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Betty MacDonald fan club fans,
what do you think of Seattle's French Fest?
Perhaps we are going to meet each other there.
I'd like to visit Brad Craft and his outstanding bookstore too.
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We already got many birthday cards.
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Betty MacDonald fan club birthday card contest is really a great idea.
The winner who sent the best and most original birthday card will be Honor guest of the next International Betty MacDonald fan club event.
Deadline: March 15, 2016
A Betty MacDonald fan club birthday exhibit with many very special birthday cards by Betty MacDonald's family and friends.
You'll be able to see wonderful cards for Betty MacDonald with very touching messages for example by her daughter Joan MacDonald Keil or her good friend Monica Sone. ( see info below ' Betty MacDonald and The plague and I )
There will be a Betty MacDonald fan club birthday event DVD available.
We'll have several International Betty MacDonald fan club events in 2016.
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I'd like to vote for Seattle.
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Seems I'm in this for a hot second. I remember being asked to participate one day on the street in front of the bookstore where I work. I didn't think to ask what it was for, or even so much as the name of the song or the band. Didn't want to be late coming back from lunch. Silly bugger. The very nice young woman with the green hair also featured herein happens to work at Magus Books. She mentioned she'd seen me. Told me the name of the band, and here we are.
Wolfgang Hampel's Vita Magica guest was a very famous TV lady, author and singer and she is our new Betty MacDonald fan club honor member.
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I've read some of Tatjana Geßler's books and I like them very much.
We are so happy that Betty MacDonald fan club honor member Mr. Tigerli is back.
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Now in its fourth year, the French Fest at Seattle Center is a part of the Seattle Center’s FESTÁL cultural event series and attracts 5,000 visitors. The event is free and open to the public (no admittance tickets are required). French Fest draws its inspiration from the worldwide “Day of Francophonie,” organized in over 100 countries each March to celebrate the diversity of Francophone cultures and traditions around the world.
During the Seattle event, festival-goers of all ages have an opportunity to enjoy many activities – all with a “French” twist: live music, theater and dance performances, French cuisine, book sales, informative seminars and demonstrations, “best baguette” contest, games and more.
The event also features a unique Career Expo (Salon de l’Emploi) with the participation of local and international companies seeking French speakers and workshops led by employment professionals.
The event is organized by the nonprofit organization, France Education Northwest, with the support of Seattle Center FESTÁL, the French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest, the Consular Agency of France in Seattle, Coca-Cola, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile and other key supporters.
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Seattle’s French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures
March 20, 2016
Armory Main Floor, Fisher Pavilion
http://fenpnw.org/french-fest/
French-American Chamber of Commerce
2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 490
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 443-4703
http://fenpnw.org/french-fest/
Armory Main Floor, Fisher Pavilion
http://fenpnw.org/french-fest/
Seattle's French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures
Join
the community for Seattle’s 3rd Annual French Fest: A Celebration of
French-Speaking Cultures on March 20, 2016 at Seattle Center Armory.
Seattle's
French Fest is free, family-friendly and open to the public with the
purpose of promoting and raising awareness of Francophone cultures and
traditions to the residents of the Greater Seattle area. During the
one-day event, festival-goers will listen to live music, watch dance
performances, taste international cuisine, learn from informative
seminars and cooking demonstrations, play games and enjoy a day full of
fun activities en français!
Seattle's
French Fest: A Celebration of French-Speaking Cultures is presented in
partnership with France Education Northwest, under the auspices of the
Consular Agency of France.
French-American Chamber of Commerce
2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 490
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 443-4703
http://fenpnw.org/french-fest/
Germany: Jamie-Lee Kriewitz wins Unser Lied für Stockholm with “Ghost” 66
After much controversy and a hastily assembled national final, Germany has put the drama of the past behind it and selected its act for Stockholm. Germany’s representative for 2016 is Jamie-Lee with “Ghost”.
The 10 finalists performed at the final of Unser Lied für Stockholm. The 100% televote put Avantasia, Alex Diehl and Jamie-Lee Kriewitz through to the superfinal. And from there, Jamie-Lee won the second vote, and with it the ticket to Stockholm.
Also performing at the national final were German hand The BossHoss, who performed Dolly Parton’s song “Jolene”, and 2014 Eurovision runners-up The Common Linnets.
In November last year, German broadcaster NDR announced that instead of a traditional national final, R&B singer Xavier Naidoo had been internally selected, with his song to be chosen by the German public. However, after much protest, the broadcaster cancelled this process and instead launched a standard national final with 10 competing acts.
