{"id":5625,"date":"2015-01-28T13:48:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T13:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alps.asmlt.com\/?page_id=5625"},"modified":"2015-01-29T07:51:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T07:51:22","slug":"november-2007","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alpsmalta.com\/?page_id=5625","title":{"rendered":"NOVEMBER 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRAND REUNION 2007 WAS THE GREATEST TO DATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hundreds of past students of The Lyceum, coming from all
\n walks of life, converged on the Dun Guzepp Zammit (Brighella)
\n Lyceum at Hamrun on Friday 12th October to relive memories
\n of their secondary education with old schoolmates and make
\n new friendships. The guest of honour was Archbishop Paul Cremona,
\n who started his studies at The Lyceum in October 1956. He
\n concelebrated Mass for those who attended, together with a
\n number of priests including Mgr Lawrence Gatt, who entered
\n the school 60 years ago in 1947, Fr Anton Gouder and ALPS
\n Spiritual Director Fr William Bartolo.<\/p>\n

In his homily Mgr Cremona made it clear he had experienced
\n no sense of sacrifice in accepting the invitation to the reunion
\n from the ALPS Council of Administration. In fact he was delighted
\n to be back in his old school among his old classmates and
\n others whose acquaintance he had been happy to make during
\n the course of his pastoral duties. His years at The Lyceum
\n had left him, as well as countless others, with non-academic
\n lessons which they only realised and appreciated in later
\n life.<\/p>\n

He recalled the last time he had visited the school to pick
\n up his school certificate. With a big smile on his face, His
\n Grace even surprised everyone present, including spouses,
\n that he could still remember some masters\u2019 nicknames
\n which were part and parcel of life at The Lyceum.<\/p>\n

Welcoming all present to the reunion, including Education
\n Minister Louis Galea, ALPS President George Stagno Navarra
\n spoke about the innumerable gentlemen that The Lyceum had
\n turned out, including scores of people who had not only made
\n their old school proud but also their country by occupying
\n posts of highest esteem. As cases in point he mentioned Archbishop
\n Cremona himself, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca, Bishops
\n Annetto Depasquale and Mario Grech and, for good measure,
\n St Gorg Preca who was also a student at The Lyceum.<\/p>\n

Mr Stagno Navarra dwelt on the great success of yet another
\n reunion of Lyceum past students, held in August in Toronto
\n during a visit by ALPS Malta members and friends. He said
\n the friendships that were born at The Lyceum could only be
\n ended by death, and pointed out that besides Canada, an ALPS
\n branch also existed in Australia.<\/p>\n

The President paid tribute to the memory of ALPS Founder-President
\n Dr Guido Saliba, who in 1994 started to realise his long-cherished
\n dream of uniting Lyceum past students in an association that
\n would seek not only their welfare and enjoyment but also their
\n philanthropic contributions towards the less fortunate members
\n of society. As examples he mentioned the annual collaboration
\n of ALPS with the organisers of the Lyceum Bicycle Marathon,
\n the proceeds from which last year went exclusively to the
\n Dar tal-Providenza directed by ALPS stalwart Mgr Lawrence
\n Gatt, and the planting of an ALPS Grove in the 34U Campaign.<\/p>\n

At the end of his speech Mr Stagno Navarra presented Archbishop
\n Cremona with a gift and a parchment appointing him an Honorary
\n Life Member of the Association of Lyceum Past Students. To
\n commemorate the Grand Reunion ALPS also donated a number of
\n books to the library of The Lyceum.<\/p>\n

All guests present were treated to a reception.<\/p>\n

Before they left for home, several satisfied non-members
\n enrolled in the Association of Lyceum Past Students and promised
\n their full support in the association\u2019s activities.
\n Indeed this annual surge in membership has become a standard
\n feature of every Lyceum Grand Reunion since it started being
\n held in October 2005.<\/p>\n

