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Fans and Friends of Betty MacDonald, author of The Egg and I and The Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Series
Don't miss Wolfgang Hampel's fascinating Betty MacDonald biography and his very witty interviews with Betty MacDonald's family and friends.
I'd like to visit Brad Craft and his outstanding bookstore too.
( more info below )
We already got many birthday cards.
Don't miss Betty MacDonald fan club birthday contest, please. Betty MacDonald fan club birthday card contest is really a great idea.
The winner who sent the best and most original birthday card will be Honor
guest of the next International Betty MacDonald fan club event.
Deadline: March 15, 2016
A Betty MacDonald fan club birthday exhibit with many very special birthday cards by Betty MacDonald's family and friends.
You'll be able to see wonderful cards for Betty MacDonald with very touching messages for example by her daughter Joan MacDonald Keil or her good friend Monica Sone. ( see info below ' Betty MacDonald and The plague and I )
There will be a Betty MacDonald fan club birthday event DVD available.
Seems I'm in this for a hot second. I remember being asked to
participate one day on the street in front of the bookstore where I
work. I didn't think to ask what it was for, or even so much as the
name of the song or the band. Didn't want to be late coming back from
lunch. Silly bugger. The very nice young woman with the green hair
also featured herein happens to work at Magus Books. She mentioned
she'd seen me. Told me the name of the band, and here we are.
Now in its fourth year, the French Fest at Seattle
Center is a part of the Seattle Center’s FESTÁL cultural event series
and attracts 5,000 visitors. The event is free and open to the public
(no admittance tickets are required). French Fest draws its inspiration
from the worldwide “Day of Francophonie,” organized in over 100
countries each March to celebrate the diversity of Francophone cultures
and traditions around the world. During the Seattle event,
festival-goers of all ages have an opportunity to enjoy many activities –
all with a “French” twist: live music, theater and dance performances,
French cuisine, book sales, informative seminars and demonstrations,
“best baguette” contest, games and more. The event
also features a unique Career Expo (Salon de l’Emploi) with the
participation of local and international companies seeking French
speakers and workshops led by employment professionals. The event is
organized by the nonprofit organization, France Education Northwest,
with the support of Seattle Center FESTÁL, the French-American Chamber
of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest, the Consular Agency of France in
Seattle, Coca-Cola, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile and other key supporters. Follow our Facebook page for more info https://www.facebook.com/SeattleFrenchFest/?ref=hl Seattle Center Festál
Seattle’s French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures
Seattle's French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures
Join
the community for Seattle’s 3rd Annual French Fest: A Celebration of
French-Speaking Cultures on March 20, 2016 at Seattle Center Armory.
Seattle's
French Fest is free, family-friendly and open to the public with the
purpose of promoting and raising awareness of Francophone cultures and
traditions to the residents of the Greater Seattle area. During the
one-day event, festival-goers will listen to live music, watch dance
performances, taste international cuisine, learn from informative
seminars and cooking demonstrations, play games and enjoy a day full of
fun activities en français!
Seattle's
French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures is presented in
partnership with France Education Northwest, under the auspices of the
Consular Agency of France.
French-American Chamber of Commerce 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 490 Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 443-4703 http://fenpnw.org/french-fest/
France prepares to bulldoze half of Jungle migrant camp
Up to 1,000 people given a week’s warning with offer of alternative accommodation in converted shipping containers
France
intends to bulldoze half of the makeshift Jungle camp in Calais and
authorities have given one week’s warning to between 800 and 1,000
migrants and refugees to leave a seven-hectare southern section of the
site.
The Calais prefect, Fabienne Buccio, told Le Monde she intended to reduce the size of the camp by about half. “The time has come to move on, no one must live in the southern part
of the camp, everyone must leave this section,” she told Agence
France-Presse, estimating that some 800 to 1,000 people would be
affected. Buccio said she and her staff would offer those leaving the camp a
place in an alternative, purpose-built facility created using converted
shipping containers. Alternatively, they could be helped to leave and
travel to other accommodation centres in France.
Buccio told Le Monde 750 extra places in the containers would be
offered from this weekend and further places would be found at centres
across France. About 4,000 people are living in squalid conditions in the Jungle as
asylum seekers use it as a base from which they attempt to enter Britain
via the Channel tunnel. The camp sprang up in April last year
as a state-sanctioned shanty town – an area of wasteland on a former
rubbish tip where migrants living across Calais were deliberately
directed by French police while their other squats and camps around the
town were destroyed. At that time, the refugees and migrants
concentrated on the site were promised access to showers and a daily
meal at a nearby repurposed activity centre and told they would be
“tolerated” on that scrap of wasteland, which charities complained was
insalubrious and presented serious health risks. But now, amid political rows about the size, conditions and
permanency of the makeshift camp, the French authorities aim to reduce
the Jungle in size.
“I think it’s our duty to bring this camp down to 2,000 people living
in an organised and dignified camp. That is an acceptable number for
the local population,” Buccio told Le Monde. She had said last month the state’s aim was for “no more migrants sleeping outdoors”. She said she aimed to get people to agree to move so they wouldn’t have to be forcibly evicted. But some asylum seekers say they are afraid to transfer to the new
containers, as they say the facility resembles a prison and does not
have cooking facilities or communal areas – unlike the Jungle, which has
shops, cafes, kitchens, churches and a mosque. The new container
facility also requires palm prints to be taken to move in and out, which
some fear could impede their efforts to reach Britain and apply for
asylum there.
Betty MacDonald Fan Club, founded by Wolfgang Hampel, has members in 40 countries.
Wolfgang Hampel, author of Betty MacDonald biography interviewed Betty MacDonald's family and friends. His Interviews have been published on CD and DVD by Betty MacDonald Fan Club. If you are interested in the Betty MacDonald Biography or the Betty MacDonald Interviews send us a mail, please.
Several original Interviews with Betty MacDonald are available.
We are also organizing international Betty MacDonald Fan Club Events for example, Betty MacDonald Fan Club Eurovision Song Contest Meetings in Oslo and Düsseldorf, Royal Wedding Betty MacDonald Fan Club Event in Stockholm and Betty MacDonald Fan Club Fifa Worldcup Conferences in South Africa and Germany.
Betty MacDonald Fan Club Honour Members are Monica Sone, author of Nisei Daughter and described as Kimi in Betty MacDonald's The Plague and I, Betty MacDonald's nephew, artist and writer Darsie Beck, Betty MacDonald fans and beloved authors and artists Gwen Grant, Letizia Mancino, Perry Woodfin, Traci Tyne Hilton, Tatjana Geßler, music producer Bernd Kunze, musician Thomas Bödigheimer, translater Mary Holmes and Mr. Tigerli.
