Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, So what you are saying about the Queen of the grapes is that the judges perhaps inbibe a few too many fermented grapes before judging? Don don.dory@gmail.com On 9/17/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > > I had to laugh with the historic interpretation of the theme by some > participants, too. > The procession is in 2 parts: first a commerial part, where treats > are indeed dispersed in massive quantities which makes kids go crazy, > the 2nd part is a competition between the several social > 'entities' (one of them is called 'the Union of Poultry Breeders' :-) > of our village, to get the prize of best group. There is also a Queen > of the Grapes selection, but that takes place today. She's usually > very blonde, very ugly, and very stupid... > > Thanks for looking, > Philippe > > > > Op 17-sep-06, om 15:39 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven: > > > Oh my Philippe, > > It seems they don't teach history in your part of the world either. :) > > Southern "Stars and Bars" with a guy riding a broom. Your town is > > very > > creative to say the least. I'm assuming some of the vehicles were > > throwing > > treats to get the children so interested? > > > > The LUG is a wonderful thing, slices of the world. > > > > Don > > don.dory@gmail.com > > > > > > On 9/17/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > >> > >> Once a year, the sleepy suburban village of Hoeilaart comes to life. > >> In the 70's it was renowned for the production of exquisit grapes > >> (for consumption, not for wine making), but that ended due to strong > >> competition from the South of Europe. We got too expensive... > >> But since those days, the village has a tradition: The Festivities of > >> the Grapes. Every year another theme (this year the Middle Ages) > >> which by some is interpreted literally, and by others liberally. > >> Every year schools, scouts, and about any other club participate, > >> every year there's a fair, and every year a procession. > >> > >> Some snapshots of the latter yesterday evening: > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/lljfr > >> > >> I hope you enjoy them, even if some are 'technically' not OK. > >> (Ricoh GRD, 400 ISO, BW mode, minor work in PS CS2 without touching > >> noise etc: it's pretty much what came out of camera in jpeg high > >> quality mode) > >> > >> Thanks for looking, and comments welcomed, > >> Philippe > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >