Important Dates

Year 1976-77

Automn 1976 * Early 1977– Condé-sur-Noireau :

An Englishman dressed with a raincoat, as Colombo but without a Peugeot 403, arrived at the Town Hall of Condé-sur-Noireau, where in a first time, he met Mr.DURAND, Tax Inspector of Condé, and then Mr.DELILLE, Mayor Assistant.
His Name : Mr Raymond SCRUTON-EVANS , he exposed with a firm conviction his plan of Twinning between Condé-sur-Noireau and Ross-on-Wye.
Several visits and numerous exchange from this Mister later to accomplish this plan.
Clack occurs, idea is on the way...The plan started !

Automn 1977 - Ross-on-Wye :

First visit in England of three Town Councillors, Misters Bouclier, Renou and Surville in charge of this first contact. Reception from people of Ross-on-Wye was warmly.

Year 1978

June 17th, 1978 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

Red carpet, to receive a delegation from Ross-on-Wye, driven by Mr Raymond SCRUTON-EVANS, to accomplish the "Engagements" of Condé-sur-Noireau with Ross-on-Wye.

At the Beginning of July, 1978 - Ross-on-Wye :

At The beginning of July, a group of young Condéens leaves to Ross for a week of insertion.

At the End of July, 1978 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

At the End of July, it is the return of this exchange, but this time with the young from Ross which came to discover the Norman Earth during a week also.

Middle September, 1978 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

Projection in the Cinema " The Royal " of a film accomplished on the stay of our young Condéens to Ross.

From 13 till 16 October 1978 – Ross-on-Wye :

A delegation of 62 Condéens, with the Officials, moves in Ross-on-Wye, to sign Charter on Sunday, October 15th, 1978. Some unforgettable hours and marvellous memories for all participants.
It is the beginning of "The Big Adventure ".

At the beginning of December, 1978 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

Presentation of photographs in the Cinema " The Royal " to incite other new Condéens to go to Ross-on-Wye them too.

Year 1979

Easter 1979 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

A School Exchange of 30 young pupils of Ross to Condé.

April 21st - 23rd, 1979 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

All the town was decorated with English Colours, with English and French Flags too. The official delegation of 30 persons finally arrived in our walls, in spite of a movement of strikes of the British Maritime Company.
During this weekend, very numerous commemorations with the Citizens of Condé take place for the big pleasure of everybody. The culminating instant, of course, on Sunday, April 22nd, 1979 when Charter was signed in Town hall of Condé-sur-Noireau by the Mayors and the Presidents of the Committees of Twinning of Condé-sur-Noireau and Ross-on-Wye.
This time " Marriage is validated !"

On Saturday, September 15th, 1979 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

Dinner Dance organized by the Committee to promote Twinning.

From 21 till 23 September 1979 – Ross-on-Wye :

Travel to Ross of 48 participants to celebrate together the first Anniversary of the signature of Charter in Ross-on-Wye.
Twinning is on good way …

Year 1980

From 26 till 29 September 1980 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

It is in 64 that our friends Rossins came to visit us. Among them, 4 firefighters more 9 cycling racers of Ross's Club, who had also made displacement to participate from the following day in the "Grand Prix Cycliste" organized by the Club Condéen "L'Etoile Cycliste". Gear ratios and English calves suffered a lot but pleasure was to "rendez-vous" for all. That is essential !
The Saturday evening to Have dinner in FJEP followed by a Dance in the Covered Market.
The Saturday evening dinner in the " F.J.E.P." followed by some Dances under Covered Market. Then on Sundays everybody leave and tell : See you soon !

Year 1981

From 1st till 5 May 1981 – Ross-on-Wye :

Travel to Ross for Condéens.

From 4 till 7 September 1981 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

Our friends from Ross again came to visit us.

Year 1982

From April 30th till May 3rd, 1982 – Ross-on-Wye :

Travel to Ross of Condéens. Diner Dance on May the 1st in Monmouth.

From 24 till 26 September 1982 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

It was at 65 and with two hours of delay because of the tempest, that our friends from Ross finally arrived in their family and finally be in dry. The retirement in the torchlights of the "Quartier Saint Martin" should be cancelled for the second time because of bad weather, but the rest of the weekend took place as it had been envisaged.
The Saturday evening Dinner Dance for all. In the opinion of officials, Twinning is on the right track.