The 10 finalists performed at the final of Unser Lied für Stockholm. The 100% televote put Avantasia, Alex Diehl and Jamie-Lee Kriewitz through to the superfinal. And from there, Jamie-Lee won the second vote, and with it the ticket to Stockholm.
Also performing at the national final were German hand The BossHoss, who performed Dolly Parton’s song “Jolene”, and 2014 Eurovision runners-up The Common Linnets.
In November last year, German broadcaster NDR announced that instead of a traditional national final, R&B singer Xavier Naidoo had been internally selected, with his song to be chosen by the German public. However, after much protest, the broadcaster cancelled this process and instead launched a standard national final with 10 competing acts.
Our first reaction to her win
Unser Lied für Stockholm finalists
- Alex Diehl “Nur ein Lied”
- Avantasia “Mystery of a Blood Red Rose”
- Ella Endlich “Adrenalin”
- Gregorian “Masters of Chant”
- Jamie-Lee Kriewitz “Ghost”
- Joco “Full Moon”
- Keøma “Protected”
- Laura Pinski “Under the Sun We Are One”
- Luxuslärm “Solange Liebe in mir wohnt”
- Woods of Birnam “Lift Me Up (From the Underground)”
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Trumpism & Europe’s Refugees: Poland says it cannot coexist ‘with Middle East people’
By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EurActiv.com)A dispute over how to shelter 160,000 refugees in Europe got deeper today when Poland said its population is unable to live with people from the Middle East. EurActiv Greece reports.
The Dutch EU presidency, helped by Germany, Italy and Greece, is trying to convince Eastern European countries to join an EU-wide plan to redistribute 160,000 refugees seeking shelter in Europe.
But the leaders from the Visegrad (V4) countries — Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary — are opposed to the idea.
“Central and Eastern EU countries do not have the experience to live with citizens from North Africa or the Middle East,” said a Polish diplomat contacted by EurActiv.
“From the very beginning of the refugee crisis we have underestimated the social differences in those countries. Before we start taking in and distributing [refugees] we need to communicate it to the people of Europe,” said the Polish diplomat, who preferred not to be named.
The Polish position echoes comments by Slovakia, whose Prime Minister Robert Fico said that Muslims cannot be integrated in mostly Christian European societies.
’50 million migrants who will change Europe’
Speaking to EurActiv on condition of anonymity, another high ranking diplomat said “up to 50 million” immigrants were expected to arrive on the old continent in the coming years, adding this “will change Europe” forever.
V4 countries intend to prevent this from happening.
At their “mini-summit” on 15 February, the V4 adopted a “plan B” in the event of a collapse of the Schengen area, which could be triggered by an exit of Greece from the European passport-free area.
V4 leaders want Greece to seal its borders with Bulgaria and Macedonia to effectively stem the migration flow coming from Turkey.
Warsaw says it “comprehends” that some EU countries face difficulties
in protecting their external borders, but “these countries should also
understand that some other EU countries haven’t learnt how to live with
people from the Middle East”.
Coalition of the willing
Now, a high-ranking EU source told EurActiv that a powerful front was taking shape against the Visegrad Group’s “plan B” to address the refugee crisis.
The source, who preferred not to be named because of the sensitivity
of the topic, said the V4 was highly influenced by Hungary’s Victor
Orbán and showed no willingness to reach a political compromise with its
European partners.Coalition of the willing
Now, a high-ranking EU source told EurActiv that a powerful front was taking shape against the Visegrad Group’s “plan B” to address the refugee crisis.
A “coalition of the willing” is now being established to raise the pressure on the V4 to accept more migrants.
Greece believes that some EU countries have no idea what the protection of sea borders means. Of the four Visegrad countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary are landlocked.
Athens, together with Rome, argues that there is a lack of cooperation with other EU member states to address the refugee crisis, especially concerning the relocation of 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy.
To date, less than 500 people have been relocated, and only 14 member states have informed Greece that a further 601 refugees could be relocated, a diplomat said, adding that almost 1,000 people have been relocated from Italy, too.
The diplomat said that most criticism of the EU plan came from those countries that had not provided any help at all.
Rome is urging member states to contribute and implement the relocation agreements, insisting that the refugee crisis concerned “people”, and that no one should forget that.
Italy similarly believes that the temporary reintroduction of border controls within Schengen should be avoided at all costs.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, who attended the Visegrad meeting in Prague, opposed the Visegrad plan, and told its hosts: “I don’t shut my borders.”
Geopolitical disorder
The same diplomat told EurActiv that the refugee crisis could “turn a geopolitical fragility into a geopolitical disorder”.
