The British Community Committee
Diary of Events
DECEMBER 2012
This Diary presents Member Associations’ events for the next few months – to the
extent that they have been communicated to the Diary Editor. Please keep the
editor informed of your forthcoming events throughout the year as soon as possible.
Our website www.BritishinFrance.com includes an up-to-date version of British
events open to the general public
DECEMBER
Saturday 1st
SPCC
Christmas Kermesse in aid of St Peter’s Church
Chantilly from 10.00 to 17.00 held in the Espace
Bouteiller, Avenue Bouteiller, Chantilly. Book sale,
cakes, jams, toys, games, Christmas cards &
crackers, children's activities, lunches and afternoon
refreshments, music and festive carol singing. Details
from Geoffrey Auckland on 06 81 22 92 17 or
geoffauck@free.fr
Saturday 1st
SGCP
Christmas Market, from 11 am to 17.00
Saturday 1st
SKP
Scots Kirk Christmas Fayre from 10 am to 16.30 at 17
rue Bayard, 75008 paris (Metro F. Roosevelt). Wide
variety of stalls, lunches, teas and coffees.
Saturday 1st
TPCS
‘Brahms Requiem’ by Johannes Brahms at The
American Cathedral, 23 avenue George V, 75008
Paris. Tickets 20€/10€ www.parischoralsociety.org
Sunday 2nd
SPCC
Special Service for First Sunday of Advent at 17.30 at
St.Paul's Church, Place du Marché Neuf, Chevry 2,
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette (contact Rev. Elaine Labourel 06
60 59 65 98)
Wednesday 5th
Friday 7th
ABAF
SAC
Christmas Lunch (Guest Speaker: Clem Garvey)
A talk on the late, great British composer Benjamin
Britten, delivered by Brian Jupp of Meudon's twin
town Rushmoor, Hampshire at 19.00. Home-made
mulled wine will be served. Entry is €5, bring along
any musically-minded friends.
Friday 7th
RBL
‘Charity Ceilidh’ on behalf of the Poppy Appeal 2012
in St. Michael's Church, 5 rue Aguesseau, 75008 Paris
from 19.00 to 22.30. Wine and cheese supper. Price
12€ per person RSVP before 4th December on
01.43.21.57.20 or joyce.gilhooley@gmail.com
Christmas Dinner Dance
dorothy.nitsche@orange.fr
Saturday 8th
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SAC
Saturday 8 and Sunday
9th
SAC
Saturday 8th
RAFA
Sunday 9th
SPCC
Family Carol Service at 10.30 am including the
Nativity Play "The Christmas Secret" at St. Peter's
Church, 7a avenue Bouteiller, 60500 Chantilly
(contact Rev. Nick Clarke 03 44 58 53 22)
Sunday 9th
SAC
Christmas Sing-along
Christmas Stalls at the Club - where you can stock up
on Christmas goodies. If you'd like to have a stall
yourself, please contact mario@saclub.org for more
information.
Christmas Lunch at Coq au Vin Restaurant, Triel sur
Seine, 12:15 for 13:00. Cost 45 Euros per person
with cheques made payable to RAFA Ile de France,
and sent to Mr Mike Close, 46 rue des Freres Leiris,
78510, TRIEL SUR SEINE.
Monday 10th
Toc H
Lunch at St Michael’s Church at 12.00
Tuesday 11th
FBCCI
Faire de l’Ethique : ‘Le levier de votre changement?’
breakfast meeting from 8.30 to 10.30 at the FBCCI
Chamber.
Tuesday 11th
BL (1916)
Christmas lunch at the Cercle de l’Union Interalliée,
33 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 75008 Paris at
12.30. Guests are most welcome.
Wednesday 12th
SAC
Children’s Christmas Party
Wednesday 12th
FGB
‘Quelques leçons stratégiques et tactiques de la
guerre des Malouines’ with Alexandre Sheldon
Duplaix du service historique du Ministère de la
Défense at Brasserie Mollard, 115 rue Saint Lazarre,
75008 Paris at 12.30.
Wednesday 12th
AFE
« Les peintres écossais et la reconstitution de
l’histoire de l’Ecosse au XIXe siecle » with Melle
Marion Amblard at 17.30 at l’Ancien College des
Ecossais Maison Ste-Geneviève, 65 rue du Cardinal
Lemoine, 75005 Paris (Metro Cardinal Lemoine)
Thursday 13th
PADFAS
‘The Industrial Revolution and the Decorative Arts’ by
Andrew Spira at the Theatre du Ranelagh, 5 rue des
Vignes, 75016 Paris at 14.00.
