2nd Annual Christmas Concert - Moriara
Thursday, 16th December - 2005 

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Report by Karla Darocas

This year's Christmas Concert was a fun filled variety show and was held at Calpe's famous Marcia's Dance School, which is owned by Marcia Vaugh of the WIBC. 

The organizers did a fabulous job of making sure that there was lots of drinks, wine and food included in the 10 Euro ticket price. There was also a Tombola - filled with tickets connected to a hundred prizes. 

The evenings variety show was undertaken by Onda Cero celebrity hosts - Hugh and Beverly Stewart . They launched into the event with a humorous "Night Before Christmas" poem that had the crowd in stitches. 

First up in the entertainment, and with a big round of applause, out danced the exotic Shona Hagan, our regional belly-dancer. She charmed the crowd with her glamorous dance techniques.

Next came John Anthony on classical guitar. Always calm and collected, John serenaded the crowd with his magical musical melodies. Then he introduced his charming wife - Suzanna Mace - and they performed their Spanish session. Suzanna  danced and stomped and twisted her way around the dance floor, and after several costume changes, the last being a real "teaser in pink", Suzanna and John wrapped it up and the crowd went wild.

Shona came back out on stage and shook up the crowd with another dance number. 

This was followed by John and Suzanna introducing a keyboard to their act and rocking out some dance tunes, which of course got the crowd onto the dance floor and twisting.

The Grand Prize Draw was a lucky dip affair conducted by Hugh and Beverly and a little seven year old boy, with a black eye (school accident) named Eliot. Again, there were many, many prizes but the big bonanza prize was a Romantic Trip for Two to Granada - sponsored by Gandia Travel in Calpe. 

This romantic adventure was won by Ken & Muriel Barlow, who live six months in Calpe and six months in Clevleys near Blackpool.

According to WIBC member Kim Bramham, who sold them their winning ticket, this lovely couple have had a very unlucky year. Muriel has had cancer and has been recovering from that and recently she fell and broke her arm.

"They were soooooo happy to have won the weekend away, that they could not believe it, " explains Kim. "They were lost for words, that finally something good had happen to them."

The Barlows had never been to a charity night before or a social evening in Calpe. They thought the whole night was really good and they are most likely going to start dancing at Marcia's in the future.

"Bless them!!", remarks Kim. "I feel we (WIBC) have given these lovely people a new lease of life and hopefully they will have better luck from this day forward!"

To wrap up the night, the Phantom of the Opera (Bill Kirk) plunged into some dramatic musical numbers. His voice was a hit with the ladies, bringing a tear to an eyeball or two.

Congratulations to all the ladies from the Calpe club who worked on this event. Carole Saunder, Kim Bramham and Christa Ayoob - plus their assorted husbands and friends - really made this event a friendly and fun extravaganza.

FUNDRAISER TOTAL:  1,265 Euros
and over 100 toys!

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