Karen wrote
<<I think you may be very lucky that you've had this wonderful experience
Jane
because I have heard that there are some problems with next year's fair.
Apparently there has been a change in local government of Catalunya (i.e.
the equivalent of their local council) and the fair may not be held any
more. >>
HI Karen,
This is news to me and I live in Catalunya. I have heard nothing about the
annual lace day not being held next year but will try to find out. I expect
Carolina will know something about it and might respond to the list on the
subject.
The Catalan Government is just that, a Government and not the local council.
Catalunya has an autonomous government, with it's own laws and police force,
amongst other things peculiar to Catalunya. Quite a lot different to a
Local Council and the powers that a local council has.
I might be wrong but as far as I know the Catalan government doesn't
organise the event it is organised between the Association of Lacemakers of
Catalunya and the Town Council of the town which has agreed to hold the
event. It may be that the Catalan Government helps with something towards
the cost but I haven't heard that it does this. The town holding the event
bears the large part of the cost I believe, with those participants who are
not members of the Assoc. of Lacemakers of Catalunya paying a few euros each
to attend. Members of the Assoc. do not pay as they have already paid their
subs. to the Association for the year and the Assoc., contributes something
towards the cost out of it's fund, I believe.
If it has been decided not to hold the event then it won't be anything to
do with the Catalan Government but more likely that no town has put it's
name forward to hold the event next year. It is an expensive event to put
on for any town and wherever it is held there needs to be a lot of space to
seat everyone as you can imagine. If it not held next year it does not
necessarily mean it will never be held again, it could be that a town will
agree to hold it in 2009, you never can tell.
Fingers crossed something will happen next year.It happened once before
that no town had come forward saying it was prepared to hold the event, then
a town unexpectedly stepped into the gap and held it at the last minute.
What a pity you didn't write to me about wanting to come to the event this
past April, we had spare seats on our table and could have squeezed you into
one of them. You could have come just as a spectator, as Jane knows it is a
sight to see. You could have browsed the suppliers stalls, we usually have
about 30, sometimes up to 50, suppliers stands which come from all over
Spain and a few from Belgium and France too.
I will try to find out if it "is" to be held next year and if it is what the
likely place will be and let you know. Unless Carolina posts something in
the meantime. So don't give up hope of attending our lace day just yet.
Regards
Jenny DeAngelis.
Spain.
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