MAKING MALTA A BETTER PLACE<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday 3rd November members and friends of ALPS took
\n part in a simple but very significant activity at the top
\n end of Kennedy Grove, planting a total of 36 olive trees in
\n the 34U Campaign. The area will eventually be identified as
\n the ALPS Grove.<\/p>\n

Like the massive tree-planting exercise of a weekend before
\n at Mellieha, where thousands of saplings were planted by members
\n of the public of every age and social standing, the original
\n idea grew from the determination to give a lesson to whoever
\n had destroyed 3,000 saplings earlier in the year. But, as
\n President George Stagno Navarra said at the ALPS activity,
\n it soon took on a more significant meaning. \u201cALPS is
\n statutorily committed to making Malta a better place to live
\n in not just for its members and friends but for society at
\n large. This was a way of extending that beneficence to future
\n generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

YULETIDE DINNER-DANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Association\u2019s Yuletide Dinner-Dance this year will
\n be held on Friday 7th December at the Paradise Bay Resort
\n Hotel at Cirkewwa, with a musical trio in attendance. There
\n will be a welcome drink for each participant, and very attractive
\n hampers for raffles. <\/p>\n

The decision on the venue was due in large measure to the
\n resonant feedback received from scores of ALPS members and
\n friends who attended the very successful dinner in January
\n 2007 at the Paradise Bay. <\/p>\n

Since the 7th December falls on the eve of the Immaculate
\n Conception public holiday, the Council of Administration has
\n contrived to negotiate four prices for patrons: the dinner-dance
\n only for Lm8\/\u20ac18.63 per person (Lm4.50\/\u20ac10.48 for
\n children aged 2 to 11); dinner-dance and one overnight\u2019s
\n accommodation on bed-and-breakfast basis for Lm13\/\u20ac30.28;
\n dinner-dance, overnight, breakfast and lunch for Lm16\/\u20ac37.27;
\n and dinner-dance, first overnight on half board and second
\n night on bed-and-breakfast basis for Lm21\/\u20ac48.92. Children
\n sharing a room with their parents will be charged for at half
\n price for the accommodation part.<\/p>\n

The menu for the dinner-dance is at the end of this edition
\n of ALPS News. Bookings are to be made with Social Commission
\n Chairman Alfred Formosa at \u201cThe Cottage\u201d, 20\/22
\n Ta\u2019 Giorni Road, Ta\u2019 Giorni, or Secretary-General
\n Alex Borg at \u201cAlson\u201d, Naxxar Road, San Gwann,
\n by not later than Tuesday 4th December with full pre-payment.\n <\/p>\n

Enquiries to Alfred Formosa on telephone 21 383486 or mobile
\n 9924 6574, or Alex Borg on 21 386812 or mobile 9988 8579.
\n But most importantly, book early to avoid the disappointment
\n experienced by those who left it too late last time.<\/p>\n

RETIRED BANKER PUBLISHES IMPORTANT HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr John A. Consiglio, who left the Lyceum in 1956 to embark
\n on a successful 42-year career as a professional banker, then
\n officially retired in 2000 but ended up even busier than ever
\n lecturing in four faculties at the University of Malta, has
\n broken new ground in Malta’s historiography by publishing
\n the first-ever complete history of banking in Malta. <\/p>\n

A History of Maltese Banking is the result of some 25 years
\n of research in Malta and overseas banking archives, and includes
\n all the most important events that impacted on banking and
\n financial services on these islands: what in fact is today
\n one of our economy’s success stories. <\/p>\n

The book has earned excellent reviews locally and overseas,
\n and has been particularly successful among overseas banking
\n history students and academics. It includes several very interesting
\n illustrations from Dr Consiglio’s own banking memorabilia
\n collection. ALPS members and friends are encouraged to obtain
\n this work, which comes highly recommended as a very interesting
\n read.<\/p>\n

OPERETTA CHOIR KEEPS GROWING<\/strong><\/p>\n

As has already been announced, the ALPS Foundation Day Concert
\n for 2008 has been brought forward to Saturday 19th January.
\n The 2008 event will be a semi-concert version of the operetta
\n La Principessa della Czarda, with music by Emerich Kalmann.\n <\/p>\n