Friday 14th
RBL
Christmas lunch at 12.30
Saturday 15th
BRFC
Christmas Ball @ Bistro Theatre - The ‘Crème de la
Crème’. The perfect way to see off the year with the
BRFC. It promises to be one of the best in recent
years, black tie is a must. Details to follow.
Saturday 15th
PWS
Christmas party www.pariswelshsociety.org
SPCC
"My Lord has come!" Service of Lessons and Carols at
Sunday 16
th
18.00 at St. Peter's Church, 7a avenue Bouteiller,
60500 Chantilly (contact Rev. Nick Clarke 03 44 58
53 22) followed by mince pies and "vin chaud" in the
Church Centre.
Sunday 16th
SMCV
Family Carol Service followed by mince pies & mulled
wine at 17.30 at St.Mark's Church, 31 rue du Pont
Colbert, 78000 Versailles (contact Rev. Chris Maclay
01 39 02 79 45)
Sunday 16th
SGCP
10.30 Solemn Eucharist with Children’s Workshop.
18.30 Carol Service with St George’s Choir followed
by mulled wine and mince pies.
Monday 17th, Tuesday
DCTC
18th and Wednesday 19th
‘An English Christmas’ – An evening of poetry, story
and music celebrating Christmas in the English
tradition at the Théâtre de Nesle, 8 rue de Nesle,
75006 paris at 19.00. Details 01 46 34 61 04
Wednesday 19th
BCiP
Christmas Party in the Parish Hall of St. George's
Church, Paris
Thursday 20th
RBL
Christmas Dinner at 19.30
Friday 21 and Saturday
22nd
DCTC
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens at the Théâtre
de Nesle, 8 rue de Nesle, 75006 Paris at 19.00.
Tickets 01 46 34 61 04.
Sunday 23rd
DCTC
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens at the Théâtre
de Nesle, 8 rue de Nesle, 75006 Paris at 15.00.
Tickets 01 46 34 61 04.
Monday 24th
SMCV
Christmas Eve Communion Service at 11.30 at
St.Mark's Church, 31 rue du Pont Colbert, 78000
Versailles.
Monday 24th
SPCC
Communion Service at 23.30 at St. Peter's Church, 7a
avenue Bouteiller, 60500 Chantilly (contact Rev. Nick
Clarke 03 44 58 53 22)
Monday 24th
SMCV
Midnight Communion Service at 23.30 at St.Mark's
st
Church, 31 rue du Pont Colbert, 78000 Versailles
(contact Rev. Chris Maclay 01 39 02 79 45)
Monday 24th
SGCP
22.30 Midnight Mass of Christmas & Blessing of the
Crib flowed by champagne reception.
Tuesday 25th
SMCV
Christmas Day Family Carol Service at 10.30 at
St.Mark's Church, 31 rue du Pont Colbert, 78000
Versailles.
Tuesday 25th
SPCC
Communion Service for Christmas Day at 10.30am at
St. Peter's Church, 7a avenue Bouteiller, 60500
Chantilly (contact Rev. Nick Clarke 03 44 58 53 22)
Tuesday 25th
SGCP
10.30am Family Christmas Service at St.Mark's
Church, 31 rue du Pont Colbert, 78000 Versailles
(contact Rev. Chris Maclay 01 39 02 79 45)
Tuesday 25th
SGCP
10.30 Solemn Eucharist & visit to the Crib
Thursday 27th
DCTC
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens at the Théâtre
de Nesle, 8 rue de Nesle, 75006 Paris at 19.00.
Tickets 01 46 34 61 04.
Sunday 6th
SPCC
Three Kings Carol Service followed by mince pies,
mulled wine and Galettes des Rois at 17.30 at
St.Paul's Church, Place du Marché Neuf, Chevry 2,
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette (contact Rev. Elaine Labourel 06
60 59 65 98)
Friday 11th
ECCP
LA CANTATE SAINTE GENEVIEVE – Directed by
Christopher Wells, text and presentation by Odile
Wells in the church of ST ETIENNE DU MONT, Place
du Panthéon 75005 Paris at 20h45. Retiring
collection.
