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INTRODUCTION LETTER

Dear Members of The English Café Club,

It gives us great pleasure to write to you in the first

edition of our magazine, or as we should say, YOUR

magazine!

This first month has been incredible in the club at Maria

Cano and, considering we had no publicity for the first

three weeks, the number of people visiting us is beyond

our wildest dreams.

We have had so much success with every new thing we

introduced into the menu; food from India and Morocco

for instance has been very well received by everyone

who has tried it. Indian?, Moroccan? Why have we got

these weird foods in the café? Well, that’s the British

culture for you!! The most popular food eaten in

restaurants in Britain is Indian, so why shouldn’t you try

it too?

The drama club has started and we have written a play

which will be presented in the Euclides Jaramillo

Auditorium on November 2nd. It will be a trilogy of

spooky plays, with some comedy and music thrown in

for good luck… so make sure you keep your diary free

that afternoon!

Most of our regular visitors keep up with our events and

stay informed via Facebook, so if you still haven’t found

us, you need to go to Teccho Ong and invite us to be

your friend. Then you need to join the group “THE

ENGLISH CAFÉ CLUB AT UNIQUINDIO”

So now, read on, have fun and tell us what you think of Edition ONE at english.cafe.club.magazine@gmail.com

or, even better, come and tell us in person! We look

forward to seeing you soon.

Ian and Felipe

P.S.: Do you want to contribute to this magazine? Send

your articles to us for consideration.

SECTIONS

COVER. We’re pleased to present to you The Hall Effect

CLUB LETTER + SECTIONS + CARTOON. P2

Letter from the founders of The English Café Club

UQ ZONE P3

DON’T YOU JUST LOVE THAT NEW CAR SMELL? So we are back from the holidays, huh? After a long drawn-out strike in protest of something that almost managed to snatch away our right to receive (relatively) public education…what next?

FROM ENGLAND TO YOU. P4

A letter from an English lady to you. An insight into life on the River Thames in England and a peculiar tradition called “SWAN UPPING”.

CULTURE SCHEDULE. P5

A cultural explosion is coming and its detonator is the anniversary of the city of Armenia. Read more!

PASSTIMES. P6

Cool crossword, quiz and game page

CHARACTER OF THE MONTH P7

Angelica meets the amazing group The Hall Effect as they pass through Armenia after their European Tour.

BACK COVER: Photos of the month

Contact to us: theenglishcafeclub@hotmail.com

DON’T YOU JUST LOVE THAT NEW CAR SMELL?

So we are back from the holidays, huh? After a long

drawn-out strike during the holidays, we´re back on

track. You know the routine: dragging yourself up early

in the morning- well, for the most unfortunate amongst

you, other people study in the afternoon or in the

evening- grabbing the bus, and then sitting down to get

some learnin’ going.

We at the English Café Club have not been strangers to

this semester’s new car smell. But we have come a long

way since our days above Café On-Line, from the 10-

clients-a-day times, as many can remember…

After having to (forcefully) close shop the club went into

a sort of coma for the remainder of 2011 and, having no

place of our own, we had no choice but to go exclusively

online for a while.

Then, after some time, Laura Sánchez, a friend of Felipe

and Ian’s (and to whom we all at the café will always be

infinitely grateful) spoke to with Jairo Díaz from the

C.R.A.I.Libray to discuss the possibility of opening inside

the University of Quindío. And after almost one full

month of ploughing forward rather doggedly, we were

set. Little did we know what this meant for the Café

Club Family…

Since we opened our doors in our Uniquindio guise, it’s

been crazy surprise after crazy surprise. We have

appeared in and even written shows for the Radio

Languages program on countless times, even having

been given some airtime on Fridays for the English Café

Club radio show. We have also appeared on two local

TV interview shows, as well as having had Ian and

Felipe’s story featured on the Social Communication

major’s very own TV show La Caja de Pandora. But

that’s not all: The director of ORI (Oficina de Relaciones

Internacionales), Andrea Rojas, has chosen England as

their special guest for their cultural, social and

gastronomical event Jornada País Invitado., And, of

course, England being the guest country, the English

Café Club will be stepping its game up to the occasion.

