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Jazz Festival Link

The President of the Annecy Jazz Club visited the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and met with the Festival organiser to discuss the staging of a jazz festival in Annecy with Jamie Cullum performing. The President was very impressed with the set up, organisation and content of the Jazz festival and went back to Annecy with manyContinue reading “Jazz Festival Link”

Twin Towns and Music

Jonathan McNaught from Cheltenham performed in a Jazz Concert in Göttingen on Friday 4 April with two other musicians from Göttingen, for an evening entitled ‘A musical bridge between partner towns’. In 2009 Jonathan won the Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year and has taken part in piano concerts as part of the Cheltenham MusicContinue reading “Twin Towns and Music”

YMCA Link

A group of 5 people from the Göttingen YMCA were in Cheltenham at the beginning of April for a few days developing links and possible exchanges with Cheltenham YMCA. The group together with the Cheltenham YMCA chairman and trustee had a reception with the Mayor on Wednesday 2 April. Cheltenham YMCA are considering a bikeContinue reading “YMCA Link”

Pittville School visit Annecy

A group of 16 pupils and 3 teachers from Pittville School visited Annecy from 30 March to 4 April to link with the St Michel School. The visit was facilitated with a grant of £1,500 from the Twinning Association’s ‘Inspiring Young People through Twinning’ scheme, which aims to stimulate young people’s interest in international languagesContinue reading “Pittville School visit Annecy”

Elections in Annecy

Following the second round of municipal elections in France on 30 March, the previous Mayor of Annecy, Jean-Luc Rigaut, was re-elected as Mayor of Annecy for a further term of office with 45.10% of the vote and will be represented by 33 elected members out of the Council of 45. A letter of congratulations wasContinue reading “Elections in Annecy”

University Link

In March Prof Joachim Ahrens from the PFH Private university in Göttingen visited Cheltenham for a day to attend a meeting arranged for him to meet with Roland Kaye the interim Dean of the Business School and David Dawson Head of the School of Business and Management at the University of Gloucestershire, to discuss linkingContinue reading “University Link”

Summer work in Annecy 2014

Two summer work placements are on offer to young people this summer to improve their French language ability and to gain confidence and experience by living and working in a different country. Cheltenham Borough Council in conjunction with its French twin town are offering the opportunity of paid employment for 4 weeks within the Municipality ofContinue reading “Summer work in Annecy 2014”

Winter Olympics here we come!

Local residents Stephen Meyer and his son Alex are off to Sochi shortly for the Winter Olympics. The pair will be supporting the GB bob sleigh team and are very much looking forward to seeing Cheltenham’s Russian twin town. A celebratory send-off with members of the Cheltenham Twinning Association was held in the Mayor’s ParlourContinue reading “Winter Olympics here we come!”

Summer stay in Annecy for 14-17 year olds

The Rencontres Européennes 2014 is a two week stay in our twin town of Annecy for 14-17 year olds wishing to improve their language skills in a fun and friendly way with other European young people. This exciting stay will this year take place from Thursday 31 July – Friday 15 August and gives youngContinue reading “Summer stay in Annecy for 14-17 year olds”

Twinning Association Quiz Evening

A very successful and fun quiz evening was held on Friday 24 January in St Andrews Church rooms. More than 50 people turned up to test their knowledge on some challenging but interesting questions set by Councillor Diggory Seacome. There was a good spread of cheese and wine, and together with the raffle, over £250Continue reading “Twinning Association Quiz Evening”