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Seats avaialable for Concentaina Fair this Friday
Due to a number of last minute cancellations there are now a number of seats available for the day trip to Concentaina Fair this Friday. 13€ pp Contact Mike Frost groups.coordinator@u3ajavea.com asap. In the mountains, 90 minutes drive from Javea is the town of Concentaina, population 12,000. Once a year this becomes the site of probably the…
General Meeting & Speaker ‘The Life and Work of L. S. Lowry’ by Peter Atkinson
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) is the most popular British artist of the 20th Century. He isknown principally for his often-bleak portrayals of the people and townscapes of the GreaterManchester area in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, observed while he was doing his day-job as a rentcollector. The presentation will outline his interesting, strange and unusual…
Not Just Folk Music restarts!!
After long negotiations with Isla Bonita, I am pleased to announce the restart of the Not Just Folk Music Group (NJFM) on Monday, 30th October starting at 7pm. The NJFM will be held once a month on the last Monday of each month, excluding this December. The venue is obviously Isla Bonita which is next…
The most impressive and interesting event or experience we had during the summer.
The discussion group started our new season as always, on the last Friday of the month, 29 September. We talked about something important that happened last summer, what we learned from it, and what conclusions, if any we made. A few of us left Spain and had a story to tell about other countries and…
Day trip to Concentaina – Feria
Places now available due to cancellations In the mountains, 90 minutes drive from Javea is the town of Concentaina, population 12,000. Once a year this becomes the site of probably the biggest Feria in Spain with 800 stalls, fun fair, horse dressage competition and many pop-up restaurants. U3A Javea visited this event about 10 years ago…
Hadn’t we a Ball !
High fashion and high spirits abounded at the end of the Summer Ball at Carrasco. Outside on the terrace, the cava flowed, and the Steel Band played, and everyone caught up with old friends. Then dinner inside, followed by after dinner speeches, the Raffle, and dancing to the 20/20 band. The raffle was in aid…