree – Planned for March lunch. Calling for expressions of interest. We want you, our members, especially our younger members to show off your musical/artistic talents. Prizes will be awarded to all participants with major prizes for top performers.

If you can help with the organising, please call me on 0402 113 987 your assistance will really be appreciated.

Chad Beins

Youth Coordinator

NOVEMBER LUNCH THANK YOU!!!

A great big thank you to Melvin Nerva and Roger Prior for the entertainment during Nov lunch.

Also to  Ivan Fitzgerald for his assistance with the music/hymns at the remembrance Mass and Peter De Mello for his rendition of the last post and reveille at the remembrance ceremony before lunch.

Finally thanks to everyone who assisted with the cricket game especially Alison Thomason and Philip De Mello

Chad Beins

Hello members…..The weather has finally warmed up and we are gearing up for more activities especially outdoors. The numbers attending monthly lunches have grown and it’s fantastic to see our younger members there as well. There’s more exciting activities being planned starting in November.

8^TH NOVEMBER 2009 – ‘Remembrance Day – Cricket Game’.

To be held after the November lunch. Potentially playing for the “Remembrance Day Shield”. All members are welcome to participate but we are hoping to form a team of our younger members between the ages of 10 and 30’s…so please bring your children and grandchildren along to the November lunch. We will be playing a ‘20/20’ or shortened ‘limited overs’ version of cricket depending on the number of players and teams. We will provide all the necessary equipment all you need to do is turn up!

 Some other Youth activities being planned for the coming months are as follows:

 Talentime / Musical Soiree – Calling for expressions of interest. To allow especially our younger members to show off their musical/artistic talents. Prizes will be awarded to all participants with major prizes for top performers. 

We also require children/youth dancers and to perform our second Portuguese dance routine and dance instructors and dancers to perform other cultural dances such as Pilipino bamboo dance, Chinese fan dance, Indian traditional or Bollywood dances etc. Please let me know if you are able to assist.

 Children/Youth to form a Christmas carolling group to lead our members in a sing a long at the

December lunch. Come along to the November lunch or call give me a call with your name and contact details so that we can prepare for couple of quick practises. Please let me know if you can play an instrument. Other members are also welcome but priority will be given to our younger members.

‘New Years Games Day’ – “Eurasianlympics”. Planned for after the February lunch. Its the start of the new year, weather’s fine, everyone’s still in a holiday mood….sounds like a great recipe to work off the ‘extra kilos’ from the Christmas/holiday season!!! A series of competitive games will be organised both outdoor and indoor to win the coveted title of “Eurasianlympics Champion Team”. Aimed mainly at our younger members but being a team competition, all members are welcome. Form family teams e.g. “Team De Souza” or location teams e.g. ‘Team Morley’. ‘Heritage’ games such as ‘rounders’, ‘sepak takraw’, ‘chatek’, ‘hop scotch’, ‘badminton’ maybe incorporated into the competition so watch this space for more details….

I require assistance especially from some of our younger members with organising these activities and would like to form a sub committee. If you can help, please call me on 0402 113 987. It’s a lot of work and your assistance will really be appreciated.                                  

Chad Beins  -  Youth Coordinator

Hello all….

The August Youth lunch can only be described in one word… MAGNIFICENT!

Our young members dancing the Portuguese dancing….- magnificent!

The band of youth’s entertaining us. . . ….magnificent!

The soccer games …,..magnificent!

The youth beat the veterans by 1 goal after having to go to a penalty shoot-out (Golden Goal)*what a match!

Caitlin De Souza, Jaz Cappeau, Shoshanna Beins, Peter De Mello, Chad Beins Jnr and Jermaine Beins danced flawlessly to the wonderful Portuguese folk song and dance ‘Cama Sha’, a dance for lovers.

BUT what was even more fantastic was that Jaz (2004′). Caitlin (2006). Shoshanna (2009) and Peter (2007) were all recent winners of the lda De Silva Award and came back to show their support for our community.

Grateful thanks to our members Ann & Alan Jupp (PlaneTorque Australia Pty Ltd) who sponsored the gifts for our dancers. -thanks as well to the parents and grandparents for their time and encouragement but a special thanks to Thelma Minjoot (Aunty lda De Siiva’s daughter) for teaching our young members with the wonderful assistance of Joan & Charles Reincastle. We are encouraged by our members positive response with the dancing and look forward to your children and grandchildren joining us next time but also should you, the adults, wish to learn to dance as well, please contact Gerry Carroll (Heritage Coordinator) or Genevieve De Souza {or the possibility of conducting ‘adult dancing lessons’. The youth are now looking forward to their next challenge…..

Kryptonite…red jumpsuit apparatus.-.sum 41..-song title and band names of the songs performed on stage by ‘The first six months’ made up of mainly ex school band mates Sam Croll (bass), Zack Visser (drums), Jian Soares (rhythm guitar). Steven Atticus (lead guitar) and Chad Beins Jnr (lead vocals). They got the crowd especially the youth ‘pumping !!! Special thanks goes to our members Thelma & Brian Green B quik print) for their generous sponsorship of the gifts for our performers. Great job boys!!!

Throughout the morning we were also entertained by various guest artistes such as Joan & Charles Reincastle and Thelma Minjoot who did a wonderful acapella rendition of some Portuguese folk songs, the Beins kids with a few ‘oldies but goodies’, Jaz Cappeau with her brilliant and energetic ‘hip hop’ dance that got everyone moving to the beat… and our special guest Don Beins, visiting from Malacca with his mesmerizing voice. Thank you all for helping to make the day truly entertaining.

Chad Beins