There was excitement in the air as, just after sunrise on a beautiful December morning, forty three members of the U3A Vall del Pop assembled in Jalon to start our special Christmas break in Nerja, Southern Spain.
Although it was raining, plenty of members turned up - in fact so many we were hard pressed to find enough chairs! The Vall del Pop singers entertained us with carols to start the proceedings and the capacity crowd were mercifully spared a long 'admin' session and got down to the fun, mince pies and cava straight away.
Tuesday 20th November was a special night for the U3A Vall del Pop Singers when they organised a concert of popular songs from the shows including Oliver, Joseph and Sweet Charity. The evening got off to a great start with Cava and Buck Fizz.
Philip Ashley the Musical Director added to the evening with a solo performance of a tune from Aspects of Love and a Neil Diamond tune “Beautiful Noise”.
Over 80 members traveled to Moraia for their Christmas party at Casa Lili, which is a restaurant now becoming popular for its lovely food and atmosphere. The entrance to the restaurant was a wonderful Christmas scene, which certainly helped to get us all in the Christmas spirit.
On December 5th a coach-load of U3A VdP members set off on a very successful and enjoyable Christmas Shopping jolly to Murcia, where IKEA and the Nueva Condominia Centro Commercial were their targets. The weather was warm as a summer’s day in the UK making it so very pleasant to walk around in.
We managed seven walks during November, and had to cancel one due to heavy rain.