Events
Events for April 12, 2008
- Victoria
- Rummage sale, pancake brunch
Take a look at what’s available at the second-hand sale beginning at 9 a.m. April 12 at the Latvian Retirement Village, 60 Fraser Crescent, Wantirna South. Stay around for pancakes and coffee at 13:00 hours.
- Belgium
- Zolīte tournament in Brussels
A zolīte tournament begins at 10:00 hours April 12 in Chalet du Laerbeek, avenue du Laerbeeklaan-145, Brussels. To register, e-mail by April 7. Admission to the tournament is EUR 15 if registered before the event, EUR on the day of the tournament.
- Maryland
- East Coast volleyball tournament
A volleyball tournament for all interested in the sport will begin at 11 a.m. April 12 at the Volleyball House, 5635 Furnace Avenue, Elkridge. Whole teams as well as individual players are welcome. Please arrive on time, so that teams can be formed and everybody can warm up. For more information and to register contact Viesturs Timrots at or Jānis Ģiga at , +1 (908) 272-4580 or +1 (732) 346-2926. Accommodations will be available at the Knights Inn, 7541 Assateague Drive, Jessup (telephone +1 (410) 799-3837). For more information on the sports hall visit www.vbhouse.com.
- New South Wales
- Theater festival in Sydney
The 48th Sydney Latvian Theater Festival takes place on April 12-13 at the Sydney Latvian House, 32 Parnell St., Strathfield. The Melbourne Latvian Theater’s adaptation of R. Harwood’s comedy “The Quartet,” directed by Gunārs Klauss, begins at 15:00 hours April 12. “Raibie baloni”—a series of humorous vignettes arranged by Jānis Čečiņš—will follow the play. On April 13, the Sydney Latvian Theater will perform two one-act plays directed by Ilona Brūvere, Angela Betzien’s “Pašpuikas” (Hoods) and Andris Zeibots’ comedy “Prokrusts. The one-acts begin at 13:00 hours.
- United Kingdom
- Easter service in Swansea
An Eastertime service, with Holy Communion, is scheduled at 16:00 hours April 12 at St. Jude’s Church, 28 Hillside Crescent, Uplands, Swansea. The service will be led by the Rev. Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga.
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