Casa de Macau no Canada (Toronto) Newsletter Vol. 4 June 2, 2005 4168 Finch Avenue East, P.H. # 39 Scarborough, Ont. CANADA M1S 5H6 Tel: 416-299-6947 www.casademac au.ca Board of Executives From the Executive President and Editor Monica Alves 905-887-9408 [email protected] In the last three half year mark and well past the months, we have witnessed such significant actual 5th anniversary 1st Vice-President and Editor high and low examples of the po- date of December 1999, that this Gloria Soares Anok 416-284-9095 tential of the human spirit from [email protected] proposed celebration will not occur both far away and close to home. this year. However, you will be 2nd Vice-President There was the passing of our be- kept posted if anything develops. Marie-Cecile Remedios 416-383-0327 loved Pope John Paul II, to the [email protected] scandalous revelations coming out 2nd Anniversary of the Amigu of the Gomery enquiry hearing. di Macau Club (Toronto) Treasurer The one has resulted in the election Barbara J. Baptista 416-283-7937 José Cordeiro, President of the of a new spiritual leader while the Amigu di Macau Club (Toronto) [email protected] other, the election of possibly a new extended an invitation for two of Secretary secular leader of our country. your Executives to attend a din- Helena Barradas 905-201-7155 ner on April 9, 2005. The occa- [email protected] Both these events have impacted us sion was to celebrate the 2nd Anni- in the microcosm that is our Casa. versary of that club’s existence. Clubhouse Manager Although nothing in comparison to Monica and Marie -Cecile repre- Isabel Gomes da Silva 416-228-1207 the events happening on the world sented our Casa and were treated to stage, yet in the context of our com- a scrumptious meal and entertained munity, there is much that we will by the club’s musical group playing Table of Contents be reporting to you of events held traditional Chinese instruments. In and those planned for the upcoming addition, there was Line Dance and From the Executive ...................... 1,2 months. Casa Social Events ...................... 2,3 Ballroom dance demonstrations. Upcoming Events ........................ 3,4 As a ‘contribution’ to the evening, Congratulations .................................4 Please remember, when you are out the Amigu di Macau Club sug- Did you know ................................4-8 and about as the days get warmer gested that all those attending bring Across the Wires ........................... 8,9 and the rays of the sun are stronger, along some non-perishable food, Calendar of Events .........................10 make sure to protect yourselves which would be collected and sent with sunscreen. Watch out for the to the Toronto Food Bank. On be- mosquitoes and if you are going on half of Casa, close to $50 was spent any trips, stay safe. A happy sum- filling two boxes with a variety of mer to all! tinned goods, soup, pasta etc. We would like to congratulate José and 5th Anniversary RAEM cele- his organizing committee for a job brations well done. Although particulars and a budget were sent to Macau for Casa de Macau Lisbon visit approval, we still have not heard Our Casa has received a request Here comes the sun... anything in return. We think it from our sister Casa in Lisbon, safe to say, seeing that we are at the informing us that a group of its members are planning a visit to covers the Fiscal year, there has Please pay by cheque ONLY at the Toronto, and Vancouver, in mid- been an incorporation of certain fig- time of placing your order. September. They are hoping that ures presented by the outgoing Ex- we can arrange a gathering allowing ecutive at the Annual General them to meet members of both Meeting in September 2004. These Casa - Social Events clubs at the same time. We con- figures incorporate the 9-month ac- tacted José Cordeiro, spokesperson tivities of the previous Executive, Jantar for the Macau Club, and between us and 3 months of the current Execu- These events at the Casa are al- picked a weekend that is suitable tive. Peter, who received his ac- ways a great success. Both the for both clubs. It is our plan that counting accreditation in the United October and March Jantar events the reception will be a joint affair, Kingdom, has also offered some were booked solid, with some held at the clubhouse and open to helpful suggestions to Barbara re- members having to go on the wait- members of both clubs. We have garding the management of the ing list. Those who managed to get exchanged communication with Vi- bookkeeping side