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Annual General Meeting 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font: 18px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Reunió General Anual &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font: 14px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Diumenge 7 d'agost de 2011 a les 3pm al Casal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px georgia; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Ordre del dia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Times New Roman'; font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 10px georgia; min-height: 11px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Obertura de la sessió per part de la presidenta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Lectura de l'acta de l'última reunió General Anual del 22 d'agost 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Reportatges tresorer: any fiscal finalitzat el 30 de juny 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Precs i preguntes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Lectura de les persones que s'han postulat per formar part del nou comitè.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Elecció del nou comitè.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Cloenda.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 35.7px; text-indent: -17.9px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Volem  donar les gràcies al present Comitè, els quals han exercit la tasca  d'organitzar i administrar els afers del Casal durant aquest any passat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Montse  Becker, Peter Gerrand, Albert Casellas, Sara Bosch, Mireia Perez,  Victòria Gras, Josephine Canals, Marina Mateos, i Angela Amoros. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Subcomitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;: Stewart King,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Georgia; font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt; Neus Gasulla.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 108px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -72px; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Alguns d'aquests membres de Comité no es presenteran aquest any. Volem fer una &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;crida a nous membres del Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;  i animar a altres socis a que hi formin part, sobre tot als joves que  poden aportar noves idees a la tasca d'organització de les activitats.  Només s'ha d'ajudar amb unes hores al mes, ja sigui fent un enviament de  cartes, preparant la sala abans de qualsevol esdeveniment o amb  qualsevol altra tasca fàcil per l'estil. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Cadascú ajuda com i quant pot, sense obligacions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Sense la vostra col·laboració, el Casal NO és possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;.  Feu possible l'existència del Casal i presenteu-vos com a part del  comitè o subcomitè. Aquells socis que estiguin interessats a ser  nomenats o, a nomenar a una altra persona, deuran completar el formulari  de nomenació inclós que s'haura de fer arribar al Casal no més tard  d'una setmana abans de la reunió.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;No  oblideu que el nostre Casal es de tots els socis, que està obert a tots  i que per treura-li el rendiment que es mereix cal la vostra presencia  en els actes que s'organitzen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Recordem als socis que per tenir veu i vot a aquesta reunió cal estar al corrent del &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;pagament de la QUOTA ANUAL 2011/2012. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Preguem  que feu efectiu aquest pagament bé per mediació de xec, mitjançant una  transferència bancària o el dia mateix de la reunió. Per realitzar la  transferència bancària, recordeu indicar el &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;vostre nom i cognom com a referencia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;, al número de compte 06 3220 00900936 (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Commonwealth Bank of Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Adjuntem  en aquesta carta la renovació de subscripció al Casal que com cada any  va caducar el 30 de Juny per aquells que encara no l'hagin renovat.  Enguany degut a la crisis econòmica, la Generalitat ha retallat les  subvencions que normalment rebíem. Per això mès que mai, és important  que renoveu la subscripció .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 12px georgia; min-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Voldriem  encoratjar a tots els socis a assistir a aquesta reunió, ja que és una  bona oportunitat per suggerencies i la vostra opinió vers el millorament  del Casal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Per a qualsevol dubte o aclariment, poseu-vos en contacte amb Montse Becker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Gràcies per la vostra atenció i esperem la vostra assistència&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;******&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font: 18px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Annual General Meeting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font: 14px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Sunday 7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt; August -  3.00 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font: 14px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Agenda:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;President's welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held 22&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt; August 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Treasurer's Report for the year ended 30th June 2011.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;General Business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Committee nominations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Election of Office Bearers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Closing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;We would like to thank the present Committee members, for having look after the Casal's affairs during this past year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font: normal normal normal 11.5px/normal 'Times New Roman'; font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Committee:&lt;/span&gt; Montse  Becker, Peter Gerrand, Albert Casellas, Sara Bosch, Mireia Perez,  Victòria Gras, Josephine Canals, Marina Mateos, i Angela Amoros. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Sub-Committee:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;" &gt; Stewart King, Neus Gasulla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;At this meeting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;" &gt;all  the Committee positions will become vacant. Some of the present members  are not standing this year. We want to encourage you to form part of  the new Committee especially the young members who can bring fresh ideas  for the organization of the activities. You only need to help a few  hours sometimes, either by helping with administrations task like  sending the mail or helping to set up the meeting room when the Casal  has activities. We all help when we can and according to our abilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Without your collaboration there would be NO Casal. Please be part of the continuation of the Casal by standing for the Committee or Sub-comite. Those  who may be interested in being nominated or in nominating another  person, must complete the nomination form enclosed and it should reach  the Casal no later than one week before the meeting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Do  not forget that the Casal is for everyone and to make the most of it we  also need your presence to the activities that the Casal organizes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11.5px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;We would like to remind &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;all members that in order to be eligible to vote you must be a  financial member. If you have not yet renewed your membersip for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;2011/12. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;You can choose to either pay via Bank transfer (Account 06 3220 00900936 Commonwealth Bank of Australia) indicating as a reference your name and surname, s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;end a cheque or alternat&lt;/span&gt;ively pay cash prior to the AGM meeting on the day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11.5px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 11.5px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;Due to the global crisis this year the &lt;em&gt;Generalitat&lt;/em&gt; (Catalan Government) is cutting down on the grant to the Casal and this is why we need you support more than ever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;We  would like to encourage all members to attend this meeting, as it is  always a good opportunity to voice suggestions and to express your  opinion for the Casal's improvement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11px georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;If you have any questions or require any more information, please contact Montse Becker.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify; font: 11.5px georgia; min-height: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Thanks for your co-operation and we hope to see you there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: georgia;" class="imp-signature"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;div  style="text-align: center; font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;Casal Català de Victòria Inc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;- WWW.CCVICTORIA.CAT -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;        &lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;247-251 Flinders Lane&lt;/div&gt;        &lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;Melbourne 3000&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;span style=" "&gt;VIC - Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-7528612991349612189?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/7528612991349612189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/7528612991349612189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2011/07/have-your-say-annual-general-meeting.html' title='Have your say! 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text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ja és abril! A Catalunya els padrins compren la mona als fillols i els xiringuitos de platja comencen la temporada. Mentrestant, a Melbourne el sol cada dia s’amaga més aviat i el termòmetre baixa... &lt;b&gt;Tot i les diferències, tant aquí com allà celebrem Sant Jordi&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Malauradament, però, h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;em de lamentar la defunció de la &lt;b&gt;Rosa Querol&lt;/b&gt; el passat diumenge 27 de febrer a Bendigo on viu la seva família. La Rosa tenia 85 anys i va ser membre del Comitè fundador del Casal. Durant molts anys, la Rosa va ocupar el càrrec de tresorera dins de la nostra associació. També va col·laborar al programa en català de la Ethnic Public Radio on tenia l’espai de llengua "Apunts del Català Fàcil" i el de poesia, un art que la Rosa estimava. &lt;b style=""&gt;En nom del Casal i dels seus socis i amics, volem donar el nostre més sincer pésam al seu marit Josep, el seu fill Jordi i a la resta de la seva família.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;La segona carta de l’any ens porta Sant Jordi, una de les festes més entranyables del calendari. &lt;span style=""&gt;Enguany farem una celebració per aglutinar petits i grans&lt;b&gt; diumege 17 d’abril a partir de les 3 de la tarda &lt;/b&gt;al Casal (4a planta de la Ross House: 247-251 Flinders Lane, Melbourne).&lt;/span&gt; La vetllada comptarà amb una breu lectura pel grans, un concurs de dibuix amb premis de la llegenda pels més menuts, i una mica de piscolabis. A més, com ja sabreu, enguany celebrem el &lt;b style=""&gt;primer concurs literari&lt;/b&gt; del Casal! Amb premis per la primera i segona posició. Trobareu les bases adjuntes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 18pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Una celebració que no us podeu perdre! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="color:red;"&gt;CRIDA IMPORTANT:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ens agradaria aprofitar l’ocasió per fer una &lt;b&gt;crida a nous membres del Comitè&lt;/b&gt;: part de l’actual Comitè tornarà a Catalunya aviat i, òbviament, no es podrà tornar a presentar. Així, els membres que remanen estan encantats de continuar &lt;b&gt;AMB LA VOSTRA COL·LABORACIÓ&lt;/b&gt;. Només s’ha d’ajudar amb unes hores al mes, ja sigui fent un enviament de cartes, preparant la sala abans de qualsevol esdeveniment (com ara St Jordi) o amb qualsevol altra tasca fàcil per l’estil. Cadascú ajuda com i quant pot, sense obligacions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Sense la vostra col·laboració, el Casal NO és possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;. Feu possible la seva existènciapresentant-vos com a part del comitè o subcomitè a l’agost a la Reunió Annual General. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;A més, sereu part de l’organització de la celebració al Immigration Museum l’11 de setembre, una fita important!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció, esperem veure-us ben aviat! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;El Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;* * * * * * * * * * * * * *&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Celebrating the day of th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;e book and the rose at the Casal, Sunday 17 April from 3pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Dear members and friends,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%;font-family:georgia;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;It's April! In Catalonia the godfathers buy the "mona" and the bars on the beach open their doors. Meanwhile, in Melbourne the sunset comes earlier and the temperatures begin to go down... &lt;b style=""&gt;Regardless of the differences, both there and here we celebrate Sant Jordi.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Unfortunately we need to mourn the passing of &lt;b style=""&gt;Rosa Querol&lt;/b&gt; last Sunday February 27th in Bendigo, the hometown of her family. Rosa was 85 years-old and was a founding member of the Casal. For many years, Rosa held the role of Treasurer of the Casal Committee. She also participated in the Catalan program at Ethnic Public Radio where she was in charge of the section "Apunts del català fàcil" and poetry, an art of which Rosa was very fond. &lt;b style=""&gt;On behalf of the Casal and its members and friends, we extend our deepest sympathies to her husband Josep, her son Jordi and the rest of her family. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This second newsletter for the year takes us to Sant Jordi, one of the most kindred celebrations of the year. This year we are organizing a celebratory day for children and adults &lt;b style=""&gt;on Sunday April 17th from 3pm &lt;/b&gt;at the Casal, 4th floor of the Ross House: 247 -251 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. There will be a short speech for the adults, a drawing competition with prizes for the younger ones and some nibbles. Also, as you may know, this year we are celebrating the &lt;b style=""&gt;First Literary Competition at the Casal&lt;/b&gt; with prizes for first and second place. The competition conditions attached. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;A celebration you cannot miss! &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="color:red;"&gt;IMPORTANT CALL:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;We would like to take this opportunity to call for new members of the Committe: a number of the present Committe are returning to Catalonia soon, and so, will not be eligible for re-election. Hence, the members who remain would love to continue &lt;b&gt;WITH YOUR PARTICIPATION&lt;/b&gt;. Only a few hours are needed a month, elther sending letters, preparing the room prior to an event or other various light duties. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Without your particiption, the Casal is NOT possible: make it possible and put your hand up to be part of the Committe or the Subcommittee at the AGM in August. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Also, by becoming a Committee member you will have the opportunity to help organize the &lt;b&gt;25th Anniversary&lt;/b&gt; celebration of the Casal at the Immigration Museum on September 11th, &lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;a very significant event! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 12pt; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="color:black;"&gt;Bases:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Pot participar &lt;b style=""&gt;tothom que ho desitgi&lt;/b&gt;: membres del Casal, amics, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;2. Pot presentar-se a concurs una única &lt;b style=""&gt;narració breu&lt;/b&gt; o &lt;b style=""&gt;poema&lt;/b&gt; redactada en català, castellà o anglès.