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Community Happenings is an opportunity for all clubs, businesses, hotels, restaurants and entertainment outlets to inform the Pattaya Mail’s readers what new “happenings” are coming up. Send us your happening by email to: [email protected] or by fax 038 427 596.

Clubs

The next meeting of Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC) will be on Sunday, December 31st.The Club meets every Sunday morning at Henry J. Bean’s Restaurant on the north end of Beach Road in the grounds of the Amari Orchid Resort. The program starts as usual at 10:30 A.M. with a buffet breakfast available from 9:30 to 11 A.M. Everyone is warmly welcome. Each week, a guest speaker will provide an informal but interesting talk on a wide range of topics. This will be followed by the usual Open Forum and update on happenings in and around Pattaya. A full report appears each week in Pattaya Mail. For more information about the Sunday meeting and the other weekday activities of the PCEC, see the Club’s website at www. pattayacityexpatsclub.com and learn more about the many and varied activities on offer. The PCEC wishes all Pattaya Mail readers a Happy New Year.

The U.K. Ex Forces Club meets at Tropical Bert’s (2nd Rd opp Bangkok Bank) every Sunday lunchtime, 1pm to 5ish. For more details phone Bert on 09 8072335 or call in the bar.

New Year Happenings

New Year´s Eve at Thai Garden Resort: At the end of the year, we will bid farewell to the year 2006 at the Poolside of the "Thai Garden Resort" with an exquisite International and Thai buffet. Please make your reservation with Brigitta on 038-370616-8 ext. 6666 or by email: guestservice@thai garden.com. THB 999 - net per person. Children from 4 - 12 years pay THB 499 - and our very small guests are welcome free of charge.

Amari Resort & Tower celebrates New Year’s Eve Sunday, 31st December from 19:00 in the Garden. Let yourself be carried away by the legend of "the Lost City of Atlantis" a stunning show will thrill and excite you. A mouthwatering buffet and fabulous activities will spice up the night. Dance with the big band until late, say farewell to 2006 and welcome in the New Year with a grand fireworks display. THB 6,080++ per person (Subject to service charge and VAT.)

Amor Restaurant serves its New Year’s Eve dinners family style, which means that the waiters bring all the main course dishes to the table in platters, fresh and hot from the kitchen, so you get to help yourself to as much as you want of everything. All this plus Tea or Coffee for Baht 1,350.00 + per person: New Year’s Eve December 31st at 8:00pm. Reservations highly recommended. Contact Richard at 038-710-680 or 081-945-5396 and by email, richard@ amorrestaurant.com.

Green Park Resort (Naklua) invites you to welcome the New Year at a Poolside New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner. Relax and enjoy an International & Thai Buffet Dinner. Be entertained to a long drum show, Traditional Thai dancing, staff shows, a Thai Boxing show. There will be raffle draws and a fireworks display to welcome the New Year. Sunday 31^st December 2006, from 7.00pm until late. Adults: 1,600 Baht, Children 2-12 years: 800 Baht, Children under 2 years of age join ‘free of charge’. Call 038 426 356 to 357, 038 410 621-3, E-mail: [email protected]

The Loma Resort & Spa – New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner: Bring your family and friends and help us welcome the New Year at our Gala New Year’s Eve Dinner on 31^st December 2006. Enjoy an International and Thai buffet dinner with entertainment, including a long drum show, traditional Thai dancing, Staff shows, Magic show & a performance by Alcazar, Pattaya. There will be raffle draws, a fireworks display to welcome the New Year and a free glass of champagne: Sunday, 31st December 2006, 6.30pm until late. Adults: 1,600 Baht, Children 2-12 years: 800 Baht, Children under 2 years of age join ‘free of charge’. Soi Wong Amat, Pattaya-Naklua Road, North Pattaya. Call 038 426 027-8, 038 420 587-9, E-mail: [email protected]

The Dusit Resort rings in the New Year with their Rock n’ Roll New Year’s Eve Party and Gala Buffet Dinner. Dance the night away with singers Nantana Boonlong and Elvis look-alike Vasu Saengsingkaew and have the chance to win a holiday for 2 in Chiang Mai. Later count down to the New Year at the Point under a canopy of stars and fireworks. December 31^st, 6.45pm-1am, Napalai Ballroom & The Point Terrace: 7,700++ for adults, 3,850++ for children 5-12 years old: For reservations call 038 425 611-7 ext 2149-50.