“There will be a destabilisation of the wider region of the Western Balkans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. There are many black holes and sources of war there […] once we pretended that we were ignoring them, but suddenly these countries will be exporting their destabilization in our heart,” he said.
France’s “thin voice”
Another EU diplomat told EurActiv that France’s silence over the refugee crisis was “problematic”.
“Paris is absent and it’s quite strange that it has such a thin voice,” the source noted.
EurActiv was informed that Paris was “reluctant if not against” the relocation scheme agreed on by EU leaders, and that after the Paris terrorist attacks, whenever the issue arises, it invoked security concerns.
Sarantis Michalopoulos | (EurActiv.gr)
Via EurActiv.com
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Many Betty MacDonald fan club ESC fans from all over the world adore the German ESC entry.
Jamie-Lee go for Gold!
1. Austria
2. Spain
3. Cyprus
4. Iceland
5. Germany
Brainpool, you little production un-inovative house. LOL
Don’t like the song neither the staging. I doubt someone would vote en masse for this.
I would also remove the backing singers from the stage, but they are probably there to provide support to the teenager. She has sung it much better of course and that needs to be perfected if she wants to do really well. Other than that it’s a REALLY good entry.
Ralph Siegel? He should call it a day now, Laura’s “Under the Sun We Are One” was just very dated and very very poor, he just does not understand the current ESC and so out of touch.
2. Cyprus
3. Germany
4. Iceland
5. Spain
Italy is my second but they will change the song so that’s why I don’t include it
If Switzerland improves the live performance they will make my top
I hope Bulgaria finds a decent song for Poli.
I as tv watcher, could not connect with the song at all, and at the end the only thing I remembered was how Jamie lee looked. I could not remember the song…
Most people see her just once, the focus has to be right for people to connect to it!
But all in all, I find it very nicely written, very well produced and well sung ……. Tho she needs to relax a bit on stage, in some shots she looked terrified.
All in All,
7.5 out of 10, but what do I know …… Last year Ann Sophie was in my top 10.
My only problem with ‘Ghost’ is how they cut it. I’ve been jamming to it for weeks now and was waiting patiently for the three-minute version. I was really disappointed when they remove the bridge. It was the perfect build-up for the final chorus.
I uploaded my suggested version on YouTube, and hopefully it will make it to the Germany team. Sadly, it’s already blocked there. I don’t know. I just wish they will change how they cut the song for Stockholm.
https://youtu.be/en1TKdVO1jk
This is one of those that either will get in top 10 or bottom 10, so hard to predict. At least it’s better than the German entries we had these last years.
1. Iceland
2. Italy
3. GERMANY
4. Switzerland
5. Malta
No… Seriously. Televoting only? I cant decide who has the worst taste in Germany, the (SO CALLED) expert-Jury or the audiences.
1) Ukraine , 2) Italy, 3) Germany, 4) Iceland, 5) Belgium, 6) Cyprus, 7) Austria, 8) Denmark, 9) Switzerland, 10) Albania
Perhaps they should try some good-looking male singer for a change next year. Remember Roman Lob? He did well.
My Top 5:
1. Albania
2. Malta
3. Bosnia & Herzegovina
4. Austria
5. Germany
As I said, not bad but certainly doesn’t scream winner.
I don’t understand it either. I don’t feel anything when I listen to this song. Oh well, to each his own, I guess.
#1 Ukraine
#2 Austria
#3 Switzerland
#4 Spain
#5 Cyprus
#6 Malta
#7 Denmark
#8 Iceland
#9 Germany
#10 Ireland
#11 Bosnia Herzegovina
#12 Belgium
#13 Georgia
#14 Belarus
This song makes me fall asleep… They should have done it like Finland…1:20 is enough for that song. Heard a verse, the chorus…and theres not more to it, just a sleeping pill.
(Oh and I didn’t expect the Common Linnets to be there xD)
I’m not sure about her anime styling, though. It looks like she’s assembled her outfit from Dolly Style’s discarded costumes from Melfest 2015.
2.Spain
3.Belgium
4.Germany
5.Denmark
6.Cyprus
7.Belarus
8.Georiga
9.Bosnia-Herzegovina
10.Iceland
11.Switzerland
12.Austria
13.Albania ( we wait new version in english)
14.Italy ( maybe they change the song)
15.Malta (they wili change the song)
16.Ireland
1. Ukraine
2. Germany
3. Iceland
4. Cyprus
5. Switzerland
Secondly well done Germany again for doing the right thing THAT is some song and staging, not sure about the outfit though.
This is a strong contender; she has the charm and the charisma and really connects with the audience and has the star quality needed to do well. This has a chance of doing very very well indeed.