International Club of Estepona The ‘ICE’ Club A Social and Cultural Club for all English Speaking People
DECEMBER 2020 - JANUARY 2021 Edition
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International Club of Estepona The ‘ICE’ Club Magazine Contents Page Page 5 President's Letter 27 7 Lottery Winners 29 8 Competitions 30 9 Important Notice 31-32 10-11 Past Events 33 12-13 Reflections of ICE Krafty Club 36 19 Events 36 20-23 Social Calendar 37 24 Future Events 38 25 Glorious Pageantry & Wailful Choirs 39 Betty Fooks - Editor Email: editor@theiceclub.es. Mobile: 663 572 492
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As we come to the end of 2020, I would like to wish everyone in ICE a very happy Christmas and a much calmer New Year. Ed.
President: Sue Potter Email: info@theiceclub.es Editor: Betty Fooks Email: editor@theicelub.es Advertising: Rachel Lucas Email: lucasrachel2020@gmail.com Disclaimer: - The committee wishes to declare that ICE does not accept responsibility for the contents of articles nor the claims made by advertisers. The magazine is published on the website on or before the first day of each month. www.theiceclub.es Email: info@theiceclub.es Tel: 952 802 549 3
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President’s Letter We have had to say our final farewell to Michael Franks, our thoughts are with Angela and their family at this very sad time. Our love and sympathies also go out to Richard & Julie Wood on the loss of their son.
At the time of writing this, we still don't know whether we can re-open the Club in December after 10th. The good news is, there is a vaccine on its way and hopefully, we can all go back to some sort of normality. Like a lot of you, I can't wait to be able to see my family again. What a strange Christmas we are all going to have but hopefully at least the Club will be open for a couple of hours from 12-2 so nobody needs to be alone. Unfortunately, even if the Club is allowed to re-open before Christmas, we have had to cancel the Club's Christmas lunch on 17th December. Instead, we will go to Mini India on 17th. All Manilva members will be able to go even if the regulations stay the same but hopefully everybody will be able to come. Tickets won't be sold but you need to tell Diane Hackett if you intend to come. Hoping that the quiz will be held on Friday 18th December with Maggie Whittley and Sheila Fox as quizmasters but it may have to be changed to an afternoon event. I hope you all have your Residencia sorted and you have until 31st December to get the paperwork in to exchange your driving licence. The Committee have had to keep changing dates for various events in December due to the new regulations, updates are posted on FB and the website. Fingers crossed, in January the Club will be open as per normal. Further on in the magazine, I have posted an urgent request for a President and Vice to come forward to take over in March. We are also looking for a Catering Manager. The AGM will be held on Thursday 11th March, keep the day free in your diary. So it just leaves me to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy and healthy New Year. Sue Potter, President 5
Anglican Church of Costa del Sol West SAN PEDRO at 10-00am Every Sunday we hold an Anglican Service of Holy Communion in the Hall adjoining the Parroquia Virgen del Rocio (near McDonalds). SOTOGRANDE at 12-00pm Every 2nd and 4th Sunday we hold an Anglican Service of Holy Communion in La Iglesia Sra.de la Merced, the ‘Big Church’. 1st and 3rd Sundays are Methodist Worship services. You will receive a very warm welcome at our Churches, and children are particularly encouraged to join in the Sunday school fun activities. We hold a Messy Church at Marlow’s Fish and Chip restaurant at the Eroski roundabout in Duquesa on the first Saturday of each month, between 11-00am and 1-00pm. This is well attended by children, who enjoy the various activities, and also parents and adults who come along to give their support. We conduct Wedding Blessings, Baptisms, Funeral services, and undertake pastoral care visits to the sick or needy. Coffee Morning each Tuesday in Sabinillas from 11-00am, at the Café American Bistro at the eastern end of the Paseo near the children’s play area. Our Chaplain is Adrian Low, so do come and meet him together with his wife Joanna at any of these events. For further details about us, please contact Adrian on 952 808 605 or, Church Wardens: San Pedro Church - Geoff Fabron(an ICE Member) +44 7786244607 geoff.fabron@hotmail.co.uk Sotogrande Church - Debbie Geater 637 986 516 debbiegeater@gmail.com 6
NOTICES Lottery Winners - October 1st Chic Danby
52 euros
2nd Dyana Coe
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3rd Chic Danby
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A BIRTHDAY WINNER Chic Danby celebrated his 90th birthday with his daughter Lynne and friends at Taberna Lucia 111, overlooking the marina in Estepona. Chic welcomed his friends with a glass of Moet & Chandon which was sent as a surprise gift from his son, Bruce and family in UK as they were sadly not able to be here. He had a whole week of presents and cards arriving in the post and had a wonderful time to add to his memories. To add to the surprises, whilst drinking the champagne, he received a text from the ICE Club to say he had won the lottery 1st and 3rd. How lucky is he!!! Happy Birthday Chic we hope you have many more. Submitted by Lynn Danby She’s on a seafood diet - see food and eat it. The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable we had to add whisky. By diligent effort I learned to like it. 7
