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The village of Martigné-Ferchaud, between Rennes and
Angers, has pulled out all the stops for this year’s Étincelles
Aquatiques, an open-air fantasy show, from August 11 to 14.
With 250 actors and the help of nearly 1,000 volunteers, this
14th year promises a magical blend of fireworks, music and
poetry, with the backdrop of the Étang de la Forge lake.
www.etincelles-aquatiques.org or Tel: 02 99 47 83 83
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Almost the entire tourist trade along
the Emerald Coast – hotels,
restaurants, campsites, zoos, boutiques,
tour operators and local ferries – are
beginning to panic about the season,
which has so far been catastrophic.
“What’s lost is lost,” bewailed a
Dinard hôtelier. “Even if we do well in
August, we usually only count on the
first two weeks to reach 100%
occupation. It then slowly runs down as
holidaymakers start going back home.”
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
This year’s all-Celtic bash in
Lorient, the ‘Year of Scotland’,
looks like it might be even bigger
and louder than ever, with 600,000
festival-goers and 4,500 performers
from every Celtic horizon.
The Festival Interceltique has
already set the record as the world’s
biggest gathering of Celts. For the 37th
time, the town will be awhirl for ten
days (and nights) with kilts beerdrinking
and all breeds of bagpipe, an
epicentre of the Celtic revival, with
musicians, singers, dancers and writers
from Ireland, Scotland, Asturia,
Brittany, Galicia, Cornwall, Wales, the
Isle of Man, Acadia and Australia.
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
More than 100,000 points were
subtracted and 679 licences were
suspended in Ille-et-Vilaine last year.
The local branch of the motorists’
association 40 Millions
d’Automobilistes has been pressuring
local politicians to take a closer look at
the way automatic speed checks and
radars are mushrooming throughout the
département.
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
An official protocol between the
Island of Jersey and the council
of Ille-et-Vilaine will be signed
in Rennes next September.
The protocol will consolidate
existing commercial, cultural and
educational links. One of its main aims
to monitor more closely air and sea
transport between the département and
the island.
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