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22 - 28 June 2023
THE skirl of bagpipes filled the Cueva de las Calaveres in Benidoleig last Friday and Saturday evening, heralding the start of the Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir’s (CBMVC) popular ‘Concert at the Cave’ and accompanying one of the choir’s new songs Highland Cathedral. The sell-out audience of 200 was entertained with a varied selection of songs by the choir, ranging from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Memory from the musical Cats to the rousing Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and a wonderful acappella version of Sound of Silence, accompanied by drummer Juan Carlos. The choir’s chosen charity this year was ‘SOS Ukraine’, based at the DAR centre in Javea and Friday evening’s concert included a solo performance by DAR’s leader and concert pianist Lola Smolokowski, who also described for A BEAUTIFUL Costa Blanca sky welcomed in the day after the thunderstorms had continued their journey overnight into the sea and away from the Calpe Greens. This was the first Javea Green Bowls Club (JGBC) Open Competition to be held at Calpe Bowling Club, so a full eight rinks were in full swing. It was an intense day of bowling with thankfully a nice breeze to ease the heat. With 16 teams competing
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Concert at the Cave Image by the CBMVC
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MALE VOICE CHOIR: The concert was a sell-out in the cave.
the audience the support the centre is providing for Ukrainian refugees. The choir will soon start preparing for concerts later in the year and is always seeking new members. If you are interest-
ed in joining them, go along to one of their regular rehearsals every Tuesday at 5.54pm at Bar Mediteraneo in Teulada. For further information visit www.costablancamalevoicechoir.com.
Javea Green Bowls Club from five different clubs, and 36 ends per player, it was a big ask for the bowlers, but as ever, determined not to let the side down, there was some very competitive bowling. But there has to be a winner and with dropping only two points out of a maximum of 27, a Javea Green BC team ‘3Gs’ Greg Sperring, Christina
Harris and Brenda Burgess claimed the trophy. In second place ‘Alfie’s Lot’, Chris Salter, Jean McLaughlin and Hazel Brown from El Cid Bowls club, and in third and fourth places were teams from Bonalba Bowls Club. For further information visit www.javeagreenbowlsclub. com.
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