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Tag Archives: festivals
Unfair? No — fun fair!
When it comes to Daglan’s August festival, the Mairie has been providing information in the same way that Trump tweets out major policy statements — a little bit at a time. Recently (in fact, on August 11) I posted “Daglan’s … Continue reading
Daglan’s mystery festival (2020 version)
Regular readers will be aware that I refer to Daglan’s August event known as the Fête de la Saint-Louis as our village’s Festival of Heat and Noise. Much of the activities are just fine (games for kids, small rides, booths … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals in France, Life in southwest France
Tagged August festivals, Daglan, Fête de la Saint-Louis, festivals
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Fasten seat belts, insert ear plugs!
For a small village, Daglan certainly seems to punch above its weight — at least when it comes to summer festivals. So the Greater Daglan Area is now waiting anxiously for our four-day Fête de la Saint- Louis, which starts … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals in France, Life in southwest France
Tagged Daglan, Daglan festival, Fête de la Saint-Louis, festivals
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Spring Festival: from soggy to successful
Daglan’s Fête du Printemps, or Spring Festival, this year turned out to be almost a replay of the 2018 version — as the day started grey and drizzly, and then improved dramatically in the afternoon, with loads of shoppers strolling … Continue reading
Remembrances of parades past
In my last posting, I previewed what you might enjoy in this coming Sunday’s parade in Daglan. Posted on August 13, it was called “Lights! Camera! Action! (Our parade). ” The Sunday afternoon parade each August is one of the … Continue reading
Civilization on parade — a first look
Daglan’s four-day Fête de la Saint Louis is not over yet — as I write this, the thumping music from the bumper-car ride up in the square has started thumping away — but it’s time to look back at what we … Continue reading
Wackiness on parade: A first look
One of the more interesting characteristics of the Greater Daglan Area is an abundance, so to speak, of young and middle-aged men who enjoy wobbling around in drag while wearing high heels. Never is this more apparent (at least publicly) … Continue reading