Twinning Festival
Celebrations of the Falkirk Council area’s twinning links with Creteil and the Odenwald will be held from 4 to 7 July.
On Friday, July 4, visitors from Creteil, near Paris and the Odenwald region of Germany will be welcomed with a civic reception marking the 10th, 25th and 30th anniversaries of the twinning links with the former Falkirk District and Central Regional Councils and Falkirk Council.
Musicians and dancers from the Odenwald and a hip hop dancers and break dancers from Creteil will join local music makers including the Junior Gaelic Choir, Falkirk Folk Club, the Urban Tonkerers, the Grangemouth Air Cadet Pipe Band, Jennifer Marjoriebanks Sunny Stars, and the Jenkins School of Highland Dance on Saturday 5 July in the town centres.
Beer will be on sale from the Odenwald, and there will be French Food tasting as well as a caricaturist and face painting.
Events include:
Falkirk (11.00am–4.00pm)- Grangemouth Air Cadet Pipe Band
- Lauerbacher Dorfkapelle Band
- Laura Jenkins Highland Dancers
- Creteil Hip Hop Dancers
- Junior Gaelic Choir
- Odenwald Tap Dragons
- Falkirk Folk Club
- Sunny Stars
- Creteil BreakdancersUrban Tonkerers
- French food tasting
- Bratwurst and beer for sale
- Free caricatures done
- Face painting
- Craft Market
- Grangemouth Air Cadet Pipe Band
- Lauerbacher Dorfkapelle Band
- Creteil Hip Hop Dancers
- Urban Tonkerers
- Kate And Sandy
- Creteil Breakdancers
- . . . and more
- Grangemouth Air Cadet Pipe Band
- Urban Tonkerers
- Laurerbacher Dorfkapelle Band
- Creteil Hip Hop Dancers
- Urban Tonkerers
- Kate And Sandy
- Falkirk Junior Gaelic Choir
- . . . and more
Many successful links have been established through twinning involving schools, Forth Valley College, local, sports and young people's groups.
The twinning festival weekend is intended to encourage further trade, sporting and community links. For more information on twinning, visit the Falkirk Twinning website.
Twinning FestivalDate: Saturday, 5th July, 2008
Time: detailed above