Year 1983

From April 29th till May 2nd, 1983 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

For this stay on Norman Earth, 63 Citizens from Ross found felicitously their French families.
To note that for the first time a family with his 3 children was trip.
The Saturday evening Drink Dance in FJEP and 110 persons under the tent in "la Ferme de la Ribardière à Athis de l'Orne" on Sundays midday.
The first Monday of May being holiday in England, our friends left again easy at the beginning of after midday on May 2nd, 1983.
Numerous plans are in drawers.

From September 30th till October 2nd, 1983 – Ross-on-Wye :

Condéens, arrived at Ross with 2 hours of delay, because of troubles of circulation,
you know this famous "bouchons" what you, English call "traffic-jam".
Note new participants : "Les Amis des Cheveux Blancs" a retired people Association, the Photograph Club and several Members of the Archery Club, who came with Families and during this Weekend look to meet people with idea to organize a future Twinning between French and English Clubs

December 20th, 1983 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

During General Meeting, the Committee put forward the difficulty in organizing school exchanges, considering fundamental difference between our two instruction systems.
To leave with whole classes does not seem to be the good solution.

Year 1984

From 8 till 10 May 1984 – Ross-on-Wye :

They were 110 Condéens to invest the streets of Ross-on-Wye. In effect an unforgettable trip, 50 persons of the Association "Les Amis des Cheveux Blanc" came with the habitual group of 60 persons, but they, they will remain one week to Merton House, which will quickly become their place of Holidays preferred in England.
When it told that trips it is better that "l'Eau de Jouvence", look at therefore our Seniors they do not understand how they dared to make this displacement, but they are ready to come back here soon.
"Foi de Normand, Cré vin Diou !"
On Sunday Normans stayed in their family.
The evening meal with 220 people was in Military Club. Cold buffet and tombola.
Famous forever since that, Bernard CHOYER (Daddy of our Chairwoman) triggered off general mirth by revealing splendid socks to the colours of the Union Jack but given... guess by whom .. exact : by Sylviane.
On Mondays afternoon at the departure hour, "Les Amis des Cheveux Blanc" and our hosts from Ross, wish a good return to the members of the French Committee.
Crossing was agitated, but that did not discourage our passengers for next time.

From 28 till 30 September 1984 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

56 of our friends from Ross arrived at Condé for the 5th Anniversary of our history.

Year 1985

From 3 till 6 May 1985 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

Our friends Rossins are among us once again.
On Saturdays afternoon a Tournament of Judo and a competition with Rifle and targets between both Cities enlivened well the day.
The Saturday evening Drink Dance in the Covered Market.
The Sunday midday, an Country Meal in Communal Room of Moncy.
The first Monday of May being holiday in England, our friends left quietly at the beginning of the afternoon on May 6th, 1985.

June 27th, 1985 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

During General Meeting , the committee reveals program for 1985 and 1986.
Individual exchanges become evident even without the Committee of Twinning.
The Club of Handball of ESMC likes to meet his English counterparts.
"Les Amis des Cheveux Blancs" have when to them already programmed an exchange of about fifty members to Merton House, one week in May, 1986.
The difficulties met with the organization of school exchanges always preoccupies the Committee for the future of Twinning.

From 4 till 7 October 1985 – Ross-on-Wye:

67 Condéens moved to meet their correspondents to Ross and find again a Twinning of brotherhood and memories.

Year 1986

From 2nd till 5 May 1986 : Ross-on-Wye

110 Condéens to Ross among whom 52 participants of "Les Amis des Cheveux Blanc", but they stayed to Ross for week, it is the second time when this Association organizes this type of exchange.
Undoubtedly they had developed a taste for it, they spoke even to come back next time here !

June, 1986 – Unveiling of the footbridge Caen Ouistreham – Portsmouth.

A serious benefit in term of itinerary, very positive for our future exchanges.

Year 1987

From 1st till 4 May 1987 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

It was 56 Citizens from Ross which arrived in our good city, on Friday, May 1st in the evening.
Traditional meal together on Saturday evening, May 2nd.
And sunday morning at 11H00 should be inaugurated the Street Ross-on-Wye in "le Lotissement du Cahmp de Foire", of course in presence on our friends Englishman.
Return towards England May 4th, 1987.