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;3. La narració tindrà una extensió màxima de &lt;b style=""&gt;1,000 paraules&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;4. L’obra es lliurarà al &lt;b style=""&gt;correu electrònic&lt;/b&gt; del casal en un arxiu adjunt de document Word. El mail portarà com a títol “Concurs de St. Jordi”. Al document de Word només hi figurarà el pseudònim l’autor o autora mentre que al correu hi haurà d’inserir el nom complet, adreça i el pseudònim escollit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;5. La data límit pel lliurament és el &lt;b style=""&gt;12 d’abril&lt;/b&gt; de 2011.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;6. Els premis es lliuraran el &lt;b style=""&gt;17 d’abril&lt;/b&gt; de 2011 al Casal Català.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;7. Hi &lt;b style=""&gt;haurà&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;primer i segon premi&lt;/b&gt; per la modalitat narrativa i primer i segon premi per la modalitat de poesia. Aquests consistiran en una col·lecció de llibres en català. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;8. El &lt;b style=""&gt;jurat&lt;/b&gt; estarà format per membres del comitè i sub-comitè del Casal Català.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;9. Els guanyadors estaran convidats a llegir el poema o un fragment de la narració el dia de la celebració de la Diada al Casal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;10. Les obres guanyadores es &lt;b style=""&gt;publicaran a la pàgina web &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;del Casal Catal i en un butlletí especial que es lliurarà el mateix dia de Sant Jordi entre els assistents. Els concursants que no desitgin publicar la seva obra ho hauran de manifestar en una nota al correu electrònic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;11. Tant les obres guanyadores com les no guanyadores es guardaran al Casal i es farà un petit &lt;b style=""&gt;dossier &lt;/b&gt;amb elles per a qui les vulgui consultar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="CA" &gt;* * * * * * *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="color:black;"&gt;International Book Day (Saint George)Casal Català de Victòria First Literary Competition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="color:black;"&gt;Basis:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;1. The competition is &lt;b style=""&gt;open to anyone&lt;/b&gt; from the Catalan Centre of Victoria, including members and friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;2. Every participant is able to submit one &lt;b style=""&gt;story&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b style=""&gt;poem&lt;/b&gt; which can be written in Catalan, Spanish or English.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;3. The work must not exceed &lt;b style=""&gt;1,000 words in length&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;4. The poem or story will be submitted by &lt;b style=""&gt;email &lt;/b&gt;in an attached file document Word. The email will be named as “Saint George Competition”. The Word document will only include the author pseudonym whereas in the email the author must specify his full name, address and chosen pseudonym.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;5. The &lt;b style=""&gt;deadline&lt;/b&gt; for handing the work is the &lt;b style=""&gt;12&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of April&lt;/b&gt; 2011.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;6. The prizes will be given on the &lt;b style=""&gt;17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of April &lt;/b&gt;2011 in the Catalan Centre of Victoria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;7. There will be &lt;b style=""&gt;first and second prize&lt;/b&gt; for both disciplines. They will consist in a Catalan book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;8. The &lt;b style=""&gt;panel of&lt;/b&gt; judge will be formed by committee members of the Catalan Centre of Victoria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;9. The winners will be invited to &lt;b style=""&gt;read &lt;/b&gt;their poem or an extract of their story the same day of the celebration.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;10. The winning poems and stories will be &lt;b style=""&gt;published &lt;/b&gt;at Centre of Victoria website and distributed to all the attendees at the event of Saint George’s Day.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Competitors wishing their work not been published must specify so in the email.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="margin-bottom: 6pt; line-height: normal;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;11. The winning and not winning poems and stories will be kept in the Catalan Centre of Victoria library for anyone wishing to consult them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-8252274296785785264?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/8252274296785785264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/8252274296785785264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2011/03/international-book-day-st-jordi-casal.html' title='International Book Day (St Jordi): Casal Català de Victòria First Literary Competition'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-104600899091558894</id><published>2011-02-17T11:00:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2011-03-30T10:15:36.690+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Curs de Català Beginners 2</title><content type='html'>Dirigit a persones que han fet un nivell de català i volen continuar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lloc&lt;/strong&gt;: Ross House, 247-251 Flinders Lane, Ground Floor Room 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dia&lt;/strong&gt;: Dissabte&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hora&lt;/strong&gt;: de 10 a 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dates&lt;/strong&gt;: del 2 d'abril al 2 de juliol de 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Durada&lt;/strong&gt;: 30 hores. Es cobrirà un nivell&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preu&lt;/strong&gt;: $25 per sessió fins a 8 alumnes, $20 per sessió fins a 15 alumnes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Per inscriu-re's contactar amb&lt;/strong&gt;: Victòria Gras&lt;br /&gt;E: &lt;a href="mailto:viquigras@gmail.com"&gt;viquigras@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;T: 040318891&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-104600899091558894?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/104600899091558894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/104600899091558894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2011/02/curs-de-catala-beginners-2.html' title='Curs de Català Beginners 2'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-4799755704213462261</id><published>2011-01-28T11:02:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T11:14:46.325+11:00</updated><title type='text'>PICNIC 25 ANIVERSARI! (BYO)</title><content type='html'>Estimats soci/es, amics i amigues,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ja som de ple en el 2011! Des del casal aprofitem per desitjar-vos un molt bon i joiós any on esperem poder gaudir amb vosaltres les activitats i trobades organitzades pel Casal, especialment en les importants &lt;strong&gt;celebracions del 25è Aniversari de la nostra entitat&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La primera trobada d'enguany serà el tradicional &lt;strong&gt;"Aniversari Picnic" (BYO menjar/beure)&lt;/strong&gt; el proper &lt;strong&gt;diumenge 13 de febrer a Harleston Parc (Elsternwick) &lt;/strong&gt;-entrada per Allison Rd o Seymour Rd- &lt;strong&gt;a partir de les 12pm&lt;/strong&gt;. Recordeu portar manta, cadires i tot el que cregueu necessari per estar còmodes. Jocs de taula, música i pilotes son benvinguts! &lt;strong&gt;Us hi esperem a tots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;* * * * * * * * * *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear Casal members and friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Happy New Year to you all! The Casal has planned several activities which we hope you will enjoy, especially our celebration of the &lt;strong&gt;Casal's 25th Anniversary&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first meeting this year will be our traditional &lt;strong&gt;Anniversary Picnic (BYO food and drink)&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;strong&gt;Sunday February 13 at Harleston Park (Elsternwick)&lt;/strong&gt; – enter by Allison Rd or Seymour Rd –&lt;strong&gt; from 12pm.&lt;/strong&gt; Bring a blanket, chairs and anything else you might need to be comfortable. Board games, music and ball games are welcome! &lt;strong&gt;We hope to see you all there. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-4799755704213462261?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4799755704213462261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4799755704213462261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2011/01/picnic-25-aniversari-byo.html' title='PICNIC 25 ANIVERSARI! (BYO)'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-2631897870738558171</id><published>2010-12-22T12:47:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T13:58:28.078+11:00</updated><title type='text'>FREE Catalan Intensive Course in January - February 2011!</title><content type='html'>Staff, current or just completed students, interested in travelling, working or going on exchange to Catalonia are welcome to join a preparatory Catalan course (5 hours twice a week x 3 weeks).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a one off intensive course equivalent to a semester of study, not for credit and free, for outgoing students funded by &lt;strong&gt;Ramon Llull&lt;/strong&gt; but offered through La Trobe university.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tutor: Dr Viqui Gras&lt;br /&gt;Contact for a place email VGrasFerrer@latrobe.edu.au and viquigras@gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dates&lt;/strong&gt;: 18th of Jan to 3rd of Feb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Days&lt;/strong&gt;: Tuesday and Thursday 9.30 to 3 (30 mins lunch)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;: La Trobe Bundoora, Humanities 2, Room 228&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La Trobe University Bundoora&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;T: 03 9479 2437 F: 03 9479 1453 &lt;a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/spanish"&gt;www.latrobe.edu.au/spanish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Trobe University - ranked top in Victoria for student satisfaction&lt;br /&gt;(Sweeney Uni Student Report, 2009)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-2631897870738558171?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/2631897870738558171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/2631897870738558171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/12/free-catalan-intensive-course-in.html' title='FREE Catalan Intensive Course in January - February 2011!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-487014490443874184</id><published>2010-11-18T10:30:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T10:32:17.018+11:00</updated><title type='text'>'Barca and Breakfast': TUESDAY 30 NOV @ 7am!</title><content type='html'>Dear Members of the Casal,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Futbol Club Barcelona Australasia is holding &lt;strong&gt;our first El Classico 'Barca and Breakfast'&lt;/strong&gt; event and &lt;strong&gt;hope to see you ALL to&lt;/strong&gt; cheer on the Blaugrana!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHEN? &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Tuesday &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;30 November&lt;/span&gt;. Kick-off is at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;7:00am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;WHERE? &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Cafe Keryinia. &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;354 Smith St&lt;/span&gt;, Collingwood VIC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spread the word!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-487014490443874184?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/487014490443874184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/487014490443874184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/11/barca-and-breakfast-tuesday-30-nov-7am.html' title='&apos;Barca and Breakfast&apos;: TUESDAY 30 NOV @ 7am!'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-3820702685908930677</id><published>2010-10-19T09:55:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T10:05:15.815+11:00</updated><title type='text'>FC Barcelona's Melbourne Fan Club</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TLzR9GkLrjI/AAAAAAAAAbw/NHQCO5QoQtc/s1600/penya.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 268px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529525290168725042" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TLzR9GkLrjI/AAAAAAAAAbw/NHQCO5QoQtc/s320/penya.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Incorporation of Melbourne branch of FCBA Penya -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For the true fans!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• You are invited to attend our first FCBAM event, &lt;strong&gt;'Breakfast with Barca'&lt;/strong&gt;, 21 October 2010 from 5:30AM at Kerynia Café (354 Smith St, Collingwood VIC);&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;• Featuring the Champion's League Match Day 3 tie between &lt;strong&gt;FC Barcelona and FC Copenhagen&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;• The 2010 - 2011 season provides FC Barcelona with many challenges ahead, and we can certainly look forward to November 28 when &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El Classic&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;brings us Mourinho and Madrid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;• This will surely be another exciting and captivating year for all fans of Futbol Club Barcelona, so why not join us and &lt;strong&gt;share the thrills and excitement!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;FCBAM is the official Melbourne fanclub [Penya 1882] of Futbol Club Barcelona&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-3820702685908930677?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/3820702685908930677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/3820702685908930677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/10/fc-barcelonas-melbourne-fan-club.html' title='FC Barcelona&apos;s Melbourne Fan Club'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TLzR9GkLrjI/AAAAAAAAAbw/NHQCO5QoQtc/s72-c/penya.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-6492334609245725120</id><published>2010-09-14T10:28:00.007+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T13:30:06.067+11:00</updated><title type='text'>New edition of the MiCFF</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TI7CePmeRzI/AAAAAAAAAbo/oA62E41gpIM/s1600/logo_MiCFF.gif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 167px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516560418415200050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TI7CePmeRzI/AAAAAAAAAbo/oA62E41gpIM/s320/logo_MiCFF.gif" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; The Casal celebrates its 3rd annual &lt;strong&gt;'Made in Catalonia' Film Festival&lt;/strong&gt; (MiCFF) by presenting it this year in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Festival's aim is &lt;strong&gt;to promote the&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;extraordinary lively film culture of Catalonia&lt;/strong&gt;. The films and documentaries will be shown in the original languages (Catalan and Spanish) with English subtitles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Melbourne, we hope to welcome you on Friday 22 October at the special Opening of the Festival at &lt;strong&gt;Cinema Nova&lt;/strong&gt;. And on the weekend, we have organised double sessions at the &lt;strong&gt;State Library of Victoria&lt;/strong&gt;* with an afternoon tea included (Closing).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More information on &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ccvictoria.cat/FESTIVAL"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WWW.CCVICTORIA.CAT/FESTIVAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sara Bosch Brinques&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artistic Director MiCFF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;* State Library of Victoria: $5 suggested donation&lt;br /&gt;Free entry for Casal's Members (conditions apply)&lt;br /&gt;Limited seating (first-come, first-served)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-6492334609245725120?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/6492334609245725120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/6492334609245725120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-edition-of-micff.html' title='New edition of the MiCFF'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TI7CePmeRzI/AAAAAAAAAbo/oA62E41gpIM/s72-c/logo_MiCFF.