Thank you so much for coming to our first session on Saturday. I enjoyed it very much as did all the people who have made contact.
The room will certainly not allow for greater numbers but not being sure how many will come to the next sessions, I have booked 4 more dates and if we find we need a larger venue, we will have to come up with ideas. I am going to suggest less heating at the venue, so if you are planning to watch do ensure you are warm enough.
Monday was the slightly more popular weekday choice, so this is what I have booked:
- Monday 26th March 6-7pm
- Saturday 14th April 2-4pm
- Monday 23rd April 6-7 pm
- Saturday 5th May 2-4pm
It looks as if we will have enough people @£2 each (children free) to cover the hire of the room
Nou-s'a dansé! - They've danced! #jerriais https://t.co/Tw9IphScpS
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) March 10, 2018
Regular sessions will be set up; dates & times to be confirmed
— Geraint Jennings (@GeraintJennings) March 10, 2018
Just to remind you that we are holding our first Jèrriais dancing session this Saturday at Ebenezer church Hall in Trinity from 2 to 4. The cost is £2 ( free for children) and there will be a cup of tea and a wonder half way through!
The first priority will be to enjoy the dancing and any question of performing - perhaps at Hamptonne or the Fête Nouormande, would only be for those people who wish to do this. We will try to arrange times and venues for further sessions, perhaps once a month or once a fortnight if anyone is very keen, but the casual dancers will always be very welcome when they wish to come along.
Jersey’s secret intelligence agency known as the Special Toad Service has given a mission to local students to learn the song and help save our local language.
Children in Jersey’s primary schools have been given the opportunity to learn how to sing the popular anthem ‘Beautiful Jersey’ in Jèrriais – and they are being taught the song by a singing toad. Agent Cliémentinne – who is apparently the chief of the secret James-Bond style organisation known as the Special Toad Service – has appeared in a new pair of videos calling on all children to help them in a new mission to save Jèrriais, starting with the well-known song.
Bouanne Saint Dâvi!