Photo credits: Katharine C
AWG threw a wonderful party at Chateau de Flaugergues on a balmy friday evening in May, in the
courtyard of the Chateau de Flaugergues.
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| AWG President Mary-Catherine and Vice-President Cerise |
Mary-Catherine wrote:
What a wonderful evening it
was, with lots of smiling faces enjoying good food and fellowship! The
perfect Spring weather was the cherry on top!
Pierre's
music was perfect for the occasion and many people commented on how
nice that was. What a talented young man! Big thanks to Jill for
finding him, and to Jill and Frederic for getting Pierre and his
equipment there and set-up. From the look on Pierre's face, he seemed
to enjoy performing! And I got a kick out of the waiter leaving the
kitchen with another full tray and heading straight to Pierre each time
to see if he wanted anything. The servers were excellent, very
friendly and attentive.
Dora
was delighted with her book. Thanks to Cerese for thinking of this and
to Jan for making it happen. Leslie's song was lovely and even more
special being her birthday.
Thanks
to Cerese for the typed program--a nice touch
Thanks
to Maggie for her fabulous slideshow! We plan to save it to Dropbox so
that we can enjoy it for years to come. Thanks to Mariannick for receiving and keeping track of all payments.
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| Michel, Gerard, Elisabeth and Leslie |
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| Sheila and Kevin |
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| Mariannick, Jill and Marie |
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| Latif, Mary-Catherine and Peggy |
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| Gerard and Michel |
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| Dalene, Mireille and Philip |
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| Linda, Orla and Anne (as the sun sets) |
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| AWG Founder Dora T with Linda |
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| Leslie, Jean-Didier and Petra |
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| Caroline and Michel |
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| Denise, Sue, Jan and Gerard |
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| John and Robin |
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| Guests Susan and Tim - friends of Maggie |
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| Michel, Susan Rey, Corinne, Joyce, Pierre, Kim |
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| Maquita and Ron |
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| Luc and Hannah |
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| Caroline and Dalene |
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| Frederic and Jill |
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| As Pierre our pianist began to play "Isn't she Lovely", the Stevie Wonder song, Rachel arrived. Very fitting. |
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| Linda, Rachel and Jill |
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| Mary and Guilhem |
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| Jill, Daniel and Sue Rich, and Kathy B |
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| Dennelle and Alexandre |
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| Serge and Maggie |
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| Cocktails in the courtyard |
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| Jan, Susan and Kathy |
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| Kelly and Philippe |
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| Mary-Catherine with Janna, our champion at the Nelson Mandela MRI |
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| Dora, Janna and Mary-Catherine chat |
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| Dora speaks to the group about AWG....... |
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| .... and Mary-Catherine presents Dora with a memory book and a rose |
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| Dora asked to have a photo of prior Presidents of AWG. Maggie's slideshow is showing a recent Cook&Eat at Orla's. l to r: Jan, Leslie, Jessica, Linda, Peggy F, Susan, Mary-Catherine, Dora, Denise, Katharine, Kim |
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| Gianluca and Jessica |
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| Dennelle with Mary's husband Guilhem |
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Leslie singing a composition by Violeta Parra:
Gracias a la vida (no translation necesary!) |
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| .... and the assembled group listens |
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| .... and applauds |
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| Cerese gives a shout-out for Leslie's performance, and Leslie gave thanks for her life, her husband & family and grandchildren. |
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| I think it was Linda who initiated the Rockettes routine ....... that's Pierre, our pianist, in the background |
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| Gerard and Leslie: Happy Birthday, Leslie and thank you for your song |
It is just lovely to see all the wonderful photos. Brought back so many memories and looking forward to visiting France (just a few weeks) in October.
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