Week 13 Semester 2 News!

Bonjour les amis!

This is our last week of semester two for 2009, so why not come along to one last FrenchSoc event? This week we have another Café Rendezvous at Petit Tarte (where we’ll be announcing winners and giving prizes for our Participez competition, so be sure to come!), as well as our usual conversation groups and study group. Don’t miss out on your weekly dose of all things French!

This week with FrenchSoc:

Conversation groups
[1-2pm, Monday-Thursday, Manning Backcourt.]
Conversation groups will be running again this week, Monday through Thursday from 1-2pm at the Manning backcourt (i.e. behind Manning). Enjoy a FREE coffee courtesy of Frenchsoc, have a chat and practice your French with other students (local and international!) Look out for the French flag and some of our friendly exec in our navy Frenchsoc t-shirts. If it’s raining don’t forget to check inside!

Study group
[2-3pm, Monday 26th October, Isabel Fidler Room (Top floor of Manning)]
Come along to our final study group for semester this Monday to do some homework or study for exams. It’s a great opportunity to stop procrastinating and get some help from more advanced students, with the added bonus a free coffee, courtesy of FrenchSoc!

Café Rendezvous au Petit Tarte
[4-6pm, Tuesday 27th October, Le Petit Tarte Café, 219 Glebe Pt Rd]
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=191823035129
Our last Café Rendezvous for the year will be held this Tuesday from 4-6, so come along for free coffee or cake (or both for $2!) if you have an access card. This is where we’ll be announcing and giving prizes to our Participez winners, for attendance at most FrenchSoc events, so be sure to come along! Petit Tarte is just a short walk up Glebe Point Rd from campus, so we hope you can all come along after class, even if it’s later in arvo!

Coming up on campus:

SUDS Presents: A Flea in Her Ear
[8pm - 10:30 pm, 21 - 31 October, The Cellar Theatre]Join SUDS for a night of double entendre, disorderly conduct and debauchery with the performance of A Flea in Her Ear, a French farce!
Ticket prices are $2 for SUDS members, $3 for Access, $4 for concession, and $5 for General admission.

Ailleurs dans le monde francophone

Celebrate the Melbourne Cup with Coo-ee
[7-11:30 p.m., Tuesday 3rd November, Scruffy Murphy’s (upstairs), 43-49 Goulburn St]
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158015412181&ref=nf
Discover what the Melbourne cup means to Australians and learn how to place bets while meeting friendly people. There are prizes to be won, including a bottle of champagne for the best costume (dress code is BLACK TIE). $7 jugs of beer ‘til 10, so join us from 7 p.m. and bring your friends (French or not), everybody is welcome!
Paris: City of Dreams
[7:30 pm on SBS, Friday 17th, 23rd, & 30th]
Art historian and passionate Parisian, Sandrine Voillet, uncovers some of the hidden delights of the City of Lights in this three-part series. This UK documentary is in both English and French, with English subtitles, and is showing on SBS at 7:30pm on Fridays 17th, 23rd, & 30th.
Synopsis:
In the first episode, Sandrine reveals how Paris battled through turmoil and trauma to become the city of dreams. In Blood and Chocolate, the second episode, she reveals the secret history and hidden delights of Paris, exploring winemaking, chocolate, cafés and some of the city's landmarks. In the third episode, Bohemian Rhapsody, Sandrine takes a look beyond the glittering surface of Paris, at the underground worlds and movements that defined the city in the 20th century.

UniBoules Pétanque 2009
[12:30 pm, Sunday 29th November, Canterbury Bowling Club]
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=162015381235&index=1
UniBoules Pétanque is on again! It will be a fun day with nibbles, aperitifs (courtesy of Pernod-Ricard), and prizes (including OBUT boules, l’Occitane gift packs, patisserie vouchers, and much more)! No experience is necessary, and if you’ve never played before you’ll be taught how to play before the competition starts. Registration is only $5, so email Frenchsoc.usyd@gmail.com to register your team of two by Wednesday 25th November. If you’re interested in organising a practice session before the competition you can contact Gary at boulesartistes@bigpond.com. See www.boulesartistes.org.au for more information.

Volunteers needed for French Library at the Alliance Française de Sydney
Practise your French and gain access to a wide selection of DVDs, CDs and books free-of-charge by volunteering to help out in our French Library, with the possibility of free advanced French and conversation courses! Volunteers work alongside French-speaking staff and have ample opportunity to communicate with our French-speaking members and students. We are located just near Town Hall at 257 Clarence St. Send your CV with a brief “lettre de motivation” to Hervé Devoulon at director@afsydney.com.au. For enquiries about the position, contact Nathalie on 9292 5740.

Sydney French Choir Public Performance
[2 p.m, 13th December, Pitt St Uniting Church ]
Come and see the Sydney French Choir perform at 2 p.m. on 13th December at the Pitt St Uniting Church. See http://www.ozchoirsandmusic.com.au for more details!


A bientôt!

FrenchSoc


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