Forthcoming events
Forthcoming Events



COMMITTEE

The committee usually meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7.30 pm in a conference room in The Old Town Hall. Anyone is welcome to attend but it is helpful to know beforehand so that at the very least we can get you to the right room. Please enter by the side entrance.

The next meeting is on Wednesday 7 March 2012 at 7.30 pm.

If you wish to raise a specific matter contact Jane Mordue jane@buckinghamtwinning.org.uk

"Film Nights" - see below are for MEMBERS ONLY but of course you can join on the night! We have recently moved these to take place in the Sunley Lecture Theatre in the University's Chandos Road Building. You may park in their car park opposite the main entrance.



FORTHCOMING EVENTS




9-11 March - 10th Anniversary Celebration Mouvaux Civic Visit to Buckingham

To celebrate our 10th anniversary of the twinning arrangement between the two towns we are having two official civic vists this year, one in Buckingham and one in Mouvaux next October. In March we welcome a group from Mouvaux to include a choral group who are joining with us for a concert on the Saturday (see below). The programme will be as follows:
  • Friday 9 March. The Mouvaux group will arrive in Buckingham in the early evening and will be welcomed at the premises of the Buckingham Athletic Football Club. They will be met by their English hosts and taken back to their homes.

    The official visitors will be given a meal by the hosts and the Classe de Chant Chorale will join the Lenborough Singers for an evening party at Gawcott Village Hall.

  • Saturday 10 March. . All our visitors will have a brief visit to either Buckingham or Winslow, as chosen by their hosts. Our official visitors plus other invited guests will meet in the Council Chamber at 11.30 am for coffee and an official signing to renew our friendship charter. A celebration cake will be eaten. The party will then move to the grounds of the Buckingham Parish Church where a celebration tree will be planted by the two mayors.

    There will be a buffet lunch for both choirs and our visitors.

    At 2.00 pm sharp there will be a full rehearsal for both choirs plus orchestra in the Parish Church. Other guests will be taken to Stowe House for a tour followed by tea in the new NT complex at the New Inn. All will return to their hosts.

    There will be a joint concert given by the Mouvaux Classe de Chant Chorale and the Lenborough Singers at 7.30 pm.

  • Sunday 11 March. Our guests will meet with luggage between 8.45 am and 9.15 am at the Community Centre. There will be a brief renaming ceremony to rename the Small Hall as the "Mouvaux Hall". Our guests will then make a visit to Oxford returning from there to Dover by early evening.



Saturday 10 March - Joint Choir Concert

There will be a joint concert in the Buckingham Parish Church on Saturday 10 March at 7.30 pm with the Mouvaux Classe de Chant Chorale to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the twinning charter between the two towns. The programme will be as follows:
  • Programme of French music sung by the Classe de Chant Chorale

  • Fauré – Pavane
  • Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
  • Fauré – Cantique de Jean Racine. All sung by the joint choir

  • Interval where a free glass of wine will be served

  • Karl Jenkins – Excerpts from the Armed Man sung by the Lenborough Singers

  • Rutter-
    • Gaelic Blessing sung by the Joint Choir.

Tickets at £10 (£8 concessions) may be obtained from the Old Gaol Information Centre or Duke’s Music or from choir members. Tickets may also be obtained by telephone from Guy Hawking on 01296 711147 or Geoffrey Shaw on 01280 812547. Any surplus income made from the sale of tickets or from personal donations will be given to the Buckingham Twinning Association.



Tuesday 27 March - Film Night

Le diner de con will be shown in the Sunley Lecture Theatre of the University (see directions above). Each week, Pierre and his friends organise what is called “un diner de cons”, in which each participant must bring the most idiotic companion as a guest with a prize awarded to the most irritating of the evening. Reception with a glass of wine at 7.30 pm. The film starts at 8.00 pm.