From 17 till 21 September 1987 : Ross-on-Wye

38 Condéens to Ross to prepare the celebrations of the 10th Anniversary next year in Condé and following year to Ross.
Normans besides put ambience in Diner of Saturday evening by interpreting
"Ma Normandie".
But not it did not rain in the room, true I was there... A new career for some ?
Perhaps !

Year 1988

From 29 April till 2nd May 1988 : Ross-on-Wye

27 Condéens only take the Ferryboat to find their guests to Ross. The nearness of exchanges seems to be a serious brake to guarantee a correct number of participants. To meditate !

29 June 1988 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

General meeting preceded by an opinion poll to the members of Twinning, to decide if frequency brought closer to trips is not be a brake in the expansion of our Twinning.

From 23 till 25 September 1988 – Condé-sur-Noireau :

Commemoration of the 10 Years of Twinning.
This weekend been very enlivened with various and popular demonstrations and remained engraved in our memories for ever.
93 Citizens from Ross had made displacement to celebrate with us Condéens, all together this event.
Condé has been bedecked with nicest finery of course in colours of the Union Jack.
Unveiling of the Newsstand of Music, Norman Battles on the pond of the Park, Classical Concerts and "Jazz Band", "Prestige Orchestra", Local Music, "Fanfare Dumont d’Urville", "Manécanterie des Petits Chanteurs de Notre Dame de la Joie", "Chorale de l’Age d’Or", Musettes and Dances, Parade with fanfare in the streets of the town with "Majorettes" and the very implicated population by event. .
On Saturdays evenings the Stadium Robert Gossard sheltered all this world, more than 250 persons and the animations were assured by a Group of "Scottish-Dancers" (of which Mr Bert RAVEN) which made a demonstration of the very impressive "Sword-Dance" of precision and the inevitable "Cousins Russes"(DESHAYES et Cie) of "Les Amis des Cheveux Blancs"and their rhythmic folk dancings, numerous are those who remember it !
Families parted enraptured by this stay and by telling themselves "at in 10 years".

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Year 2008

On Sunday, August 3rd, 2008: Pont d'Ouilly

To weave links in other occasions than in France or in England during "official" exchanges, The Committe organized a trip with five Calashes.

August 3rd, 2008 it is 36 participants who met at around 10.30 am (10H30) on the Parking of the Street "des Prés Guillet" and it in spite of a cloudy weather.

The five calashes arrived at suite with energetic crews and ready to leave.
We left at around 11h30 at the sound of the Horn of Hunt of Jean DUMORTIER, for destination : "Leisure Site of Canoë-Kayak" of Pont d'Ouilly .

Crews led by Daniel LEMANCEL left for a trip of around one hour and a half on the so touristic but sinuous road of the Valley of the Noireau.
Patrick and Cathy DUJARDIN on their motorbikes ensured security of the Caravan.

To transport the materiel necessary for picnic, some cars also set off to join Pont d'Ouilly.
Calashes got out of Condé-sur-Noireau , but on their road, many pedestrians or drivers, were turning round to see them.

We were crossing through Pont-Erambourg, then by Cambercourt until the "Pont-des-Bordeaux"..
From this fork(junction) the walkers appreciated quietly a small path bucolic which follows the Noireau up to "The Planches".

Then we returned on bitumen up to the entrance of Pont d'Ouilly and arrival at about 1.15 pm (13H15) in "Leisure Site of Canoë-Kayak" .

There, some people were in charge of horses which had deserved a good repose and the others went to prepare the places to share meal together in the best conditions.

The weather not very stabilized at this instant, in unanimity, it was decided than it is more safe to put the tables under the tent in case ! … We were well inspired because at the instant, when drink was served by the members of the Committee it fell a torrential rain typical of our Norman Switzerland.

Then each unpacked its picnic sharing the bread, the butter and good ... mood..

Meal was very agreeably livened up by numerous interpretations of Jean DUMORTIER with Horn of Hunt.

Happy Birthday with honours was also wished by assistance to Mr and Mrs JEANNE active members of the Twinning for 20 years and which have celebrated their 62nd Wedding Anniversary on this day.
Bravos to them two, always so dynamic and ... so young.