PUZZLES
Like puzzles— There’s a new one every day on the ICE website! CODEWORDS (Answers Page 33) Codewords are like crossword puzzles - but have no clues! Instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number! To start you off, we reveal the codes for two or three letters. With these letters filled in throughout the puzzle, you'll have enough clues to start guessing words and discovering other letters. SUDOKU (Answers Page 33 ) Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each 9-box square contains all of the numbers from 1 to 9. 8
NOTICE URGENT/IMPORTANT As you all probably know I am standing down as President at the AGM in March. As you know, we have no VP either, so whoever wants to be President should be co-opted onto the Committee so that they have an idea of how the Club works. Please think seriously about this and if you are at all interested please let me know. We will also be looking for a Catering Manager. This does not have to be a committee post but it does help - again please think seriously about it. All members must enjoy the Club or you wouldn't join so PLEASE, if you can, think about whether you could do any of the 3 jobs that will be vacant in March. Sue Potter—President
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PAST EVENTS ICE CLUB 32ND BIRTHDAY PARTY Tuesday the 3rd of November saw the ICE Club’s 32nd Birthday Party held at Taberna Miguel in Estepona old town. The afternoon was sunny and warm and the turnout was good at 41, especially given the current Covid situation which limited the attendees to 6 per table. The venue has recently been renovated and provided excellent accommodation for hosting the party. All the guests were welcomed with a glass of Cava on arrival and, though music is not allowed in the current climate, there was much animated conversation and smiling faces all round. The party mood continued throughout the afternoon and the guests were treated to an excellent 3 course meal with friendly and attentive service. Festivities came to an end in the late afternoon when the raffle prizes were drawn. The main raffle prizes of restaurant meal vouchers were won by Audrey Frew, Brenda Taylor and Sheila Defries and 10 members were rewarded with an additional prize of a bottle of Cava which rounded off what was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. Submitted by Danny & Renee Hackston
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PAST EVENTS DECEMBER QUIZ A good turn out for the quiz in November, over 42 attended and we were all there in time for the earlier start because of the new curfew rules. Fran was the quizmaster and we travelled around the world with the first set of questions about the Americas, then Africa then Asia and finally ending up in Europe. They were all multiple choice answers so one would think that made it easier, but no, a lot of changing of minds and crossing outs. Well done Fran, and congratulations to the winners, Stella, Paddy, Steph, Eve & Del. The December quiz (4th December) is of course our Christmas quiz, and we have been assured that Father Christmas is sending 2 of his busy helpers to be the questionnaires, so come along and join in the fun. Submitted by Sue Potter I just divorced my cross-eyed wife. I found out that she was seeing someone on the side.
Margaret & Vic would like to wish all our ICE friends A Very Happy Christmas and a Healthy 2021, wherever you are.
My wife claims I'm the cheapest person she's ever met. I'm not buying it. A raven has 17 rigid feathers called pinions, while a crow has only 16. Imagine that! The difference between a raven and a crow is just a matter of a pinion! I took my new girlfriend to the ice rink on our first date. They were having a half price promotion. She called me a cheap skate. I didn't think the chiropractor would improve my posture. But I stand corrected. I used to date a girl with one leg who worked at a brewery. She was in charge of the hops. 11
REFLECTIONS OF ‘ICE’ Krafty Club The Krafty Club was started by Julie Wood and Bea Sykes in January this year and gives an opportunity to get together and chat whilst doing a wide range of craft activities – crochet, knitting, quilting and hand made decorations. I spent a very enjoyable morning with the club members and watching their many talents at work gave me great inspiration to bring out my sewing machine – Ed.
Apart from the traditional crafts, I watched this wonderful decoration being made (below). By putting blobs of nail varnish into a dish of water an exciting mix of colours appeared.
It was a joy to see an idea put into practice and to share the artist’s joy of creation .
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From time to time people are invited to come along and demonstrate a particular skill. Recently there was a basket weaving display. Made from old newspapers, rolled into tubes and then weaved together, they are then glued and painted to give this delightful result made by Sandy Smit.
