May 2014 Ladies Luncheon in Termes d'Armagnac - invitation to our members

The May 2014 Ladies Luncheon will be held on 

Tuesday 13th May at the Foyer 
 Termes d'Armagnac

at 12.30 for 1.00 pm

Directions click here

Dear Members,

In the hope that the sun just might reappear, this month we have decided on a "Hog Roast". (The caterer is : bulldog bacon & bangers)

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, it is a whole Roast Pork "au Lait", which will be served with a variety of salads. 

There will of course be a fish option for vegetarians.

Also this month, to give everyone the opportunity to meet and talk to new people, we would like to try a new seating plan:  

On arrival, when paying your lunch money, you will be given a table number.  If however you are bringing a guest you will, of course, be able to sit together..

MENU

17€ (wine and coffee included)

Red Onion Tart

Whole Roast Pork au lait with apple sauce, stuffing and crackling

Selection of salads and dressings

Chocolate Gateau

Please make your reservation on the booking form (attached to the email for members) and submit by noon on Friday 9th May.

If you are bringing a guest please use the same form to book them in. 

Again to speed up the collection of lunch money, would you please have this ready in an envelope with your name on, or alternatively you can pay by cheque on the name of the caterer (our treasurer at the desk will give you the proper name of the caterer).

Should you have any difficulty in booking for the lunch, please contact Jane Cooper, Secretary on lunchclubgascogne(at)gmail.com 

before NOON on 4th April.

We look forward to seeing you all for a good summer lunch.

If you have any used postage stamps, please bring them along, for charity.  

Foreign stamps have a greater value, but any are accepted.

Please see our diary/calendar update for May 2014 here 

Charity Event for Cancer Support France

The Charity's are for Cancer Support France (and other NGO's) 
will be on 

17th May from 11.00 am onwards. 

The Venue is at A Montagne- Chemin De Montage - Couloumé Mondebat. 32160.

The entry is free!!

There will be live music through out the day, a variety of stalls/stands. 
Psychic Counselor for Reiki Healing & Tarot. Jewelry, Women's Clothing, Books, Cakes, Jam's, Wine, Greetings Cards, Oils, Plants & hopefully much more. We will have fun stalls for adults & children. Face Painting, Table Tennis, Petanque, Tug Of War, & much more.

There will be a raffle and an Auction. So far for Auction: 
Fabulous painting from local Artist, Jim & Rob for a day's work 
2 x meals for 2 in local restaurants 
A stair of Fire Wood , Cases of Wine & 'hopefully' more to follow.

For food:  Paella, Salad, Chips, Burgers & Hot Dogs. Soft Drinks, Wine & possibly Beer.

The organizers would be grateful to anyone who would like to be part of this event, in helping & or setting up their own stalls (free of charge) to sell & promote their own products, be it vegetables, Jams, Arts & Crafts etc. 

So long as they are prepared to donate a 'generous' percentage of their profit to the Charities. 
The organizers would also be grateful for donations of Raffle & Auction prizes.
This event is organized by members of the LLC.

For any more informations please  
contact ONLY:  06 877 898 70

Le Salon des métiers d'art 2014 in Plaisance 16 - 18 May 2014

We would like to inform you of the art and craft exhibition in Plaisance on 16-18th May 2014:

Le Salon des métiers d'art 2014 aura lieu du 16 au 18 mai à la salle polyvalente de Plaisance

For more information please contact:

Le recrutement des artisans d'art créateurs pour le salon 2014 est en cours contactez nous au

06 70 60 06 20 ou par mail:mjo.chauvin@orange.fr

Book choice April 2014

The book for April is on Thursday 17th April 2014, 2.30 at the usual venue reading

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon MacGregor.




Erica Wagner in The Times, was the first published review: 

“McGregor takes his time. This novel owes as much to poetry as it does to prose. Its opening, an invocation of the life of the city, is strongly reminiscent of Auden’s Night Mail in its hypnotic portrait of industrialised society: here are ‘Sung sirens, sliding through the streets, streaking blue light from distress to distress, the slow wail weaving urgency through the darkest of the dark hours..’ The writing in the rest of the novel moves from moment to moment in a way that recalls To The Lighthouse or Mrs Dalloway: it charts with confidence and subtlety the slight shifts of emotion that can change relationships with seismic force… 
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things is a dream of a novel. It has the slow-motion hyperclarity of the images that fill our heads in sleep; its liquid prose is precise enough to draw time nearly to a stop, to stretch out moments and describe the spaces between them. It is a novel that is “about” hardly anything at all, and in this very modesty its ambition is revealed.”

We had a very pleasant book club meeting on March 20th, 2014 sitting out in the warm sunshine discussing 
The 100 year old man by Jonas Jonasson

   

Everyone enjoyed this book for its amusing, sometimes incredible tales and life experiences of Alan, the 100 yr old man.   A couple of people, who weren’t so enamoured with it at first, persevered and ended up enjoying the book.   
It was clever how one meeting seemed to lead on to yet another incredible meeting often giving a good insight into some of the leaders of the 20th century. 
And it had a happy ending which seems hard to find nowadays!

The book for May 2014 is on Thursday 15th May, same time and place:

22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson 
when she will be joining us!

The June 2014 book was chosen from Viv’s selection of Dutch authors:  
It’s The Angel Maker by Stefan Brijs and the meeting is on Thursday June 19th

 

The village of Wolfheim is a quiet little place until the geneticist Dr. Victor Hoppe returns after an absence of nearly twenty years. The doctor brings with him his infant children-three identical boys all sharing a disturbing disfigurement. He keeps them hidden away until Charlotte, the woman who is hired to care for them, begins to suspect that the triplets-and the good doctor- aren't quite what they seem. As the villagers become increasingly suspicious, the story of Dr. Hoppe's past begins to unfold, and the shocking secrets that he has been keeping are revealed. A chilling story that explores the ethical limits of science and religion, 
The Angel Maker is a haunting tale in the tradition of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein. Brought to life by internationally bestselling author Stefan Brijs, this eerie tale promises to get under readers' skin.

