Hebe Jebes Issue Sep to Oct 2013 Sep 2013 | Page 33

THANK YOU FROM RED KITE II

Murder in Havana

Dear HHYC,
I am writing on behalf of the Red Kite II team to express our
gratitude for the special ‘Five Year’ prize that HHYC presented
recently. It was a complete surprise and a moving event. Sailboat
racing is a hobby for some but a passion for others and nothing
rewards the passion more than a prize like this, which can be
remembered for a lifetime.
Without question the Typhoon Series is one of the most
challenging and successful in Hong Kong, if not Asia. The diversity
of courses, the unpredictability of weather, the size of the fleet, the
number of races, and the length of the season, test the full range
of capabilities of the boat and crew. The cheerful afterpar ties are a
terrific venue to socialise at and learn from competitors. The best
testament of the Series’ success is the sheer number of boats that
par ticipate year after year.
Well done and many thanks to everyone at HHYC who work
hard in the series each year. Special thanks to Peter McCaffery
for being a great competitor and a true representative of the
gentlemanly spirit of Corinthian racing. And thanks most of all to
my wife and the core RK II team whose skill and years of suppor t
underlie the team’s success.
Warm regards and thanks,
Anthony Root and the RK II team

Words Chris Austin

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Saturday 29 th June saw a live, interactive ‘whodunit’ at Hebe,
when the Chunky Onion Theatre Group brought their Murder
Myster y Dinner Theatre production of ‘Murder in Havana’ to
our Club.
At the star t of the evening, as the characters mingled with the
crowd, who could have guessed how the evening would unfold…
or who the culprit might be?
A number of members and guests enjoyed fine food and were
enter tained by the Group throughout the evening. The story,
set in the Copa Cabana Club in Havana, unfolded and we were
enter tained by the Copa Cabana Club enter tainers with songs and
dance and several of the audience members were ‘volunteered’ to
go up to either show off their killing skills or to be suspected and
questioned by Chi-Chi. Just as the audience relaxed to enjoy the
Copa Cabana stage show, shots rang out across Por t Shelter and
down went the American Tycoon.
For tunately we had a doctor in the house who confirmed
with the authorities that the victim was dead. At the end of it all
the audience pieced together their conclusions and our Hebe
‘Master Sleuth’, Simon Jones, managed to correctly deduce who
was to blame.
The show is still running so I won’t spoil it by telling you the
outcome. It was a great night of fun, food and company. Many
thanks to F&B’s Henry Ip for organising the evening and for the
Chunky Onion Theatre Group for sharing their professional
performance and enthusiasm with us. It was a great performance,
which brought ‘variety’ (in the showbiz sense) to the enter tainment
offered at Hebe. Another theatre dinner event is planned for later
in the year—watch this space!
(See Shutterbug on pages 50 and 51.)

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Anthony Root ? RK II ??

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