This charming stocking was one of many made by Bea and snapped up by other members for their Christmas decorations.
As these photos show, there is a wealth of amazing talent in our club. Everyone shares their skill and knowledge so if you have a problem, then the other members are delighted to help.
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Notices IMP0RTANT INFORMATION FOR S1 REGISTERED MEMBERS RE EUROPEAN HEALTH INSURANCE CARD (EHIC) This is a new concern for all those who are here in Spain and registered via an S1 form. Basically, it now appears that ALL current EHIC cards will expire on 31st December 2020. For UK resident brits this is the end for the EHIC cards. But Brit S1 residents who are living within the EU still have need of the EHIC for travel around Europe (not for use in the UK though) > SO, YOU NEED TO REAPPLY FOR A NEW EHIC CARD that will presumably carry information about the withdrawal agreement. …………………………… Below is the web site for applying for the EHIC card, if you already have an S1 of course. Under new NHSBSA guidelines that have just come out, you need to renew your UK issued EHIC, as your current card can only be used up to 31 December 2020. This is good news, I think, as the new EHICs will no doubt verify that you have continued rights to use them under the WA. You can make your application online - if you currently have a UK issued S1 it's a very quick and straightforward process: you need to tick the box that says you have an S1: give your name, your address, your date of birth, a phone number (optional) and your email address. You'll get an acknowledgement that you've completed your application, and an application number.
You will receive an email acknowledging your application and then presumably - your new EHIC-E. Here's the link - just follow the simple instructions. It will take you quite literally 2 minutes;
https://services.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/cra/start (This only applies to UK issued EHICs - if you have an EHIC issued by your host country it doesn't apply to you). 15
NOTICES IMPORTANT CHANGES TO TRAFFIC LEGISLATION Congress has passed new traffic legislation that will affect how motorists and cyclists use Spain’s roads. While the law will not come into effect for some months – and some of the reforms still need to be specified by a new regulation code slated for approval in June – these are some of the biggest changes. 1. Helmets mandatory in cities for cyclists under 16. After a long row over
safety issues, the Popular Party has backtracked on its intention to make helmets mandatory for all riders within municipal limits. In the end, only minors will have to wear them. Not doing so could lead to fines of 200 euros for parents. 2. Small children may not ride in the front seat. Law enforcement officers will be able to stop and fine drivers carrying children under 1.35 meters in the front passenger seat, unless all the back seats are already taken up by other children also under the height limit (or the car has no back seats at all). Until now, under-12s could ride in the front as long as they had a booster seat or other approved retaining device. Taxis will have to follow the same rules, but parents, not taxi drivers, will be held accountable for violations. Fines can also reach 200 euros. 3. Bigger fines for drunk driving. Driving with double the allowed limit of alcohol in the blood will now mean a fine of 1,000 euros rather than 500. Those caught driving under the influence twice within the same year will get slapped with a 2,000 euro fine the second time round. 4. Fines for driving after taking drugs. The new law eliminates the need to prove that drug use influenced a person’s driving. Now, all it takes is a saliva test: if the result shows the presence of drugs in the body, drivers will be presented with a 1,000 euro fine regardless of whether the substances affected their driving or not. Prescription drugs are excluded. 5. Alcohol and drug tests for pedestrians. Pedestrians caught violating a traffic regulation – by crossing the road at the wrong place, for instance – will be obliged to submit to a drug and alcohol test. Until now, this was only the case if they were involved in an accident. 6. New speed limits. While the current speed limit on highways and freeways is 120km/h, the reforms contemplate raising this to 130km/h. The new code scheduled for approval in June will determine where and when this speed may be legally reached. Penalties will be the same: starting at 100 euros for vehicles going up to 150km/h. 7. No minimum speed restrictions for bicycles. This reform aims to solve a problem faced by cyclists in cities. Until now, vehicles could not travel at a speed below 50 percent of the limit. This was a problem for cyclists in spots such as Madrid’s Cuesta de la Vega, a steep slope where riders have a hard time going faster than 25km/h. Freeways remain off-limits to cyclists. 8. Ban on speed camera detectors and jammers. The new legislation expressly prohibits the use of speed camera detectors: drivers caught using them will be liable to fines of 200 euros and the loss of three points on their licence. Speed camera jammers 16
