By Kim Fletcher
On Saturday September 21
st,
the weekend after the Jesters Children’s Fair which is on Sunday September
15th at the Diana Garden Lodge & Driving Range, it is the Jesters
Charity Drive Pub Night. That is exactly six days after the Fair and the BT
Insurance sponsored 50 Kilometer Bike Ride, which hopefully means that all
of the Riders will have returned. (50 Kilometers is a really long way, trust
me). The Pub Night this year will be held at Shenanigans, which is next door
to the Royal Garden Resort on Second Road.
The
committee members at a meeting in Shenanigans.
The Fair is definitely the day for the Family especially
the Kids, whereas the Pub Night is a chance for the Old Kids to get out
there and shake their Booty. What better excuse could you ever have to go
out and let your hair down, when everything you Eat, Drink, or Buy on the
Night is are helping the Kids in need.
This years’ Pub Night will follow last years successful
pattern by kicking off with the now famous Slave Auction. Donald MacGraham
will again be selling off a fine selection of Servants collected from the
Pattaya Panthers and Panties Rugby Club. For just a few Baht you can hire
yourself your own Butler or Maid for the night to fetch and carry your
drinks, and do little odd jobs for you. Of course this is all in theory, as
last year it did not take long before there was a bit of a slave uprising
and certain slaves were seen buying themselves drinks while the buyer went
thirsty. One slave was even seen negotiating her freedom before the auction,
so buy with care.
After this the serious fun begins with live music
supplied by Pop’s Pattaya All Stars (Their Triple CD ‘ Play Something
You Know ‘ will be available on the night. Three hours of great music for
350 baht and all proceeds going to charity), plus many special guest
artists. Any one with more bravado than talent will also have the
opportunity to show off their hidden talents when the karaoke comes out
later in the evening. Another way of also collecting money will be to pay
the Landlord to turn the infernal machine off halfway through the 20th
rendition of ‘My Way’.
Andy Francis will be emceeing the evening, during which
he will be auctioning off many items such as a recently signed Caribao,
T-shirt signed by Steven Segal; a football signed by all of the Liverpool
Football team; two framed portraits of The Beatles, from the Abbey Road
Cover which has George Best super-imposed and signed by the Soccer legend;
an England cricket bat signed by the whole team. Stephen Leather will also
be at the Pub Night, to sign copies of his latest book, and also to auction
off a part in his next action thriller. You can actually become a character
in the book, and as most of Stephens’s books are later made into movies,
you can see whom they cast to play you, Tom Cruise, or Naomi Campbell?
Stephan Ryser got it last year and you can read about him in Stephen’s
last thriller ‘The Stretch’.
During the night there will also be tickets available for
the Grand Raffle which is drawn at Midnight, with lots of truly wonderful
prizes including two return air fares to Australia supplied by British
Airways/Quantas, plus four other Airline tickets, TV’s, DVD players, and
accommodation packages from Hotels all over Thailand.
So the Jesters Pub Night is a very special occasion, and the finale to
hopefully another very successful Charity Drive. Thank you everybody for
your support in advance. See you at the Bar.
Over 300 students, teachers and government officers
recently attended the annual Sports Day at Pattaya School Number 8 when
deputy mayor, Urit Nansurasak declared the sports day officially open.
5-year
old Yuki Kawai dressed up as fairy “Mekhala” for the fancy parade.
The team competitions began in early July and the finals
for each team were held on Friday August 9th.
During the day’s festivities a fancy parade wove its
way around the school with school students proudly flying their team colors.
Deputy
Mayor Urit Nansurasak declared the sports day officially open.
Some of the day’s events included football, volleyball,
takraw, ‘share-ball’, running and a tug of war.
The aim of these annual sports days is to promote healthy living and
unity among the children and the community. Winners of the various sporting
events are also eligible to represent the city and the region in national
sporting events.
The Blue team readies
for the competition.
Wannapa
Wannasri, Pattaya Mass Communication personnel and Manat Khongwattana,
director of Pattaya School #7 recently made a much-welcome monetary donation
to the Chonburi Child and Family Detention Center to support their lunch
program. Thitikam Chotibam, representing Chonburi Family Court associate
judges, along with associate judge Sopin Thappajug, Kittiya Managosol and
Chaiyawat Hatsadipat, director of the Chonburi Detention Center, witnessed
the presentation, which will go to support the soul and spirit of the
center.