Cultural Commission Chairman Joe Fenech, who as usual is
\n spearheading the efforts, says the chorus for the operetta
\n is coming along nicely in both quantity and quality \u2013
\n and what\u2019s better still, the choristers are enjoying
\n themselves and making new friends. Any ALPS members and friends,
\n male and female, who would like to join are still in time
\n to contact Joe on telephone 21 410632. <\/p>\n

\u201cFROM THE OPERETTA TO THE MUSICAL\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joe Fenech is also the producer of what the Malta Union Club
\n promises to be a very enjoyable evening, on 23rd November,
\n when members and non-members of the club in Tign\u00e9 Street,
\n Sliema, are invited to a concert of music from popular operettas
\n and more modern musicals. Booking for tickets at Lm3.50\/\u20ac8.15
\n is already open on e-mail info@maltaunionclub.com or telephone
\n 21 332011\/2. Non-member holders of concert tickets may leave
\n their vehicles at the CCCP Car Park in High Street at a discount.<\/p>\n

NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The annual Requiem Mass for the repose of dear departed relatives
\n of ALPS members and friends, teachers and students of The
\n Lyceum, as well as relatives of the Pwales community, will
\n be held at St Anne\u2019s Chapel, Pwales Valley, at 4.30
\n p.m. on Saturday 17th November.<\/p>\n

IN SEARCH OF YOUNG BLOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since people don\u2019t get any younger, the need is making
\n itself increasingly felt for young blood to help push forward
\n the Association\u2019s busy agenda. One good way of achieving
\n this would be nominations of new faces for election to the
\n Council of Administration at the Annual General Meeting which
\n will be held in the evening of Friday 25th January 2008. More
\n details will be forthcoming in the next issue of ALPS News.\n <\/p>\n

In the meantime, ALPS members who may not yet have paid their
\n membership for 2007 can ensure eligibility to attend the AGM
\n by sending Lm5\/\u20ac11.65 (annual subscription) or Lm30\/\u20ac69.88
\n (once-only life membership) to Treasurer David Abela at \u201cJuniper\u201d,
\n Triq Ganni Vella, Tal-Qattus, Birkirkara.<\/p>\n

A TOY FOR GOOD MEASURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the success of two years ago when ALPS launched
\n a collection of exercise books and pencils from Maltese schoolchildren
\n for their counterparts in Arequipa, Peru, the Association
\n is now launching a similar appeal \u2013 but with a toy thrown
\n in for good measure. All items collected from this campaign
\n Gugarell, Pitazz u Lapes will be passed on to the Mission
\n Fund, which will then forward them to Tanzania.<\/p>\n

The project is again being spearheaded by Philanthropic Commission
\n Chairman Dr Nazareno Azzopardi, who has already written to
\n all Government, Church and private school heads urging them
\n to participate and organise the collection of exercise books,
\n pencils and toys in January, after most children will have
\n received loads of toys for Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n
A.L.P.S.
\n YULETIDE DINNER-DANCE <\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/div>\n

Friday
\n 7th December 2007
\n Paradise Bay Resort Hotel, Cirkewwa<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

MENU<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Roasted
\n Eggplant and Tomato Cream Soup<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Corkscrew
\n Pasta with Spinach and Ricotta
\n tossed in a Sun-dried Tomato Sauce<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Roast
\n Loin of Pork Stuffed with Prunes
\n accompanied with a Fruity Sauce<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Chicken
\n Scallops with Saut\u00e9ed Mushrooms
\n in a Light Sweet Red Wine Sauce<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Beef
\n Stroganoff accompanied with Rice<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Poached
\n Dentici Fillets<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Pancakes
\n filled with Stir-fried Vegetables<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Seasonal
\n Vegetables and Roast Potatoes<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Variety
\n of Desserts from the Cold Counter<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Coffee<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Welcome
\n Drink, \u00bd Bottle Wine, Water        8
\n for 8.30 p.m.<\/font><\/em><\/font>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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