Events for your diary

Today

• A prayer meeting will be held at Girgenti, Siġġiewi, today at 6.30 p.m. by the Moviment Ma­donna tal-Konsagrazzjoni commit­tee. The public is invited to attend. For details view www.ourladyofconsecration.org.

Later this week

• A coin-operated dog wash is being held at Pet Love in Iklin on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. The price is €7.50 and all proceeds will go to the Island Sanctuary. A free photo and other goodies will be given to your dog. For further information visit www.islandsanctuary.com.mt or check the page on Facebook.

• The women’s section of Our Lady of the Lilies Band Club of Mqabba is organising a full-day cruise around Malta on Friday with Captain Morgan. The trip includes a buffet and wine. Transport leaves Mqabba Square at 8 a.m. For more information and bookings, call 7953 9542 or visit www.talgilju.com.

• The Friends of Australia Association will hold its annual barbecue at the Danish Village Complex, Mellieħa Bay, on Saturday at 8 p.m. Members, family and friends are urged to book early to avoid disappointment due the limited number of tickets. Maltese-Australians on holiday in Malta are welcome to join. For more information and bookings, call the association at the Emigrants Commission, Valletta, on 2122 2644 or 2124 0255 during office hours , the secretary on 7909 4036 or Joe Pavia on 7982 1783.

Next Sunday

• Our Lady of the Lilies Band Club of Mqabba is holding its mid-year general meeting next Sunday at 10 a.m. at its newly built club in the town’s main square. The meeting will consist of financial and administrative reports by the so­ciety’s sections, a discussion on this year’s feast, projects the society is carrying out and forthcoming activities. All members and suppor­ters are encouraged to attend. For details visit www.talgilju.com.

• To celebrate the feast of St Cajetan in Ħamrun next Sunday the Sliema Band will play marches along High Road from Fra Diegu Square to the parish church where it will perform a musical programme conducted by its bandmaster Mro Ronnie Debattista. The programme will include musical compositions by Pascal Marquina, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Vincenzo Di Chiara, Flavio Bar, Robert Stolz, Luigi Denza, Ernest Gold and Michael Kamen. The band will accompany the statue of St Cajetan back into the church with the popular hymns of Willie Attard, Joe Abela Scolaro and Anton Muscat Azzopardi. The programme will be concluded with the Inno Sliema by Mro Cardenio Botti.

Later this month

• The Mission Fund is organising a barbecue on August 18 at the rooftop pool area, Park Hotel, Sliema, at 7.30 p.m. Free parking at the Tower Supermarket, High Street, Sliema. All proceeds go to Maltese missionaries in Third World countries. Prices are €18 for adults and €9 for children under 12. For bookings call the Mission Fund, Mosta, on tel. 2141 3664 or Charles Decelis on tel. 2157 5351, 9988 5078.

• The Learning Ability Not Disability Group will hold a barbecue on August 18 at 8 p.m. at the Coastline Hotel, Salina Bay. Anyone wishing to donate hampers or gifts for a lottery to be drawn during the event are asked to indicate this when booking. Barbecue tickets cost €20 each. Those needing transport need to pay an extra €5. For details send a text message to Jeanesse Abela on 7982 8787, writing your name and indicating if you require transport.

• The junior club of Our Lady of the Lilies Band Club is organising an activity for children from Mqabba and their friends on August 21. An afternoon by the pool will be held at It-Torri in Qrendi, and will include various activities and games for children. Transport will leave Mqabba Square at 3 p.m. For bookings call 9927 5037 or visit www.talgilju.com.

Next month

• Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar is holding a barbecue on September 20 on the deck of the Bastion Pool at the Hotel Phoenicia, Floriana, starting with drinks at 7.30 p.m., followed by dinner at 8.15 p.m. The price is €35. Book tickets through http://faa.trolley mania.com , via e-mail bookings@faa.org.mt or call Terry Vella on 9982 0159. Payment is to sent by noon on September 15 by cheque payable to FAA, Room 83, National Pool Complex, Tal-Qroqq, Gżira, or by credit card online at www.faa.trolleymania.com (registration required).

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