Bastille Day July 14th 2009

In fact you may know it as Bastille Day, and it is true !!! We celebrate the French Revolution which happened in 1789.
At first it was just a Parisian celebration. In 1880 the government decided to make it a National Day.

What do we do on July 14th ?
First the Grand Defilé at Champs-Elysées. But if you won’t get up early it is better to see it on TV. It starts on TV arroun 9 am.
Le Bal des Pompiers : On July 13th and 14th The firemen organize dance-parties around the Country. It is the same in Paris. Also in Paris there will be music at Place de la Bastille.
In Le Cannet there will be a Bal des Pompiers on the 13th at Place Foche around 8h30 pm.

FIREWORKS :
In Paris it takes Place at the Champs de Mars. Just before (6 pm) there will be a French concert with Johnny Hallyday and Christophe Mae. The Fireworks will start at 10h45pm and it seems it will be great as they celebrate the Eiffel Tower 120 years ! There is also a web where you will be able to see it. To know more clik here.
In Cannes The Fireworks take place for the Pyrotechnic Festival of Cannes 2009. They will take place near the Palais des Festivals.

To know Bastille Day program in Paris click here

Please pay attention many streets, metro stations and Velib stations will be closed arround Paris, to know more about the metro stations visit the RATP web.

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CANNES - FESTIVAL D ART PYROTECHNIQUE

This is festival created by Cannes City in 1967, is a competition were 5 selected participants will presented a firework show based on a theme and accompanied with sound.
To select the winner of the Vestale d’Argen (Trophy), will judge on the program, music, synchronization, colors ant rhythm.

You can also vote for the public winner on internet On this web you will be able to see the shows the day after they were played.

This year 5 companies from 5 countries will play as follow :

July 14 – French National day – Italy will open the competition with the company PARENTE.
July 21st will play PIROFANTASIA a Spanish group of Carlos Caballer who’s family works on fireworks since 1877. After the show there will be the concert of Susuma.
Juli 29th Poland will be represented for the first time at the festival with the group SUREX. It will be followed with a concert of Jazz music with the group Pommes de ma Douche.
August 7th will be the turn to the French Group PRESTATECH. And then there will be the Kocani Orkestar concert.
August 15th The group PYROVISION, from Austria, will end the competition. There will be also a concert : Caligagan.

On August 24th we will know the prized group. And for the ceremony there will be another firework : the Italian group PANZERA , which comes often to this festival will make the last show.

How to go there ?

Stay near Cannes at hotel Rachel (Le Cannet) a charming 3 star hotel.

International Festival of Fashion Photography - Cannes

The International Festival of Fashion Photography, takes place in Cannes for its 7th edi tion.
Until August 15th You will see the monumental pictures exhibited in the town :
In the Croisette in Cannes from June 25th to August 15th
The tourist Office until July 15th
Macé square until August 15th
Antibes street from July the first until August 15th
Also at the Port Canto rose garden are presented, as each year, the Festival guest of honour’s work. This year, the International Festival of Fashion Photography is pleased to pay tribute to the world-famous fashion photographer Guy Bourdin.
In 2009 a Fashion Photography Prize will be awarded to a con firmed artist and an other Fashion Photography Prize will be given to a Young Talent. The Jury this year is composed of Laurence Benaïm, Stiletto editor, Peter Knapp, photographer and artistic director, Jean-Luc Monterosso, director of The European House of Photography.

To prepare your stay at Cote d'Azure with Regetel, Hotel Rachel is located in Le Cannet about 10 minutes drive from Cannes.

PALESTINE - LA CREATION DANS TOUS SES ETATS

Contemporary art exhibition.

Institut du Monde Arabe
1 rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard
Place Mohammed V
Paris
Tél. 01 40 51 38 38

Opened from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am. to 6 pm.

Since June 23rd you can visit at the Instut du Monde Arabe, an exhibition that shows the Palestinian have excellent modern art creators; photographs, painters, sculptors…

This exhibition is also the occasion to see the plastic and method differences between the artists, who can be young or elder creators, ladies like Jumana Abbud, Rana Bishara… or men like Kamal Boullata, Suha Shoman.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Actually you can visit two exhibitions organised to celebrate Henri Cartier-Bresson’ birth centenary.

Maison Européenne de la Photographie MEP
5/7 rue de Fourcy - 75004 Paris

Téléphone: (33) 1 44 78 75 00
Métro : Saint Paul (ligne 1) ou Pont Marie (ligne 7)
Opened every day from 11am to 8pm. Excepted on Monday, Tuesday and bank-holidays.

Henri Cartier-Bresson à vue d'oeil

Until August 30th
This exhibition is inspired from two exhibitions organised by this great photographer: “ Paris à vue d’oeil” ( muse Carnavalet 1984), and “Des Européens” (MEP 1997). It is composed of 320 Works taken from the Maison Européenne de la Photographie collections.

Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
11 avenue du Président Wilson - 75116 Paris

Tél : 01 53 67 40 00
Métro Alma-Marceau ou Iéna

Henri Cartier-Bresson
June 19th to September 13th
This exhibition is almost the reconstitution of the one organised in 1978 by the Photographer “40 years of photography” like a best off. The 70 works are presented as they were at that time : great pictures (70cm x 90cm), shown with out any frame.

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TOUR DE FRANCE

The Tour de France will start on July 4th in Monaco.

It is the 96th Tour and will recover 3 500 Km with 21 stages. There will be some new cities like Gironne, Martigny, Verbier, Issoudin...

To know the program click here

Practical information :
If you are in Le Cannet on Sunday Jully 5th you may have trafic troubles.
If you are leaving Paris, or if you have an apointment pay attention to the Trafic on July 26th.

Do you want to know who is going to have the Yellow shirt ?
So you have an apointment on July 26 at the Champs Elysées

Cité de la musique : Reopening of the Musée de la musique !

The Musée de la Musique is housed within the Cité de la Musique, in the heart of the Parc de la Villette.

Over an area of 3,000 m², visitors can see 1,000 instruments and art objects. The museum takes visitors on a chronological journey through Western musical forms from the 17th century to the present day, and on a geographical journey through different aspects of non-European music.

Visits to the museum have their own musical dimension – an audio guide includes many recordings of instruments in the collections and there are daily free concerts. Also every day the museum organises a concert see the program while arriving there.

For anyone interested in music, as well as for tourists willing to discover something new, no stay in Paris can be complete without a visit to the Musée de la Musique.

Entrance Fees to the Musée de la musique
Ticket 8€ (free audioguide for adults and children, in French or in English)
Guided tour 10€
Pre-booking is mandatory for group visits.
Opening hours
From Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 6pm, Sundays from 10am to 6pm, closed on Mondays.
Cité de la musique
221 avenue Jean Jaurès - 75019 Paris
Tél. : 01 44 84 45 00
email : rp@cite-musique.fr
site Internet : www.citedelamusique.fr
Travel information
M° Porte de Pantin (ligne 5)


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SAILOR CHIC IN PARIS

LES MARINS FONT LA MODE
Musée de la Marine
17 place du Trocadéro
75016 Paris

Until July 26
Open from 10am to 6pm
Closed on Tuesday
Fare : 9 €

This very interesting exhibition explains how the sailor uniforms have influenced French Fashion and society.
It will be possible to admire uniforms since 1840 next to a hundred haute couture outfits by such luminaries as Chanel, Saint-Laurent, Gaultier, Ted LApidus or Yohji Yamamoto, see how designers have been inspired, and which personalities have adopted nautical stripes.

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