Looking back

February 2010 El Indio Mocaqua Alcobendas

Actors Jonathan Mellor and Julie Davies came to El Indio Mocaqua, the artist Nacho Paswal's  wonderful kaleidescope of a bar, to read a selection of poetry by American author T.S.Eliot as a first initiative of ASEDOW to share something beautiful It was brilliant but there were very few people there to enjoy the performance despite all our efforts. Fede, from Argentina who was running  the bar at the time told us,

'In Argentina culture and leisure time go hand in hand.'

On his return from Brazil to Dublin via Madrid on Friday, the Minister of Education from Ireland Ruairi Quinn attended the launching of two books on Spanish Irish relations in the past.
The Battle of Kinsale and  The Irish Presence at the Cortes de Cadiz.

Mr Quinn  shared a story about Jean Monnet one of the architects of the E.U. the greatest peace project of our time. When he was asked if there was anything he would change about the European Union on looking back, M. Monnet replied. 'I think I would begin with culture.'

What a deep well that is.

Music, Language, Literature, Art, Films, Songs, Dances to share and respect ...the water of life.


Three years later sadly El Indio Mocaqua is closed. However,  Fede is running a bar in London and ASEDOW is in a position to repay a debt of kindness to Julie and Jonathan.

Spooky Wednesday

SPOOKY WEDNESDAY

STORY: The Doctor and the Haunted House

SONG: The Monster Mash

Game: Pass the Parcel

Where? La. U.P. Sala 1.1

What time? 17:45

ASEDOW invites you and your children to SPOOKY WEDNESDAY

                                       18:30h

NOSTALGIA del HOGAR

The adult conversation topic will be homesickness following this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2013/09/130919_6min_homesickness.shtml 

SPIDERS GALORE!!!

Wednesday is a good day to make spiders. So we did!

First the children heard the story.

Then they heard about Incy Wincy Spider.

Then we made these.

So  Hallowe'en, here we come!

How ASEDOW celebrated Oscar Wilde's birthday

A gentle giant like Oscar Wilde would have been charmed to see the lovely children who came to listen to Audrey read the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs.
After singing and jumping to the music of Five little Monkeys the children happily chatted and drew pictures to decorate the wall.
We all had a delicious chocolate to celebrate this important day.

Mar and Luis are proof of the pudding that you learn a language by speaking it.

Well done everyone for making it a special day!

 NEXT WEDNESDAY MORE SINGING AND DANCING!

Happy Wednesdays

                      THREE LITTLE PIGS

                                     and

                   FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS

Can you imagine?

Well, first we will hear the story of the three little pigs read by Audrey.
Then we will sing a song about five little monkeys!

Join us at The Common Room on Wednesday at 5:45h

The conversation group for adults have an interesting discussion  at 6:30h.

La Universidad Popular  Wednesdays

Here we come

ASEDOW is offering people who are looking for employment in commerce, catering , tourism etc. the opportunity to review their c.v.in English as well as the opportunity to brush up on their English for interviews  and future employment.
See poster below.

Another activity that the  ASEDOW team is offering is the chance to get together and enjoy using your English, oiling the machinery if is rusty. You learn a language by speaking it but where can you practise?
Find out by reading the poster below.

Both these activities are free of charge but to join them you need to be a member. To find out how to become a member you can read a link on the side or contact us at asedow@gmail.com.
The annual fee to join ASEDOW  is 15€. Do it now!

Someone like you

BIBLIOTECA CENTRAL   19:15/30h Tuesday 7th
Av Baunatal, San Sebastián de los Reyes
Hi,
Just a reminder that we will be at the library on Tuesday, not to sing Adele's song but to read and comment on  a short story from  a collection by Roald Dahl by that name 'Someone like you' Penguin edition. The  association has enough copies to share but maybe you want to have your own copy.
See you then.

Let's begin.

We are very happy to offer some fab reasons to get together  thanks to the  great ideas of our members and the space we have in the Universidad Popular.

Where better to begin than at the beginning? Cristina will run this activity for small children.
Have a look at our poster.