Unearthed: First Social Event of Portuguese Community in Vaughan

On March 28, 2006, Jornal Flash published a short piece written by then newspaper’s Editor, David Silva, about the first ever social event held in Maple by the local Portuguese community. This event was held the previous weekend, on Saturday, March 25, 2006, at the community hall of St. David’s Parish, in Vaughan. The original article is written in Portuguese.

Following is the English version of the article:

By David Silva for Jornal Flash, March 28, 2006

It was this past Saturday that the Portuguese community of Maple held its first social event. It was organized by a group of parishioners from St. David’s Parish, and it was a success. It included the presence of four hundred people, including priests from the parish, an Italian representation of lay people, and a few sponsors. A special mention goes to Diana Rocha from ReMax Central, Tony do Vale from Local 506, and to representatives of the community media. The event was served with exceptional food of great taste and quality, with the special touch of Red Rooster, in Maple, and with a musical show that included community artists such as Porfirio Ribeiro, Otilia de Jesus, Sandra e Hermes, who marveled the crowd and received consecutive ovations. And they deserved them because they sang, danced, made the crowd sing and dance, and amazed the audience. Congratulations!

DJ Ana-Hermes closed the party and was able to bring many people to the dance floor to dance until late. Sandra was a last-minute surprise and sang very well.

Congratulations to the organizers and to all who, by whichever way, helped make this event of the Portuguese community of Maple a success.