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Page 2 Entente Cordiale Past Activities There have been many events organised by Entente Cordiale this spring and summer – catering for all tastes. Two concerts, a quiz night, visit to a member’s beautiful garden, a méchoui to raise money for the Pantomime, a visit to the museum at la Tuilerie de Pouligny at Chéniers and a party at the vineyard. All were very well attended and successful. Here is a selection of photographs taken during these events, followed by a piece written by Gyn and Paul Freeman about the quiz night at St. Sébastien. Jean-Pierre and Philippe’s Garden Jazz at l’Arborétum de la Sédelle Entente Cordiale Future Activities (Details to follow) The méchoui at Villeneuve 4 October from 11am First ‘Vine Festival’ at the Clos Brégeot vineyard 9 November ‘Repas Gastronomique’ at the Moulin Noyé at Glénic (for Entente Cordiale members only) 5/6 December Téléthon 21 December Christmas Carol service at Dun-le-Palestel church
THE ENTENTE CORDIALE QUIZ - 2008 Page 3 Let me take you back ...... Saturday 29th March - the first sunny day for some time- and Paul and I made our way with a loaded car to the Salle in St. Sébastien to find our friends - who can't really remember volunteering for this - pulling out tables and chairs and setting up the room for that evening's quiz. Chris and Rob, Sharon, Charles and Annie all hard at work and most of them with a bad back or a note from their Mum to say they couldn't lift more than a glass to their lips. We were impressed that the total of people coming had gone up to 85, but this was now something quite new ... what do 85 portions of Waldorf salad actually look like - and what if someone has a nut allergy? I was sent off for more tomatoes, just to get me out of the way. At 4 o'clock we were back there, time to collect the bread and pies (isn't that just the best potato pie ever?) from the local traiteur. We meet up with David Johnson who arrives to stock the bar. This is the time we discovered that the huge ovens only have a single shelf each and so will only take four pies at a time to warm through and we had 15! Paul started laying cables and speakers for the music round, while I worried about the lack of forks! By 6 o'clock we have laid out the best plates from the Salle, and packed away the paper ones. The salads are being portioned onto 60 plates, and then re-apportioned onto 75. The lettuce is clearly too limp to get from the bowl to the plates, but not to worry for all will be well for now Catherine arrives, looking wonderful, and still wonderful some hours later, up to her elbows in hot soapy water, washing plate after plate. Then we had to remove Chris from the sink because of a wrinkly hands problem, because she had washed up so much. After putting in a huge amount of work, Kath and Brian arrive with the questions under lock and key - they are real stars - and discover a fault on the microphone which is receiving traffic reports from Mexico! And now at 7 o'clock everyone is arriving and it's beginning to get a bit exciting, matching those arriving in two's and three's into teams of French and English: the true meaning and test of both the Association and the message we had received from President Nicholas Sarkozy on his visit to the UK where he said, ..."not only Entente Cordiale but Entente Amicale ".... He should have been with us to see how that really can work! It's now very very early Sunday morning, and we are drinking champagne with the winning team and wondering whether the clock goes forward or back ... and who cares? What we really want is a cup of tea and some painkillers! Ten rounds of ten questions, a few prizes, a bar and a supper: that - and the labours of friends - is all it took to make a very friendly and jolly time in St. Sébastien. So thank you for making it a great night and "playing the game". And let us remind the winners that the tradition is they organise next year's quiz! Paul and Gyn Freeman WEBSITE Our Website: www.ententecordiale-creuse.org (Please note the new address) I am amazed by the numbers of people accessing the website and where they come from! A large number of hits are from outside France, a lot from the USA and a few from around the world. The vast majority, though, are from France and the UK. As we are linked to a number of other websites for people interested in France, many of the visitors to our site are channelled through these. In fact, some new members first heard about Entente Cordiale through the website. We try to keep the site as up to date as possible, but we need lots of news and information about what is happening out and about with Entente Cordiale. So please let us know via our E-mail address: information@ententecordiale-creuse.org Robert Bates
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