To put everybody in conditions to play, if we can say, the assistance was invited for to estimate the length "d'une véritable Andouille de Vire" . We attended curious situations, where each seemed to have its very particular method to measure in comparison with ... but what ...else ???
In final there is our friend Marianne, helped by her daughter, this two British ladies living in France not far from Condé-sur-Noireau, which estimated with a big precision the mensurations of the andouille, beating our friend Daniel BLAIS on the thread.
The winner decided very nicely to announce for the two challengers : Victory ex-aquo and share trophy equal. Congratulations were friendly.

Then the sun having made its comeback, on the field of maneuvers , small-one and big-one for to meet together for the first game.
Traditional Run in Bags competition between two teams fiercely, but victory in equality .

Then game of throwing of balls where points were very difficult to mark, in spite of the unaccountable slidings of targets towards the pitchers, the ground should be a bit unstable !!!

One of the favourite game of Twinning, "Tire-à-la-Corde" where twice over the same team won.

A game then allowed to do a refresh, even by accident!
In couple, a man the bandaged eyes , he hold the arms of a small calash two wheels and a lady, sat inside with elegance and she had to guide him only with ropes passed under his shoulders.
This on a racecourse definitely difficult and tortuous, interspersed with traps.
The purpose of game, be run on the racecourse and to try to make it with the least possible of handicaps (or bad-points) .
Easy you will say, and definitely not, because the lady must use only the rope to drive her horse, it is forbidden for her to talk with him, but of course not for the public who hastened to put mess in the harmony of the couple.
Few these crews reached the end without having crushed some cones of signalling under their wheels.
And to cap it all, when the horse was well-driven, he arrived quietly but suddenly at... the river and he received ...the content of a good bottle of water on the mane.
I would not give you the tiercé-winner, the referees were unable to decide on it, because of the excesses of the public.
But nevertheless I can assure you that everybody really had a very well good time !

To finish a little more calmly the day, QUIZZ was offered to the participants, agreeably installed by Family under shades.
Questions were divided in several topics, Condé-sur-Noireau, the Valley of the Noireau, Pont d'Ouilly, the Horses, the Kayak.
The small grey cells were put in very hard tests and the winning were all held in a pocket handkerchief. A small rain forced assistance to take a shelter the time of results.
Per families the winners received each a good bottle of wine.

In the vicinity of 6.30 pm (18H30) all this small world took back the calashes for return directly by the Valley of the Noireau. The last participants arrived at on the Parking of the Street "des Prés Guillet" around of 8.00 pm (20H00).

In the opinion of all this day was a success, a very good ambience and of the good mood to be sold retail..

Still one big thank you very much for the two Daniel : LEMANCEL and BLAIS as well as to their three nice companions without whom this day would not have been able to exist, because calashes and crews were put "gracefully " in disposition for our biggest pleasure.
Sirs, once more thank you very much for this present !

Thanks also to Jean DUMORTIER who distracts us with a real pleasure during his interpretations with Horn of Hunt, even if it is well necessary to confess it, his dog, the poor dog, did not appreciate a lot !!! What a pity !


Therefore we all hope for it, soon to find us together !

December 6th, 2008 - Téléthon

The Committee of Twinning, this year for the first time, brought its support to the city of Condé-sur-Noireau, for this 21th edition of Téléthon.
Members of the Committee were present, even two very young members, all day of December 6th, 2008 at the Covered-Market.
They swelled many Ballons of Téléthon, sold to the visitors.
For this Action we were associated with the "Section Gymnastique de la Dumont d'Urville".
Thank to : Dorine, Radwan, Dominique, Gilles, Cathy and Marlène
(our partner from "la Dumont d'Urville")

December 20th and 21st, 2008 - Christmas Market

As last year, members of the Committee of Twinning, held a stand all weekend, in the Covered Market.
Thanks to Chrystèle, Edith, Claude, Gilles, Sylviane and Cathy.
Numerous visitors used this opportunity to enquire about Twinning, but also about possible exchanges with the city of Ross one Wye.

We also brought our help to a class of CM2 (Ecole Primaire Sévigné) which projects an school trip in England next June and needs to finance this stay by offering to sale many articles made by the children of the school.
This type of partnership, been also part of missions of Twinning.

