Events

The Jacaranda Festival, a spring festival, organised by the Rotary Club of Applecross at Applecross Village Shopping Centre, Ardross Street, Applecross from 10 am to 3.30 pm on Saturday, the 26th of November 2011. Over 5000 people attended the festival in previous years. You can read further about the festival by visiting the following link:

www.applecross.rotaryaust.org 

MAWA has a food stall (W10) located at the Good Grocers carpark. This is a good opprunity for MAWA to introduce our traditional food to the wider Australian community and raise some much-needed funds at the same. Friends and members of MAWA are invited to support the MAWA stall.

The committee requests the community members to support MAWA in preparation of the food items and in manning the stall.  Please contact Ms Bisha Balan (0449 208 973), Mrs Susy Thomas (0433 652 680)  or Dr. Raj Kurup (0402 843 429) for further information. Your help is very much needed!!!!!!!!

Update

MAWA participation at The Jacaranda Festival was well received by the residents of Applecross as well as the members and well wishers of the Rotary Club of Applecross, who turned out in large numbers mesmerised by the draft of the spicy aroma of the purest Malayalee cuisine. Many of the visitors to our stall returned for more which says a great deal about the efforts and hard work by our members – both committee and the general community. Once again a number of community members helped make our entry in this festival worthwhile – by actively participating in cooking, serving, all forms of support activities like logistics and crowd management. The committee wishes to thank the community for the support and encourages members to provide constructive feedback for improvement.

This year's MAWA Christmas celebration is being held on the 10th of December 2011 at The City of Melville - Main Hall, Civic Centre, 10 Almondbury Rd, Booragoon.

• Christmas Cake Competition

A Christmas cake competition will be held at the Christmas function. If you wish to participate, bring one traditional 1 kg decorated Christmas plum cake. Prizes for the Winner and Runner-up [judged by a panel] and a $10 cost reimbursement will be given to each participant per cake. All cakes brought for the competition will form dessert at the Christmas function for consumption by all. Please contact Mrs Valsa Mathew on 9337 2960 or 0430 792 818 or Mrs Suzy Thomas (0433 652 680) to indicate your intention to participate in the Christmas cake competition.

• Gifts for Children

Also a friendly reminder to all parents: please bring gifts (not more than $20 worth per child) for Santa to hand over to your children. Each gift should have the name of the child, and it can be placed at the Christmas Tree in the Hall.

Those who wish to attend the function are requested to purchase tickets for the function by 5 December 2011 in order to estimate the catering requirements. Please note that tickets purchased after the cutoff date will incur an additional cost of $5. Tickets are available on Sunday at Blue Gum Recreation Centre or from any of the following members:

MUSIC NIGHT & Nadan Food Thattukada. 

Time and date: 5.00pm Saturday, 19 November 2011

Venue: City of Melville - Main Hall, Civic Centre, 10 Almondbury Rd, Booragoon.

For those who grew up in Kerala, this evening will bring you back to the memories of Thattu Kada. You will be able to buy delicious items such as cuppa and fish curry, puttu & kadala, Idiappam & stew, porotta & curry etc.

Register for the event by paying $10 per family (at the venue you will receive a food voucher worth $10  to buy food  from  MAWA Thattukada).  Payment can be made by bank transfer on or before 14 November 2011. Please enter details of payment made, number of people attending by using the following link:

REGISTER YOUR DETAILS[click here]

Bank transfer details:  BSB 036 078; A/C No. 14 5829 ; A/C name: Malayalee Association of Western Australia; Ref: Your name, Email conformation to: mawa@mawa.com.au,   If you are unable to bank transfer, please pay $10.00 to one of the Committee members listed in the registration form. Please specify this in the  form.

Those who would like to showcase their talents in singing or playing instruments are encouraged to participate in the Music Night.   If you would like to sing or play a musical instrument (solo, duet or group), please register by emailing  at   mawa@mawa.org.au  with  title of your song or musical piece  by the 10 November, 2011.

For further information please contact:

Mrs. Sibyl Maria Theruviparambi:  0431214519, vattamakkal@optusnet.com.au

Mr. Sankar Parthasarathy, 0405169007, sankarp@postnet.com.au

Update 

The MAWA Music Night and Nadan Thattukada was a fantastic programme. We received good comments about the food and the programme, which was well attended. The committee thanks the musicians in our community for the entertainment. We can be proud of the talents of our members. A number of community members helped make the programme a great success – by participating in cooking, serving and hall management. The committee wishes to thank the community for the support and encourages members to provide constructive feedback for improvement.