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-7658475568787723869</id><published>2010-09-13T11:25:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T10:37:08.686+10:00</updated><title type='text'>131.000 CATALANS RESIDENTS A L'EXTERIOR PODRAN VOTAR A LES PROPERES ELECCIONS AL PARLAMENT DE CATALUNYA DEL DIA 28 DE NOVEMBRE</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FIEC - Federació Internacional d'Entitats Catalanes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barcelona, 13-09-2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un total de 130.933 catalans residents a l'exterior i inscrits al CERA (Censo Electoral de Residentes Ausentes) podran votar en les eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya del dia 28 de novembre, segons que ha informat avui la FIEC (Federació Internacional d’Entitats Catalanes), d’acord amb les dades difoses per l'INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) espanyol. El CERA, tancat a dia 1 de juliol de 2010, dóna una xifra d’electors catalans a l’exterior de 130.933. Aquesta xifra és força superior als 108.851 electors que van poder votar en les anteriors eleccions al Parlament de l’any 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El creixement del nombre d'electors inscrits al CERA en aquests darrers quatre anys (22.082 nous electors) és la conseqüència, per una banda, de l'increment de l’emigració de catalans cap a l’exterior des de l'inici de l'actual crisi econòmica (al voltant de 12.000 sortides només entre els anys 2008 i 2009) i, de d’altra (en una baixa proporció), de les recuperacions de nacionalitat espanyola que la Llei de la Memòria Històrica ha facilitat en el cas del descendents d’exiliats de la guerra civil. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;El problema del creixement de la tendència migratòria dels catalans (comuna a totes les comunitats autònomes de l'Estat espanyol) ha estat àmpliament descrita des de la FIEC (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fiecweb.cat/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.fiecweb.cat/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;) i constitueix un dels problemes als quals els programes de les diferents forces polítiques que es presenten a les eleccions catalanes haurien d’intentar donar resposta. Tant pel que representa com a pèrdua de capital laboral i intel·lectual per a Catalunya com per les necessitats de tot tipus que crea en moltes comunitats catalanes de l’exterior receptores d’aquesta nova emigració.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En aquestes properes eleccions, els catalans residents a l’exterior podran votar sense restriccions i amb la mateixa normativa en vigor que a les eleccions anteriors. El Congrés dels Diputats examinarà en les properes setmanes un projecte de llei que reforma la vigent LOREG (Llei Orgànica de Règim Electoral General) i que vol introduir reformes en el vot pels espanyols residents a l’exterior que suprimiran alguns drets vigents (vot a les eleccions municipals) i en modificaran les modalitats de vot (introducció del dit 'voto rogado' o sol·licitud prèvia, l’obligació de votar una setmana abans que la resta d'electors, etc.) en una forma que pot ser molt desfavorable. L’entrada en vigor d’aquesta reforma es preveu per les eleccions municipals i autonòmiques de maig de 2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Els termes finals d’aquesta reforma han suavitzat significativament algunes de les propostes inicials dels partits promotors de la reforma que amenaçaven directament el vot dels residents a l’exterior en tots els processos electorals. Això ha estat possible gràcies a la massiva mobilització que des de tots els sectors i comunitats de l’emigració de l'Estat espanyol (i molt particularment dels catalans) hi ha hagut arreu durant els mesos precedents. Els futurs drets electorals dels residents catalans a l’exterior (nova llei electoral, estudi de la possibilitat d’una circumscripció pròpia, etc.) són altres punts que la Federació Internacional d’Entitats Catalanes espera veure reflectits en els programes de les diferents forces polítiques que es presenten a les properes eleccions catalanes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La propera legislatura haurà d’abordar la reforma o l’adopció d’una nova llei de relacions amb les comunitats catalanes de l’exterior, que substitueixi la vigent des de 1996 clarament desfasada, l’aplicació dels drets socials recollits a l'Estatuto de la Ciudadanía Española en el Exterior, la millora en els recursos pel Pla de Retorn (l’emigració no és sempre una història d’èxit) i l’actualització dels sistemes i recursos per a la presència de la llengua catalana en les comunitats catalanes de l’exterior. Tot això en el marc de les tasques de 'diplomàcia pública' que el Pla d'Acció Exterior de la Generalitat atribueix a les comunitats catalanes de l’exterior. Punts que la FIEC espera també veure reflectits en els programes de les diferents forces polítiques que es presenten a les eleccions catalanes del 28 de novembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalment, la FIEC vol recordar que les comunitats catalanes de l’exterior van mostrar una gran capacitat de mobilització i de preocupació pel futur de Catalunya i de les seves institucions amb les importants manifestacions i concentracions a molts punts del món el passat dia 10 de juliol, amb motiu de la jornada de rebuig a la sentència del Tribunal Constitucional espanyol sobre l'Estatut de Catalunya. Ara cal que els catalans residents a l’exterior i les seves entitats es mobilitzin per a obtenir, el proper 28 de novembre, una participació electoral satisfactòria i superior a la de les eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya de 2006 on només el 20,8% dels electors catalans del CERA van participar o superior al 27,8% de participació a les darreres eleccions al Congrés i al Senat de 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-7658475568787723869?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/7658475568787723869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/7658475568787723869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/09/131000-catalans-residents-lexterior.html' title='131.000 CATALANS RESIDENTS A L&apos;EXTERIOR PODRAN VOTAR A LES PROPERES ELECCIONS AL PARLAMENT DE CATALUNYA DEL DIA 28 DE NOVEMBRE'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-1209857796720082155</id><published>2010-08-27T15:24:00.012+10:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T13:31:02.656+11:00</updated><title type='text'>La Diada 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;LA DIADA DE CATALUNYA&lt;br /&gt;Dissabte 11 de setembre de 3.30 a 6 de la tarda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Us saludem un cop més des del recentment constituït comitè després de l'Assemblea General anual celebrada el passat 22 d'agost.&lt;br /&gt;El &lt;strong&gt;nou Comitè&lt;/strong&gt; està format per:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presidenta&lt;/strong&gt;: Montserrat Becker,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vicepresident&lt;/strong&gt;: Peter Gerrand,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Secretària&lt;/strong&gt;: Sara Bosch,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tresorer&lt;/strong&gt;: Albert Casellas,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vocals&lt;/strong&gt;: Josephine Canals, Mireia Perez, Victoria Gras, Marina Mateos i Àngela Amorós&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/THdQF9M8GWI/AAAAAAAAAbY/vkalPwhODxo/s1600/invitacio-diada2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509960732369492322" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/THdQF9M8GWI/AAAAAAAAAbY/vkalPwhODxo/s320/invitacio-diada2010.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Un any més ens reunim al Casal per celebrar la nostra &lt;strong&gt;Diada Nacional de Catalunya&lt;/strong&gt;. Aquest any serà el dissabte a partir de dos quarts de quatre de la tarda, una mica més tard que de costum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A l’acte ens honrarà la presència del recentment arribat &lt;strong&gt;Consul General&lt;/strong&gt; espanyol, Sr. D. Miguel Gómez de Aranda y Villén, i també de l’Olvido Martin Guillén, del &lt;strong&gt;Departament de Cultura&lt;/strong&gt; del Consulat, amb qui el Casal ha mantingut últimament força comunicació a resultes de les visites de diversos escriptors catalans a Melbourne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un cop fetes les presentacions pertinents i una breu explicació del significat de la trobada, passarem a fer un &lt;strong&gt;resum de l'actualitat més fervent a Catalunya&lt;/strong&gt; i a gaudir d'un pica pica gentilesa del Casal. Tambe hi haura entreteniment pels mes &lt;strong&gt;menuts&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ens plau comunicar que darrerament hem observat que amics i persones no socies del Casal assisteixen als events que organitzem, cosa que volem continuar encoratjant! No obstant i degut a les despeses que generen els events, demanarem una &lt;strong&gt;donacio&lt;/strong&gt; simbolica de $5 per alguns events a les persones adultes assistents que no son membres del Casal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció i esperem veure-us-hi!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;El Comitè&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;* * * * * * * * * *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;CATALAN NATIONAL DAY&lt;br /&gt;Saturday September 11th from 3.30 to 6pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear Members,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently constituted new Casal Committee welcomes you, following the General Annual Meeting held last August 22nd.&lt;br /&gt;The members of the new &lt;strong&gt;Committee&lt;/strong&gt; are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;President&lt;/strong&gt;: Montserrat Becker,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vicepresident&lt;/strong&gt;: Peter Gerrand,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Secretary&lt;/strong&gt;: Sara Bosch,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Treasurer&lt;/strong&gt;: Albert Casellas,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ordinary Members&lt;/strong&gt;: Josephine Canals, Mireia Perez, Victòria Gras, Marina Mateos and Àngela Amorós&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once more we'll be meeting at the Casal to celebrate &lt;strong&gt;our National Day&lt;/strong&gt;. This year, it will be on a Saturday from 3.30pm, a bit later than usual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be honoured to have in the event as our guest the &lt;strong&gt;Spanish Consul General&lt;/strong&gt;, Mr. Miguel Gómez de Aranda y Villén, who has recently arrived in Melbourne, together with Ms. Olvido Martín Guillén, from the &lt;strong&gt;Department of Culture&lt;/strong&gt; in the Spanish Consulate, with whom we have been in touch lately thanks to various Catalan writers who have visited Melbourne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the presentations and a brief explanation of the significance of the event, we will have an &lt;strong&gt;update of the news in Catalonia&lt;/strong&gt; as we have a drink and taste some nibbles in the Casal. There will be entertainment for the &lt;strong&gt;children&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are pleased to observe that members have been inviting friends to come to the Casal's events. We would like to keep encouraging this trend! However, due to the catering expenses, please note that a $5 &lt;strong&gt;donation&lt;/strong&gt; will be sought from each adult non-member to help cover costs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We thank you all and we hope to see you there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Casal Committee&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-1209857796720082155?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/1209857796720082155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/1209857796720082155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/08/la-diada-2010.html' title='La Diada 2010'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/THdQF9M8GWI/AAAAAAAAAbY/vkalPwhODxo/s72-c/invitacio-diada2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-8586769212403415128</id><published>2010-08-23T10:45:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-27T15:46:58.277+10:00</updated><title type='text'>L'escriptor Emili Rosales al Melbourne Writers Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/THH-Fyo-01I/AAAAAAAAAbI/3WgghN3tvFc/s1600/Melbourne+Writers+Festival+2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 93px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508463194697290578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/THH-Fyo-01I/AAAAAAAAAbI/3WgghN3tvFc/s320/Melbourne+Writers+Festival+2010.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;EMILI ROSALES&lt;br /&gt;Melbourne Writers Festival 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Emili Rosales&lt;/strong&gt; is the author of four novels and has won international recognition with &lt;em&gt;The Invisible City&lt;/em&gt;, a literary journey of self-discovery that involves the mythic foundation of a city in the XVIIIth century. Sant Jordi Prize winner, the main literary award in &lt;strong&gt;Catalan language&lt;/strong&gt;, it was selected by critics among the five best novels in Spain in 2006 and shortlisted to Prix Médicis Étranger in France in 2007. &lt;em&gt;The Invisible City&lt;/em&gt; has been translated to 25 languages in Europe and Asia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an editor, Emili Rosales has published Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Stieg Larsson in Spain. Emili Rosales will be appearing: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday 28th August&lt;br /&gt;ACMI Studio 1&lt;br /&gt;1pm-2pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The Changing City: How are our cities changing across fiction and reality?&lt;br /&gt;Do certain perspectives provide privileged viewpoints?&lt;br /&gt;Adrian Franklin, Fiona McGregor and Emili Rosales discuss&lt;br /&gt;Price: 21 full / 19 concession&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday 28th August&lt;br /&gt;CAE Rm B427&lt;br /&gt;3.30pm-4.30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Emili Rosales: In Conversation - In Spanish:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Emili Rosales speaks in Spanish about the life as a writer, editor and translator.&lt;br /&gt;Price: 21 full / 19 concession&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sunday 29th August&lt;br /&gt;FEEDISH&lt;br /&gt;10am-11am&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Morning Fix: Kickstart the day with a piping hot cup of literary goodness a&lt;br /&gt;specially selected blend of writers discuss and read from their work.&lt;br /&gt;Join Emili Rosales, Wayne Macauley, Evelyn Jures,&lt;br /&gt;Kirsten Tranter and host Chris Flynn&lt;br /&gt;FREE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For further information please visit:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mwf.com.au/2010/content/mwf-2010-standard.asp?name=authors-RosalesE"&gt;www.mwf.com.au/2010/content/mwf-2010-standard.asp?name=authors-RosalesE&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-8586769212403415128?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/8586769212403415128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/8586769212403415128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/08/lescriptor-emili-rosales-al-melbourne.html' title='L&apos;escriptor Emili Rosales al Melbourne Writers Festival'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/THH-Fyo-01I/AAAAAAAAAbI/3WgghN3tvFc/s72-c/Melbourne+Writers+Festival+2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-2152826609562988394</id><published>2010-08-01T10:23:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T12:08:46.499+10:00</updated><title type='text'>AGM 2010 - Reunió Anual General 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;REUNIO ANUAL GENERAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Diumenge 22 d'agost a les 15.00h. al Casal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ordre del dia&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Obertura de la sessió per part de la Presidenta.&lt;br /&gt;2. Lectura de l'acta de l'última reunió General Anual del 9 d'agost 2009.&lt;br /&gt;3. Reportatges tresorer any fiscal finalitzats el 30 de juny 2009 i 30 Juny 2010.&lt;br /&gt;4. Precs i preguntes.&lt;br /&gt;5. Lectura de les persones que s'han postulat per formar part del nou comitè.&lt;br /&gt;6. Elecció del nou comitè.&lt;br /&gt;7. Cloenda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volem donar les gràcies al &lt;strong&gt;present Comitè&lt;/strong&gt;, els quals han exercit la tasca d'organitzar i administrar els afers del Casal durant aquest any passat: Montse Becker, Peter Gerrand, Stewart King, Albert Casellas, Sara Bosch, Mireia Perez, Victòria Gras, Josephine Canals &amp;amp; Carmen Godinson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alguns d'aquests membres de Comitè estan aquí temporalment i tornaran a Catalunya aviat. &lt;strong&gt;Volem animar a altres socis a que formin part del nou Comité sobre tot als joves que poden aportar noves idees a la tasca d’organització de les activitats.