Friday 30 March - 2 April - Joint Walk

Our usual annual walk with the walkers from Mouvaux will this year be a weekend event near Mouvaux. The location might be Mont Saint Aubert or Ypres. It is now arranged that we travel on the Friday. There will be a short walking tour on the Saturday and the main walk (about 10 miles) will take place on the Sunday. We will leave on the Monday. There are 15 places and we will stay overnight in Mouvaux. Arrangements are being made by David and Sheila Everson. Those interested should contact them on 01280 812296.



6-15 April - Salon des Artistes Mouvallois

Buckingham artists have been invited to submit pictures/paintings for this exhibition in the Mairie in Mouvaux.



14 April - La Nocturne du Grand Boulevard

Walk, run or rollerblade on a 10 km section of the Grand Boulevard from Tourcoing or Roubaix into Lille at night.



Thursday 24 May - Film Night

Quand j'etais chanteur will be shown in the Sunley Lecture Theatre of the University (see directions above). Gérard Dépardieu is a nightclub crooner, Alain Moreau, who spots the beautiful Marion (Cécile de France) in the audience, but the troubled Marion, hurt by a recent failed marriage, is wary of his advances. However, Alain is not easily dissuaded and sets about wooing the object of his affection. Reception with a glass of wine at 7.30 pm. The film starts at 8.00 pm.



26-27 May - Junior Football Competition

Moretonville Football Club is already making plans to participate in this competition with teams from Mouvaux and Neukirchen-Vluyn. It is to take place next year in Mouvaux.



June Inter-Town Photographic Competition

The Buckingham Camera club has confirmed that they are taking part in this event in Mouvaux. The theme in 2012 is "Fantastique".



18-23 June - Visit of small group from Mouvaux

A small group from Mouvaux in two or three cars will be visiting Buckingham on a short visit. Please contact Maggie Caffrey or Ginny Booth.



13 July - Annual Boules Competition.

This is normally organised on Bastille Day 14 July but, as it falls this year on a Saturday (the day of the weekly market) and we need sand to be put down, we are doing it a day early.



Tuesday 24 July - Film Night

Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot will be shown in the Sunley Lecture Theatre of the University (see directions above). A Jacques Tati classic from 1953, featuring Tati himself as a lovable gauche Frenchman as he joins the newly emerging holiday-taking classes for an August seaside holiday. The film gently mocks political and economic social circles and complex modern technology, themes that would surface later in his work. People tell me that my tennis resembles that of Monsieur Hulot! -(edit) Reception with a glass of wine at 7.30 pm. The film starts at 8.00 pm.



13-14 October - 10th Anniversary Celebration Buckngham Civic Visit to Mouvaux/B>

This is the PROVISIONAL date for our return visit to Mouvaux to celebrate our 10th Anniversary of the twinning of the two towns. Further details are not yet available.



9-11 November - BAFA Art Exhibition

Artists from Mouvaux are being invited to submit pictures/paintings for this exhibition in Buckingham.



20 November - Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held in the Sunley Theatre in the University of Buckingham at 7.30 pm. The meeting will be preceded by drinks and nibbles and will be followed by a film.



Mouvaux Christmas Market

A team will go to run a stall with English goods at the annual Mouvaux Market. Exact date is not yet known. N-V run a similar one. It clashed in 2011 but, if it does not clash in 2012, we hope to be represented there also. Any details can be obtained from Margaret White.



Future plans

Primary schools are now exchanging emails, letters and project material. A definite exchange is now being arranged between the Royal Latin School and the Julius Sterberg Gymnasium.

Possibilities of future social events include a photo competition and BADFAS members are planning a return visit. The popular annual Cheese and Wine evenings and quiz nights will be continued. Cultural exchanges are being planned for next Summer.

Mentmore Fencing Club is planning an exchange with its counterpart in Mouvaux. Buckingham Golf Club are offering to organise a golf match between the two towns. Dates are being sought for the Boules competition in Buckingham. Discussions are taking place to link the dancers from both towns. The Aikido club in Mouvaux has requested a link.

Other ideas include links with the Brownies, contact between those keen on vintage cars, a bridge exchange and a lecture on some aspect of French life.

We are now well into making plans to celebrate our 10th anniversary in 2012 (see above).

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