Friday 11th
BCWA
A morning visit to the Canaletto Exhibition, for
further details contact bcwa.paris@wanadoo.fr
Monday 14th
ESU
Dinner and discussion by Consultant Ralph Land on
Europe in crisis or reconstruction at the Maison de
l'Europe.
Monday 14th
Toc H
Afternoon tea at St Michael’s Church from 15.00
Thursday 17th
ABAF
Technical Update
Saturday 19th
IMechE
Atelier Renault, Paris from 19.30 to 23.00 – Dinner
and visit of the Atelier.
Tuesday 22nd
FBCCI
«Le Bien-Etre dans l’entreprise – GESTION DU
STRESS» at the FBCCI Chamber from 8.30 am.
Saturday 26th
CSF
Traditional Burns’ Night in the Mövenpick Hotel, Bld
Victor-Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine from 20.00 to 01.00
a.m. For full details, please contact 01 45 07 06 76
or 01 48 28 38 69 or visit the Society’s website.
Tuesday 29th
FBCCI
FRANCO-BRITISH PERSON AWARD 2013 – at the
British Embassy from 18.30 to 21.00
Wednesday 30th
RSSG
President’s Cocktail Party at the Ecole Militaire from
19.00 to 21.00. Contact: h.norman@wanadoo.fr
Thursday 31st
FBCCI
«LE FINANCEMENT DE PME» by Duhamel Blimbaum
at the FBCCI Chamber from 8.30 am.
JANUARY 2013
AQUITAINE
DECEMBER
CoA
Services throughout the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine for
the month of December can be found on
Friday 7th
CoA
www.churchinaquitaine.org
18:30, St Médard, Lot and Garonne
Sunday 9th
CoA
16:00, Chancelade, Dordogne
Tuesday 11th
CoA
Tuesday 11th
CoA
Wednesday 12th
CoA
Sunday 16th
CoA
Sunday 16th
CoA
Sunday 16th
CoA
Tuesday 18th
CoA
Tuesday 18th
CoA
Tuesday 18th
Wednesday 19th
CoA
CoA
18:00, Saussiagnac, Dordogne
18:30, Doudrac, Lot and Garonne
18:00, Eymet, Dordogne
18:30, Dondas, Lot and Garonne
18:00, Monteton, Lot and Garonne
16:00, Sainte Nathalène, Dordogne
17:00, Bordeaux, Gironde
18:30, Allez, Lot and Garonne
18:00, Limeuil, Dordogne
19:30, St Pardoux de Mareuil, Dordogne
18:00, Riberac, Dordogne
Monday 24th
CoA
18:00 Christmas Eve Holy Communion – Monteton
Tuesday 25th
CoA
Tuesday 25th
CoA
10:30 Christmas Day Holy Communion – Bertric
Burée
10:30 Christmas Day Family Communion – Bordeaux
Tuesday 25th
CoA
10:30 Christmas Day Holy Communion – Limeuil
Tuesday 25th
CoA
10:30 Christmas Day Holy Communion – Doudrac
Tuesday 25th
CoA
11:00 Christmas Day Holy Communion – Sainte
Nathalène
Saturday 1st
RAFA Sud-Ouest
Monthly Luncheon – Bordeaux
Contact 05 46 95 38 89 rafasof@orange.fr
Short URL http://goo.gl/ut80T
Friday 7th
BBC
Christmas Luncheon
Friday 14th
RAFA Sud-Ouest
Christmas Luncheon – details to follow
Contact 05 46 95 38 89 rafasof@orange.fr
Short URL http://goo.gl/ut80T
RAFA Sud-Ouest
Monthly Luncheon – Bordeaux
Contact 05 46 95 38 89 rafasof@orange.fr
Short URL http://goo.gl/ut80T
RAFA Sud-Ouest
AGM & Luncheon – 33290 Le Pian-Medoc
Contact 05 46 95 38 89 rafasof@orange.fr
Short URL http://goo.gl/ut80T
Thursday 13
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CoA
DECEMBER
JANUARY 2013
Saturday 5th
FEBRUARY
Saturday 9th
BRITTANY and
NORMANDY
DECEMBER
Saturday 8th
RNA Nord France
Xmas Dinner is being held at Le Vieux Moulin, Hede.
35630 on Saturday 8th December at 1900h. Cost 35€
for non members and 20€ for members. Contact
John Harris at john.l.harris@libertysurf.frrance
RNA Nord France
New Year Luncheon at Auberge de Manoir, St Potan.
