Calling all Mates!

Are you planning on attending the Mates helping mates disaster relief benefit lunch on Sunday 13 March?


We need you to secure your seat!  Give Lizottes a call on 99849933 so they can secure your table.  Many people have said they will attend but our number of secured seats is disappointing.  Without secured numbers the event is at risk of not going ahead.  So please help us make this a reality.  Our mates need us!


Our disaster affected mates need us now, more than ever!  Rebuilding life after disaster is now a reality.  They have no adrenalin to keep them going and with a series of natural disasters around the pacific the focus of assistance has shifted.  Our mates are struggling to move forward.


The Mates event has been proudly put together by our local community and the performers have all donated their time.  Your ticket price $58 includes your main meal and 6 awesome entertainers.  It will be an great afternoon for a great cause.  Help us make it a success.


To book your table call Lizottes on 99849933   

  

Come on Sydney -- We need you!

Have you booked your table for the Mates Helping Mates Disaster Relief event at Lizottes Sydney on the 13th March?

With less than 2 weeks to go -- now is the time!

Go to www.sydney.lizottes.com.au/live

The Boys are back in town

Our R-Team are back in town and gave our club a briefing on their assistance in Queensland complete with photos. We will have the photos available to you soon.

I have spoken with the family who have had three generations effected by the flood. Mum and Dad lost their home. First son and wife lost theirs. Second son, wife and two small children lost their home. They lost one rental property. Their primary produce business has gone. Everything they owned and worked for, gone.

I was told they applied for the government grant allowed for contents of house and received $170.00 each in total. Can you believe this?

They applied for the government grant for structural damage and were told they did not qualify. $0.00. They have applied for the primary producers grant of $25,000.00 but are not hopeful.

They did receive the governments $1,000.00 grant.

Their insurance company, at this time, have not given an indication of payment but have requested an itemized list of everything lost.

Can you imagine how long it will take to put this together?

The family thanked our R-Team for their help and said although there were others up there to help our team were not hampered by rules. Before our team arrived they just didn't know how or where to start.

Michael from EmbroidMe, Milton has also expressed his appreciation for our R-Teams efforts.

He is still in need of assistance to get his business up and running again. We need to get him a PABX system.

Can you help? Can you donate? Can you attend our Flood Benefit at Lizotte's?

Our job is far from over and so many are in need of our help.

Mates Helping Mates Flood Relief Benefit. Book NOW!

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Epic

If you were not at Lizotte’s last night you just can’t imagine what you missed.

Matt Zarb and 16 year old Minnie Marks had their guitars ripping out the music. My god for one so young hell she can play. And Matt, awesome.

There was a special guest in the audience, a friend of Matts. He called him up onto the stage and asked him to give an unscheduled performance. We sat there in awe as Daryl Lovegrove performed Nessun Dorma

It was incredible.

What a voice. What a bonus for the evening. He received a standing ovation.


In one of Daryl's motivational speeches he askes 'What is it about Nessun Dorma?' Then he tells us 'It is the closest piece of music man has ever come up with that parallels the act of lovemaking. Well for one thing it only takes about two and a half minutes.'



I was having a ball. After his set Matt came down and introduced himself to me and had a quick chat. Then it was time for the Hussy Hicks.

They were smooth and laid back to begin. Leesa Gentz has an incredible voice. Further into the set they upped the stakes. The place was kicking along.

Then they pulled out one of my favorite songs. Never expected this from such a young group. Now you know how, very often, you find no one can sing a song better than the original artist. Well not so in this case.

Hussy Hicks had ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’ belting through that room, it was epic.

What a night!

Matty came down again after the show and had another chat. He is a really nice guy.

I’ve still got “Ghost Rider’ swimming around in my head, I just can’t believe how well those girls performed it, again I say, epic!

Having such a great night, I'm still on a high. I don't know how I am going to get any sleep.

Mates Helping Mates

Mates Helping Mates
Flood Relief Fundraising Lunch

Live and local @ Lizottes Sydney

Lizottes in partnership with Rotary Dee Why Warringah will host the Mates Helping Mates Flood Relief Fundraising Lunch on 13 March 2011 to raise funds for flood effected people and communities.

The Mates Helping Mates Flood Relief Fundraising Lunch will feature amazing local talent including: Marisa Saroca, Zoe Elliott, Nic Jeffries, Gail Page, Taylor and The Makers and Overpass, special guest speakers and raffle prizes including a Dinner Show for 4 to Diesel in April complete with flambe dessert!

Come along with a group of friends for a great day of entertainment, great food, fun and support an amazing cause!!

Mates Helping Mates Flood Relief Fundraising Lunch

When: March 13, 2011

Cost: $58.00 (Includes show and main meal)

Time: 12pm (music starts at 12.30)

Where: Lizottes Sydney, 4/5 629 Pittwater Rd. Dee Why

Book online or call Lizottes Sydney on 99849933

How is Rotary Flood Relief different? 

• Because 100% of your donation goes directly to flood victims and communities. 
• No administration costs. 
• No red tape. 
• Rotary have Flood Relief Teams in all flood effected area's and are on the ground NOW helping to rebuild communities. 

Rotary Flood Relief teams will continue to work in these communities until the job is done. 

Its a massive task ahead. Many of those effected are uninsured, under-insured or do not meet criteria for government assistance, many have lost entire homes and or businesses, in some cases entire communities need to be rebuilt.

A day at the Pub

Well, what a day!

I spent it at the Newport Arms where The Holidays & Ernest Ellis, amongst others, performed at the Queensland Flood Relief Concert.

The weather was kind and the crowd was great. I met so many fantastic young souls, all hugely generous when buying raffle tickets and donating to the flood appeal. I had a wonderful time chatting with them.

Cameron Bayfield and the staff looked after me really well and I thoroughly enjoyed helping out. Of course by the time it came to pack up Cameron and I were totally beat but happy we had raised over $7,000.00 I am told.

Well done everyone and thank you heaps.

Don't forget to check out our Flood benefit at Lizotte's on the Rotary Dee Why Warringah home page. See you there.

Blown away

Jo askes ‘Do you love Lizotte’s as much as we do?’

Jo has been to Lizotte' a few times and raves about it.

As you know Brian Lizotte is putting on a Benefit to raise funds for the Rotary Flood Appeal on 13 March. So Jo and I visited Brian this afternoon to go over some of the detail. It’s going to be an awesome event with some top entertainers.

Anyway I decided to check out a show. The Flood were performing, so we organised to have dinner and take in the show.

I have got to tell you I was blown away. I have not enjoyed a live show so much in ages.

The acoustics at this venue are great and the sound man, Sid, has to be congratulated, as the mix and the sound were spot on. You could actually hear every word they sang and the guitars rocked. The drummer was pretty cool too.

I tell you this is 'entertainment centre' quality performances right here on our doorstep. Who needs to go to town with this venue and value for money right under our nose. No parking hassles, no long drive home. Just enjoy.

I loved the way the band interacted with the audience on an intimate level.

You have got to check this place out and make sure you tell all your friends.

This place rocks!