Thanks for your reply Jenny - so I can start hoping again? Maybe it is the Town Council, then, that has had changes in it's system? >From what I have been told by those who have been, Camarinas is a very small seaside town - and that is part of the attraction of this fair.
Also, last April, I would have been willing to come as a spectator, but there was no accommodation available (or so I was told). But anyway, maybe I will be luckier this time. I would need to know as early as possible (hopefully around November / December) if there is to be the fair because about four of us wish to travel up for it, but will have to book our flights around then to be able to get good prices on tickets. When I tried to book only about three weeks before the fair, around March, I was quoted prices of around 3000 euros! Please do keep me informed if you get to know anything. Who knows, maybe the headmaster of the Gozo school of art misunderstood everything due to the language barrier! Regards, Karen -----Original Message----- From: Jenny De Angelis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Catalan Lace Day 2008(was RE: lace-digest V2007 #148) 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. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.8/869 - Release Date: 25/06/2007 17:32 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.8/869 - Release Date: 25/06/2007 17:32 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