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;És saludable que les societats evolucionin i es renovin. No oblideu que el nostre Casal es de tots els socis, que està obert a tots i que per treure-li el rendiment que es mereix cal la vostra presencia en els actes que s’organitzen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aquells socis que estiguin interessats a ser nomenats o, a nomenar a una altra persona, deuran completar el formulari de nominació inclòs que s’haurà de fer arribar al Casal no més tard d’una setmana abans de la reunió (15/08/10). Recordem als socis que per tenir veu i vot a aquesta reunió cal estar al corrent del pagament de la QUOTA ANUAL 2010/2011.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voldríem encoratjar a tots els socis a assistir a aquesta reunió, ja que és una bona oportunitat per suggeriments i la vostra opinió vers el millorament del Casal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gràcies per la vostra atenció i esperem la vostra assistència.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;* * * * * * * * * *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 22th August at 3.00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. President's welcome.&lt;br /&gt;2. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held 9th August 2009.&lt;br /&gt;3. Treasurer's Reports for the years ended 30th June 2009 &amp;amp; 30th June 2010.&lt;br /&gt;4. General Business.&lt;br /&gt;5. Committee nominations.&lt;br /&gt;6. Election of Office Bearers.&lt;br /&gt;7. Closing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would like to thank the present Committee members, for having look after the Casal's affairs during this past year: Montse Becker, Peter Gerrand, Stewart King, Albert Casellas, Sara Bosch, Mireia Perez, Victòria Gras, Josephine Canals &amp;amp; Carmen Godinson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this meeting all the Committee positions will become vacant. Some of the present members are only in Australia temporary and will be going back to Catalunya soon. &lt;strong&gt;We want to encourage you to form part of the new Committee especially the young members who can bring fresh ideas for the organization of the activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who may be interested in being nominated or in nominating another person, must complete the nomination form enclosed and it should reach the Casal no later than one week before the meeting (15/08/2010).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would like to remind all members that in order to be eligible to vote you must be a financial member. You can choose to pay your 10/11 membership either via Bank transfer, send a cheque or alternatively you can pay prior to the meeting on the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We would like to encourage all members to attend this meeting, as it is always a good opportunity to voice suggestions and to express your opinion for the Casal's improvement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your co-operation and we hope to see you there.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-2152826609562988394?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/2152826609562988394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/2152826609562988394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/08/agm-2010-reunio-anual-general-2010.html' title='AGM 2010 - Reunió Anual General 2010'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-3482792304261267744</id><published>2010-07-27T19:30:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T12:01:00.412+10:00</updated><title type='text'>L'escriptora Najat El Hachmi visita el Casal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TGs-oLPZCwI/AAAAAAAAAbA/GQ2DG63X0Os/s1600/NajatElHachmi_PremiRamonLlull.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 313px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506563829323598594" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TGs-oLPZCwI/AAAAAAAAAbA/GQ2DG63X0Os/s320/NajatElHachmi_PremiRamonLlull.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Tot un &lt;strong&gt;exit&lt;/strong&gt;! Consulteu l'&lt;strong&gt;album de fotos&lt;/strong&gt; a traves de la nostra pagina web &lt;a href="http://www.ccvictoria.cat/"&gt;www.ccvictoria.cat&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-3482792304261267744?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/3482792304261267744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/3482792304261267744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/07/lescriptora-najat-el-hachmi-visita-el.html' title='L&apos;escriptora Najat El Hachmi visita el Casal'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xAr90WAzepU/TGs-oLPZCwI/AAAAAAAAAbA/GQ2DG63X0Os/s72-c/NajatElHachmi_PremiRamonLlull.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-6549247188056309780</id><published>2010-05-05T10:52:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T13:01:58.502+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Stewart King: "Vaig aprendre a pronunciar bé el català escoltant Llach"</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Stewart King, Membre del Comite del nostre Casal, Professor hispanista i catalanòfil de la Monash University de Melbourne&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Entrevista de M. A. F. - Nació Digital)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El passat mes de febrer es va celebrar a Auckland, Nova Zelanda, el congrés Historical Crossroads. Spain from the Second Republic to the 21st Century (Entrecreuament històrics. Espanya desde la Segona Republica al segle XXI) que reunia hispanistes procedents de tot el món del camp de la historia, la filosofia, la literatura i la sociologia. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El que més cridava l'atenció és que es va parlar molt de Catalunya en les diferents ponències i els posteriors col•loquis, sobretot del fet polític, la Constitució, l'Estatut, els referèndums... El nostre petit país continua essent una referència continua, fins i tot una obsessió per a hispanistes i no hispanistes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un dels participants va ser el doctor Stewart King, professor de la Monash University de Melbourne, Australia, que va presentar  la ponència: "Digesting Frankfurt: Rethinking Catalan Literary History".  King és professor titular d’Estudis Espanyols i Catalans a la Monash University. Hi treballa des que va acabar  la seva tesi doctoral a Latrobe University, fa onze anys. Ensenya cursos de llengua, cultura i literatura espanyola. De vegades, dóna classes extracurriculars de català a alumnes interessats i  que esperen poder oferir unes matèries de català d’aquí dos anys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Explicar la realitat cultural i lingüística de l’Estat espanyol és una part important de la seva feina. Així que  ens explica que sempre posa èmfasi en la situació cultural catalana a les seves classes. Per exemple, quan imparteix assignatures de literatura, sempre inclou obres d’autors catalans, com Mercè Rodoreda, Montserrat Roig, Quim Monzó i, més recent, Teresa Solana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- A què es deu el seu interès per Catalunya? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Quan vaig començar a aprendre castellà fa anys, vaig descobrir que els meus amics "espanyols" a Melbourne eren en realitat catalans, i quan els preguntava sobre Espanya, em deien "Sobre Espanya no ho sabem, però a Catalunya…". Com que no sabia què era Catalunya, els preguntava sobre la història, la llengua, etc. Catalunya em semblava interessant i, per a un australià, força exòtica. Quan vaig cursar la carrera de Filologia, hi havia un molt distingit catalanista, el professor Robert Archer, especialista en Ausiàs March, que impartia classes de llengua i literatura catalanes. Vaig fer un parell de cursos que m’encantaven. També vaig visitar Barcelona i d'altres llocs de l'àrea lingüística catalana, i la vida allí vaig trobar-la fascinant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Quant temps ha viscut a Catalunya? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- En total, en diverses visites d’entre un mes i vuit o nou mesos, hi he viscut  uns tres o quatre anys. Intento anar-hi cada any, però Austràlia és força lluny i, de vegades, per feina, he d’anar a altres llocs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Parla perfectament el català... Li pregunten com s'ho ha fet? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Tenia bons professors: Robert Archer i, més tard, hi havia una lectora de català d’orígen basc, Izaskun Arretxe Irigoien, que era una excel•lent professora. Encara som bons amics. A més a més, vaig aprendre a pronunciar el català amb Lluís Llach. No personalment, és clar! Robert Archer em va donar un disc de Llach amb la lletra de les cançons, i mentre escoltava, jo llegia les paraules i corregia la meva pronunciació.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Em comentava que persones d'Espanya no entenien que el parlés... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Quan viatjo per Espanya, sovint haig de justificar el meu interès en el català i la cultura catalana. I no ho entenen. Una vegada, uns amics d’uns amics em preguntaven si tenia un problema a Catalunya, donat que tothom hi parla català. “No –els deia–, cap problema. Parlo català.” La seva resposta em va sorprendre moltíssim. Van dir textualment: "Estos catalanes son la hostia. Tú vienes a España a aprender español y te obligan a hablar catalán". Aquests amics es van sorprendre també quan els vaig dir que vaig aprendre el català a Austràlia i que els catalans no m’han obligat a fer res.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;a href="http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/14593/stewart/king/vaig/aprendre/pronunciar/catala/escoltant/llach "&gt;Tota l'entrevista a Nació Digital:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/14593/stewart/king/vaig/aprendre/pronunciar/catala/escoltant/llach &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/spanish/staff/sking.php"&gt;&gt; Pàgina del professor King des del web de la Universitat:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/spanish/staff/sking.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-6549247188056309780?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/6549247188056309780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/6549247188056309780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/05/stewart-king-vaig-aprendre-pronunciar.html' title='Stewart King: &quot;Vaig aprendre a pronunciar bé el català escoltant Llach&quot;'/><author><name>Sara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06116951999343940273</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-1252834954333905848</id><published>2010-04-05T10:15:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-04-18T15:16:39.076+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Sant Jordi 2010, Celebrating the day of Books and Roses</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta content="text/html; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt; Celebració del dia del llibre i la rosa – &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Dilluns 26 d’abril &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:metricconverter productid="2010 a"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;2010 a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:metricconverter&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt; les 3pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Ja és abril a Catalunya i frisen perquè comenci el bon temps. Els padrins compren la mona als fillols i els xiringuitos de platja comencen la temporada. A Melbourne però, el sol cada dia s’amaga més aviat, el termòmetre baixa, i aviat haurem de treure roba d’abric dels armaris. &lt;b&gt;Tot i les diferències evidents, tant a Melbourne com a Catalunya celebrem el Sant Jordi&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;I ara... Sant Jordi!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; Sí, ja és abril i per tant època de celebrar una de les festes més entranyables del calendari. &lt;b style="color: red;"&gt;Com cada any al Casal farem una celebració per aglutinar petits i grans. Enguany la celebració serà el dilluns dia 26 d’abril a les 3 de la tarda a la Ross House.&lt;/b&gt; La vetllada comptarà amb una breu lectura pel grans, narració de la llegenda pels mes menuts i concurs de dibuix amb premis, i com no,amb una mica de piscolabis i alguna cosa per fer-ho baixar tot. &lt;b&gt;Una celebració que no us podeu perdre! Us hi esperem a tots.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Per acabar un fragment del poema ‘La Pell del Brau’ de Salvador Espriu:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Section2" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;A vegades és necessari i forçós&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;que un home mori per un poble,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;però mai no ha de morir tot un poble&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;per un home sol:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;recorda sempre això, Sepharad.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Fes que siguin segurs els ponts del diàleg&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;i mira de comprendre i estimar&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;les raons i les parles diverses dels teus fills.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Que la pluja caigui a poc a poc en els sembrats&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;i l'aire passi com una estesa mà&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;suau i molt benigna damunt els amples camps.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Que Sepharad visqui eternament&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;en l'ordre i en la pau, en el treball,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;en la difícil i merescuda&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;llibertat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Section3" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció, esperem veure-us ben aviat! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;El Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 150%;"&gt;- - - - - - - - - - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;St Jordi 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Celebrating the day of books and roses - &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Monday 26 April 2010 at 3pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Dear members of the Casal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Now it’s Abril, Catalonia is getting impatient for warmer weather to come, godparents buy Easter cakes for their godchildren, and the seaside stalls start to appear. Whereas in Melbourne the days are getting shorter and cooler (apart from that wonderful weather over Easter), and soon we’ll be reaching for our overcoats. But for all these obvious differences, &lt;b&gt;we enjoy celebrating the Day of Sant Jordi here as well.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;And now for St Jordi! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Yes, because it’s already April, it’s time to celebrate one of the most enjoyable festivals in the calendar. &lt;b&gt;As usual, &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;we aim to organise an event that will be enjoyable for young and old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: red;"&gt;This year the celebration will be held on Monday April 26 at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:time hour="15" minute="00" style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;3 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; at Ross House&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; The afternoon will include, for the young ones, a reading of the legend of St Jordi and a drawing competition with prizes. And for all of us: a delicious snack and something to wash it down with. In short, &lt;b&gt;an event you won’t want to miss! We look forward to seeing you.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;To finish off, here is a fragment from Salvador Espriu’s poem ‘La Pell del Brau’ [with a literal translation below]:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Section4" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Sometimes it is necessary and right&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;for a man to die for a people.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;But a whole people must never die&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;for a single man:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;remember this, Sepharad.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Keep the bridge of dialogue secured&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;and try to understand and love&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;the different minds and tongues of all your children.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Let the rain fall, drop by drop, on the fields&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;and the air cross the ample fields&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;like a soft, benevolent hand.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;Let Sepharad live forever&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;in order and in peace, in work,&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;and in difficult, hard-won&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;liberty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-size: 100%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Thanks for your attention, we hope to see you on soon! