EASTER IS OVER….
Yes, Easter is over and it is one of the best, I think, festivals of the year. It’s not like Christmas that is very expensive and very stressful, it’s just an excuse for the family to get together and eat, and oh yes eat, and eat. I don’t know where you were having your souvla, but we just about finished when the hail stones decided to pelt the garden in North West London. 4 days later we are still eating the left overs: I think I made too much food, as usual, and I’m sure you too have done the same. When I saw the amount of dead animals in the arms of our compatriots, whilst they were walking (our compatriots not the dead animals) down the road in Palmers Green I knew that we were all over doing it. I can only imagine what the average British person was thinking when they saw all this, probably the same thing they thought when they saw us all walking down the road with a lighted candle: that the Cypriots have gone nuts. I am always promising myself a trip to Cyprus or Greece for Easter: I would absolutely love to see Easter on one of the islands, then at least I will be surrounded by people who will understand that food is the most important thing this time of year!
CELEBRATING CYPRIOT TALENT:
MARIA PAOUROU
Maria PAOUROU has just had her children’s book ‘BUBBLEBEA WANTS TO BE A HERO’ published. Maria is a local girl here in Palmers Green, North London, and is one of 4 daughters in the family. From childhood her ambition was to write a children’s book and now that she has reached her ambition she wants to be able to write more stories around ‘Bubblebea’ and his adventures. She also has other stories around the ‘Doughnut’ family. She does not have children of her own but her nephews and nieces enjoy having an aunty that draws and writes stories for them to enjoy. If you want to obtain a copy of her book you can either go into www.amazon.co.uk or www.authorhouse.com. I wish Maria all the luck in the world as she is a really special human being.
DVD’S OF THE WEEK:
I ZOUGLA TON POLEON – starring Costas PREKAS, Mary CHRONOPOULOU & Manos KATRAKIS a social drama in b/w in wonderful quality.
IME MIA DISTIHISMENI – starring Martha VOUTSI & Nicos XANTHOPOULOS a b/w social drama about separated parents that come together for the sake of their young child.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
9th APRIL 2010: At Alexandra Palace if you like boxing then go along and support for Full Championship Undercard CHRIS ‘The Flash’ EVANGELOU, headlining on the night is Albert Sosnowski (Poland) against Audly Harrison (England). Tickets from us here at GREEK CITY- £30 unreserved seating £60 Ringside telephone 0208 889 0186.
11th APRIL 2010: ON BEHALF OF THE NORTH LONDON HOSPICE I am organising a fundraising event at ‘Bouzoukia On The Hill’ now at 161-163 Bramley Road, Oakwood, N14 4AX. Tickets available here at GREEK CITY for £25 which includes meze and entertainment by the house band. Please, please if you can give us anything for the raffle I would be obliged: get in touch with me on my email at greekcity@btconnect.com. Telephone 0208 889 0186 for tickets.
11th APRIL 2010 at THE RYAN THEATRE, Church Hill, Harrow on The Hill, HA1 3HP – A NIGHT OF TRADITIONAL GREEK MUSIC – headlining Andreas & Angeliki ‘ONEIRO’ and KIRI, local talent which will give their all for a night to remember. Tickets £15 for adults, £10 for under 12’s from us here at GREEK CITY telephone 0208 889 0186.
16th & 17th APRIL 2010 at the ARTS DEPOT in NORTH FINCHLEY ‘Mia Zoe Tin Ehoume’ music from the Greek Cinema: tickets £17.50 from the Box Office 020 8369 5454.
2nd MAY 2010 at the MILLFIELD THEATRE British Born Cypriot all singing talent show to win a day in one of London’s top professional recording studios – GREEK CITY have the APPLICATION FORMS in the shop for you to pick up but you need to submit them with a DEMO, closing date 27th March – phone Olympia on 0208 889 0186 or email me and I can post it to you if you can’t make the shop!
9th MAY 2010 (Sunday) at the QUEENS THEATRE, Hornchurch, Essex in aid of St Judes Children’s Hospital & Little Havens Children’s Hospice ‘AN EVENING WITH ELVIS’ starring our very own George ELIAS: tickets £17.50 direct from the box office 01708 44333 or visit www.queens-theatre.co.uk to book online.
16th MAY 2010 (Sunday): GEORGOS DALARAS in concert at Drury Lane Theatre tickets from £20 up to £40 –There are quite substantiated rumours that he is retiring so this may be the last chance to see this legend! Telephone GREEK CITY on 0208 889 0186 to get your tickets – please be aware that there is a £2 booking fee on each ticket.
LGR LEGAL SHOW
This coming Wednesday and every other Wednesday at 7.15p.m through till 8p.m. I host an LGR show dedicated in giving free FAMILY LAW advice to our community. Lucy Loizou from the International Family Law Group based in Covent Garden is a specialist Family Law expert and she gives confidential FREE advice in the show. Last week it got pretty emotional when we touched on a young mother being violently abused by her husband: you do not need to suffer in silence, we are there to help you! Email me if you need any advice from Lucy and I will pass it on totally in privacy – no one needs to know your name. Lucy is giving her time up for free as I am to reach out to people who need our help – use this help. I look forward to hearing from you.
RIK ON HOTBIRD
We have again been inundated by phone calls, around 50 a day, that RIK has disappeared from HOTBIRD Satellite. We can only tell you what RIK has told us and that this is a ‘temporary’ thing. Please telephone RIK direct, their number is 00357 22862000. If you cannot wait we can get engineers out to you to put you onto HELLAS SAT which RIK is showing on with no problems – this is the Satellite that is used by ANTENNA EUROPE. Just let us know what you decide, there is no rushing you if you prefer to wait and see what is happening first with HOTBIRD. Thank you.
ANTENNA EUROPE SATELLITE
We sell ANTENNA EUROPE cards and RECEIVERS already tuned for you so that you can watch programs like GREECE has TALENT, CELEBRITY BALLROOM DANCING….etc. £95 for the annual subscription of the card makes you automatically a member of GREEK CITY and we look after you throughout the year. £95 for the receiver gives you one year’s guarantee and it is fully tuned and ready to go – no need for extra costs if you already have a satellite dish. If you want to renew your card with us then we can do this too, it will cost you, at the moment £90 for the year – next year it might go down we do not know yet: and again we will look after you throughout the year and not renew your card automatically unless you want us to. Telephone 0208 889 0186 and we can sort things out for you.
A STREET BABY
How lovely to hear of a child being born in the streets of Nicosia on Good Friday. Police were called to investigate an ‘injured’ woman, only to find that her water’s had broken and she could not move from the pain. The Police then contacted Ambulance headquarters who relayed to them instructions as to how to deal with the matter. The baby girl was born and her mother is doing well. I wonder what they would call her, any suggestions. I have always known that Nicosia is a magical place.
YOU MAY REMEMBER….
You may remember me telling you about Evripides who was held in a Serbian jail for over a year after an accident which killed a local man. Evripides was released from jail in Serbia and was sent to Cyprus to complete his jail sentence last month but this weekend, on Good Friday in fact, he was returned to his family in Southgate for an incredibly happy Easter. He walked into GREEK CITY on Saturday to thank us for our support and I did not know who he was, I had never seen a photo of him, and it was such a joy to see him. I found myself in tears as he relayed stories of how he was kept 23hours in a cell with the likes of murderers and drug addicts. For this 65 year old man his release could not have come quick enough. I really want to say that this was a joint effort by the Cypriot Embassy based over here who got involved, the Cypriot government and the persistence of his two sons who never gave up hope. We wish the family well and we are so pleased for them.
Me Poli Love
Olympia