Always in search of new hosts to accommodate new participants on the occasion of the Thirtieth Birthday of Twinning (from 1st till 4 May 2009) we have recorded during this Christmas Market, positive intentions to this subject of about fifteen new families.

Year 2009

Happy New Year 2009

January 9th, 2009 - General Meeting

About forty persons were present during General meeting.

Chairwoman Sylviane PARIS thanked the members who had moved in spite of the actual rigour of our climate.
She outlined first all events and animations in 2008 and then she tackled the major event of this year of 2009, the formalities of Birthday for the Thirtieth of Twinning, next May.
In this opportunity, Sylviane PARIS revealed the organization of the weekend from 1st till 4 May 2009.
The financial balance sheet of year 2008 was introduced by the treasurer Fabrice CAHOUR and validated.

About election of the members of the Council the "tiers sortant" was : Sylviane PARIS, Édith LAURENT and Fabrice CAHOUR. These three persons want to continue with Commitee. They were accepted by General meeting in unanimity.

Daniel LEMANCEL not liking any more to be part of the Office of the Committee, his post became vacant.
The candidacy of Dominique PARIS was received and accepted.

The members elected Council are therefore for 2009 :

• Chrystèle CAHOUR, Fabrice CAHOUR, Catherine DUJARDIN,
  Edith LAURENT, Danielle LOUISE, Claude PARIS, Dominique PARIS, Sylviane PARIS, Gilles ROUSSEAU.
• And also, according to the statutes of the association, Marie LABERTHE, member representing the Town council and Christiane MARC, member representing the Tourist office.

The traditional Galette des Rois enclosed this nice meeting agreeably.

January 16th, 2009 - Directorate 2009

The Administrators in charge, and the other, elected or reelected during General Meeting, had a meeting on Friday, January 16th, 2009 to undertake the nomination of the Members of the Office.
Danielle LOUISE, who had already explained her intention not to stay in her post for personal reasons, officially introduced his resignation of Member of the Council.
Denis NODET, having said in the past his availability to occupy a vacant post, Council has the majority accepted his proposal and ratified his nomination to Council up to the next votes, in place of Danielle LOUISE.
The Council Meeting could therefore then define the attribution in unanimity.
Here is therefore the composition of the Council's Office 2009:
Chairwoman : Sylviane PARIS, Vice-chairwoman: Catherine DUJARDIN (Webmaster)
Secretary : Chrystèle CAHOUR, Assistant Secretary : Edith LAURENT
Treasurer : Denis NODET, Assitant Treasurer : Dominique PARIS
Members : Fabrice CAHOUR, Claude PARIS,
and Gilles ROUSSEAU
Member representing the Town Council: Marie LABERTHE
Member representing the Tourist Office: Christiane MARC.

The 30th Anniversary of Twinning
From 1st till 4 May, 2009 to Condé-sur-Noireau

Detailed report of this tremendous weekend of remembrance.

On Friday, May 1st, 2009 : Ross citizens arrived as expected at about 6:00 pm.

A committee of "Normandes" et "Normands" was present to welcome them at their descent of the bus to offer them small Welcome gifts:

• For our twinned families : a kitchen cloth, embroidered "souvenir of the 30th" (a magnificent realization of Edith Laurent, member of the Committee).
• A "Mignonnette" of Calvados for each of the members of the choir "The Penyard Singers".
• And a cap "30th Anniversary" was given to the juniors (French and English) of the Twinning.

During a friendly "pot de l’amitié" in the Town Hall, Sylviane PARIS, chairwoman of the Condéen Committee, wished "Welcome to the Citizen of Ross under our beautiful Norman sun".
Sharon CLAYTON, chairwoman of the Ross' Committee, expressed for her part the opinion of all : "we are very impatients to discover the program prepared by our friends of the Committee Condéen".
Sharon CLAYTON proceeded to the Edition of the Lottery and then gave the lot, a set of dégustation to taste the "Calvados, made in Normandy" in pottery of Bavent.

To close this reception, Tony WASHINGTON, Leader of choir of the Choir "The Penyard Singers" managed the assistance in the interpretation of two songs :
the first one, "Jerusalem" an English traditional song, and the second in French "My Normandy".
Dispersion in Condéennes' families at about 7:30 pm to stay "in family" at home.


On Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 our families walked according to their envy !

On Sunday, May 3rd, 2009,

• From 10:00 am, the public was present for the first two animations in the environment of the Museum Charles Léandre :
  • On the car park of the "Promenades", eighteen Classic Cars were ready to buzz by crossing Condé' streeets with a lot of horns.
  • In the Museum, where the team of Marie-Pierre LEFEVRE and Isabelle VAZARD, welcomed the members of the Twinning for a visit in exclusively.

• And during this time there the chorus-singers of "Penyard Singers" were already in full rehearsal in the Cinema "The Royal" to perfect their evening performance.
  
• Then 256 participants met themselves for 12:30 am, in the Sports Hall Robert Gossard, for a "Norman" lunch prepared and served by the team of the restaurant "Le Fjord".
  The Presidents of the Italian and German Twinnings, as well as some Founders of the Twinning were our hosts for this 30th Anniversary.
  In a short welcoming speech, Sylviane PARIS chairwoman of the French Committee allowed to thank all those which worked for long months in the success of this 30th and especially to advance the strong mobilization of the municipal teams, so technical as administrative, which have all due to their work in our side and supervised by Pascal ALLIZARD, allowed the success of this day.
  • Tables and the stage was decorated with flowers in partnership with "Lisa Fleurs".
  • The decoration "Cytises" installed by "les Amis des Cheveux Blancs" completed the presentation.
  • Carine LEGUENNEC, enchanted us everything during this afternoon with her magnificent voice and her performance was very appreciated by our friends of "Penyard Singers".
  • The group of Norman dancers "La Rose ô Boué" obtained a true success. The dances were continued during a good half an hour with an intense rhythm.
  • During all day an a display of photos, resuming the life of the Twinning since its creation, often generated rather a small group of spectators in front of the screen and in monopolized also the attention of the lunch guests.
  
  
• Then the hour of the cake of the 30th came, which was photographed under all the angles by the assistance.
  The two chairwomen were joined the time of the photo, by Georges BOUCLIER (one of 3 councillors to have visited Ross at the beginning of 1977) and by Claudine DELVALLEE (the first one to have organized the exchanges of school with Ross from July, 1978).
  Also in their sides, Mr EDWARD and Pascal ALLIZARD, the mayors of our two towns, as well as Hubert LAURENT, chairman-founder of the Twinning from 1978 till 2001.
  
• Then, walk in the park, and around the lake, or dances on the dance floor for some. And for the others, Classic Cars again took back their rotation to make always an other Condé's Seeing Tour "made in rétro".
  A blow of hat to these passionate persons of old mechanics who so friendly looked to us of their time and allowed to take advantage of their so "attractive toys".
  
• Luckily the sun having regained the upper hand, at 5:00 pm, over the Campsite, a friendly small football match in combined for two half-time animated well, the children of the Twinning in mixed team.
  Not wanting to be in rest the parents also dashed on the lawn for a match, which according to the specialists was less given rhythm than that of the juniors, but they made well us laugh…all the same !
  
• The match finished and we already heard the first agreements of "Big Jazz Band" installed in the Bandstand. The public was already many to vibrate in the sounds of the agreements of Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington. The performance as usual was of quality and the public appreciated.
  
• Then the assembly took the road of the Town Hall, to celebrate this 30th anniversary with Sir Mayor and his Municipality, around an “Apéritif Dînatoire”.
  In this occasion was revealed the present of the City of Ross and the Committee of Ross Twinning, a magnificent Bench, typically British, engraved "Ross on Wye – 30 Years – Condé sur Noireau".
  Then Mister ALLIZARD, Mayor of Condé and Mister EDWARDS the future Mayor of Ross, pronounced both very revealing speeches of their will to maintain these exchanges between our two cities and of the happiness felt by both to meet itself as "in family" on every new meeting on both sides of the "Channel".
  Both Chairwomen highlighted also in turn this feeling of membership in the same community and this pleasure always reality to find us every year.
  The magic word of this Weekend "l’entente cordiale".
  