22550 at 12.30. Cost is 15€ for members and 25€ for
guests. All are welcome. For further details and
bookings contact alan.gard@sfr.fr
JANUARY 2013
Thursday 15th
CHARENTE –
LIMOUSINE –
LANGUEDOC – GARD
DECEMBER
MONACO
DECEMBER
Thursday 22nd
BAM
Barclays Bank Cocktails – A Musical cocktail party for
members and guests on Avenue de la Costa. RSVP
www.bam-monaco.org or contact the Secretary on
bam@monaco.mc
JANUARY
Saturday 26th
BAM
Burns Night in the Salle des Fetes in Beausoleil.
RSVP www.bam-monaco.org or contact the
Secretary on bam@monaco.mc
NORD – PAS DE
CALAIS
DECEMBER
Saturday 8th
IS-Lille
Choir practice 10am to 1pm in Santes. New singers
welcome. Contact Simon Fletcher 06 23 60 27 42
Saturday 15th
IS-Lille
Choir practice 2pm to 5pm, place to be confirmed.
New singers welcome. Contact Simon Fletcher 06 23
60 27 42
Sunday 16th
IS-Lille
9 Lessons and Carols at Christchurch Lille 10 a.m.
Come and join in the communal carols. Contact
Simon Fletcher 06 23 60 27 42
PROVENCE – COTE
D’AZUR
DECEMBER
RHONE-ALPES
DECEMBER
Thursday 6th
Grapevine Aix Les B
Mince Pies & Sherry & Carol singing
Sunday 9th
Grapevine Aix Les B
Christmas carol concert at St Swithin's Church, 16.30
Friday 14th
FIBA Lyon
Christmas Lunch
Saturday 15th
RBL-Lyon
Christmas lunch
Sunday 16th
Lyon Anglican Church
Carol Service
Sunday 16th
AFGB Lyon
Concert: Purcell : King Arthur
Monday 17th
AFGB Lyon
Poets' Corner
Tuesday 18th
AFGB-Lyon
Christmas lunch
Friday 21st
RSCDS Lyon
Xmas Ceilidh from 19.30 to 20.30 for all and from
20.45 to 22.30 for intermediate and advanced
dancers at Ecole maternelle, 19 avenue Berthelot,
69007 Lyon. For further details contact
ochristi@gmail.com
JANUARY 2013
Wednesday 9th
AFGB Lyon
Book Circle : Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Bridget TERRELL
b.terrell@terrellgroup.net
28/11/2012
With thanks to Mme Beryl Jones, MBE by whom this Diary was originally created.
British Community Committee Diary: Abbreviations
ABAF
Association of British Accountants in France
www.abaf.asso.fr
ABRSM
ACE-Normandy
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music www.abrsm.org
Amicale Culturelle Européenne
ronald.dinsdale@orange.fr
AFE
Association Franco-Ecossaise
www.franco-ecossaise.asso.fr
AFGB-Paris
Association France – Grande-Bretagne
http://association-france-grande-bretagne.fr
AFGB-Lyon
ALSE
ASACB
AUEF
BA-Monaco
BBC
BC
BCC
BCF
BCiP
BCWA
B Emb
BFF
BGiFC
BSLISGL
BL (1916)
BRFC
BSPS
BSWE
CCC
CLE
Association France – Grande-Bretagne : Lyon & Rhône www.fgb-lyon.org
Alumni of LSE in France www.lsefrance.org
Association of St Andrew’s Church in Brittany trimi@bir.fr
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh in France www.edalumni.fr
British Association of Monaco www.bam-monaco.org
Bordeaux British Community
British Council www.britishcouncil.fr
British Community Committee in France www.britishinfrance.com
The British Charitable Fund britishcharitablefund@orange.fr
British Conservatives in Paris www.conservatives-paris.org
British & Commonwealth Women’s Association www.bcwa.org
British Embassy
British Freemasons in France guywalt@hotmail.com
British Guides in Foreign Countries brownowl78600@hotmail.com
British Section of the Lycées International de St-Germain-en-Laye
The British Luncheon (1916)
British Rugby Football Club www.brfcparis.com
British School of Paris Society www.britishschool.fr
British Scouts in Western Europe gillian.barratt@sfr.fr
Chantilly Cricket Club www.chantillycricket.com
Charente-Limousine-Exchange.com
CC-Lille
Chap-Aq
CIMA
CMI
CMSF
CS
CSF
CSOP
CTCC
DCTC
ECCP
EFC
ENVOL
ESMG-Lyon
ESU
www.charente-llimousine-exchange.com
Christ Church Lille www.christchurchlille.com
