Café-causerie : Jeu d'évasion : février 2020

Bulletin mensuel : février 2020

Chers Amis,

The next meeting of the Cercle Français de Belfast will be on 

Mercredi 12 février à 19h.30 in The Dark Horse Coffee House, 

30-34, Hill Street Belfast BT1 2LB

Topic: Inside and Out: Post-impressionism and the Modern City

Speaker: Dickon HALL

Looking at the use and meaning of the interior in post-impressionist art in France and how the relationship between art, modern life and urbanisation is explored in changes between the spaces depicted by impressionist and post-impressionist painters. A wide range of artists will be discussed, including Edouard Vuillard, Georges Seurat and Maurice Denis.

Café-causerie : 26 février à 19h.30 in The Dark Horse Coffee House

“Jeu d’évasion”

Patricia HARDIMAN et Felicity JORY

Le Dark Horse vient de recevoir un élixir renommé. Vous avez eu vent des personnes mal intentionnelles planifient de le dérober dans la nuit. Vous avez une heure pour trouver et l'utiliser dans un dessert dont il a fait le succès.

French Bal

Saturday 8th February 2020

Bal Feirste, the music group featuring both French and local musicians, invite you to their monthly dance session on ...

Venue: Sunflower Club, Union St, Belfast (upstairs)

Dance workshop: 16.00-16.30 
Bal: 16.30 - 18.00 

(this is a free event, donations welcome)

Remember no experience or partner needed. The Bal is a time to practise your moves and guidance will be given at the start of each dance.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday 12th February

À bientôt, Philip

Bal, books and a movie

Chers Amis,

We have a full programme for January with three events …..

Fête des Rois

There are still places left for our Fête des Rois so don't miss out on this very popular event …..

Fête des Rois Bal musette ...

… on Wednesday 8^th January 2020

… at 19h30 in The Dark Horse Coffee House 

While this event is free for members, guests will be asked to make a contribution of £5.

Nuit de la lecture 

Following on from last year’s success, the Cercle français de Belfast is delighted to once again be taking part in the Nuit de la lecture, an annual worldwide celebration of French language and literature organised by the French Ministry for Culture.  
Come and join us for a relaxed and informal afternoon of games, reading and discussion about French language and literature. The event is open to anyone who loves the French language, from beginner to advanced learners of French, as well as native speakers.

• Sunday 19 January 2019, 3pm-6pm
• Book Bar in the Accidental Theatre, 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB
• Free entry (if possible, please bring along a book to swap). You also have the option to make a voluntary donation of £2 when you book.

Go to the booking page at Accidental for more information and to book.

Au plaisir de vous voir nombreux !

Le Cercle

E : cfbelfast@gmail.com  T : 07890190889

Cercle Film Club

This year the Cercle Film Club will meet on the last Sunday of the month from January to May.

The new season of French films begins …

... on Sunday 26^th January

in the Sunflower Bar , Union Street, Belfast

at 7:30pm. 

More information to follow soon. 

Looking forward to seeing you at one or more of these events.

Bonne Année,

Philip

La Fête des Rois 2020

Chers Amis,

The Christmas holidays may have come to an end but you can still enjoy the festive spirit by joining in the Cercle Français de Belfast's celebration of La Fête des Rois.

This year our Fête des Rois Bal musette will be held on Wednesday 8^th January 2020  at 19h30 in The Dark Horse Coffee House 

While this event is free for members, guests will be asked to make a contribution of £5.

Registration:

La Fête des Rois is one of the most popular events in our programme. Indeed in the last few years we have come very close to exceeding the legal capacity of The Dark Horse Café. So, once again this year, in order that we ‘stay legal’ and to ensure that everyone has a good time attendance will be limited to a maximum of 80 and we are asking folk to register in advance.

Arrangements are very much the same as last year.

1 We are asking anyone who is coming on 8^th January to register by Tuesday 7^th January 2020.

2 As last year 'tickets' will not be issued but your name will be added to a register which will be checked at the door on the evening. Thus ensuring entry to the event.

To register please send an email to cfbelfast@gmail.com by 8^th January.

You will receive an email acknowledging your registration.

Once we reach the capacity of The Dark Horse registration will be closed.

Remember it’s first come first served and many members have already registered so, to avoid disappointment, register as soon as possible.

Looking forward to receiving your registration and to seeing you at La Fête des Rois.

Bonne Année,

Philip

Meilleurs Vœux 2020

Le comité du Cercle français de Belfast vous présente ses meilleurs vœux pour 2020 !

Change to programme

Chers Amis,

I am sorry to have to tell you that, due to unforeseen circumstances, we are unable to proceed with our talk …. “Haussmann et Paris embellie”.

It is planned to reschedule this talk early next year.

However we will still be meeting in The Dark Horse on Wednesday 20^th November at 7:30pm. The idea will be to recreate, in our favourite Belfast venue, the atmosphere of a French Café with music and chat (French and English) and perhaps a little surprise or two.

Looking forward to seeing you in ….Le Cheval Noir ( sorry, The Dark Horse )

on … le mercredi 20 novembre 2019 à 19h30

À bientôt, Philip

Bulletin mensuel : novembre 2019

Chers Amis,

The next meeting of the Cercle Français de Belfast will be …

on Mercredi 20 novembre 2019 à 19h.30

in The Dark Horse Coffee House,

30-34, Hill Street Belfast BT1 2LB

Topic: Haussmann et Paris embellie

Speakers: Hélène GUILLET et Philip McGRORY

Hélène et Philip vous emmènent dans le Paris de Napoléon III avec les grands travaux du Baron Haussmann pour l’embellissement de Paris.

Hélène and Philip take you back to the Paris of Napoleon III with the large-scale transformation of the city under the design of Baron Haussmann.

Book Launch by Cercle français Life Member, John Crothers

The Official Launch of …

Echoes of a Distant Music, a Biography of Ronald E Lee, MBE (1929-1992)

byJohn Crothers,

will take place ...

in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast,

on Friday 22nd November at 7.30pm.

This month John Crothers, who now lives in Paris, returns to his native city to launch his new book … Echoes of a Distant Music, a Biography of Ronnie Lee (1929-1992).

Ronnie Lee was unique, in that he blazed a trail for the choral directors who would come after him. The fact that he was a personal friend of, and admired by, such musicians as David Willcocks, John Rutter and Yan Pascal Tortelier, speaks for itself. His life's work took him to St Matthew's Parish Church, St Bartholomew's Parish Church and Grosvenor High School, where his singers covered themselves with glory, both at national and international level. His recordings on the Chandos label with the Ulster Orchestra have become the stuff of legend.

Of particular interest to us is the fact that the very last concert Ronnie conducted publicly, in October 1992, was for the newly-constituted Alliance française de Belfast, the brainchild of Professor Colin Radford, and the forerunner of the Cercle français.

With two choirs, Grosvenor (conducted by Edward Craig) and Renaissance (conducted by Ian Mills), singing some of the works associated with the legendary Belfast conductor the evening promises to be a musical delight and one which members will much enjoy. Make a note in your diary … St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, Friday 22nd November at 7.30pm.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday 20^th November.

À bientôt, Philip