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French Club expands horizons
Apr 28, 2004 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Nineteen French Club members and four adults traveled to Marseille, France with French instructors Marit Mniszewski and Nathalie Welch over Spring Break. The group stayed in Aix-en-Provence and Avignon Feb. 28 – March 2.
They visited the Provence region and saw Roman artifacts and towns and castles built in the Middle Ages. Then, they took the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) to Paris where they stayed until March 6. They also visited three castles on the Loir River and Versailles. The trip ended with a dinner cruise on the Seine River.
Ten students traveled on March 28 to the Cirque du Soleil. Cirque du Soleil began with a very simple dream, according to Guy Laliberté, Founder and CEO of the event. “A group of young entertainers got together to amuse audiences, see the world, and have fun doing it. Every year, the audiences get bigger, they continue to discover new places and ideas and they’re still having fun.”
The club saw the “Alegría” performance held near Cobb Galeria Convention Center. The performance was described as “a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means ‘jubilation’ in Spanish, are many. Power and the handing down of power over time, the evolution from ancient monarchies to modern democracies, old age, youth—it- is against this backdrop that the character of Alegría play out their lives. Kings’ fools, minstrels, beggars, old aristocrats, and children make up its universe, along with the clowns, who alone are able to resist the passing of time and the social transformations that accompany it.”
“The students really enjoyed the performance and decided we should make this an annual trip,” Nathalie Welch, French Club adviser, said.
They visited the Provence region and saw Roman artifacts and towns and castles built in the Middle Ages. Then, they took the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) to Paris where they stayed until March 6. They also visited three castles on the Loir River and Versailles. The trip ended with a dinner cruise on the Seine River.
Ten students traveled on March 28 to the Cirque du Soleil. Cirque du Soleil began with a very simple dream, according to Guy Laliberté, Founder and CEO of the event. “A group of young entertainers got together to amuse audiences, see the world, and have fun doing it. Every year, the audiences get bigger, they continue to discover new places and ideas and they’re still having fun.”
The club saw the “Alegría” performance held near Cobb Galeria Convention Center. The performance was described as “a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means ‘jubilation’ in Spanish, are many. Power and the handing down of power over time, the evolution from ancient monarchies to modern democracies, old age, youth—it- is against this backdrop that the character of Alegría play out their lives. Kings’ fools, minstrels, beggars, old aristocrats, and children make up its universe, along with the clowns, who alone are able to resist the passing of time and the social transformations that accompany it.”
“The students really enjoyed the performance and decided we should make this an annual trip,” Nathalie Welch, French Club adviser, said.