Anglican Chaplaincy of Aquitaine www.churchinaquitaine.org
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants www.cimaglobal.com
The Chartered Management Institute www.managers.org.uk
The Clan Macleod Society of France www.clanmacleod.org
Cancer Support France cancersupportfrance@orange.fr
The Caledonian Society of France www.caledonian-society-france.org
Cambridge Society of Paris www.camsocparis.org
Chateau de Thoiry Cricket Club www.thoirycricket.fr
Dear Conjunction Theatre Company dearconjunction@wanadoo.fr
English Cathedral Choir of Paris www.ecc-paris.org
Elizabeth Finn Care www.elizabethfinncare.org.uk
E.N.VOL (Equipes Nouvelles de Volontaires) Envol2009@gmail.com
English-Speaking Mothers’ Group, Lyon www.english-mums.com
The English-Speaking Union, France ljloussouarn@free.fr
FBCCI
Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry
www.francobritishchamber.com
FIBA-Lyon
FOG
Franco-British International Business Association, Lyon www.fibalyon.org
Friends of British Guiding in Ile de France Brownowl78600@hotmail.com
GVALB
HBH
HTCML
ICE
IET
Grapevine - Aix-les-Bains
http://sites.google.com/site/grapevineassociation
Hertford British Hospital Corporation – The Charity www.british-hospital.org
Holy Trinity Church, Maisons Lafitte www.htcml.com
Institution of Civil Engineers – French Local Association www.icenet.fr
Institution of Engineering & Technology
www.theiet.org/local/emea/europe/france
I Mech E
IOD
IP
IS-Lille
LRC
LAC-Lyon
LC-Lille
MESSAGE
MC-Lyon
OUP
OUS
PADFAS
PWS
RAD
RAFA
RAFA-Lyon
RBL
RBL-Lyon
RNVA
RSCDS-Paris
RSCDS-Lyon
RSCMF
RSSG
SA
SAC
SGACP
SJRCC
SKP
SLL
SLCF
SMCV
SMC
SOS HELP
SPACC
SSAFA
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
http://nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/Europe/france
The Institute of Directors, France www.iod.com/france
International Players www.internationalplayers.co.uk
International Singers, Lille Métropole www.international-singers.eu
Les Rosbifs et Crêpes
Lyon Anglican Church www.lyonchurch.org
Lille Cricket www.lille-cricket.org
MESSAGE Mother Support Group www.messageparis.org
Monday Club, Lyon themondayclub@ymail.com
Open University www.open.ac.uk
The Oxford University Society www.oxfordinparis.com
Paris Decorative & Fine Arts Society www.padfas.com
Paris Welsh Society www.pariswelshsociety.org
Royal Academy of Dance www.rad.lu
Royal Air Forces Association grahScot@aol.com
Royal Air Forces Association, Lyon Jubilee branch brian.rosen@orange.fr
Royal British Legion www.rblfrance.org
Royal British Legion , Lyon Liberation branch HKGordon37@aol.com
Royal Naval Volunteer Association mjzhunt@gmail.com
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Paris branch www.rscdsparis.org
RSCDS Lyon Branch/Scottish Chanterelle www.scottish-chanterelle.org
The Royal School of Church Music in France www.rscmfrance.org
The Royal Society of St George www.royalsocietyofstgeorge.com
The Salvation Army www.armeedusalut.fr
Standard Athletic Club www.saclub.org
St George’s Anglican Church www.stgeorgesparis.com
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church www.stjoeparis.org
The Scots Kirk, Paris www.scotskirkparis.com
Sète-Lorient-Londres www.sllassoc.com
St Luke’s Church, Fontainebleau www.fontainebleauchurch.org
St Marc’s Church, Versailles www.stmarcsversailles.org
St Michael’s Church www.saintmichaelsparis.org
SOS HELP www.soshelpline.org
St Peter’s Anglican Church, Chantilly www.stpeters.fr
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association Help
www.ssafa.org.uk/ssafa-near-you/france/
TBP
Toc H
ULIP
Tower Bridge Paris
Toc “H” Association
The University of London Institute in Paris www.ulip.lon.ac.uk