Portugal Pavilion was rocking from the Opening Ceremonies on Friday at 7:30 to the Closing Ceremonies on Sunday at 7:00pm. A special thank you to my Co-Chair Nelia De Oliveira, for going with me to all the Carassauga Meetings, and for the hard work in putting together the map of Portugal with all the facts and history of our home land. For doing an amazing job in singing the national anthems. You have a beautiful voice dont be afraid to use it. To our MCs Nancy Vieira, and Andrew Camara great job with keeping the Audience engaged at all times, not only where they the MC’s for Carassauga but Nancy is the Dance Instructor of our Folklore Groups and Andrew is our lead dancer in our Senior Group. Many thanks to all the volunteers listed below for without everyone’s help we would not have been so successful!! - to the great food created by Martinho who we brought in from Castelo de Neiva, Portugal, and to all the Kitchen staff that helped him - Shra Ana and all the other helpers that were in the kitchen, thank you to the dish washers you can just imagine as to how many dishes they did this weekend lets just say too many. To all the youth who helped clean off the tables Jessica, Kyle, Jordan, Quinton, Stefanie, Austin, Kristen, Rebecca, Alyssa, Brittany, Bryan, Celin, Dylan, Lucas there were a few more from the dance group that helped out, you all did an awesome job and a special thank you to Daniel Oliveira you are a very hard worker and did a great job this weekend, you all kept the dishwashers very busy Great Job guys! To the Volunteers in the Kids corner Lorien, Chantel and to Chantels friend (sorry could not remember your name) who kept the kids busy with colouring pictures, face painting and many more activities. To my door greeters Nancy, Jennifer, Belta, Sandy, Valerie, Liza, Nelia. To my at door greeters Joanna, Daniela G, Sabrina, Adam, Karen, Samantha, Celine, Dylan, Sarah and my husband JJ (visitors just loved taking pictures with him must have been his skirt). To Daniella & Tony for taking care of directing the many folklore groups that came out to perform at our centre, to the moms from our own folklore group who ensured that they had a bite to eat, and drink after their performance. To the wonderful Artisans that came from Sao Miguel to showcase their talents for all the visitors to enjoy. JOÃO ANDRADE - Artesão da Água de Pau - Basket Maker Eduardo Câmara – Artesão da Ribeira Grande - Rosary Beads, and other religious items MARIA ZÉLIA RAPOSO - Tecedeira da Casa do Trabalho do Nordeste - Weaver EDUARDO GOUVEIA - Oleiro natural de Lagoa Potter from Lagoa LUIS BOLARINHO – Artesão de Vila Franca do Campo Wood arver ROBERTO MEDEIROS - President of the Mosaico Cultural and Solidarity Association of Lagoa Coordinator of the handicraft Artisans of São Miguel are proud to be a part of the Carassauga Festival to showcase their works of art for all to see and appreciate. To our entertainers from Portugal Carlos Rodrigues and Isaura you kept all the visitors entertained and made us loose a few pounds with all the dancing we did. Thank you Alberto Nogueira for take pictures of the event and you will be able to see them soon. To our Junior and Senior Folklore group your guys rocked the house with your lively performances, and keep our traditions alive through your dancing and performances!! An event of this magnitude would not be possible without the hard work from a lot of people, from the outside of the building which Tony and Brian along with their staff did a great job with the landscaping. To the board of directors starting from the top Tibério Branco, Vitor & Milu Vieira, Alfredo Pita, Carmen Balestra, Tony & Luisa de Sousa, Angie Câmara, Lisa Balestra, Valerie da Silva, Bill da Costa, Ana Mateus. Our Directors José & Ilda Machado, Manuel & Teresa Machado, Alfredo & Margarida Machado, Leonel & Agueda Moniz, Rafael & Odete Pereira, Francisco & Conceição Antunes, José Bento, José & Isabel Henriques, Inácia Pereira, Francisco & Ana Mata, Jorge & Sandy Mouselo, Júlia Pereira, Pedro Pereira, Brian & Nancy Vieira, Fernando & Edite Silva, Helio da Silva, Elvis and Suzy Camara, Jose & Maria Medeiros and Joao Rodrigues. We also had a few members of the club helping out João & Aura Barbosa, Manuel Gomes, Laureano and Celeste Gomes, Octavio & Alice Paulo, Angelo & Liza Frias, Judy Santos. I am sure there were a few more and I apologize for not putting all your names down but I do not know all the names of all the great helpers but please accept my thanks for helping out. Carassauga has been around for 29 years we were one of the founding Pavilions and very proud to be part of this festival which has grown over the years. President of the Portuguese Cultural Centre of Mississauga Gilberto Moniz has been the head of this centre for 15 of those years, this is no small feat. This year he wanted to showcase the Island of Sao Miguel, our restaurant has the Portas da Cidade - Doors of the City as the back drop and we have to thank the wonderful carpenters that took time out of their busy schedules to recreate the Portas da Cidade for us. Deciding on a different theme every year takes time and vision to make sure that every piece falls in to place for this great event. It is not an easy job running a Centre this size but he has done this for many years with great commitment, dedication and a love for this Centre to see it succeed and flourish. All this is done to keep our Portuguese culture and heritage alive even though we are far from our roots, we want our children to understand and to continue their Portuguese customs and traditions. Thank you Shr Gilberto for being so committed to making this a great Centre and I also have to thank Shra Helena Moniz for the great decorations inside the hall for Carassauga and for all the events throughout the year, as they say behind a great man there is also a great woman. I think I have captured it all so in finalizing Viva Portugal!!!!
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 01:24:28 +0000
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