Margate Moves: Fund-raiser for Dune needs support
From Munster the cavalcade heads back to|Ramsgate where a live music gig will be held at Rocky Ridge from midday.
A RAMSGATE teenager, Dune Jansen van Vuuren, lost the sight in his right eye after an accident a few months ago. To help his family raise money for his medical expenses they have organised a breakfast ride/drive this Sunday (25th).
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`Drive 4 Dune’ starts at Hibiscus Ski-boat Club in Ramsgate at 10.30am. From there the convoy of cars and motorcycles will make its way to the Munster Motor Museum. Cost is R50 which includes a breakfast roll. From Munster the cavalcade heads back to|Ramsgate where a live music gig will be held at Rocky Ridge from midday. Entry fee is R30.
Dune would love everyone to be at both events. For more information contact his mother Tonia at 078 0769639.
The procedure to have a prosthetic eye fitted will cost R70 000 and the operation is scheduled for December 7.
Festive fare
The best way to start the festive season is by singing along to Christmas carols and traditional songs. There is a fabulous supper theatre show coming to the Azalea Hall next weekend.
Durban singer Samantha Landers, pianist Evan Roberts and musical theatre performer, Anthony Downing, have teamed up to present `A lot like Christmas’.
It will be staged at the Azalea Hall, Margate Retirement Village, on December 1. Pack a picnic and take along your own liquid refreshments (and utensils) and sit back and enjoy those well-loved Christmas classics and carols. Doors open at 6pm which gives everyone plenty of time to enjoy their supper and the show starts at 7pm. Tickets at R80 per person are on sale from the RAC or admin offices at the village. Phone 039 3125701 or 039 3125812 for more information and to book.
More music
Another concert always worth supporting is the Christmas show put together by the talented Hibiscus Choir.
This year the choir has two concerts, the first one takes place at the Ronnie Baker Hall at Margate Retirement Village this Sunday (25th) at 2pm. Theatre-style seating and tickets cost R30 per person. The second show is at the Ramsgate Lions’ Village Hall in Glenmarkie Road on Saturday, December 1 at 6pm. This will be a supper-theatre outing and patrons can take along a picnic supper or snacks. A cash bar will be available. Tickets also R30.
Lads and lassies
Get out your tartan and celebrate St Andrew’s Day with Scots all over the world on November 30. The South Coast Caledonian Society is holding a great bash at Cafe Munro (Margate Retirement Village) next Friday (30th) at 6.30pm.
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Dress is formal and tickets cost R100 for members and R120 for non-members (includes a three-course meal) and a cash bar will be available. The Margate Pipes and Drums will provide traditional music. Tickets can be bought and booked at the Elna Shop at the Shelly Centre.
Full moon time
Moondeckers invite everyone to the full moon evening at the Ramsgate Whale Deck this Friday (23rd) from 5.30pm.
Cost is R40 per person for home-baked mince pies, fruit salad, ice-cream and a glass (maybe two) of sangria. Or take along your own savoury course as well as your own drinks and glasses.
Be sure to book with Carla Steenkamp at 082 6776792.
Advent celebration
Southbroom Tennis Club will hold an advent celebration next Sunday, December 2. Traditional Christmas cookies and stollen will be on sale from 4.30pm. The lighting of the Christmas tree in Eyles Park will take place at dusk. For more information contact Cheryl at 083 2405871.
Another Southbroom event to diarise is the conservancy dinner. It takes place at the golf clubhouse on December 20 at 6pm.
Along with dinner there’s a cabaret performance, wine tasting and an auction. Book through the golf club.
Bargain hunt
This weekend’s community car boot market takes place at the Doxa Coffee Shop in Margate this Saturday (24th) from 8am to 1pm. While the market is a good place to sell unwanted household items there are also lots of beautiful handcrafted goods on sale. One of the big attractions is the traditional fair food on offer. For more information about the community markets phone Lorraine at 078 1755839.
Good wishes
Celebrating birthdays this week are Caitlyn Hooper, Tammy Ward, Jacques Sellschop and Jade Barnes (21st), twins Tatum and Cameron Cabral and Lynda Maree (22nd), Alice van Biljon, Phillippa Morassi, Cynthia Pessoa, Layla-Grace Calloway and Reeve Arundel (23rd), Linda Hooper and Liesa van Deventer (24th), Freda Critchlow, Larry Larraman and Lizelle Swanepoel (25th), Fyren Sachs and Sandy Stallbom (26th) and Gordon Ralph, Sandra Wolfe and Sue Haupt (27th).
Happy anniversary wishes go to Tami and Clinton D’Abreu (25th) and Cedric and Maps Mboyisa (26th).
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