That Was The Week, That Was...
Here we review the week ending Saturday 17th August. We update this website virtually everyday, as things happen, so keep checking in.

Saturday 16th August

St. Céré Music Festival Ends
Saturday night saw the end of the 35th St. Céré Music Festival, as the cast of "Le Roi Carotte" took to the stage of the Théâtre de l'Usine for the last perfomance.

Caberet St. Céré Style
To a thick base of sand, add a stage, a load of lasers, a bit of fire, an electric violinist playing good Irish, loud disco music, exotic dancers and sprinkle liberally with snow... and what have you got? CABERET!

Parking Couzi was packed till way past midnight with a good natured bank holiday weekend crowd, enjoying the goings on, on stage. It kind of defies description, really, as some parts of the evening threw up some bizarre sights. Most memorable was probably watching a scantily clad dancing girl, on mini-stilts, whirling across the sand through a blizzard, while the audience rapidly turned into dancing snowmen!

Take a quick tour slide-show - click this link.

Standing Room Only at the Piano Bar
The focus of the early evening shifted from the "Foosteps in the Sand" end of town to "Apero Jazz" at the beginning of Rue de la République and the Piano Bar, where it was standing room only for the band "Bourbon Street". For a review of the evening and photos, please cllick the image above to be taken to the Au Passé Simple sponsored page on this website.

Life's a beach
... and then they plonk one down in the middle of St. Céré. One day it is a car park (Parking Couzi) - the next tons an tons of golden yellow sand turn it in to a beach. Not only that, they add a stage, a beach-sports arena and, something no beach is complete without... a beach bar. Happy days! It's all part of the "Footprints in the Sand" event, that lasts until Sunday 17th.

... by day
By day the beach is a sports arena, with various events taking place, such as the beach rugby above.

... by night
Music is the main theme, with Wednesday night no exception. Danny O'Donnell (minus camera - so no photos) waded into the evening and sent the following (slightly garbled) report from the beach bar..

"A good night was had by all in the parking Lot in St Cere tonight, as this roving reporter had his night on the town without the weight of a camera to burden him. The band was on top form as they played to a packed audience 'till around midnight. The theme was a beach one, and the Buvette was done up like a beach hut, not the usaul red affair, but still 2 euros a beer. All the usual suspects... Yves, Allan, Liz, Me etc. The St. Céré Rugby team were running the bar and no one got out of hand, as those boys have got rather bigger in the last year... and there was at least 75 mm of sand covering the parking lot. France seems a bit chaotic at times, but when they put on a Fete they do it with Style. PS the sand is staying around for another week, so bring a bucket and spade, the kids and have fun". Enough said. Ed.

Night Market

Hello Boys.... we came back!
Yep, Rio came to St. Céré again on Tuesday 12th as the second summer Night Market got into full swing. To see more of the entertainment, click the photo above to access a quick slide-show of the dancers as they toured the streets and stalls. (If some of the photos you are about to see are a bit blurred, it was not because of the photographers shaking hand... it is just that the girls would not stand still! Honest! Ed)

Meanwhile....
In the meantime, the Night market was going strong and as the crowds swirled around the oncoming dancing girls, it was even possible to take a few "snaps" of some of the things being sold. To acess a quick slide-show of some of these Night Market images, click the photo below.

Click the image above for a Quick-Tour slide-show of the St. Céré August Night Market.