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;The Casal Committee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA" style="font-family: &amp;quot;; font-size: 11;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-1252834954333905848?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/1252834954333905848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/1252834954333905848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/04/sant-jordi-2010-celebrating-day-of.html' title='Sant Jordi 2010, Celebrating the day of Books and Roses'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-7151621369776932393</id><published>2010-02-10T11:49:00.015+11:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T12:34:58.008+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Picnic Anniversary! Sunday 21st March</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Feliç Any 2010&lt;br /&gt;Picnic 24e Aniversari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Diumenge 21 de març&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ja som de ple en el 2010. Deixem enrera un &lt;strong&gt;exitós 2009&lt;/strong&gt; pel que fa les activitats promocionades des del Casal; les celebracions de St Jordi, St Joan, la Diada, col.laboració amb l’exposició Dalí al NGV, la 2n edició del festival de cinema ‘Made in Catalonia’ i el tradicional picnic de Nadal, entre d’altres. A Catalunya el fred no ha donat treva, mentre a Victória la gent van a remullar-se a la platja per fer passar la calor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El primer butlleti de l’any ens porta el &lt;strong&gt;canvi de domicili del Casal&lt;/strong&gt;, resum del &lt;strong&gt;exitós picnic de Nadal&lt;/strong&gt;, i convoca a tots els membres i familiars al &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;primer picnic de l’any&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Des del casal aprofitem el primer butlleti per desitjar-vos un &lt;strong&gt;molt bon i joiós any 2010&lt;/strong&gt; i esperem poder gaudir amb vosaltres les activitats i trobades organitzades pel Casal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Casal Catala de Victoria ha canviat el seu domicili. A partir del Gener les oficines del Casal s’han traslladat de la 3era planta a la &lt;strong&gt;4rta planta&lt;/strong&gt; del mateix edifici de la &lt;strong&gt;Ross House&lt;/strong&gt;. El motiu del trasllat es poder disposar de la oficina a la mateixa planta on celebrem les trobades per facilitar les tasques preparació dels events i no anar amunt i avall amb tots els estris. Cal esmentar que no hi ha hagut cap cost associat al canvi. Esperem que el canvi sigui beneficiós per tots. Moltes gracies a la Montse, Peter, Stewart, Carme, i John per l’ajut en les tasques del trasllat i a la Josie i Ana Maria per ajudar amb els llibres de la biblioteca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El passat dia 6 de Desembre es va celebrar el tradicional &lt;strong&gt;Picnic de Nadal&lt;/strong&gt;. Melbourne es va llevar amb un dia esplendid i soleiat. Despres de menjar, els mes menuts (alguns not tant) van gaudir de diversos jocs abans de fer ‘cagar el tio’. Tan grans com petits van disfrutar de jocs d’endevinalles i la rifa de tres paneres. En resum, un dia esplendid per petits i grans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per ultim, anunciar la &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;primera trobada de l’any&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; en que cel.lebrarem el &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;24e aniversari de la primera trobada formal dels Catalans de Victoria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Es tracta d’un &lt;strong&gt;picnic&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;BYO&lt;/strong&gt; (menjar/beure). Es celebrará el proper &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;21 de març &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;a &lt;/span&gt;Harlston Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; entrada per Allison Rd o Seymour Rd - &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elsternwick&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;a partir de les&lt;/span&gt; 12pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Recordeu portar manta, cadires i tot el que cregueu necessari per estar comodes. &lt;strong&gt;Jocs de taula, música i pilotes son benvinguts!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció, esperem veure-us ben aviat!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;El Comitè&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;---------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Happy New Year 2010&lt;br /&gt;Picnic Anniversary &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Sunday 21st March&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear members&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We’re already well into 2010, after a &lt;strong&gt;very successful 2009&lt;/strong&gt;. In addition to the regular events – St. Jordi, St. Joan, Catalan National Day, the traditional Christmas picnic, among others – we also provided a well-attended seminar at the ‘Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire’ exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria; and we organised our second “Made in Catalonia Film Festival” and also took it to Sydney and Brisbane for the first time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This first newsletter carries news of our change of address, a brief report on the Christmas picnic and an invitation to all members to join us for the first picnic of the year. The Organising Committee would like to take this opportunity to wish all members and their families a very happy and healthy 2010 and we hope to enjoy with you the range of activities which the Catalan Centre organises.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Catalan Centre of Victoria has moved!&lt;/strong&gt; From January the Casal’s office has moved from the third to the &lt;strong&gt;fourth floor of Ross House&lt;/strong&gt;. The new office is on the same floor where we celebrate our major events, and this way it will be easier to organise these events and not carry the glasses, plates, etc. up and down floors. The new office does not cost us any more. We hope the change will be for the better for everyone. Many thanks to Montse, Peter, Stewart, Carme and John for moving the contents of the old office to the new one and to Josie and Ana Maria for organising the Library books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 6 December last year we held our traditional &lt;strong&gt;Christmas Picnic&lt;/strong&gt;. Melbourne turned on a wonderful, sunny day. After lunch, the littlest (and not so little) members joined in the diverse games before making the Christmas log (el tió) ’excrete‘ the sweets for the children. Both adults and children enjoyed the riddles and the raffle for the three Christmas hampers. In summary, a great day was had by young and old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;first meeting of 2010: A Picnic BYO &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;(food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; and drink) on&lt;/span&gt; 21 March at Harlston Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; entry from either Allison Rd or Seymour Rd - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Elsternwick&lt;/span&gt; -from &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;12pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;onwards&lt;/strong&gt;. Remember to bring your picnic rug, chairs and anything else that will make you feel comfortable. &lt;strong&gt;Games, music and balls&lt;/strong&gt; are also &lt;strong&gt;welcome&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your attention. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We look forward to seeing you soon!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Committee&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-7151621369776932393?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/7151621369776932393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/7151621369776932393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2010/02/picnic-24th-anniversary.html' title='Picnic Anniversary! Sunday 21st March'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-1778603800994086025</id><published>2009-11-15T10:32:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T00:08:48.589+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Picnic de Nadal / Xmas BBQ</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Diumenge 6 de Desembre de 2009, a partir de les 12pm&lt;br /&gt;Edinburgh Gardens (Fitzroy)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Catalunya ha comencat l’hivern i nosaltres finalment ja hem tret els pantalons curts i les sandalies de l’armari. En el butlleti d’aquest caloros novembre repassem l’&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;exit del festival de cinema ‘Made in Catalonia’ celebrat a Melbourne, Brisbane i Sydney&lt;/span&gt;, i destaquem els detalls del &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;tradicional picnic de Nadal que celebrarem el 6 de Desembre&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La segona edicio del festival de cinema ‘Made in Catalonia&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;’&lt;/span&gt; ha sigut tot un exit. Una gran multitut es van reunir a l’State Library of Victoria a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Melbourne &lt;/span&gt;el passat 23, 24, 25 d’Octubre per veure cinema catala. Els assistents van gaudir de cine de terror amb ‘Eskalofrio’, de l’original documental ‘Cinema Dali’, de l’emotiu documental de la postguerra civil ‘Notes al peu’ (amb explicacions per la Dra Lilit Thwaites), de la comedia ‘El Kaseron’, i de la galordonada pelicula ‘Tres dies amb la familia’. Durant la festa de cloenda vam gaudir d’un esplendid piscolabis tot fent petar xerrada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aquest any el ‘Made in Catalonia’ va exportar el nostre cine fora de les fronteres de l’estat de Victoria. La universitat the Queensland a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brisbane &lt;/span&gt;va acullir el festival l’1 de Novembre. Un grup numeros entre els que hi havia Catalans, Mallorquins i Valencians residents a la part sud-est de Queensland van assistir. El nostre representant Albert, afirma que els assistents es van mostrar molt entusiasmats.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El recent ignaugurat Institut Cervantes de &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sydney &lt;/span&gt;va acullir la sessio final (i la que va aplegar mes gent) del festival ‘Made in Catalonia’, el passat 20, 21 de Novembre. Algunes families catalanes i llatines van recorrer mes de 150Km per atendre el festival, ple a bessar (a l’auditori no hi cabia ni una agulla) en l’ultima pelicula ‘Tres dies amb la familia’ i el pica-pica de despres. El director de l’Institut Cervantes, Isidoro Castellanos (que parla catala), va expressar el desitg de col.laborar en futures ocasions amb el Casal, va destacar que l’Institut oferira classes de Catala i Castella el 2010. Els nostres representants (Peter, Sara, Mireia, Albert) van aprofitar per establir importants vincles amb la comunitat catalana de Sydney desitjosa de revitalitzar el Casal Català de Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalment, el Casal Catala us convida al &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;tradicional Picnic de Nadal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;, el proper &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;diumenge 6 de desembre a partir de les 12pm als Edinburgh Gardens de Fitzroy&lt;/span&gt; (entrada per l'Alfred Crescent - Melway  30 B-12). Recordeu portar el vostre menjar, begudes, cadires, taula. Hi haura activitats pels menuts i com no, farem cagar el tió seguint la tradició catalana. Porteu la canalla!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tambe farem la típica rifa nadalenca amb 3 premis diferents!&lt;br /&gt;No us ho perdeu: per $2 golden coin donation per participació ($5 per 3 tiquets) entrareu en el sorteig de 3 paneres amb diferents productes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Us esperem el diumenge 6 de desembre!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;El Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Xmas Picnic: Sunday 6 December 2009, from 12 noon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Edinburgh Gardens (Fitzroy)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dear Casal Members,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Catalonia winter has arrived, while here we’re getting our shorts and sandals out of the wardrobe. In this November newsletter we review &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the success of our ‘Made in Catalonia’ Film Festival in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney&lt;/span&gt;, and provide details of our &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;traditional Xmas picnic, to take place on Sunday December 6th&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our second annual ‘Made in Catalonia’ Film Festival has ben a great success. A big crowd attended the State Library Theatrette in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Melbourne &lt;/span&gt;on 23, 24 &amp;amp; 25 of October to see some excellent Catalan films. The audience enjoyed the horror movie ‘Eskalofrio’, the short documentary ‘Cinema Dali’, the absorbing documentary ‘Notes al peu’ concerning the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War (and a Q &amp;amp; A with Dr Lilit Thwaites), the satirical comedy ‘El Kaserón’, and the acclaimed drama ‘Tres dies amb la familia’. On the final evening we enjoyed a splendid supper provided by the Casal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year our ‘Made in Catalonia’ Film Festival went national.  The University of Queensland in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brisbane &lt;/span&gt;hosted the Festival on 1st November. An eager crowd attended, including Catalans, Majorcans and Valencians living in South East Queensland.  Our representative Albert reported back that the audience was very enthusiastic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The recently inaugurated Cervantes Institute in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sydney &lt;/span&gt;hosted the final (and best attended) sessions of our ‘Made in Catalonia’ Festival, on November 20 and 21. Some Catalan and Latin American families travelled up to 150Km to Sydney to participate, and a capacity crowd of 100 attended the final film ’Tres dies amb la familia’ and enjoyed the supper we provided afterwards. The Director of the Cervantes Institute, Isidoro Castellanos (who is a fluent Catalan speaker), expressed his warm desire for further collaborations with our Casal, and noted that his Institute will be offering classes in Catalan as well as Spanish in 2010.  Our representatives (Peter, Sara, Albert and Mireia) were able to make contact with Catalan families in Sydney, who are keen to be kept in touch with our activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finaly, the Casal welcomes all its members to our &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;traditional Xmas Picnic, to be held this year on Sunday 6th December in the Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy&lt;/span&gt; (enter via Alfred Crescent - Melway 30 B-12). Bring your picnic lunch, drinks, and picnic tables and chairs, and join us from 12 noon onwards. There will be activities for the kids, such as ‘cagar el tió’ in the Catalan tradition. Bring the whole family!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be a Xmas raffle with 3 different prizes!&lt;br /&gt;Don’t miss out: for a $2 ‘gold coin’ donation (or $5 for 3 tickets) you can enter the raffle for 3 different Xmas hampers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope to see you there on 6 of December!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Committee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-1778603800994086025?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/1778603800994086025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/1778603800994086025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2009/11/picnic-de-nadal-xmas-bbq.html' title='Picnic de Nadal / Xmas BBQ'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-4280028466428914006</id><published>2009-09-01T09:08:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T12:11:26.108+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Dates importants / Key dates</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Dates importants: 12 i 13 de Setembre, 23-25 d’Octubre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;La primavera ja comença a treure el nas i les bufandes ja son a l’armari. El F.CBarcelona continua enamoran i ja te la SuperCopa d’Espanya a la butxaca. La carta d’agost ve carregada d’anuncis i events que no us podeu perdre; presentacion del nou comité pel curs 2009-10, seminari Dalí, la Diada, i el “Made in Catalonia Film Festival”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;El passat dia 9 d’Agost a les 3 tarda es va celebra l’assamblea general del Casal Català. A pesar de la poca assistencia l’acte va transcorrer amb normalitat. Els balanços van ser aprovats i el nou comité ratificat: Presidenta: &lt;b&gt;Montse Becker&lt;/b&gt;, Vice-President: &lt;b&gt;Peter Gerrand&lt;/b&gt;, Tresorer: &lt;b&gt;Stewart King&lt;/b&gt;, Secretari: &lt;b&gt;Albert Casellas&lt;/b&gt;, Vocal: &lt;b&gt;Josephine Canals&lt;/b&gt;, Vocal: &lt;b&gt;Mireia Perez&lt;/b&gt;, Vocal: &lt;b&gt;Victòria Gras&lt;/b&gt;, Vocal: &lt;b&gt;Carmen Godinson&lt;/b&gt;, Vocal: &lt;b&gt;Sara Bosch&lt;/b&gt;. – &lt;u&gt;Gracies pel vostre suport i confiança!!!