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SUMMARY:CSF NEWSLETTER: FEBRUARY 2023
DESCRIPTION:Hello Everyone\n\nI left the house very early in the morning the other day. As I drove through the villages I was careful – it had been a cold night and the ground still looked frosty in places. Huddled at bus stops were school children wrapped up in woolly scarves\, great ruck sacks at their feet or on their backs\, their intimate conversations coming out in puffs of frosty air. \nIt seemed all so quiet and muted – my car gliding along in its silent\, all-electric way. I looked up now and then\, up at the sky ahead\, and there she was\, Mount Canigou\, a wonderful white mass looking like a child’s painting\, a flat\, one-dimensional cut-out stuck on a pale blue pre-dawn sky. \nOur AGM was held on a cold and frosty 25 January in Carcassonne. \nIn spite of the weather\, there were over 40 of us and after the formalities we heard from our President Jane Beck. She started by saying that 2022 had not been easy after Covid. There are 5 areas in Sud P-O so we need a large amount of people to cover it. We now have 188 members and our Active Listeners and Volunteers are very important to us. She talked about other associations in the Sud and said she is looking to improve awareness of CSF Sud by contacting these associations in each of the areas. \nShe thanked all the people involved with our events over the past year and then mentioned the people on the Conseil who are leaving\, with particular reference to our own Maggie Longworth. Maggie said this was an emotional day for her and she was going to miss a lot of people but she wasn’t going away\, just standing down from the Conseil. She finished by saying that she has had so many good years and memories (not a dry eye!). \nSue Ackloo\, our Treasurer\, talked about the money bit\, as she called it\, and told us she’d be brief in order to keep us awake! At the end\, she said some of last year’s donations had been quite significant and she thanked people for their generosity\, particularly those who had donated in memoriam of departed loved ones. \nCathy Pugh who as Support Coordinator liaises with Active Listeners\, spoke about Training and Client Contact. CSF has a duty to provide support and care to its members and clients to ensure the volunteer/client relationship is safe and effective. Regular contact is necessary to keep skills topped up and developed. \nWhen the business part of the meeting was over\, it was time to sit back and listen to Colin Taylor talking about Pigeonniers. He took us through the whole history of these delightful towers\, which seem to be more prevalent in the southern part of France – there are 6\,000 in Occitanie for example. He told us that during the French Revolution\, pigeons were eating better than the poor people. There were many other fascinating facts and photographs of towers through the ages\, taking us right up to the end of the 19 century. \nEnding on a high note he said pigeons mate for life\, the female lays 2 eggs and both the male and the female sit on the eggs. A sad fact though: to keep the numbers down\, city councils have started to sterilise the eggs using a special type of grain food\, causing birds which eat the grain to lay eggs that fail to develop. All the fun without the flocks! \nOur new Departmental Rep is  JILL MERRIAM\nI’m delighted to say that Jill Merriam is to be our new Departmental Representative for the P-O. Jill has lived in the P-O since 2017. She has a degree in Modern Languages\, so a fluent French speaker\, and has studied child psychology and mental health. She joined the Samaritans as a listening volunteer in 2010 and worked for them until she came to France. She enjoys gardening\, cooking and walking in the mountains with her red border collie.\nWelcome Jill! We look forward to having you with us. \n\n\nDrop Ins\n\n\nWednesday 1 January\, Pablo’s Bar\, Céret\, 10.30 \nCome along for coffee and chat. There will also be books and Céret is a great place to meet up with friends.`\nWednesday 15 January\, Villa Lafabrègue\, Prades\, 10.15 \nCatch up with friends at this splendid villa. Very cosy and warm. This month two of our members\, Paul and Sheila Doherty\, will talk about their trip to Borneo called How We Get There. \n \nMonday 20 February\, Café des Artistes\, 10.15\nThe Café des Artistes is open again! Please come and bring your paperbacks to swop. Have a coffee or two and chat with friends \nLooking ahead\nThursday 23 March\, Printemps de la cancérologie\, Palais des Congrès\, Perpignan\nCSF will have a stand at this event. No more details yet but here’s what it’s all about. \nThe aim of the conference is to present to the general public the various preventive measures\, the latest therapeutic advances and the support offered to the patients and their relatives throughout the course of care. \nIt’s an all day event and during the afternoon professionals specialising in the various fields will present several themes to you. After each talk there will be a time for discussion when you can ask questions and speak to the specialists. \nThursday 7th September\, Walk for Life\, Maureillas \nAlthough it is still to be confirmed by the Mairie\, please pencil this date in your diary. More will certainly follow! \n\n\n\n\n\nPlease remember that if anyone is struggling or needing help\, the CSF telephone and email helplines are always open.   We are there for everyone needing assistance at this time as well as for those affected by cancer. There is also lots of information on our website.\n\n\n\n\nDiana Eastaff \n
URL:https://anglophone-direct.com/event/csf-newsletter-february-2023/
LOCATION:Around the Region
CATEGORIES:Charity Events
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SUMMARY:AT A GLANCE February 2023
DESCRIPTION:Around the region February 2023\n\n\n\nWHEN & WHERE?\nWHAT?\n\n\n\n\nThroughout the year\nFairs and festivals around the region\, little and large\, celebrating every imaginable ‘produit de terroir’.\n\n\nThroughout the year\nCatch a bargain or get rid of your junk at one of the many vide-greniers across the region.\n\n\nThroughout spring\nCelebrate the days getting longer and the temperatures getting warmer with the carnaval celebrations across the region.\n\n\nEvery Thursday\, 7pm\nFont Romeu\nDescente aux flambeaux. Ski instructors and their students descend the pistes by torch light. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nEvery Friday\, 6pm\nFont Romeu\nSpectacle de feu. As night falls\, enjoys a fire show to welcome in the weekend. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nThursday 2nd\nAcross the region\nFête de la chandeleur.\n\n\nSaturday 4th\, 2.45pm\nArgelès sur Mer\nFestival de Chorales. Choir festival with multiple choirs and multiples venues across Argelès. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 4th – Sunday 5th\nArles sur Tech\nFête de l’ours.\n\n\nSunday 5th\, 4pm\nSalle Novelty\, Banyuls sur Mer\nLes amis d’Alain Marinaro. Latin American live music and dance performance. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 11th\, 5pm\nAllée Ferdinand Buisson\, Argelès sur Mer\nTango Argentin. Discover the magic of the Argentine Tango with free initiation classes and additional paid lessons. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 12th\nEspace Saint Mamet\, Saint Estève\nSalon des minéraux. Stone and fossil salon. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 12th\, 4pm\nEglise\, Toulouges\nCanticel Valentine’s Concert.\n\n\nTuesday 14th\nAcross the region\nSaint Valentin.\n\n\nTuesday 14h\, 4pm\nEglise Toulouges\nConcert Canticel.\n\n\nWednesday 15th\, 7.30pm\nFont Romeu\nGala de patinage artistique. Artistic ice skating gala. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nWednesday 15th\, 8pm\nPalais des Congrès\, Perpignan\nCendrillon le ballet. Cinderalla performed by the Grand Ballet de Kiev. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nThursday 16th\nCollections de Saint Cyprien\nMusiques du monde. Vocalist and piano duet perform a repertoire of jazz\, rock n roll\, English pop and chansons françaises. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nFriday 17th\, 4pm\nAbbaye\, St Génis des Fontaines\nLes amis d’Alain Marinaro. Viola and piano concert from prodigious young musicians. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nFriday 17th\, 9pm\nLes Dômes\, Rivesaltes\nLes quatres saisons de Vivaldi. The Orchestre Perpignan Catalogne perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 19th\nPollestres\n25ème Pollestrenca. Trail running event. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 19th\nPrats de Mollo\nFête de l’ours.\n\n\nWednesday 22nd\nMédiathèque\, Villelongue de la Salanque\nJournée Harry Potter. Enjoy all the magic of Harry Potter with a day of activities and workshops at the library. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSaturday 25th – Sunday 26th\nVinça\nRonda des Bojos. Fun run event with distances from 7km to 18km. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 26th\nSaint Estève\nCourses du soleil. Cycling event. Registration opposite Le Pinède. Race leaves 10am. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\nSunday 26th\nSt Laurent de Cerdans\nFête de l’ours.\n\n\nSunday 26th\, 4pm\nEglise\, Bages\nLes amis d’Alain Marinaro. Cello prodigy performs in Bages’ church. Contact the Office de Tourisme for more info.\n\n\n\n\nMORE…..\n\n\n\n\n*Photo credit: Tourisme Conflent Canigou \n \nANY EVENTS TO ADD? ADD YOUR OWN EVENTS BELOW\, OR SEND THEM TO US. \n
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LOCATION:Pyrenees Orientales
CATEGORIES:A Bit of Everything,Art & Lit,Charity Events,Cinema & Theatre,Culture and Heritage,Family Fun,February,Festivals & Traditions,Food & Drink,Health & Well-Being,Kids,Markets & Vide Greniers,Music and Dance,Other stuff!,Outdoor Activities,Salons & Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Commemoration of La Retirada
DESCRIPTION:La Retirada…….Remembering the refugees of the Franco regime\n\n\n\nDictionary definition\nRetirada – (catalan) withdrawal of troops to a more favourable position to escape the enemy’s superior forces or after a defeat\n\n\n\nIn memory of the Retirada of February 8\, 1939\, when the French military set up camps on the beach in Argelès sur Mer to detain between 70\,000 and 90\,000 Spanish Republican refugees\, the town pays homage to these men and women\, freedom fighters and victims of fascism in exile\, who continued the fight for republican values and democracy.\n“We had been fighting for freedom from Fascism for three years. We expected to be\n given a hero’’s welcome” \nBut they were not welcomed with open arms into the Pyrénées-Orientales. Dubbed as the “Reds”\, they were admitted as “foreign undesirables”\, meaning they could be imprisoned legally. Women and children were initially sent to accommodation centres\, men were at first refused entry entirely before eventually being herded into internment camps on the beach at Argelès-sur-Mer\, behind barbed wire fences\, exposed to the elements\, unspeakable squalour\, food and water shortage\, dysentery and rats. \n \nThe repression of the exiles intensified under the German occupation. Thousands of Spanish Republicans perished in the Nazi gas chambers\, especially at Mauthausen. Many others\, despite their treatment in France\, joined the French Resistance and\, as ‘Guerilleros Espagnols’\, contributed substantially to the Liberation in 1944. \nOn 15th March 1945 the exiles were finally granted the official status of ‘Political Refugees’ and today a third of the Languedoc-Roussillon’s present-day population are descendants of these Spanish refugees. \nFind out more here.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \n2023 COMMEMORATION EVENTS \nTuesday 7th – Sunday 12th\, Céret \nExhibition (Capelleta): Les couleurs de la liberté\nSaturday 11th\, 3pm (Salle de l’Union) Film screening: Mourir à Madrid\nSaturday 11th\, 5pm (Salle de l’Union) Musical theatre: Il était une fois la Retirada \nThursday 16th – Sunday 19th\, Argelès sur Mer \nExhibition (Galerie Mariane): Les couleurs de la liberté – open until 18th March\nThursday 16th\, 6.30pm (Espace Jean Carrère) Film preview: Las cartas perdidas\nSaturday 18th\, 3pm (Espace Jean Carrère) Theatre: Mémoires de sable \nFull Argelès programme here. \nCheck out the small Mémorial du camp d’Argelès-sur-Mer on the Ave de la Libération\, a stark reminder of darker times in this bright and dynamic resort. \n\nRivesaltes Memorial Museum \nLa Jonquera Mémorial Museum \n[vc_cta h2=”Laurie Lee\, English Poet”]“I believe we shared something else… the chance to make one grand and uncomplicated gesture of personal sacrifice and faith\, which might never occur again … few of us yet knew that we had come to a war… to be led by brave but bewildered amateurs. But for the moment there were no half-truths and hesitations\, we had found a new freedom\, almost a new morality\, and discovered a new Satan- fascism.” \n
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LOCATION:Argelès-sur-Mer\, France
CATEGORIES:Culture and Heritage
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