Une bonne fête à Barrou

Had a very good day yesterday in good company at the ' Fete de la Saint-Blaise' in Barrou - always a very sociable event.

 

Dominique and I did a wee turn as did David and Geoff...good fun!

Another successful Fete de la Saint-Blaise

New president and vice president after the church service. Then it was on to the main event where 180 of us spent a great afternoon eating and drinking...oh and a couple of songs thrown in for good measure!

Fete de la Saint-Blaise

It is our 'Fete de la Saint-Blaise' celebration today her in Barrou. It was an honour to be last year's president of this long established event. 

The day consisted of a celebratory mass in the church...

a march around the village square with the band...

the 'vin d'honneur'

with Sylvie,this year's president and the mayor...

and of course the banquet.

As ever, great fun which always involves a song or two.

The day is always fun under the direction of our great MC Dominique.

The 'English' contingent even gave us a couple of 'turns'

Last year we even made it to the evening 'Bal'

All photographs courtesy of Francois our village official photographer.

Laco virgins...

Pauline and I went along to the 'Fete des Laco' (Laboureurs,Artisans,Commercants & Ouvriers) over in Le Grand Pressigny on Saturday...a first for us. It is a similar event to our 'Fete de La Saint-Blaise' here in Barrou. A full day of eating and drinking spent in good company. One difference here was they do not go in for a 'top table' with the president and local dignitaries tagged on to the end of one of the rows,plus the seating positions are preset so you have to find your location on a table plan.Naturally they placed us beside some Anglais friends but we also had some French neighbours from Barrou on one side of us and neighbours from Le Grand Pressigny within earshot.Both couples were very patient when it came to understanding my limited French.They also insist that anyone adding any sort of 'performance' to the day had to go up onto the main stage...a little daunting for us would-be singers...but only a little! 

Come dine with me...

We have our annual 'Fete de la Saint-Blaise' here in Barrou on February 18th with me as its president. It is a day of  good food, wine and company in a convivial atmosphere. If anyone cares to join us we would be happy to supply the necessary tickets.