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;El Casal Català ha organitzat un event especial que es celebrerà el&lt;b&gt; &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;dissabte&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;12 de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;setembre de 2 a 4.30 tarda &lt;/span&gt;a la “National Gallery of Victoria” (St Kilda Road): el seminari “Salvador Dalí and Catalonia”&lt;/b&gt; en el marc de l’exitosa exposició “Salvador Dalí – Liquid desire”. Peter Gerrand introduirà el seminari seguidament na Victòria Gras recitarà un poema Català de l’epoca surrealista. Tot seguit l’Stewart King fara una xerrada titulada; “Salvador Dalí and Catalan Culture” , i en Frank Heckes clourà l’acte amb la xerrada “From Catalan Landscapes to Surrealist Masterpieces”. &lt;u&gt;Cost $32 Adult, $29 concesion&lt;/u&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;El Casal disposa de &lt;b&gt;30 entrades gratuites&lt;/b&gt;. Interessats trucar Peter Gerrand de 12pm a 7pm qualssevol dia des del 28 Agost al 6 de Setembre. Les entrades seran otorgades “on a first come first serve basis” als socis al current de pagament. Maxim de 2 entrades per soci/familia. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Com cada any el Casal Català convida a tots els socis i socies per celebrar el dia nacional de Catalunya – &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;La Diada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. La celebració tindra lloc el proper &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;diumenge 13 de setembre de 3 a 6 de la tarda &lt;/span&gt;al Casal, 247-251 Flinders Lane. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Us hi esperem!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;“&lt;b&gt;Made in Catalonia film festival&lt;/b&gt;” torna. Despres de l’exitosa primera edició aquest any no nomès Melbourne sino Sydney i Brisbane veuran cinema català gracies al suport del Minesteri de Cultura d’Espanya i la Generalitat de Catalunya. A Melbourne el festival es celebrarà el proper 23, 24, i 25 d’octubre al &lt;u&gt;‘State Library of Victoria’ (entrada - La Trobe)&lt;/u&gt;. A Sydney possiblement es celebrarà el 20 i 21 de Novembre i a Brisbane el 31 d’Octubre. &lt;b&gt;Mes informació en el seguent butlleti!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció i us esperem totes aquestes dates!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;El Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="color:red;"&gt;Key dates: 12 and 13 September, and 23-25 October&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" class="MsoNormal" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;The August newsletter has several items of interest; confirmation of the new Committee for the year 2009-10, and advance notice of our Dali seminar, our National Day, and our second annual “Made in Catalonia Film Festival”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;On 9th August at 3pm we held the Casal’s AGM. Despite (or because) of a small attendance, the meeting was very efficient! The accounts were approved and the new Committee was elected: President: &lt;b&gt;Montse Becker&lt;/b&gt;, Vice-President: &lt;b&gt;Peter Gerrand&lt;/b&gt;, Treasurer: &lt;b&gt;Stewart King&lt;/b&gt;, Secretary: &lt;b&gt;Albert Casellas&lt;/b&gt;, Committee Members: &lt;b&gt;Josephine Canals, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mireia Perez&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Victòria Gras&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Carmen Godinson&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Sara Bosch&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;u&gt;Thank you for your support and confidence in us!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;The Casal has organized a special event to take place on&lt;b&gt; &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Saturday&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;12th September from&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;2pm to 4.30 pm &lt;/span&gt;at the National Gallery of Victoria (St Kilda Rd): the seminar “Salvador Dali and Catalonia”, &lt;/b&gt;in conjunction with the very popular exhibition “Salvador Dali – Liquid desire”. The seminar will begin with a brief introduction of the Casal by Peter Gerrand, a recital of an appropiate surrealist Catalan poem by Victòria Gras, followed by two illustrated lectures; “Salvador Dali and Catalan Culture” by Stewart King and “From Catalan Landscapess to Surrealist Masterpieces”, by Frank Heckes. Normal &lt;u&gt;Cost $32 Adult, $29 concession&lt;/u&gt;; however note below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;The Casal Committee has negotiated &lt;b&gt;30 free entries&lt;/b&gt;. Those interested in attending should ring Peter Gerrand between 12 noon and 7 pm, any day between 28 August and 6 September. The free tickets will be allocated on a “first come, first served basis” to financial members of the Casal, with a maximum of 2 tickets per member or family. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;As usual the Casal invites all its members to celebrate the national day of Catalonia – &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;“&lt;b&gt;La diada”&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. The celebration will take place on &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Sunday 13th &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;September from 3 to 6 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;at “Ross House” 247-251 Flinders St- Melbourne. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;We hope that you can all come!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;“&lt;b&gt;Made in Catalonia film festival&lt;/b&gt;”: after the success of our first Film Festival last year, held in Melbourne alone, we will be ‘going national’ with our second “&lt;b&gt;Made in Catalonia film festival&lt;/b&gt;” this year, presenting it in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, thanks to grants from the Spanish Ministry of Culture as well as from the Generalitat de Catalunya. In Melbourne, the Film Festival will take place on Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 of October at the &lt;u&gt;State Library of Victoria’s &lt;/u&gt;Theatrette (La Trobe St entrance). Likely dates for Sydney are 20 and 21st November, and for Brisbane 31 October 2009 – these latter dates are yet to be confirmed. – &lt;b&gt;More information in our next letter!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Looking forward to seeing you at these events!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;The Committee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-4280028466428914006?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4280028466428914006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4280028466428914006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2009/09/dates-importants-key-dates.html' title='Dates importants / Key dates'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-967205662193992462</id><published>2009-07-01T10:14:00.014+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T10:37:17.394+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Dalí Seminars Sponsored by the Casal at the NGV</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xu0SIYfuJDw/Skqscw3AQBI/AAAAAAAAAWI/Edn_4nT4X5E/s1600-h/programs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xu0SIYfuJDw/Skqscw3AQBI/AAAAAAAAAWI/Edn_4nT4X5E/s320/programs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353280717235175442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Saturday 12 September&lt;br /&gt;From 2pm to 4.30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;SALVADOR DALI &amp;amp; CATALONIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Coinciding with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" &gt;la Diada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;, the Catalan National Day (11 Sep), this seminar will explore Dalí’s life and art in relation to his native Catalonia: its culture, traditions, artistic heritage and landscape. The seminar will include a brief &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" &gt;history of Catalans in Melbourne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; and a short &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" &gt;poetry recital&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;, in Catalan and English translation, to convey the flavour of Catalan culture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" &gt;• The Provincial and the Universal: Salvador Dalí and Catalan Culture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Although often considered a Spanish artist, Dalí was born in Catalonia and identified on numerous occasions as Catalan. This lecture will examine the influence of Catalonia on Dalí’s life as well as his often-fraught relationship with his native culture and society.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;- Speaker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" &gt;Dr Stewart King&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;, Senior Lecturer, Spanish and Catalan Studies, Monash University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:georgia;" &gt;• Dalí’s Art: From Catalan Landscapes to Surrealist Masterpieces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;This lecture will analyse Salvador Dalí’s artistic development from his early landscapes of Cadaqués to such Surrealist creations as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" &gt;The Great Masturbator &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;(1929), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" &gt;The Persistence of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" &gt;Memory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; (1931), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" &gt;Memory of the Child-Woman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; (1932) and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" &gt;Archaeological Reminiscence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" &gt;of Millet’s “Angelus”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; (c.1934).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;- Speaker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" &gt;Dr Frank I. Heckes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;, Honorary Research Associate, Art History, La Trobe University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"&gt;Seminars &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" &gt;Sponsored by the&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Casal Català de Victòria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Saturday 12 September,  2 - 4.30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Venue Clemenger BBDO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Auditorium, NGV International&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Cost $32 Adult / $27 NGV Member / $29 Concession &amp;amp; Student&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Includes afternoon tea. Exhibition entry not included&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Event code P09100&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" &gt;More info:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/dali/daliprograms.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" &gt;www.ngv.vic.gov.au/dali/daliprograms.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/dali/resources/Publicprograms.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:georgia;" &gt;www.ngv.vic.gov.au/dali/resources/Publicprograms.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-967205662193992462?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/967205662193992462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/967205662193992462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2009/07/seminars-at-ngv-sponsored-by-casal.html' title='Dalí Seminars Sponsored by the Casal at the NGV'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xu0SIYfuJDw/Skqscw3AQBI/AAAAAAAAAWI/Edn_4nT4X5E/s72-c/programs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-325488727499046387</id><published>2009-06-23T11:30:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T13:34:33.155+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Sant Joan 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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 &lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;L’hivern ja es aquí, abrics i bufandes són la tònica pel carrer. Mentre a Catalunya és temps de platja i orxata, a Melbourne mengem castanyes i moniatos. La carta del mes de juny ve plena de notícies; L’èxit de la trobada de St Jordi, membres del casal retornen a València, “tardes de cinema”, reunió general anual i Barça, Barça i Barça!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;La trobada de &lt;b style=""&gt;St Jordi&lt;/b&gt; celebrada el passat 26 d’abril &lt;b style=""&gt;va ser tot un èxit&lt;/b&gt;. Menuts i grans vam gaudir d’una vetllada distressa, on vam dibuixar, xerrar, menjar, beure, ballar sardanes, degustar el fantàstic pàstis de St Jordi gentilessa de la família Sànchez i aprendre amb l’apunt d’història de’n Peter&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;– &lt;i style=""&gt;Gràcies a tothom per &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;fer-ho possible&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Des del Casal desitjem en &lt;b style=""&gt;Jaume, na Sisca i el petit Jan&lt;/b&gt; molta sort i felicitat en la nova etapa que empendran &lt;b style=""&gt;a València&lt;/b&gt;, on s’instalaran definitivament. – &lt;i style=""&gt;Us trobarem a faltar!!!&lt;/i&gt;. També aprofitem per agraïr al Jaume la seva inestimable aportació en el redisseny de la web del Casal i el festival de Cinema Català.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;“&lt;b style=""&gt;Tardes de cinema&lt;/b&gt;” es una nova activitat per reunir interessats en veure sèries televisives i pel·líques catalanes i després xerrar amb una copeta (o dues!). Començarem amb la comèdia “Porca Misèria”.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Desafortunadament, el dvd no té subtítols en anglès, així per aprofitar-ho s’ha de tenir cert nivell de català. Seran trobades informals cada quinzena començant &lt;b style=""&gt;divendres 17 de juliol - 6 tarda&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;i style=""&gt;Interessats contacteu Stewart King: &lt;a href="mailto:stewart.king@arts.monash.edu.au"&gt;stewart.king@arts.monash.edu.au&lt;/a&gt; o 0449613139&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hem de felicitar al F.C Barcelona per l’extraordinària temporada. El Barça ha fet història, sent el primer equip en guanyar la Copa del Rei, la Lliga i la Champions. A part de deleitar als seguidors durant tot l’any, la victòria ha posat Catalunya al mapa. Fins i tot la televisió australiana se n’ha fet ressó. – &lt;b style=""&gt;Visca el Barça i visca Catalunya!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tots el socis i sòcies del Casal quedeu convocats a la propera&lt;b style=""&gt; Reunió General Anual diumenge 9 d’agost les 3 de la tarda&lt;/b&gt;, on s’escullirà el proper comitè. Mes detalls a la propera carta. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;- I&lt;i style=""&gt;nteressat en formar-ne part?&lt;/i&gt; Contactar: Montse 04 08994113.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;St Joan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt; s’acosta; petards, alegria, soroll, ballaruca i misteri. Al casal ho celebrarem el proper &lt;b style=""&gt;diumenge 28 de juny&lt;/b&gt; ,a la Ross House, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;247-251 Flinders Lane – 3 tarda. Sense petards però amb molta alegria, coques i cava. – &lt;b style=""&gt;Us hi esperem!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nota de &lt;b style=""&gt;condol &lt;/b&gt;a ànims a tots els familiars i amics de na &lt;b style=""&gt;Margaret Garriga&lt;/b&gt;, sòcia fundadora del Casal , que ens deixar el passat mes de maig a l’edat de 90 anys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció i us esperem el diumenge 28 de junyl!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;El Comitè&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;**********************************************&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;" lang="CA"&gt;SANT JOAN&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Sunday 28th June, from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:time style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" hour="15" minute="00" st="on"&gt;3pm&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt; at the Casal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Dear Casal Members&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Winter is here; time for overcoats and scarves! In Melbourne some of us are cooking&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;chestnuts and sweet potatoes, whereas in Catalonia they’re probably heading for the beach and drinking &lt;i style=""&gt;horchates – &lt;/i&gt;lucky so-and-so’s!