2004 French Visit

Billericay Twinning Association
Twinned with Fishers, Indiana, USA and Chauvigny, Vienne, France

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Visit to Billericay 2004

From Friday 23rd April 2004 to Monday 26th April 2004, a delegation of 19 residents from the town of Chauvigny visited Billericay. The main reason was to sign the formal twinning charter between Billericay and Chauvigny at a ceremony held at the St Mary Magdalene Church, Great Burstead. The event was open to all interested persons and invitations were issued to many clubs and organisations.

An itinerary of events was defined for the week-end.

Friday	3.30pm	Meet visitors at Stanstead airport and leave with hosts for evening
Saturday	12 noon	Morris Dancers outside Somerfields, High Street
	12.30pm	Presentation of book on Billericay by the author Sylvia Kent to Mayor of Chauvigny
	12.30pm - 2.30pm	Buffet at the Red Lion Public House, High Street
	3.30pm - 4.30pm	Official signing of Charters at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Great Burstead
	4.30pm-5.30pm	Teas and snacks at Gt Burstead Church hall
	7.30pm - 11.30pm	Dinner at the White Hart, Ramsden Heath and formal Exchange of Charters
Sunday	8.30am	Optional 4 mile fun run with Billericay Striders starting in Lake meadows
	11.0am	Norsey Wood guided walk
	12.30pm-2.0pm	Buffet lunch at Eddies Club, Radford Way
	2.30pm-4.30pm	Guided walk of the High Street Town Trail
	Evening	Hosts to provide Dinner
Monday	8.30am	Visitors leave by coach from railway station.

In preparation of this visit an exhibition relating to Chauvigny was held at the Library, Billericay High Street, on Friday 26th March and Saturday 27th March 2004 during normal opening hours.

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