For any more information please check our bookclub page on this blog.

Dates for your Diary APRIL 2014

Ladies Lunch Club  - 

Dates for your Diary 

April 2014:

Tuesday 1st April:	The Grand Budapest Hotel, film in VO at Nogaro Cinema
Sunday 6th April:	August – Osage County, film in VO at Nogaro Cinema, 8.30pm
Tuesday 8th April:	Ladies Lunch at The Commerce in Nogaro
Saturday 12th April:	BLOOPS clothes sale at Marciac, contact Gaye Piper 05 62 70 81 38
Sunday 13th April:	Gersabelles Singing Concert at l’eglise deTillac, 5pm, free entrance
Sunday 13th April:	Vide Grenier & Flower Market at Laujuzan
Sat & Sun 19th & 20th:	Exhibition of Minerals & Fossils, The Foyer at Reans
Sunday 20th April:	Arts, Crafts & Bio plants & products The Foyer, Reans, Sale, 10am-7pm,
Sunday 20th April:	Flower Show/Sale at Gondrin
Monday 21st April:	Vide Grenier & Flower Market at Castelnau d’Auzan
Sat & Sun 26th & 27th:	Flower Market at Fources

Here is a link for Vide Greniers : http://brocabrac.fr/index.php?dept=32
Details correct at time of publishing this list

Ladies Luncheon April 2014 - Invitation

Dear Ladies, 
Spring is officially here!  April is almost upon us, so time to take a break and join us for our next lunch.

Tuesday, 8th APRIL 2014 at 12.30 pm 
venue:  

Restaurant Le Commerce, 
Place des Cordeliers, Nogaro

The MENU 17€  (vins, cafe compris) will be:
(all foto's are just shown to help you get your appetite :)


Terrine de Saumon

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Poulet rotie

Pommes Saute et  Haricot Vert

Ou

Poisson (vegetarian option)

Creme Brulee

 

Please  make your reservation  

BY NOON on FRIDAY 4th April 2014.

Again  to speed up the collection of lunch money, would you please have this ready in an envelope with your name on, or 
alternatively you can pay by cheque made out to ‘Le Commerce’.

We are continuing with our collection of plastic bottle tops for recycling into chairs for the disabled. 

Also please bring along used Postage Stamps for passing on to a Charity. 

Should you have any difficulty in booking for the lunch, please contact Jane Cooper, Secretary on lunchclubgascogne@gmail.com  
before NOON on 4th April

All members and their guests are welcome, but book in time please. 

Concert with the Gersabelles in Tillac 13 April 2014

Welcome to the concert with the 

Gersabelles singing group 

of the Ladies Lunch Club in the 

church of Tillac on Sunday 13 April 2014 at 17h 

For more information please contact 
T. 0562091967

Talking Shop News

The Ladies Lunch Club Talking shop gives members the opportunity to practice conversation, primarily in French, but for our French members or those with limited English, the chance to talk and learn more vocabulary in our working language.

Again tea or coffee, cake or biscuits are normally on offer which is also part of the cultural exchange and getting to know each other in an informal setting.
Each nationality produces a different favourite delicacy and I have to say Dutch coffee is delicious!!

In March 2014 we had a very happy get together at Magda's home.  
It was a little unusual as because it was Pancake Tuesday we were treated to pancakes in the Dutch way for lunch, and could compare recipes.  

At the next meeting in April we shall welcome two new members to our Club. 

As usual if anyone is interested in joining the Talking Shop please email me : muashby@gmail.com 

En Mars 2014, nous avons eu une tres heureuse se reunissent a la maison de Magda.
Il etait un peu inhabituel que parce qu'il etait 'Pancake Tuesday', nous
etions traite a des crepes de la maniere hollandais pour le dejeuner, et pourrait comparer recettes.  
A la prochaine reunion en Avril nous allons
accueillir deux nouveau membres a notre Club.  

Comme d'habitude si quelqu'un est interesse a se joindre a Talking Shop s.v.p. ecrivez-moi: muashby@gmail.com  

Wanted! for the GERSABELLES

Our Singing Group are looking for a 

volunteer (man or woman) to play the piano 

at their practice sessions which are held 
every Wednesday between 10.30 and 12.00 in the room above the cinema in Nogaro.  

If you are able to help, or know of someone who might, 
please contact 
SUE TREEBY on 05 62 09 19 67.    
Before deciding you might like to come along to one of our sessions, if so please contact Sue.

The Choir now has 21 members 
(all nationalities), and several concerts planned for this year, and the addition of a pianist would be a great help in preparing for these events.  
Their music is varied and popular rather than classical.  

outlook to garden group activites with schedule 2014

Our garden group activities have been discussed and we can provide you now with our new Agenda 2014:

3th of April: 
Pepiniere Bernard Lacrouts at 65500 SANOUS




Registration by email to Marcella not later than 27 March 2014.

2nd of May: 
La Pivoine Bleue, 32550 MONTEGUT




5th of June: 
Château de Mascaraas, 64330 MASCARAAS-HARON



3th of July: 
Château de Momas, 64230 MOMAS



4th of September: 
Les Jardins du Pichet, 32120 SAINT ORENS



Future plans for seminars 
provided of interest and registering:

2nd of October:  
Workshop Ecologic gardening?

6th of November: 
Workshop Pruning roses?

4th of December:
Christmas Decorations

In January 2015:
workshop willow weaving?

For any further information please contact LLC secretary <lunchclubgascogne@gmail.com>