Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's beer. By the gallon. ;-) Op 17-sep-06, om 16:08 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >