OCTOBER 2013 SINCE AUGUST 2007 PAGE 1 www.theagiot.net Tel: (0030) 26610 58177 The 72nd Edition Agiot This Month My Nightmare Ad- venture. My Nightmare Adventure Page 1 Agiotfest: The After- maths. By Then there was a little version of me-not Page 2 Andy McGovern seen her before. They kept giving me grub. Lovely. I bolted it down. Mum said my ribs 100+ Club - Septem- ber Draw. My Dad (human Dad) told me it was were sticking through. I eat and eat and Page 2 Sheryl, the nice lady from CARE, who spot- eat. ted me in Velonades. She was on the way Next day I was in the garden with my A Plea from Artemis. Page 3 to the airport when she saw me on the cor- mates and somehow I felt happy. Then I ner, and stopped for me on the way back to recognized my trees and the pond and the An Agiotfest Per- Sidari. I‟m glad she stopped cos I was cat and Peter and Kostas and my mates and spective. Page 3 knackered. I jumped straight into her car. I started to do cart-wheels round the garden. They all thought I‟d gone mad. BUT I Sponsorships and Here I am! WAS HOME!! AND KNEW IT!! Charities. Page 4 If only they knew… I had followed this man on a bike, who was friendly with me Andy is Home. on the night of our Panygeri in June. He Page 4 gave me to another man who was rough and Village News. threw me in a truck and drove me for miles Page 5 and miles. I was sad and then they put me Aunty Lula’s Love- in a dark shed, which was to be my home Bites. for weeks. There they sometimes brought Page 5 lady dogs for me to be friendly with. But Fleshpots of the they barely fed me and I was not allowed North. out. I had to mess where I slept. I was sad Page 6 and missed my village and all my friends. I The World of Simon. Another nice lady called Pam was with wanted someone to come and get me. Then Page 7 her. Sheryl phoned Sue-I know Sue- and she one day I pulled and pulled and the thin rang my Dad. He drove up and we all went rope broke and I scrambled out through a Corfu Weather Sta- gap in the wood. For a few days I walked tistics. to Jenny‟s café in Sidari, where lots of nice Page 7 about the fields and lanes and it was a mis- humans made a fuss of me and gave me bits to eat. I was STARVING. I didn‟t really erable time. Then this lovely lady appeared Nick the Clock’s like an angel and called „ANDY!‟ and I just World. recognize Dad, well sort of, but mostly I was Page 8 starving and confused. Carol and Tim jumped. Summer 1976. walked in, friends of Dad, and they were Page 9-10 amazed to see me. Dad took me home. It Happy days are here again. WOOF WOOF!! felt strange. Everyone was jumping up and down. Bono was crying when he met me. OCTOBER 2013 SINCE AUGUST 2007 PAGE 2 Agiotfest: The Aftermaths By event get better and better. So, as be a small event of one kind or an- The Minstrel everyone seems to be tuned in to other, linked to Agiotfest at least at the New Cactus Hilton then why monthly intervals. In this way we It has been one month since the move? will keep the flame alive until we th 5 Agiotfest, and time for some The crowd is still too small for turn it on with a vengeance towards thoughts and reflections. The over- us to expand this event-yet. What the end of next August. whelming feedback has been one of we have learnt to date is that we are And this Agiotfest in Agios Ioan- enthusiasm and positivity. Thank doing some things really well, and nis, there was a gradual build-up of you all. other areas we need to improve. As people in the village from the 26th So, the main questions are being our team strengthens and we push until the day [31st]. Then some peo- asked. ahead, we expect the numbers to ple tarried, not leaving the island 1] Will there be an Agiotfest 14? grow. Believe me, it has not been until the 6th September. Thus, a Probably, yes. an easy journey since 2009, which is real festival spirit is growing and 2] Who will perform? I await probably why there are no similar entwining itself within the centre of your suggestions. Please mail in and events over such a long period in the village. tell us who you would like to ap- Corfu. It is very much a niche mar- Your input is encouraged and pear here. ket and that is how we see it contin- awaited. 3] Where will the venue be? Paul uing. and Sally Grove, sponsors and The major difference I‟ve mulled friends, have given permission for upon this year, although Agiotfest the use of their front garden as part itself is for the one night only, its of the festival ground again for influence is slowly expanding 2014. What can we say but thanks? throughout the twelve months. In Their hearts are in the village, like association with our various spon- so many others who are making this sors and the 100+ Club, there will 100+ Club - The September Draw Presented by: Ken & Jan Harrop shop Perithia, Sally‟s Bar Ipsos, UK friendly and efficient service, and IMPORTS, Corfu Barber, Sofias very fair prices. Thank you tom Lisa The 6th draw was carried out at 41, 49100 Corfu for supporting the Harris, staff and customers for put- Club. Chippy Chippy, Sidari. ting up with us!! Nikki, a customer at Chippy Chip- py, drew out the number. Evening represented by Ken & Jan The winners were Margareet & Harrop (Project leaders). Hendrik Koopman, winning 70€. Supported by Paul McGovern, Ag- Number of people present 12. iotfest co-ordinator. Members present 4. If you are interested in supporting A big thank you to the 46 members The 100+Club please contact us on who have supported The 100+ Tel: 6946949545. Club, also a big thank you to Paul & Jan Scotter (central area coordi- Agiotfest Music Festival: Chippy nators), Hovoli Acharavi, Mediter- Chippy gets the Agiotfest vote BIG ranean Corner Mkt Roda, Chippy TIME. Excellent fish and chips, Chippy Sidari, Darryl Bill Butchers bright and clean surroundings, OCTOBER 2013 SINCE AUGUST 2007 PAGE 3 A Plea from Artemis Anybody who saw this spirited I was born on the 25thof Septem- love. My father was against me play- young lady, mount the stage at Ag- ber 1995 in Corfu. In my house ing the violin but I continued any- iotfest before the show, shaking there was a piano and since I was 4 way until I was 10. After two more slightly with nerves, and then giving years old I started to play a few mel- years of having private lessons with a lovely rendition on her violin, odies. One day as I was watching Spiros Gikontis I had to stop owing would have been moved and im- television at my grandmother‟s I to financial difficulty. Since then pressed. Here is here story. I hope saw a big orchestra and I was espe- even though I have been told be- somebody reading this will be able cially attracted to the string instru- cause of my abilities to take lessons to contact us here and help this ments. From that day on I was tell- with a few teachers such as Nikos lovely young girl fulfill her dreams. ing my mother how I would like to Mandilas, I haven‟t because of fi- She is seeking a musical sponsor, an participate in a similar orchestra. nancial difficulties. I have never instructor, to help her on her road. Later on my father was listening to had a teacher since and my big Agiotfest will make a contribution Vanessa Mae on his PC and I loved dream is to participate in an orches- towards instruction fees should her. I have been listening to her tra as a violinist. some kind soul step forward. music since I‟ve been six years old. Sometimes my mother used to visit Artemis Kokkinou a friend who was a flute teacher and I used to sit and play at her key- board. Watching me Mrs Tatiana told my mum that she has to send me to music lessons. Obviously I started lessons and after a while with the piano I started to play the violin. They asked me what I prefer “Artemis at Agiotfest” and I chose the violin as it is my big An Agiotfest Perspective By to the gig venue,' they laughed, 'but class. When we arrived on Wednes- Hilary Paipeti we didn't realise it was actually AT day evening there was nothing the venue. We were able to watch there. Then the technical crew ar- AgiotFest headliners the Troggs the stage go up over the garden rived, with top notch equipment. found Agios Ioannis 'very relaxing', wall!' Everyone knew what they were do- and by the end of their late-August What did they think of the at- ing and got on with it.' stay at Villa Theodora felt they had mosphere at the gig? And the million dollar question: 'become part of the village.' They 'There's nothing really similar.