Kerry's Birthday Party Celebrated at Keith & Pam's home.

Dear Keith & Pam

Many thanks for inviting us to your home to celebrate Kerry's birthday, and what a great party it was full of fun and LIVE entertainment all night after that wonderful dinner with all the drinks flowing.

Without a doubt, you and your family are really enterprising and certainly know how to party. You certainly had some great singers and entertainers who kept us laughing all evening and only wish I had my video camera with me instead of the ordinary camera as it would have been fun to have captured all the laughter especially during the Karaoke singing session with all the action.

Pam, your dad Len is a real scream and certainly keeps us all entertained all the time with his jokes and of course his good singing. Every party on record, he has been the highlight. Enjoyed Rosemarie's good cooking which I could not resist going back for seconds.. Being introduced for the first time to Rosemarie's two sons Guy and Tim (blues bros) was nice, and meeting Tim's girlfriend Kerry and her parents Bruce and Janet was most welcome as they are all so friendly and lovely new friends. 'Bruce too, another class entertainer'. Hopefully we will all meet next time round at our place.

As always Mary and Robin are very special friends to us all and we always meet up at your place. Mary did good singing with you Pam, the Irish song with backing vocal harmony from that lovely friendly dog (sorry cannot remember name). We all missed Mark - next party when he returns home. I would love that lovely dog to meet up with our two Burmese babies Sheba and Suki.

Mariano was hilarious as always and Pam, your cheerful smile and personality is loved by all as you are most loved.

Cannot fail to comment on Bruce who is a superb entertainer and singer, and as always the famous DIAMOND Trio who never fail to perform at the highest level at all times. The 'Blues Brothers' too were entertaining. You and all your family are superb entertainers and your parties are just fab always with LIVE entertainment as we do the same. P.S. On record nobody can ever come close to your dad when it comes to entertaining as he is a Natural besides singing and playing some of the instruments to include the spoons. He keeps everyone in stitches right through and Betty loves your dad - even demanded a kiss from him before going home.

Maz, you did a great job with your Karaoke run on your two laptops and also provided us some great laughter with your all-round performance with various costumes.

I have captured some of the action with my digital camera which I will soon run as a slideshow and provide you with a DVD. In the meantime please click on the link below to view a Photo Slideshow.

To view pictures, wait for a few good seconds for the photos to load up and click the go button.

Thanks once again for the kind invite and for all the fun and entertainment all evening. We certainly had a late night at your home and got home close to 1.00 am.

Our best regards to all your family and friends who were at the party and all those present will have a laugh seeing some of their photos. Again only wish it was video instead.

Until we meet again, soon at the Bonito Pool upper deck at 5 Parklands Way.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO VIEW

KERRY'S BIRTHDAY PHOTO ALBUM SLIDESHOW

Regards
Benny & Betty

MAZ GONSALVES 50th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Dear Maz

Just a quick line to say 'Thank You' for the kind invitation to your grand 50th birthday bash. What a fabulous party it was shared with all your family, relatives and close friends, including all the unlimited musicians who all performed brilliantly providing non-stop entertainment.

What can I say, it surely was a swell party well organised with fabulous food, drinks flowing all day and top class entertainment. Congratulations also to the team behind you who planned your birthday bash and without a doubt, I am sure the fine touch of the Read family enterprises (Pam and Co.) helped make your party very special, of course not forgetting your family too.

As a rememberance of your great party, I enclose a Photo Album of photographs I took during part of the afternoon. Sorry I had to leave a bit early due to a very urgent prior commitment.

Appreciate if some of your friends who have taken photogaphs kindly send me some of the action I missed which I would like to add to this collection.

I missed catching all the musicians playing. It was good to know that my two daughters Lisette & Yvette sung a few songs. Understand at the end of the late extended evening, all the musicians came on-stage for a group photograph. I would very much like a copy to add to my collection.

Maz, once again I take this opportunity of wishing you all the very best in the future. Keep up your great musical talents and keep entertaining. Everyone love you as a person and as a professional musician. Your friendship and kindness goes a long way. We still remember the great times when you played with my dance band BLACK VELVET especially on the P&O cruise ships. All those happy memories never to be forgotten.

P.S. Tony Lewis certainly said it all about our young MAZ during his wonderful speech and presentation "THIS IS YOUR LIFE".

Please click on the link below link below to view Photos.

MAZ's Birthday bash Photo Album

Love and best wishes

Benny & Betty

DIAMOND TRIO - THANK YOU

SJCS Reunion - Thank you Keith, Pam & Mariano

Dear DIAMOND TRIO (Keith, Pam & Mariano)

It was wonderful having you over at our home for dinner yesterday evening as a THANK YOU for kindly providing entertainment at our SJCS Zanzibar - Goa Reunion 2008.

Your music certainly went down well and also your kindness in backing all the other players has been appreciated.

I also take this opportunity of thanking Jose Machado and his Daughter, Colin Franco, Herbert Fernandes, Tony Madeira, Yvette May, Alan Rooke and others who also kindly joined in the jam sessions.

Your kind services all offered to our members at no cost was most appreciative, and on behalf of our SJCS Goa Reunion Committee, we wish to thank you most sincerely.

P.S. Last night was fun at our place talking about the reunion and Mariano played a DVD they made of the Reunion where there were some good clips of some of our Events. In due course I will try and copy onto my You Tube (BenitoBenny's Video).

Please click on the links below to view the following:-

Few photos taken last night at a dinner get-together at Benny's & Betty's
(Think we all had too much to drink).

A few words of thanks to Diamond trio. (VIDEO) (Regret not too clear, first try on You Tube).

Thanks once again.

Benny & Betty