As part of our 5th anniversary celebrations , the Newsletter team have organised a POETRY AND RHYME COMPETITION !  Fame and fortune could be yours !!!  Let us have your rhyming verses before March 31st and you could win a cash prize ,,,  CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS

At last, we have the agreement of Parcent Town Hall to use their cultural hall Sala La Musical for the Cinema Group. This group is open to all members of the U3A. Showings will be on Monday evenings at 7pm, usually fortnightly, but actual dates and titles will be published in advance. We aim to show a wide range of films from 'art house' to mainstream blockbusters, hopefully something for everyone!

The group restarted on Monday 30th January, with a showing of "Ray", about the life of musician Ray Charles, and this was enjoyed by all who came.

Showings will be included in the events listing on this website's Home page, and full details of films, where the cinema is, and how to get onto our mailing list are included on the Cinema Group page.

Click here to go to the Cinema Group page.

 

There are still some spaces available on the following holidays:

Mallorca in May

This is a 6 day, 5 night trip to Mallorca. Coach direct from Jalon, flight from Valencia. Half board – bargain price of 314.50 euros. Sightseeing trips available at extra cost.
Dates 16th to 21st May 2012
Phone Derek and Anne on 96 648 1069 to reserve your place.

 

Cruise in September

Cruising to France, Italy, Greece and Turkey
Dates 1st to 14th September 2012
Phone Derek and Anne for further details on 96 648 1069

RESOLUTIONS
by Carol Lockhart – 1st January 2012

New Year Resolutions, it’s that time of year again

Promises made about things from which we will refrain

No smoking, no drinking, we’ll diet and go to the gym

We glow with self-righteousness, ‘cos we’ve cut out the sin

But slowly our resolve starts to ebb away

Those old bad habits are surely here to stay

 

Now in my case, I really must lose weight

As the clothes in my wardrobe are rather tight

Too many chocs and naughty mince pies

It’s no wonder that I’ve gone up a size

I’ve joined the gym and will start next week

A stone off by Easter is the target I seek

 

The trouble is I really like my food

And too many things taste so good

Stilton on steak, cakes and apple pie

I just keep pinching bits on the sly.

And I really must put the red wine away

Just seeing the bottle leads me astray

 

Turning off the ‘box’ is another must

In bed by ten so my sleep pattern adjusts

Then I’ll be up like the lark and off to the gym

Swimming, Pilates, cycling – I’ll soon be slim

But I wonder how long this resolve I can keep

Or back to the chocolate and cake will I creep?

 

Now what about all of you others here

What resolutions have you made for the New Year?

Will you give up the chocolates, fags and booze?

Come on folks, what have you got to lose?

Or will you say, let’s get sozzled, puff away and get fat

No, I don’t think so, you have had far too much of that

 

Just remember that life is not a rehearsal

It’s not so easy to go into reversal

Look after your bodies, exercise and eat well

You’ll look and feel better and soon it will tell

So keep that resolve, to yourselves just be true

Then your New Year promises will see a New You

 

But to enjoy our retirement we all came to Spain

So from the wine & goodies do we want to refrain?

No not really – did I hear you all say?

All things in moderation is the game to play

So let’s drink the vino, eat paella & have fun

After all folks – 2012 has only just begun!

 

HAVE A VERY HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR

On Thursday 15th December U3A Vall del Pop held its Christmas Party at the Paraiso restaurant, Parcent. Sandra was on hand to take the pictures,  so go and have a look…the link below will take you there:

http://www.u3avalldelpop.com/gallery

We've added a photo gallery to the website. Our first set of photos is from members who recently went on the Canary Island Cruise, but we hope there will be many more photos to come showing all the activities and events we enjoy at U3A Vall del Pop.

Go to the Photo Gallery

If you have some photos you'd like to share, please email us: webmaster@u3avalldelpop.com

 

 

In October 2011, a group of members went on a cruise organised by Anne and Derek, and had a fabulous time sailing around the Canary Islands and Madeira. Read what they got up to, in their own words, by a number of people who went on the cruise.

Read about the cruise here!

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At the General Meeting on Thursday 3rd November it was agreed (almost unanimously!) to reduce the membership subscription for 2012 to 5 Euros. In other words it's been halved. This is a special reduction to celebrate our 5th Anniversary year and it was felt that this was something that would benefit the whole membership.

Don't forget subs are due at the January General Meeting, but why not pay early and avoid the crowds, the membership secretary will be only too pleased to take your money at the December General Meeting. Also don't forget that if you are already a member you can pay via online banking, see the details on our Membership page. Click here to go to the Membership page.

Recently our mailing list software reported that it was unable to deliver emails to about 25 members.This could be for one of two reasons:

• we don't have the correct email address for you
• the spam filters in your email software are blocking our emails

Are you one of these people? There have been several emails sent in the last few weeks detailing events and activites, so If you haven't received any emails from us, and would like to, please let us know your current email address so we can compare it to the one we have on file.

Contact secretary@u3avalldelpop.com