Chers Amis
2016 is now long gone,
the new year 2017, is well on its way and I expect that we are no longer
looking at a predictable progression of one year to the next. World events in
2016 will make this particular transition from the old to the new one which
will be somewhat out of the ordinary. Hopefully, living as we do on the far
south coast of a country at the bottom of the world, the impact of this
transition will be softened by distance and time.
One thing for us which
will be predictable and reassuring is the strong program of events which your
Alliance Francaise is preparing for you in 2017. We will continue to provide
all of the cultural events and activities we have given you in the past.
We are not a Language
teaching Alliance but we are lucky to have a number of local teachers including
Brigitte Leroy, Benedicte Moreau and Jan Porter giving private French language
lessons. Our friends at the U3A also offer French language courses.
Thanks to the
involvement of our new Committee member Hilaire Alba, we are restarting our
French language conversation groups. For more details please read the note
about this further down.
If there are any other
activities cultural or linguistic which you think might enrich our Alliance
Francaise please let us know. This is your Alliance and we want it to work for
you. On behalf of the committee may I conclude by wishing you good health and
happiness in 2017.
Rob
McCombie
