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    "Oz" Night, 1st April 2006, St Savin, 33920 (North Gironde)

    in South West (Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées)

    Posted

    Hi,

    After the success of our Quiz Night (which raised 300euros for charity), I am organizing another social evening!

    This is to be held on April 1st at the Lion D'Or, 4 rue Jacques Vergeron, 33920 St. Savin.

    I am calling it an "Oz" night, not because it's a fancy dress or theme night but because the restaurant serves Kangaroo Steaks!

    Tickets cost 15euros which includes a 3 course meal (starter, main course & dessert) and wine.

    There will be a fun quiz during the meal, but without prizes, it's just

    to keep the grey matter working whilst we eat. I am going to hold a

    raffle though, with all proceeds going to charity.

    The restaurant only seats 40, so it's strictly first come first served!

    For more details please email me at:  [email protected]

    The evening starts at 8pm with drinks at the bar (not included in

    ticket!) then at 9 we go upstairs to the restaurant to eat and then

    there is a distinct possibility that we will all go downstairs again to

    carry on where we left off!

    If you fancy coming just for a drink, why not pop along and meet us all?

    Thanks for reading this far, hope to hear from you soon,

    Regards,

    Jonathan

    Charity Quiz Night Montendre Nr North Gironde Border 28/02/06

    in South West (Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées)

    Posted

    Hi to you all,

    Just to let you know that the night was a great success. People were

    filling out answer forms at the bar and a table had to be commandeered

    from the restaurant to seat another 2 teams that were stranded!

    So thanks to everyone who turned up as well as those who could not

    attended but wrote & telephoned to wish me good luck. One couple

    (Anton & wife) saw the event on this forum and came (from near

    Bordeaux). They paid their way, including the raffle, before telling me

    they could not stay for the night as they had to be in Paris the next

    day! Very many thanks, your generosity was especially appreciated.

    Embarrassingly the event was won by "Les Fonctionaires" led by Jim, the

    man who wrote the first message on this thread for me! But with a score

    of 84.5% they deserved to win the 4 bottles of Bubbly, 4 bottles of

    wine and 4 packs of chocolate! Congratulations!

    Also I was very pleased that the "stand-alone" question was won by

    Damien, a French guy who came along for a social evening with some

    British friends. Salut!

    But now to the best part! Thanks to the generosity of all those

    attending (and despite the table full of raffle prizes paid for from

    the proceeds!),  we still managed to raise 282 euros! So I

    will be rounding this up to 300 and donating it to the 'Maison de

    Parents Ronald McDonald" at the Pellegrin Hospital in Bordeaux.

    In fact, the night proved so popular & was so well received that we

    are comtemplating arranging one event each month, with the proceeds

    going to our, or some other, worthy cause. Fish 'n' Chip Night, Race

    Night and of course more quizzes have all been discussed. In fact any

    suggestions on this front will be greatly received!

    Very provisionally, we are considering our next event will be an "Oz

    night" at a local Restaurant that serves Kangaroo Steaks. This would

    probably be just a social evening with raffle (although they do have a

    table football game, so perhaps we could have a tournament

    afterwards????). The very provisional date for this would be 1st April.

    The restaurant holds around 50-60 people so places would have to be

    limited to that number. If you think you might like to come along

    please let me know.

    To avoid the possibility of my home email address being "spammed out" I

    have set up a dedicated "Hotmail" account especially for correspondence

    about our social evenings. So if you want to contact me please write

    to:   [email protected]

    Thanks once again to everyone who expressed interest in our quiz, why not come again next time?

    Regards & Best Wishes

    JG

    Charity Quiz Night Montendre Nr North Gironde Border 28/02/06

    in South West (Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées)

    Posted

    Hi,

    Yes the night is still on and I'm really looking forward to it!

    For anyone in the Pons area, Radio Pons has picked up on the night

    & has asked me in for a chat on Tuesday 21st around 3.30pm. As I

    don't speak French very well I'm hoping he keeps his promise of having

    the interview conducted in English!

    The bar in Montendre holds around 60 people in quite comfortable (for

    French bars!) seating with a table for every 4 chairs. Ideal for a quiz

    night actually!

    They have recently redecorated/refurbished into their idea of a British

    pub. They have (amongst others) both Stella Artois & Guinness ON DRAUGHT, if that helps you make the decision to come along!

    Obviously the more people taking part, the more fun and sociable the night will be, so please, why not give me a call?

    As I said before, if it is a success I'd be glad to try and organise at

    least one event a month, to keep on supporting this charity which now

    has a place very close to my heart. (I may not like their food, but

    their charity is such a good one. Until you need their services, you

    don't know what a brilliant idea it is. There were 8 other families

    needing their help whilst I was there).

    If you can't make a full team of 4, don't worry, you can either play as

    a part team, or join forces with other understrength teams on the night.

    Any other questions, please fire away! (I've joined the forum now so that I can answer in person!)

    Good Luck to you all!
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