APRIL BULLETIN
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French Friday Film & Food
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Assemblée Annuelle générale - Annual General Meeting
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Tuesday 28th March 6:00pm
Our AGM will be 28th March at Hastings Library 6pm, with an option to also join via Zoom. Members should receive an email on Monday with more details of the AGM. Come and find out how your volunteer Association functions, our rules stipulate a quorum of 20% so please help us out by attending in person or via zoom. Note nominations have closed so you have no risk of acquiring a role by turning up! Please note the meeting will be followed by "vin d'honneur" and nibbles. Have you renewed your 2023 membership? Click here to renew. |
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April's Café-Croissant's venue is Peak House, Havelock North. It will be on Saturday 1st April at 9:30am.
Why not come along and enjoy good coffee and croissants? It's a great opportunity for an Autumn breakfast and chat in French, Frenglish or French. RSVP by Thursday 30th March and include whether you would like croissants. Notre "Café-Croissant" vous permet de rencontrer des francophiles tout en prenant le petit-déjeuner ! |
Peak House, Havelock North
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Rumba Therapy is comedy above all. Yet it has its moving moments, and the vulnerabilities of several characters imbue it with an emotional depth that will leave you warm and tickled." - BMAMag.com 
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April's Film
We start each Cine-Club in the foyer of the cinema foyer from 6:00pm. We will be serving $5 glasses of Beach House wine and complimentary bread and cheese. The film starts at 6:30pm and supper is available afterwards at Pipi's café. Please notify Di if you are interested. Tuesday 11th April at 6:00pm Event Cinemas, Havelock North. Cost: Members $10; Other $15 Rumba la vie! / Rumba Therapy(2021)
M Offensive Language 103 mins, France French with English subtitles Rumba Therapy is a feel-good comedy made by actor-turned-Director Franck Dubosc who plays Tony, a bus driver in his 50s, going through a midlife crisis. He lives alone, having abandoned his wife and baby decades earlier. Deciding to reconnect with his daughter (Louna Espinosa), who has become a dance teacher, Tony signs up for her classes, even though he hates dancing and has two left feet. (Aotearoa FFF) |
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Friday 19 May is the altered date for our next film evening in Central Hawkes Bay. We have chosen a classic French film.
Milou en mai - May Fools (1990) Comedy Drama Madame Vieuzac has just passed away in her house in Southwestern France, far from the hue and cry of Paris in May, 1968. Her son, Milou, who has always lived with his mother, summons the rest of the family for the funeral... Once again suggested $10 koha with any profits going to My Food Basket CHB. We are hoping to have a Food Truck so you can buy dinner! |
"Louis Malle's "May Fools" has a quality of mellow contentment. You feel in its images a sense of sunny embrace, a feeling of comfort and leisure and warm sensuality." - Hal Hinson Washington Post
Food Truck: TBC |
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Term One Lessons will finish on 6th April and Term Two's start on 27th April. It is not to late to join and we have 5 levels including a complete beginners' class commencing in February 2023. Lessons are held at HGHS on Thursday’s 6pm-7:30pm during term time.
If you are interested in joining one of our classes next year, visit our Lessons page for more information by clicking on the button below. Learn French - 5 levels, 5 teachers, 4 you «Ce n'est jamais trop tard pour apprendre le français en 2023» "It's never too late to learn French in 2023! " |
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Soirées de Conversation
Napier Conversation Evening organised by Barbara,
2023 starts on Monday 24 April and 27 March
Havelock North Conversation Evening, organised by Belinda on Wednesday 5 April
For new enquiries visit this link, send a message to either Belinda or Barbara, you will then be added to the monthly mailout (regular attendees please respond to the monthly email sent to you). Everyone is welcome.
Soirée virtuelle continues on non-Conversation Evening Mondays - contact James for more information.
2023 starts on Monday 24 April and 27 March
Havelock North Conversation Evening, organised by Belinda on Wednesday 5 April
For new enquiries visit this link, send a message to either Belinda or Barbara, you will then be added to the monthly mailout (regular attendees please respond to the monthly email sent to you). Everyone is welcome.
Soirée virtuelle continues on non-Conversation Evening Mondays - contact James for more information.
Support our sponsors
Remember to support our sponsors. We will be seeing a lot of them at the French Film Festival.
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Click on the picture to meet our sponsors.
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