Last but not least is the very thing you are reading, of

course! This is the English Café Club official magazine’s

first edition. Watch this space for articles and reviews

about lots of things at Uniquindio, social and cultural

events in Armenia, poetry and/or literary articles,

opinion columns, and lots, lots more!

So, my dear readers, here’s to new beginnings and new

surprises. There is no telling what the future holds for

the English Café Club and its new home inside the

University of Quindio. One thing is for sure, though: We

sure are loving this new car smell!

Cheers, and speak English!

Felipe Jaramillo/ flipperfelipe@hotmail.com

FROM ENGLAND TO YOU I: SWAN UPPING

Where I live in Shepperton, South England, the River

Thames is approximately 40 metres wide. It is the home

of many species of fish, ducks, birds and other wildlife

and there are also many leisure boats and rowers.

Because we are alongside the water, our home is built

on stilts 1 metre high. I have lived here for 28 years and

we have had a couple of narrow escapes from flood

water. The worse time was about 8 years ago when the

river water rose very quickly and came to within 25cms

of coming inside the house—really scary! Actually Ian

Bond lost his house to a very bad flood in 1990 when he

lived by the river.

The Thames itself is a total of 346 kilometres long and it

flows through some beautiful countryside, through

London and finally out of the Thames Estuary and into

the North Sea.

My husband is called Terry and we have a boat called

“L’Amourette” on which we spend holidays cruising up

and down the Thames. We have often spent 2 or 3 days

moored in Windsor and Windsor Castle, the Queen’s

favourite residence, is a very prominent and awesome

building, rising up impressively on the skyline, which we

can see clearly from our mooring spot.

Another feature of the Thames at Windsor are the mute

swans; that benefit from the visiting families and

tourists who are delighted to feed them, mainly bread.

They are a majestic and elegant sight on the water,

gliding along. It’s almost impossible to see any

movement in their bodies which would give a clue to

the work their legs are doing under the water

In England, swans are protected birds and, since the

fifteenth century, they are owned either by the

Monarch (the Queen) or the Company of Licensed

Vintners and Dyers. Every year in July we have a

ceremony called “Swan Upping”, where the swans are

caught, checked for disease and problems, such as

fishing line caught in their mouths and the new young

swans, called cygnets, are marked by putting a ring on

their legs for future identification.

The tradition of swan upping is full of pageantry and

ceremony—the swan uppers use rowing skiffs and wear

scarlet uniforms. They set out from Sunbury on Thames

lock (which is only about kilometres from where I live)

and make their way over 5 days up to the town of

Abingdon in Oxfordshire. For the most part they row up

the Thames, catching the birds and young swans as they

see them but occasionally they are towed behind some

of the motorised boats that accompany them. This

accompanying flotilla is made up of motor boats,

cruisers and old, traditional wooden boats all with flags

and pennants flying and when they pass Windsor Castle

the swan upper rowers stand to attention in their skiffs,

raise their oars and salute “Her Majesty, The Queen”.

The entire ceremony of Swan Upping is very colourful

and memorable and hundreds of people gather to

watch and cheer as the procession goes past.

Jenny Carthew

ARMENIA’S HOLYDAYS: A CULTURAL BOMB

A cultural explosion is coming and its

detonator is the anniversary of the city of

Armenia. Arts’ groups, universities and

schools have their own programs on the

same dates to coincide with the city’s fiestas.

The result will be cultural displays all through

the week to entertain locals and visitors.

Here are just three of the events:

DUET COMPETITION

LOS HERMANOS MONCADA

Guitar, tiples, voices will be heard playing

music from classical pieces, to waltzes and

bambucos that show off Colombia and its

traditions. The integration and pulling

together of different regions using their

music and traditions is paramount to the

week’s celebrations.

