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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
Anglican Church, STRASBOURG
Every Sunday 10.30am Worship Église des Dominicains (corner of bvd de la
Victoire and rue de l’Université)
Priest-in-Charge: the Reverend John Murray, tel/fax 03 88 36 93 90,
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. Further details www.kastor.net/stalban
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
Since the 10th century, pilgrims from
all over Europe have wended, often
wearily, their way to Compostela in
Galicia to visit the shrine of St James,
adorned with a scallop shell. Sir Walter
Ralegh said: “Give me my scallop shell of
quiet my staff of faith to walk upon.”
Bishop Erasmus claimed that the sea
around the coast of Compostela
abounded with this nourishing mollusc.
So, it became a symbol of pilgrimage. In
the Middle Ages, pilgrims entered the
Périgord from Limoges at a village called
Sainte-Marie. They were lodged and fed
at a small convent nearby. The convent
became a settlement and took on the
name of the scallop. Have you guessed
it? ‘Scallop’ in French is La Coquille,
which is why scallops on restaurant
menus are Coquilles Saint-Jacques.
Next month finds me “Behind the
name” in the Périgord blanc.
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
Failed attempts at pétanque or rolling
golf balls in the garden need not
discourage lawn bowl fans. Since 2007,
France has had its first lawn bowl team. It
hopes to form an association soon.
The Périgord Lawn Bowls Club is
presided by Dick Passmore on the
grounds of La Charrue, a restaurant/gîte
in Vieux Mareuil run by English couple
Clive and Pauline Davie. Back in 2004,
Passmore approached the Davies with the
idea of a lawn bowl green.
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
If you enjoy opera, you’ll be pleased to
know that a number of free concerts
and recitals are being performed this
summer throughout the Dordogne.
The recitals in Preyssac d’Excideuil
church are courtesy of FAVA (the Franco-
American Vocal Academy) and will begin
with a special recital by Frédérique Added
and William Lewis, the president and vice
president of FAVA, on June 15 at 7pm. All
recitals are free and each will be followed
by a cocktail. Later recitals will feature
students from FAVA. In July and August,
the Opéra du Périgord will be staging the
operettas ‘La Périchole’ and ‘La vie
Parisienne’ by Jacques Offenbach at
various venues. Performances will feature
promising students from FAVA and the
Festival Chamber Orchestra.
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 |
Folks in the Dordogne are kicking
up their feet to a different beat.
The Dancers of the White Wolf is a line
dancing group that meets every Thursday in
Angoisse near Nontron. Under the careful eye
of a trained instructor, they practise a variety
of moves and dances to a mixture of country
and contemporary music.
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