• And finally to end in beauty this day of remembrance, it is to the Cinema "The Royal", that 250 persons present, belonging or not in the Twinning, had the immense privilege to attend the Concert offered by our friends of the "Penyard Singers of Ross".
  This performance of an excellent quality was greeted on diverse occasions by hearty applause and two "standing ovation".
  A thanking in the passage to Akiko DUMORTIER for the loan of her piano to "Penyard Singers" and in her husband Jean, who assured its implementation.

On Monday, May 4th, 2009, it is at about 11:00 am, that our Friends of Ross, apparently very happy of this weekend of festivities, left us in spite of the efforts of some to hold them still...
Eyes shone and big tears flowed on certain faces.

In the next year
to Ross one Wye from 16 till 19 April 2010
to write a new page of the history of the
"Twinning Condé sur Noireau – Ross on Wye"


You can find all the photos and many of the others on pages
Albums 2009 of the 30th Anniversary.
Also on the Web, an article-wink of eye of my friend Alan WOOD, the Webmaster of the Official site of WyeNot.com, about our 30th Anniversary to Condé-sur-Noireau.
Click this Logo
Furthermore if you want to know everything about what is supposed to be to Ross one Wye, it is the best way of knowing.
Do not hesitate to go to visit this site, There are lots of information.

On September 6th, 2009 - A Day of relaxation
"Base Nautique de Kayak" - Pont d'Ouilly

This year for reasons of schedule, the Committee decided to organize this day in September.

Thus in this Sunday, September 6th , 2009, 27 participants met themselves at 12:00 am in the "Base Nautique de Canoë-Kayak" in Pont d'Ouilly .
The sun almost in the top and the summer temperature, confirmed that the Indian summer was well back in Normandy.
For this new edition of outdoor day, Daniel LEMANCEL had already forwarded one of his horses on the site. A secure surface was marked out about developing the horse in good conditions of safety.
In this way, the horse was already available to make a little riding school according to the new-comers.
A tent was reserved for our intention to stay in any comfort. The idea was to leave most time possible for the relaxation in group or in individual.
According to the arrivals, each help to perfect the installation places, to share the meal together in the best conditions.
This year it is the strong sun which incited us to stay inside to avoid the sunstrokes..
The apéritif was offered by the Committee .
Everybody settle down at table for the picnic by sharing the bread, the butter and the good... mind.
A Happy Anniversary was wished to Mrs Paris, the mother of Dominique and many felicitations were made by the participants to Dominique and Sylviane celebrating this day one of their Wedding anniversary.
To begin gently, a game of skill set the women to the men. The women took it brilliantly.
Not to break the good usal, the teams again met themselves for a second game.
The traditional but always so funny "Course en Sac" setting the women against the men. Fought with energy, the ladies have be defeated of few by leaving the victory of this set to the sirs.
Then with boxes just painted by Dominique, the women and the men again opposed with this set "le chamboule-tout".
And well, the women were the best without any contesting in this game there!!!
To take back strengths after such efforts, a non-specialized "Quizz" was proposed to the participants.
A second musical "Quizz", left the teams on their hunger, because 2 points only separated the teams.
But, these sirs were the winners, because the first one quizz was unmistakably for them
To finish, a last childish play "le casse-têtes", finally exhausting the participants.
Final result: equality of both teams...
Throughout the after noon everybody was able to exercise his rider's talent, no fall to be regretted, only of the happiness!
Then, having tidied up quickly places, around of 5:30 pm both took the road of return towards Condé sur Noireau.
With honesty this day was made a success, good atmosphere and cheerfulness, on magnificent Sunday " between friends ".
One thank you to Daniel, Dominique and Sylviane which prepared us nice games to amuse us.
Thanks to all those who joined us for this day and goodbye to find us still together.
Whole the pictures of this day are HERE.

On December 19th and 20th, 2009 - Christmas Market

For the fourth consecutive year, members of the Committee of Twinning, held a stand all weekend, in the Covered Market
Thanks to Chrystèle, Edith, Claude, Dominique, Sylviane and Cathy.
In spite of the snow, the guest surprised with this Christmas Market 2009, on Sundays numerous visitors came to inquire about the Twinning, but also about the possible exchanges with the city of Ross on Wye.

Visible and to buy on our stand some Greeting Cards "So British", which obtained a striking success. There was also "Collector's" Pin and "Collector's" Caps of the Twinning.

Whole the pictures of this day are HERE.

To be Followed.......

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