A fundraising afternoon tea with entertainment was held at Saint Saviour's Parish Hall on Saturday with tables of Jèrriais speakers and supporters from all the Parishes. The event was organised by Le Congrès des Parlers Normands et Jèrriais to raise money to enable the hosting of La Fête Nouormande in Jersey (due year after next - it comes round every 3 years).
Among the entertainment there were readings by young and old - including a reading from the new book "Bram & Elie" - and performances by a skeleton-crewed Badlabecques. Among the songs was this one, to which I contributed the Jèrriais lyrics - it's a translation of Leonard Cohen's Dance me to the end of love.
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