Hard Rock Hotel Pattaya on Sunday, 31 December 2006 will unveil a night of rockin’ entertainment as it celebrates the New Year with "35 Years of Rock ‘n’ Roll: Rock Back to the Seventies". "Rock Back to the Seventies", which showcases a groovy disco theme around the free-form pool inspired by the swinging Seventies, features sizzling shows and Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya’s "Maria" band along with surprise entertainment numbers. An extensive international buffet dinner, stunning backdrops, props and costumes, lucky draw offering valuable travel and holiday prizes complement the awesome entertainment ensemble. THB 5,500++ per person (Dinner & Party entrance inclusive of unlimited beers, wines and soft drinks during dinner), THB 1,000++ per person (Party entrance only). For reservations call 038-428755-9

The Montien Hotel celebrates the New Year with a ‘Black & White Gala Night’. Make New Year’s Eve a night to remember at the Paradise Gardens of the Montien Hotel, Pattaya. Be mesmerized by the sumptuous international buffet dinner that includes numerous cooking and BBQ stations. December 31st, 6.30pm-1am: Adults 4,300 Baht net, Children (under 12 years) 3,000 Baht net. Call 038 428 155-6, Email [email protected]

Enjoys Patrick’s Belgian Restaurant’s New Years Menu: Italian Parma ham roll with asparagus and Pernod sauce, Leek cream soup with shrimps, Pork filet "A la Madera", fried potatoes and warm veggies, French surprise, Coffee or tea: Price 900 Baht. For Reservations call Patrick 08/16872410

The Captain’s Corner New Year Evening: Suckling Pig, Big international and Thai Buffet, live music from George Sinatra and Asia’s top Elvis impersonator and disco dancing into the New Year. Menu served from 7pm. Price: Adults - 995 Baht, Children (under 12) - 295 Baht. For advance reservations call 038 364 314

Events

Northpoint Beach Ball Party: Usher in the New Year with a party at Pattaya’s most prestigious address. Roll into the New Year and rock to great sounds and fantastic entertainment, with cool cocktails and a beachside BBQ – Come and have a Ball. December 31st from 7:30pm. For further details call K. Kwanrudee 02 651 9600, [email protected].

Pacific Park Sriracha joins hands with Sriracha municipality as the Chonburi agricultural bureau organize their annual tourism & agricultural promotional show between December 22nd and January 1st from 12am. – 12pm. at the Pacific Park Garden

Liam’s Gallery presents an exhibition featuring works of emerging Thai and Asian artists - From now until 12th February 2007. Emphasis will be on affordable art for collectors interested in the younger generation of artists from Thailand and Asia. Also there’s an Open house with wine and snacks every Friday 6pm-8pm. Liam’s Gallery, Soi 4 Pratamnak. Tel. 66-0-38 25 18 08, Email: [email protected]

Gallery Opium, Pattaya announces an exhibition of work by resident & guest artists - "Pictures at an Exhibition". This exhibition launches a new season of the gallery’s artists and inaugurates the opening of the new gallery space on the ground floor, as well as its expanding services. Visitors are welcomed to commission art works as well as discuss bespoke framing requirements. Due to popular demand the exhibition will now be extended till 20 January 2007.

Other Gallery Opium Art Exhibitions in Pattaya include: Showcase at Sheraton Pattaya, 437 Pratamnak Road, Pattaya. Exhibition last throughout 2006/07 and features both international & Thai artists. Contact: Pawarnluck Prisajanan, Tel. 038 259 888. Showcase at A-One The Royal Cruise Hotel, 499 North Pattaya Beach Road. A group exhibition of selected works from Gallery Opium’s resident & international artists. Last throughout 2006/07. Contact: Wipada Thanajungdawong, Tel. 038 259 555. All artworks on display at both exhibitions are for sale. Email info@ galleryopium.com url: www. galleryopium.com

Promotions

The Moon River Pub continues their draft beer promotion. For every liter of draft beer ordered, receive one stamp in your "Beer Card". Collect nine stamps and get one liter of beer free. In front of the Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.

The New 2007 Door 2 Door menu is now available: More restaurants and more choice from the most popular restaurants in Pattaya. For a free menu delivered to your door call 038 720 222.