It was created in 1979 and It was called the

National Duet Competition, “Los Hermanos

Moncada” in honor of a family of prestigious

Quindiano composers whose art in the

region made a significant contribution to the

national sound.

Date: October 4th 5th and 6th

Place: Cruz Roja’s auditorium

CHAPOLERA PAGEANT

A “chapolera” is a Colombian peasant

woman specific to the Coffee growing

industry in the region. The pageant is a

spectacle of Armenia’s cultural heritage,

beauty and traditions.

Civic leaders are organizing communal

neighborhood beauty pageants to choose

twenty representatives to go forward to a

final competition to choose the Chapolera

Queen of 2012. The Chapolera Queen will

become the representative of Armenia in the

coffee department competition.

Cultural point: A year ago UNESCO declared

the Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia as

a World Heritage site. Armenia is part of this

now. It is defined as the influence which

causes the lifestyle of the Coffee-Growers

and the physical environment and customs

of these people.

THE YIPAO

The Jeeps arrived in Colombia for military

purposes. Soon they became very popular

among Colombian coffee farmers who saw in

this vehicle the qualities needed for the

difficult roads in the mountainous region for

the transportation of agricultural products.

The event is a parade with several

categories, sorted by products carried in the

vehicles: agricultural products, coffee,

people and, most famously, their personal

effects and furniture, called “corotos”.

Date: October 13

Let impact you to enjoy and take beautiful

memories. If you want, stay here. There are a

lot for fall in love. That’s like Armenia feels.

By shingtso / shingtso@gmail.com

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MADE IN COLOMBIA

Many people think that musicians are proper rock stars who live constantly under the old motto: “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” … far away from the real vision and perception of music and life. How did they get such a false status? Well actually it takes a lot of thought, feeling, knowledge, effort, reality and one of the most important things of all, TALENT!

This exact feeling is the one I got after I interviewed a Rock band, which passed through our city, that creates European Rock music that has been listened to mostly by British and French people, a band that through a real passion for what they do, have achieved recognition abroad, having been the opening act for recognizable international artists such as: Franz Ferdinand, Gwen Stefani, Muse, Wolf mother among others plus they were the opening act for Fiction Plane’s European tour, a band whose bass guitarist is Joe Sumner (son of The Police front man Sting). Then If I ask you, where do you think they come from? your answer would be: -- “United States? England? Canada?”—You couldn’t be more wrong. They would say: --“WE’ARE FROM BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA- SOUTH AMERICA. SINCE 2006 WE’VE BEEN TOGETHER, WE SING IN ENGLISH AND WE DO ROCK IN ENGLISH FROM SOUTH AMERICA WITH LOVE”-

The Hall Effect has become one of those bands that have turned people’s heads, especially musicians that like them started just with the dream of sharing what they love to do the most with people who were willing to listen to them. Oscar (Vocalist), Andrés (Drummer), Douglas (Bass Guitar) and Charry (Guitarist) have pursued their goal to be at the eye of music scene storm.

Their newest album was produced by Phil Manzanera after their manager Julio Correal met him while he was producing Aterciopelados’ album “La Pipa De La Paz” They wrote to him and he just said: “I got your demo guys so, “I wanna Produce your album” So they went to London and recorded the album in Gallery Studios and Faraway sound studios London, England.

They recently released their second album in Paris where people recognized them and were keen buy their album an album that comes from the heart and soul. So, in the future, don’t be surprised to overhear on earphones songs like: Get on it, Spin, or King, the name of their first single. For sure we’ll hear more from this Amazing Colombian band around the world.

The last thing I would have thought was that such an amazing band like them could be so nice and give me so much of their valuable time. To see them playing in an exclusive one-off gig (performance) in a small bar in Armenia, just for the fun of it, from the front row, was an unbelievable and unforgettable experience! What nice guys!!!

By Angélica Santos M.

If you want more details, listen to my interview on Radio Languages:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-

Languages/225078897503801