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But our June newsletter is full of good news: our successful celebration of St Jordi’s Day; the return of some of our members to Valencia, “les &lt;i style=""&gt;tardes de cinema&lt;/i&gt;”; the &lt;st1:stockticker st="on"&gt;AGM&lt;/st1:stockticker&gt;; and &lt;i style=""&gt;Barça, Barça, Barça&lt;/i&gt;!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Our reunion to celebrate &lt;b style=""&gt;St Jordi’s Day&lt;/b&gt; on 26 April &lt;b style=""&gt;was a great success&lt;/b&gt;. From the youngest to the oldest we had a very enjoyable time, either drawing, chatting, eating, drinking, dancing &lt;i style=""&gt;sardanes&lt;/i&gt; or sampling the fantastic “&lt;i style=""&gt;pastis de St Jordi”&lt;/i&gt; courtesy of the Sanchez’s family,&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;and hearing Peter’s interesting talk on the history of St Jordi.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Thank you to everyone who made it possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Everyone in the Casal wishes &lt;b style=""&gt;Jaume, Sisca and baby Jan&lt;/b&gt; happiness and good luck in their move to&lt;b style=""&gt; Valencia&lt;/b&gt;, their new home&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;– &lt;i style=""&gt;we will miss you!&lt;/i&gt;. And a big ‘thankyou’ to Jaume for his invaluable help with the design of the websites for the Casal and for the ‘Made in Catalonia’ Film Festivals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;“&lt;b style=""&gt;Tardes de cinema&lt;/b&gt;” is a new activity for those interested in meeting fortnightly to watch Catalan television programs and/or films, followed by a chat and a drink. We will begin with the hilarious series “&lt;i style=""&gt;Porca Misèria&lt;/i&gt;”on &lt;b style=""&gt;Friday 17th July at the Casal-6 pm&lt;/b&gt;. Unfortunately, there are no English subtitles with this series. Those interested should contact&lt;i style=""&gt; Stewart King &lt;a href="mailto:Stewart.King@arts.monash.edu.au"&gt;Stewart.King@arts.monash.edu.au&lt;/a&gt;, call 0449613139 or just turn up.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Congrats to F.C Barcelona for its extraordinary achievements. &lt;i style=""&gt;El Barça&lt;/i&gt; has made history as the first team to win the &lt;i style=""&gt;Copa del Rei&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i style=""&gt;Lliga&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i style=""&gt;Champions&lt;/i&gt; competitions in the same year. Apart from delighting their fans all the year, they’ve put Barcelona even more prominently on the map. Even &lt;st1:stockticker st="on"&gt;SBS&lt;/st1:stockticker&gt; in Australia has echoed with ‘&lt;b style=""&gt;Visca el Barça i visca Catalunya’&lt;/b&gt;!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;All members of the Casal are &lt;b style=""&gt;invited to the next Annual General Meeting on Sunday 9th August at &lt;st1:time hour="15" minute="00" st="on"&gt;3 pm&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, to select the next Committee of Management. More info in the next letter. &lt;i style=""&gt;Interested in taking part?&lt;/i&gt; Contact Montserrat Becker at &lt;a href="mailto:mbecker@jamesrichardson.com.au"&gt;mbecker@jamesrichardson.com.au&lt;/a&gt; or call 0408994113.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;St Joan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt; approaches - traditionally with fireworks, good cheer, noise, and dancing. We will celebrate it on &lt;b style=""&gt;Sunday 28th June&lt;/b&gt; at the Casal at &lt;st1:time hour="15" minute="00" st="on"&gt;3 pm&lt;/st1:time&gt;. Without the fireworks, but with happiness, cakes and &lt;i style=""&gt;cava&lt;/i&gt;. We hope to see you there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Our condolences&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and best wishes to the family and friends of &lt;b style=""&gt;Margaret Garriga&lt;/b&gt;, a founding member of the Casal Català de Victòria, who passed away in May at the age of 90 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Thank you for your attention&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt; – and we’ll see you on the 28 of June!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;The Committee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:11;"   lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-325488727499046387?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/325488727499046387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/325488727499046387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2009/06/sant-joan-2009.html' title='Sant Joan 2009'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-6757783338438268020</id><published>2009-04-02T13:24:00.015+11:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T13:48:57.512+11:00</updated><title type='text'>SANT JORDI (Sunday 26 April, 3pm - Ross House)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="la Ross House" st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;El passat dia 7 de febrer, l’estat de Victòria es va veure afectat pels més terribles incendis de la seva història més recent. Des del Casal Català, volem transmetre un &lt;b style=""&gt;suport especial&lt;/b&gt; a tots el socis i sòcies, així com a familiars i amics, que s’hagin pogut veure afectats d’alguna forma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xu0SIYfuJDw/SdQkg8uWPzI/AAAAAAAAARk/ryE5KLsRFj0/s1600-h/rosalllibre.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 208px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xu0SIYfuJDw/SdQkg8uWPzI/AAAAAAAAARk/ryE5KLsRFj0/s320/rosalllibre.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319917208306335538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Afortunadament, no tot són notícies tristes. El Casal es plau de donar la &lt;b style=""&gt;benvinguda a un nou membre&lt;/b&gt;, el Jan, Qui va néixer el passat 14 de Febrer. Moltes felicitats als pares, &lt;st1:personname productid="la Sisca" st="on"&gt;la Sisca&lt;/st1:personname&gt; i el Jaume, i als avis, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;famílies Sánchez i Albert!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;El mes d’abril arriba carregat de lletres, flors i celebracions, doncs el 23 d’abril es celebra a Catalunya &lt;st1:personname productid="la Diada" st="on"&gt;la &lt;b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Diada&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; de&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Sant Jordi&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/b&gt;A nivell internacional, &lt;st1:personname productid="la UNESCO" st="on"&gt;la &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;UNESCO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;l’ha reconegut com el &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Dia Universal de les Lletres&lt;/span&gt;. És per tot això que al Casal volem celebrar plegats aquesta jornada tan especial tot compartint activitats per petits i grans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;El Casal Català es complau convidar-vos el &lt;b style=""&gt;diumenge 26 d’Abril&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;st1:personname productid="la Ross House" st="on"&gt;la Ross House&lt;/st1:personname&gt; 247-251 Flinders Lane (Melbourne), de 3 -6 tarda per celebrar Sant Jordi &lt;b style=""&gt;berenant&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;amb begudes i dolços catalans&lt;/b&gt; per tothom. A més, tots els assistents rebran un obsequi simbòlic relacionat amb aquesta celebració.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Per la canalla hem preparat un &lt;b style=""&gt;taller de dibuix&lt;/b&gt;. No cal ser un geni! Només es tracta de recrear en colors allò que recorden o que més els agrada d’algun llibre que hagin llegit. El Casal proporcionarà les eines, vosaltres només heu de portar als nens! A més, els guanyadors rebran un premi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Mentre els menuts dibuixen, convidem als adults a fer una breu presentació (més o menys 1 minut) del vostre &lt;b style=""&gt;llibre preferit&lt;/b&gt; o del darrer llibre que hagueu llegit. Una bona manera de compartir lectures i incentivar als assistents a llegir la novel·la que tant us ha agradat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;El moment àlgid de la tarda arribarà amb el &lt;b style=""&gt;vídeo/documental de Sant Jordi&lt;/b&gt; de 20 minuts. Una pinzellada de la història, cultura i tradició popular que rodeja aquest dia tan important per Catalunya, també conegut com el dia del llibre i la rosa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció i us esperem el diumenge 26 d’abril!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;El Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Dear Casal members&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;On February 7 the State of Victoria suffered the worst bush fires in its history. The Casal Català wishes to convey &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;our condolences&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;/b&gt;to any of our members whose friends or relatives have been tragically affected in any way by the fires.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Fortunately, we have some good news too. The Casal is delighted to welcome a&lt;b style=""&gt; new member&lt;/b&gt;, Jan, born on 14 of February. Our best wishes to her parents, Sisca and Jaume; to the happy grandparents Sánchez and Albert families!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;April arrives with a promise of books and roses, since on 23 April these are the gifts with which we celebrate the &lt;b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Day of&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Sant Jordi&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;/b&gt;No less a body than &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;UNESCO &lt;/span&gt;has recognized it as the &lt;b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;World Book and Copyright Day&lt;/b&gt;, based upon the Catalan traditions of the &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Diada de Sant Jordi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; – and the coincidence that this was the date on which Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de &lt;st1:personname productid="la Vega" st="on"&gt;la  Vega&lt;/st1:personname&gt; all died! We at the Casal want to celebrate this special day together, with activities for young and old.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="georgia" style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The Casal Català is pleased to invite you on &lt;b style=""&gt;Sunday 26 April&lt;/b&gt; to Ross House (4th Floor), 247-251 Flinders Lane- Melbourne, 3-6 pm, to celebrate Sant Jordi &lt;b style=""&gt;with food and drinks and Catalan sweets&lt;/b&gt; for everyone. (Everyone attending will receive a small gift appropriate to the day).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;For the children we have planned an &lt;b style=""&gt;Artists’&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;Workshop&lt;/b&gt;. It’s not necessary to be a brilliant artist! The idea will be to draw what interested you most about some special book that you have read. The Casal will provide the equipment, you just have to bring the kids! (And every child participating will receive a prize!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;While the young ones draw, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;we’ll invite the adults to give a very &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;brief talk&lt;/span&gt; (no more than one minute each!) on your favourite book – or on the most recent book that you have enjoyed reading. A good way to compare notes and perhaps motivate others to &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;read &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;a book that you can particularly recommend, especially if it’s about Catalonia (in any language).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="georgia" style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;As a climax to the afternoon we will show a &lt;b style=""&gt;documentary video on Sant Jordi&lt;/b&gt; of 20 minutes: a brief sketch of the history, culture and popular tradition behind this important day in Catalonia, also known as the Day of Books and Roses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;We hope to see you all on Sunday 26 of April!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;The Committee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-6757783338438268020?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/6757783338438268020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/6757783338438268020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2009/04/sant-jordi-sunday-26-april-3-6-pm-ross.html' title='SANT JORDI (Sunday 26 April, 3pm - Ross House)'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xu0SIYfuJDw/SdQkg8uWPzI/AAAAAAAAARk/ryE5KLsRFj0/s72-c/rosalllibre.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-3197419566827094899</id><published>2009-01-23T11:28:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T22:39:46.401+11:00</updated><title type='text'>BBQ/PICNIC 2009, first social and cultural event of the year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El comitè del Casal Català de Victòria Inc. us desitja un &lt;strong&gt;Feliç Any 2009&lt;/strong&gt;. Esperem que hagueu passat unes Bones Festes i hagueu començat aquest any 2009 amb il.lusió i alegria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aprofitem la present per repassar els &lt;strong&gt;darrers events del 2008&lt;/strong&gt;, anunciar el proper curs intensiu de Català i presentar la propera trobada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Casal Català agraiex als socis l’assistència al &lt;strong&gt;picnic de Nadal&lt;/strong&gt;. Va ser un éxit de convocatòria. Els mes afortunats es van endur a casa una de les tres paneres rifades i els menuts van disfrutar dels jocs que en David–Jordi Godinez va preparar – Moltes gràcies David per la teva ajuda. Els dolços tampoc van faltar, gentilesa del “caga tió”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El 2008 s’ha acabat i amb ell ha arribat el moment d’&lt;strong&gt;acomiadar la Sara Bosch&lt;/strong&gt;. Des del Març de 2008, la Sara, enviada per la Generalitat de Catalunya, ha estat treballant per revitalitzar i reorganitzar el casal. Entre altres coses la Sara ha redisenyat la Web del Casal, impulsat el festival de cinema Català i modernitzat la gestió del casal. El Casal Català agraeix profundament la seva dedicació. Ens plau comunicar que la Sara seguirà formant part del subcomitè del casal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Casal Català ens plau donar la benvinguda a un &lt;strong&gt;nou membre&lt;/strong&gt; del casal, en Liam. Felicitats a la Viqui Grass, secretaria del Casal Català, al seu marit Ewan i l’Amàlia per l’arribada del Liam el passat mes de Novembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Us anunciem el &lt;strong&gt;Curs de Català Intensiu&lt;/strong&gt; que es durà a terme a &lt;strong&gt;Latrobe University&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalment, ha arribat hora de veure’ns! Ens complau anunciar el primer event de l’any. El Casal Català us vol convidar a la &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;primera barbacoa/picnic del 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;BYO&lt;/strong&gt; menjar/beure) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;diumenge 8 de Febrer&lt;/span&gt; al Princes Park - Princes Park Drive and Macpherson St - North Carlton&lt;/strong&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;de 12-5 tarda&lt;/strong&gt;. Recordeu portar manta, cadires i tot el que cregueu necessari per estar comodes. Jocs de taula, musica i pilotes son benvinguts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aixi doncs, esperem veure-us a tots el proper 8 de Febrer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per a qualsevol dubte o aclariment, podeu &lt;strong&gt;contactar&lt;/strong&gt; amb la Montserrat Becker (Presidenta Casal Català, Tel. 0408 994113) o amb la Mireia Perez (secretària accidental, Tel. 0419 462 371).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció, esperem veure-us ben aviat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;El Comitè&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;--------------------------------------------------------&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear members&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The committee of the Casal Català de Victòria Inc. wishes you a &lt;strong&gt;Happy 2009&lt;/strong&gt;. We hope you have had a Merry Christmas and a very enjoyable New Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Casal, 2008 ended with the &lt;strong&gt;Christmas picnic&lt;/strong&gt;. The turnout was remarkable. Thanks to those members who could make it. An enjoyable time was had by all. Several members lucky enough to win the raffle went home with one of the three magnificent “Christmas hampers” on offer and the kids had fun with the games that David-Jordi Godinez prepared. – Thank you very much David for your help. There was also no shortage of lollies thanks to the “Caga Tió”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As 2008 has come to a close, it’s time to &lt;strong&gt;thank Sara Bosch&lt;/strong&gt;, who was sent by the Generalitat de Catalunya to revitalise and reorganise the Casal. Since her arrival in March 2008 Sara has, among many other activities and initiatives, redesigned the Casal website, directed the “Made in Catalonia” film festival and simplified and organised the administrative running of the Casal. We would like to thank Sara very much for her hard work. We are pleased to announce that Sara will continue contributing to the Casal’s development as a member of the subcommittee, as she has decided to stay in Australia for a while.