I
hope you all had a very good festive
season & the Board members join me in wishing you an excellent 2017
Quiz
Our
famous quiz takes place on 27th January at Espace Martin Luther King 27 Bd
Louis Blanc. Doors open at 5.45 so that you can fortify yourselves with a drink
before putting your brains & your memories to work. Please come along with
5 euros per person in a discrete envelope to cover expenses (anything extra
goes into book purchasing fund)
Saint Valentine’s at the Domaine d’O 
This
should be a really fun evening, the Domaine d’O goes to great lengths to create
a completely different venue at the theatre (rather like a cabaret, they push
back the seating & set up a most convivial space). Music with the Big
Ukelele Syndicate (10 ukeleles), dancing & fun (drinks on offer) Foal has a
special price for associations (16
euros). Please let me know if you are coming before 15 January at the latest foal@dbmail.com
This
is a bit later in the year but reminders are always helpful : a group of English singers called VOCES
8 (singing a capella a wide range of music from classical to jazz to
American crooners) will be coming to the Domaine d’O on 28th March. I have
taken an option for Foal Special price
12 euros foal@dbmail.com before 15th
February
BOOK SALE
We have a permanent book sale
in the library. This is a means for us to raise funds and will usefully replace
the grant from City Hall which may not be forthcoming again since the
difference of the real value of the rent on the premises & the peppercorn
rent we are paying represents a benefit in kind of over 9000 euros. If you have
any recent books in good condition, do send us a list so that they can be
either added to the collection or put in the book sale. We would also like to
add CDs & DVDs, don’t hesitate to bring them along. We have sold quite a
lot of CDs & need to renew the stock.
MEMBERSHIP DUES
As
you know, we harmonised membership fees so that everyone pays at the beginning
of January. Please send a cheque for 30 euros (40 for a family & 50 if you
wish to be a benefactor), made out to Foal to Mike Davison 13 rue de la Paix
34130 St Aunès