are considered much more serious and entail penalties of 6,000 euros and six points off the permit. Only alert systems offering information about the locations of speed cameras based on databases will be legal. Drivers with GPS devices incorporating speed camera detection capabilities will have to deactivate this option. 9. Foreign residents must register their vehicles. Because foreigners living in Spain were not under the obligation to register their cars here, in practice it was difficult to get them to pay traffic fines or submit to controls. The new regulations will determine the deadlines and conditions for vehicle registration. 10. Road works. It will be considered a serious offence to conduct any kind of road works without first informing the pertinent traffic authorities. 11. Road debris. Dropping items of any kind on the road will carry high penalties. 12. Inspecting driving schools. Hindering health department or traffic inspectors trying to carry out checks on driving schools and other vehicle-related centres will be considered an offence. 13. Police can fine vehicles without stopping them. Officers will be able to fine vehicles without hailing them down if they are performing duties that prevent them from doing so or giving chase. 14. Drivers to be responsible in accidents involving game animals. Until now, such accidents were only blamed on drivers if they were in violation of the rules of the road, otherwise the state or the owner of the hunting preserve were held accountable. Under the new law, drivers will always be considered to blame unless it can be proven that the animal stormed the road as a result of a big-game hunt held that day or within 12 hrs of one having taken place. The state will only be accountable if it fails to provide proper warning signals or to mend broken fences. In practice what this means is that no compensation will be handed out in the event of a driver being killed or seriously injured after collision with an animal on one of Spain’s nearly 25,000 hunting preserves. 15. 50 percent discount for early fine payment extended to 20 days. This is up from the current 15 days. 16. Environmental restrictions. Vehicles may be barred from entering certain roadways based on environmental criteria. The Environment Ministry will establish the exact rules governing this point. 17. New reasons for immobilising vehicles. As well as the vehicles of drivers who let children ride without the proper safety devices, authorities will also be able to immobilise those being driven without the proper permit (a C permit in the case of vehicles weighing between 3,500kg and 7,500kg and a D permit in the case of buses). 18. Ban on taking unsafe vehicles to other countries. This article is an application of the United Nations’ Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, which aims to discourage the importing and exporting of new or used vehicles deemed unsafe. 19. Priority for tow trucks. Tow trucks on their way to assist motorists will have right of way and have to be treated the same way as ambulances. 20. Fewer driving restrictions for cancer patients. Right now, cancer sufferers are hardly ever allowed to drive, unless their doctor takes it up with the traffic authority. But improved medical treatment is set to be reflected in the new road rules, which will place fewer restrictions on patients. Submitted by Doug Mitchell 17
Ambiguity of the English Language TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW. In a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT. In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS…
In an office: WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN. In an office: AFTER TEA BREAK, STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD.
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EVENTS DECEMBER Thursday 17th December—Lunch—Mini India Organiser Diane Hackett Friday, 18th December—Quiz—Christmas Theme Quizmasters Sheila Fox and Maggie Whittley. Organiser Sheila Fox Friday, 25th December—Christmas Day Club Open Come and share some Christmas cheer with friends. Organisers Fran & Ian Horwood
JANUARY Friday, 8th January-Quiz
Organiser Sheila Fox
Monday, 11th January-Film ‘The Reader’
Organiser Sue Potter
Sunday, 17th January-Songs of Praise
Organiser Martin Holmes
Sunday, 24th January-Welcome Back Lunch Organiser Brenda Taylor Tuesday, 26th January-Ladies Lunch
Organiser Julie Wood
DUE TO CURRENT RESTRICTIONS EVENTS MAY CHANGE AT VERY SHORT NOTICE ALWAYS CHECK CLUB HOUSE NOTICE BOARD STOP PRESS ON THE WEBSITE www.theiceclub.es OR FACEBOOK ‘The ICE Club’
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FUTURE EVENTS FEBRUARY Friday, 5th February—Quiz Saturday, 13th February—Valentine’s Dinner Wednesday, 17th February—Krafty Club Sunday 23rd February—Songs of Praise Tuesday, 23rd February—Ladies Lunch EVENTS MAY CHANGE – ALWAYS CHECK CLUB HOUSE NOTICE BOARD STOP PRESS ON THE WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK
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GLORIOUS PAGEANTRY AND WAILFUL CHOIRS With another Remembrance Day now behind us, we know that many member nations of what used to be called the British Empire spent many hours preparing for their memorial services of the day. The eleventh day of the eleventh month. Local councils will have repainted the flagpole and weeded the gardens around their cenotaphs and memorials in their city centres. The area will have been blocked off and police will have kept the roads clear for those marching with as much military discipline as they can muster and as much as Covid-inspired social distancing allowed. Ex-servicemen and women, padres and bishops, the able and the less able will all have pressed their uniforms and polished their medals and their black boots. Where necessary, wheelchairs will have been made ready, wheels oiled not to squeak as they were pushed along. Regimental colours and Legion flags and campaign banners will have been taken out of storage and hung out to be rid of the smell of mothballs - and leather harnesses will have been buffed to shine in the hoped-for winter sunshine. Youngsters from the local churches will have re-learned hymns not sung since last November and now forgotten. But they would be on parade, alongside the senior men and women in the choir. All in their white smocks and frilly collars, the juniors proudly wearing their one year-service medals. And similarly, the bugler. He will have played the Last Post and then Reveille and needed to practise. His spot in the service is in many ways, the most poignant - that moment when all is hushed, some of those attending looking mournful and swallowing deeply, some just thoughtful, some shedding tears as they think of Dad or Uncle Fred or Great-aunt Molly, whose whole street was flattened in 1943. Elsewhere, memorial services were a little more low-key. Villages and townships in smaller communities in smaller countries conducted their services of memorial in their own ways and with what they had. There would have been no bugler. No Last Post. No Reveille. No uniforms. There might have been very few ex-soldiers, maybe just a few old men with tarnished medals dangling from their ragged shirts. No boots to be polished, no flags to salute. But they were proud of what they did and where they went to serve His Majesty. Nobody can take that away. And every year, they will come to that same central square to remember, and they come with what they have. Themselves. And their memories - of their comrades who fell. And they too will shed tears. Flowers will be brought by the women and children. They don’t applaud but they clap in harmony with the musical accompaniment - of perhaps a rather wailful choir as another small nation mourns. They know that they too, in their turn and at their time, will be bourn aloft or sink, as the light wind lives or dies. Note. John Keates wrote something similar to the last three lines of the above and called it ‘Autumn’, soon after the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. He died in 1821. Autumn in all respects. Submitted by Geoff Morgan 25
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SAFETY NOTICES These are the new rules that the Committee have put into place to keep you all safe, it is everybody's responsibility to adhere to them, anybody refusing to keep to the rules will unfortunately be asked to leave: Capacity allowed is 75% using 25% of the tables indoors, 100% in toldos area but a distance of 1.5 metres to be kept between tables. Anti bacterial gel to be used when you enter the Club which is provided at every entrance. People must wear masks at all times apart from when sitting at a table. Tables and chairs to be cleaned after every occupancy by the people vacating chair or table, cleaning materials provided at cleaning stations. Only 1 person at a time in all of the toilets, locks have been fitted on the outer doors. Toilets, door handles and light switches to be cleaned by anyone using the toilets. Cleaning materials provided or if you feel safer clean them before use as well. No cushions to be used and when required, single use tablecloths only. Lunches will now be served at your table. Bar to be used for ordering & collecting of drinks only, no standing or sitting at the bar. If you use the Computer, wipe everything down with wipes provided. Books & puzzles may be taken but on return or touched must be put into the box provided to quarantine for 14 days. Lift to be used by 1 person at a time unless of the same household. If you have returned to Spain from another country please refrain from coming to the Club for 14 days. 27
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WILMA’S TWICE BAKED CARROT SOUFFLE 2/4 portions. 1 lb carrots, sliced Some orange juice and water, salt 1 garlic clove, 1 small onion, finely chopped 100 ml (1/4 cup) milk 3 eggs , separated 1/4 packet (75 gr.) melted butter 200 gr strong grated cheese (manchego) 80 gr flour + 1 tsp baking powder (or s/ r flour) 1 tsp nutmeg, good pinch salt and pepper.
Fry onions to glaze, add garlic for 1 minute. Blend together with egg yolks, flour, milk, cheese, Nutmeg, pepper, salt. Whisk egg whites and fold in last. Baking tin/glass dish, well greased and the souffle should fill to about 3 fingers high. Bake for about 20 minutes, inserting a knife it should still be a bit moist. Then before dinner bake again to heat through about 15 minutes. Put knife in again, hold for a few seconds, knife should feel hot to the tip. Submitted by Wilma Keeley
Boil carrots in water/orange juice 10/12 minutes. Cool to just warm.