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Casal Català is pleased to welcome its &lt;strong&gt;newest and youngest member&lt;/strong&gt; Liam. Congratulations to Viqui, the Casal Català secretary, her husband Ewan and daughter Amàlia for Liam’s arrival last November.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those interested in developing their &lt;strong&gt;Catalan language&lt;/strong&gt; skills, &lt;strong&gt;La Trobe University&lt;/strong&gt; is offering an &lt;strong&gt;intensive course&lt;/strong&gt; starting 3rd February. Detailed information can be found in the attached flyer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are pleased to announce our &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;first social and cultural event of 2009: a BBQ/picnic to be held Sunday 8 February&lt;/span&gt; at Princes Park - Princes Park Drive and Macpherson St in North Carlton, 12-5 pm&lt;/strong&gt; (Melway 29 H-12). &lt;strong&gt;BYO&lt;/strong&gt; food and drinks. Don’t forget to bring a blanket, chairs, or anything else you might need to have an enjoyable time. Board games, music and balls are welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We look forward to seeing you all on 8 February.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any queries, please contact Montserrat Becker (President, Casal Català, Ph. 0408 994113) or Mireia Perez (Acting Secretary, Ph. 0419 462 371).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We look forward to seeing you soon&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Committee&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-3197419566827094899?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/3197419566827094899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/3197419566827094899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2009/02/bbqpicnic-2009-first-social-and.html' title='BBQ/PICNIC 2009, first social and cultural event of the year!'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-5817800406731757601</id><published>2009-01-12T13:39:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T22:40:11.059+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Learn Catalan!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Spice up your summer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn a romance language!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Trobe University’s Spanish Program, in conjunction with the Catalan Government, invites you to join in a four week intensive Catalan language course for complete beginners this summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This introduction to the exciting and dynamic Catalan language will give you insight into the unique culture from this part of Spain. Offered for complete beginners, this four week intensive course, equivalent to one semester’s learning, will reinforce the everyday use of the language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Incorporating a range of materials, Dr Victòria Gras, an experienced teacher and native speaker of Catalan, will introduce you to a variety of aspects of Catalan culture and language, exploring the problematic co-existence of Catalan alongside Spanish, particularly in relation to Barcelona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DETAILS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When&lt;/strong&gt;: This course will run from February 3rd – 27th, 2009 (Summer Semester/ Weeks 6-9) Classes will be held Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am – 1:30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;: La Trobe University, Melbourne (City) Campus, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne (Melway map ref: 2F B1)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit&lt;/strong&gt;: This subject may be taken purely for interest. University students who satisfactorily complete the assessment tasks may approach their home faculty to apply for credit towards their degree. Students seeking such credit should gain the approval of their faculty before registration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where can I find out more information and enrol?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This unit is open for enrolment to both University students and the general public. For general enquiries regarding enrolling in a single unit contact the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University on +61 3 9479 2023 or visit their website at &lt;a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities"&gt;www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-5817800406731757601?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/5817800406731757601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/5817800406731757601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2009/01/learn-catalan.html' title='Learn Catalan!'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-4057528654417468318</id><published>2008-12-08T11:08:00.013+11:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T10:49:13.081+10:00</updated><title type='text'>FORUM JOVE 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Secretaria" st="on"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;La &lt;b&gt;Secretaria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;b  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; d’Afers Exteriors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; del Departament de &lt;st1:personname productid="la Vicepresidència" st="on"&gt;la Vicepresidència&lt;/st1:personname&gt; de &lt;st1:personname productid="la Generalitat" st="on"&gt;la Generalitat&lt;/st1:personname&gt; de Catalunya té entre les seves competències la coordinació i el suport a les Comunitats Catalanes de l’Exterior (CCE). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"  class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;En el desenvolupament d’aquesta competència organitzarà el &lt;b&gt;Fòrum Jove de les Comunitats Catalanes de l’Exterior el 2009&lt;/b&gt;. Per conèixer el contingut de la primera i la segona edició d'aquest esdeveniment, podeu consultar el lloc web de l’Àrea de les CCE (&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cce.cat/"&gt;www.cce.cat&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; apartat ‘Trobades’).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNormal" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Per a l’edició del proper any, i amb la voluntat de donar un &lt;b style=""&gt;nou impuls&lt;/b&gt; al Fòrum, s’ha preparat un seguit d’accions que comporten que les tasques de treball no es realitzin només el dies de les sessions a Barcelona sinó que hi hagi un treball previ, el qual es desenvoluparà a través de la &lt;b&gt;plataforma eCatalunya&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href="http://ecatalunya.gencat.net/portal/index.jsp"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;http://ecatalunya.gencat.net/portal/index.jsp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;" &gt;Per tant, tots aquells joves que tinguin interès en participar en aquest procés tindran ocasió de fer-ho de forma &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;activa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-size:100%;" &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="CA"&gt;Des del Casal Català de Victòria Inc., us hi animem a participar!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-4057528654417468318?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4057528654417468318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4057528654417468318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2008/12/forum-jove-2009.html' title='FORUM JOVE 2009'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-528876755411197560</id><published>2008-12-01T11:23:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T10:47:23.139+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Learn Catalan this summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spice up your summer - Learn a romance language!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Trobe University’s Spanish Program, in conjunction with the Catalan Government, invites you to join in a four week intensive Catalan language course for complete beginners this summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This introduction to the exciting and dynamic Catalan language will give you insight into the unique culture from this part of Spain. Offered for complete beginners, this four week intensive course, equivalent to one semester’s learning, will reinforce the everyday use of the language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Incorporating a range of materials, Dr Victòria Gras, an experienced teacher and native speaker of Catalan, will introduce you to a variety of aspects of Catalan culture and language, exploring the problematic co-existence of Catalan alongside Spanish, particularly in relation to Barcelona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;When&lt;/span&gt;: This course will run from February 3rd – 27th, 2009 (Summer Semester/ Weeks 6-9) Classes will be held Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am – 1:30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Location&lt;/span&gt;: La Trobe University, Melbourne (City) Campus, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne (Melway map ref: 2F B1)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Credit&lt;/span&gt;: This subject may be taken purely for interest.&lt;br /&gt;University students who satisfactorily complete the assessment tasks may approach their home faculty to apply for credit towards their degree. Students seeking such credit should gain the approval of their faculty before registration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where can I find out more information and enrol? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This unit is open for enrolment to both University students and the general public. For general enquiries regarding enrolling in a single unit contact the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Faculty of Humanities&lt;/span&gt; and Social Sciences, La Trobe University on +61 3 9479 2023 or visit their website at &lt;a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-528876755411197560?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/528876755411197560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/528876755411197560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2008/12/learn-catalan-this-summer.html' title='Learn Catalan this summer'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580791207589317491.post-4316861365746607834</id><published>2008-11-03T10:16:00.005+11:00</published><updated>2009-07-01T10:48:13.538+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Picnic Nadal / Christmas Picnic</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Estimats socis i sòcies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;El Casal Català de Victòria Inc. us agraeix la vostra participació al &lt;b&gt;“Made in Catalonia” Film Festival&lt;/b&gt;. Gràcies a l’èxit d’aquest any ens plantegem repetir l’any que ve amb la mateixa il·lusió i noves pel·lícules.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Mentrestant, us convidem al tradicional &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Picnic de Nadal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, el proper &lt;b&gt;diumenge 7 de desembre&lt;/b&gt; als &lt;b&gt;Edinburgh Gardens de Fitzroy&lt;/b&gt; (entrada per l'Alfred Crescent - Melway 30 B-12).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Allà ens reunirem per fer un picnic (&lt;b&gt;BYO&lt;/b&gt;) a partir de les &lt;b&gt;12pm&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Recordeu portar el vostre menjar, begudes, cadires, taula i coberts, però no les postres! El Casal us convidarà als torrons, els tradicionals dolços de Nadal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;A partir de les &lt;b&gt;2pm&lt;/b&gt; començarem amb els &lt;b&gt;jocs per petits i grans &lt;/b&gt;(carreres de l’ou i la cullera, petanca, &lt;i&gt;golf in a bucket&lt;/i&gt;, etc.) i fer cagar regals al tió seguint la tradició catalana. Porteu la canalla!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;També farem l’&lt;b&gt;amic invisible, &lt;/b&gt;un joc nadalenc de moda a Catalunya:&lt;br /&gt;Per participar, només heu de portar un petit regal embolicat (d’un màxim de $10) que es repartirà a sorts entre els jugadors de forma que mai rebreu el que heu comprat sinó el que ha comprat una altra persona anònima. Sorpresa! Per això es diu l’amic invisible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Per finalitzar, farem la &lt;b&gt;típica rifa nadalenca amb 3 premis diferents!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No us ho perdeu: per $2 per participació ($5 per 3 tiquets) entrareu en el sorteig de 3 paneres amb productes catalans tradicionals de Nadal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Per a qualsevol dubte o aclariment, us podeu posar en contacte amb &lt;st1:personname st="on" productid="la ￼Sara Bosch"&gt;la Sara Bosch&lt;/st1:personname&gt; (Tel. 0447 521 785), que s’acomiadarà de nosaltres donat que finalitza el seu temps al Casal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span  lang="CA" style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;Gràcies a tots per la vostra atenció i esperem la vostra assistència activa!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;El Comitè&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="CA"&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dear Members,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The Catalan Centre of Victoria wants to thank you for your participation in the &lt;b&gt;“Made in Catalonia” Film Festival&lt;/b&gt;. Its success has encouraged us to repeat it next year with the same enthusiasm (but new movies!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Meanwhile we would like to invite you to the traditional &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Christmas Picnic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; on &lt;b&gt;Sunday 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of December&lt;/b&gt; at the &lt;b&gt;Edinburgh Gardens of Fitzroy&lt;/b&gt; (Alfred Crescent Entrance - Melway 30 B-12).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;We will meet you there (&lt;b&gt;BYO everything&lt;/b&gt;) from &lt;b&gt;12 noon&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Remember to bring your food and drinks, table, chairs and cutlery, but there is no need to bring desserts! The Casal will invite you to “torrons”, the traditional Christmas sweets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;From &lt;b&gt;2pm&lt;/b&gt; we will start the &lt;b&gt;fun and games for young and old,&lt;/b&gt; with spoon and egg races, petanque, golf in a bucket, etc., and the Catalan Christmas tradition of “shedding the log”. Bring the kids!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;We will also have a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kris Kringle&lt;/span&gt;, as popular in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Catalonia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; as it is here. To play you just need to bring a wrapped present per participant in your family group (at a maximum cost of $10 each). They will be randomly mixed with all the other presents, and you will get a gift carefully chosen by someone else. Surprise! That’s why it’s called “the invisible friend” in &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Catalonia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;To finish up, we will have &lt;b&gt;three different Christmas raffles, &lt;/b&gt;not to be missed! Take part in the raffles, at $2 per ticket ($5 per 3 tickets), to win 3 different prizes with traditional Catalan products.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;If you have any questions, please contact Sara Bosch (Tel. 0447 521 785). Sara will say goodbye to us at the picnic, as she is returning to &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Barcelona&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; shortly before Christmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;We look forward to seeing you there!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Committee&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4580791207589317491-4316861365746607834?l=casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4316861365746607834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4580791207589317491/posts/default/4316861365746607834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://casalcatalavictoria.blogspot.com/2008/11/picnic-nadal-christmas-picnic.html' title='Picnic Nadal / Christmas Picnic'/><author><name>www.ccvictoria.cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09674670805617899160</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
