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Twinning Events Calendar 2008

Here is a calendar of events that will involve our twin towns in the year to come

2008
11th - 27th FebruaryPhotomarathon banners were on display at Bedford Central Library. Pictures can be seen on www.flickr.com by typing "bedfordbamberg" in the search box
8th - 18th MarchSchool Exchange. Students from Bamberg visited Bedford
9th & 10th May    Bedford:Bamberg Spring Fest 2008.  Bedford Corn Exchange hosted a German beer and wine festival.  Don Bosco a brass band from Bamberg performed on Friday 9 May. Click here to go to the 2008 Twinning Events Page
12th - 13th JulyBedford River Festival. Malvena, a band from Rovigo will be performing at this year's River Festival and a delegation from Bamberg, including the Oberburgermeister will be visiting.

The Scout district will have a mobile display at the River Festival, which is hoped to contain material from both Bamberg and Rovigo Scouts as well.

For details of 2006 River Festival, see the September 2006 Despatches Newsletter
4th - 29th AugustTwinning Work Placements August 08Work placements from Bedford's Twin Towns. Manuel Feiler (far left) and Lena Wachter (far right) from Bamberg and Enrico Buoso (left centre) and Tosca Senesi (right centre) from Rovigo




pdf logoTosca Senesi Work Placement 08 Report - DOWNLOAD

pdf logoEnrico Buoso Work Placement 08 Report - DOWNLOAD

Above is a picture of the four people who took part in a work placement during August, enabled by Twinning. Also above are reports written by Enrico Buoso and Tosca Senesi from Rovigo about their stay in Bedford

pdf logoSonja Talo Rovigo Work Placement 08 Report - DOWNLOAD
Sonja Talo
Sonja Talo was the Bedfordian who traded places with Tosca Senesi, spending a month in Rovigo whilst Tosca stayed with her family here in Bedford. To the right is a picture of Sonja and above is her report on how she spent her time in Rovigo.
13th - 21st SeptemberTrade Fair in Bamberg
29th September - 3rd OctoberTwo Step Crew will perform at Ro-Woodstock in Rovigo
Two Step Crew
18th - 29th October    School Exchange.  Students from Bedford visit Bamberg
27th November - 23 DecemberXmas Fair in Bamberg.  Bedford will have a presence in Bamberg selling traditional British goods as well as local products.
12th - 14th DecemberVictorian Fair in Bedford.  Bamberg will have a presence in Bedford selling traditional German goods.
2009
18th - 20th SeptemberSports Festival to be held in Bamberg. To visit the Bedford Bamberg Sports Festival page, please click here



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