of things. Peter is in early but could not attend at the tor Serra de Almeida, the President committed to assist us for the dura- last minute had the courtesy of of Casa Macau Lisbon, on May 3, tion of our term. Thank you, Peter. phoning in, thus freeing their space 2005 indicating the preferred week- Should members have any ques- for their fellow members on the end and are awaiting his reply. tions regarding the Financial State- waiting list. We always try to make Once we have an indication and ment, don’t hesitate to call Barbara. the menu as Macanese as possible . confirmation as to when they will be in Toronto, members will be in- Formation of the Portuguese Casino Rama Trip formed. Representative Group On Saturday, April 9, 2005 some At our previous meetings, your 38 members and friends boarded Executive discussed the possibil- the bus for Rama. We would like This just in... ity of assembling a Portuguese- to thank Regina Holden and Cacilda speaking group from the general Ribeiro for taking care of the membership to represent our ‘details’ on that day. From all re- In an email dated May 27, 2005, Casa at meetings/functions put on ports, not too much ‘damage’ was your Executive has just been noti- by the Portuguese Consulate and done and some people even came fied by Vitor Serra de Almeida the Portuguese community in back ahead of the game. Well that due to an inability to co- ge neral. We have, at random, se- done. ordinate a mutually convenient time lected and approached 10 members, to take in visiting all the Canadian inviting them to participate. They, Western Night Casas, plus the fact that their Casa of course, had the right of first re- There was a great gathering of 40 closes in August for the summer, fusal. We thank those members ‘cowboys’ and ‘cowgirls’ at the they have opted to postpone the trip who have accepted our proposal. O.K. Casa Coral on Saturday, until sometime in the future. April 23, 2005. Everyone came Golf shirt and jacket re-order dressed in character from hats, ker- Your Executive has sent our regrets Your Executive received a num- chiefs to boots, which was lovely to and hope that we will be given the ber of inquiries from members see. Come chow time, members opportunity to host our sister Casa interested in purchasing golf feasted on two varieties of Chili, sometime in the future. shirts and (nylon) jackets embroi- sausages, beans, salad and buns. dered with Casa’s logo. Our thanks to the cooks and their Financial Statement contributions to the meal: Barbara Inserted in this newsletter is a The colors for the shirts come either Baptista; Anne and David Brander; copy of the Financial Statement in black, or white, the jacket in Regina Holden; Christine and Mike of the Casa for the fiscal year navy blue. Depending on the re- Rose. For dessert we had fresh January 1, 2004 – December 31, sponse, there might be the possibil- fruits, cream puffs, jello and cake 2004. In this regard, your Execu- ity of an order being placed for po- thanks in part to Cacilda Ribeiro tive would like to thank our fellow lar fleece jackets in black. and Virgin ia Sanchez. What’s a member, Peter Cheung, who kindly “hoe down” without dancing you offered his services to complete, At the Dia de Macau function (June might ask… so to work off some of and then file with Revenue Canada 11), and thereafter at Casa func- the meal, members took to the floor Casa’s 2004 Tax Return. As this tions, we will take your orders. and Line Danced. There were two 2 out of town visitors who attended the bus headed to Kurtz’s Farmers now wish to join us, please call any the function, ‘Acaio’ d’Assumpção Market where we purchased pre- of the Executive. We have met the and his wife Vera from Rio. They serves and the like. The final stop caterers required numbers and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and was the Magnotta winery where will take additions at this time. we even got Vera to kick up her members could sample and pur- heals. Sadly all good things had to chase some of their product. Line Dance resumption come to an end as did this evening. The last session of Line Dance Our appreciation and thanks is also We thank all those who signed up classes were suspended after the extended to all those who assisted for this trip and especially the 4th class due to a variety of re a- in the setting up of the hall, warm- mothers who chose to spend their sons that resulted in attendance ing of the food and the inevitable special day with the rest of us. In dropping to below the point of clean up in the kitchen.