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THEATRE SUPERSTITIONS We’ve all heard of the thespian wish of ‘Break a leg’, but perhaps there are other oddities about the stage that need explanation. What about not mentioning ‘Macbeth’ inside a theatre? Curiously, many unexplained catastrophes have occurred when that dreaded name has been spoken: theatres burning to the ground; personal injuries to actors; theatres going bankrupt; the lead actor committing suicide immediately after the play was performed; otherwise-reliable lighting failing when the technician defiantly mentioned the name; and the actor playing Macbeth dying on stage and Shakespeare himself taking over – this being unrecorded in any way makes this, of course, an unprovable origin of the curse! Sounds very convincing, but maybe it’s all coincidence? So what else? What about whistling when on stage? Actors should not whistle on stage! Stage hands used to whistle (softly) as a signal to colleagues that a scene change was about to happen. A heavy backdrop once fell, it is said, on an actor who whistled while standing immediately below the backdrop, and was killed when it was released at the wrong moment. Not something one would choose to do. Just bad luck!
Ghost lights? An empty theatre always has a light on within the auditorium! It might keep the ghosts away, but in terms of simple safety, one little light in a huge darkened theatre is not much to ask. Perhaps just common sense? And ghosts themselves abound in theatres. Theatres that change names, like the Lyric, are often (they say) visited by a presence annoyed by the change, sometimes taking a curtain call or appearing on stage on opening night, and vanishing in a flash before a shocked audience. In other theatres, disgruntled spirits are blamed for moving 31
stage props or even losing them during the run of a play. Olive Thomas, a one-time Follies girl, is the most frequently seen ghost, at the New Amsterdam Theatre, but seen only by men! No doubt the bar also does good trade! Placing shoes on a table is a serious mistake. Perhaps this is related to the tannin in the leather being poisonous; placing your sandwiches on that same spot on the table could be a mistake. And what about ‘break a leg’? One story goes that when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, in Washington DC, the gunman jumped from his stage-side box, onto the stage to escape. In doing so, he broke a leg, but hobbled away. He was himself an actor of some note at the time, and, having had the luck to make his escape, the greeting of ‘Break a leg’ is thought to have been used as a ‘black humour’ version of ‘good luck’ to those who tread the boards. This, as the origin of the saying, is disputed by the lack of record of anyone using the expression earlier than the 1920s, but, does anyone have a better explanation? There is one possibility. The edge of a stage is known as the line, and is marked by the curtains, the lower part of which used to be called the legs of the curtains. To cross the line, or to ‘break’ the line, meant that you were ‘on stage’ - working as an actor. ‘Break a leg’ therefore conveyed a wish that you would be an actor. Many would-be actors turn up at the stage, hoping to be chosen to play a part; if they crossed that line – broke a leg – it was because they were being selected to play a part. They were actors – and would be paid as such. In the dance world, they take a rather more commercial approach, and wish each other ‘Merde’, or in Spain, ‘Mucha mierda’. This is explained, back in the old days, by a well-attended theatre being identified by the number of horse-drawn carriages that brought the paying customers to the theatre door - but leaving their droppings in the street. The more droppings, the better the audience, the better the pay! Good wishes, indeed. Superstition? Or common sense in a changing world? Submitted by Geoff Morgan 32
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Future proof your finances By David Bowern, Partner, Blevins Franks
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GENERAL INFORMATION See trip information for times. Please ensure that you sit in the seat numbered on your ticket. We regret that we cannot stop at any other point unless agreed with the organiser, to pick up or put down. The organiser reserves the right to refuse to include any member they feel is not sufficiently able-bodied to follow the itinerary. Members are responsible for their own travel insurance..
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our welfare officer, Wilma Keeley if they know of any member who is ill. Tel: 951 577 050 / 679 138 952 email: wilmakeeley2000@yahoo.co.uk
SMOKING The smoking of tobacco,
electronic cigarettes and any other substance is not be permitted anywhere in or on the premises of The International Club of Please produce your Estepona, Bahia Dorada. BUYING YOUR TICKET membership card PARKING When visiting the club please together with the correct money. Have park considerately between white prepared your choice of the menu if applicable. lines and never on yellow lines. Final ticket booking: All tickets must be booked Please DO NOT PARK in the car parking space in and paid for on or before the last Thursday coffee front of next door's apartment. morning before the event. Late phone bookings Although it is not officially for their sole use it is cannot be accepted. Members are advised to better for peaceful relations that we don't park attend the last Thursday before a trip in there.
case there are any last-minute alterations. Cannot be given for tickets, unless
REFUNDS the organiser is notified in time,
and providing the trip is full and a replacement can be found from the waiting list. Tickets are not transferable to other members without the authorisation of the organiser.
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