RADLETT AND ALDENHAM INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION (RAIFA)
18 May 2009
CELEBRATION OF 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF TWINNING
A group of 25 members of the Radlett and Aldenham International Friendship Association (RAIFA) spent four days in Louveciennes, France last week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their twinning agreement signed in 1984. The visitors – including six children from Radlett - all stayed with families in Louveciennes, which is near to Versailles and Paris. The party included the Chairman of Aldenham Parish Council, Ron Worthy who presented the Mayor of Louveciennes, André Vanhollebeke with a special scroll to mark the occasion.
The visitors were treated to a busy programme included a guided tour of the Pavillion de Musique, originally built for the Contesse du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV and the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, including the Grand and Petite Trianon and Mary Antoinette's farm. The formal celebrations included a reception in the gardens of the Marie (Town Hall) in Louveciennes and a dinner and a lively cabaret by local performers and singers in the town's theatre.
RAIFA Chairman Clive Glover said that the visit had been a tremendous success and demonstrated the continuing strength of the links between the two communities. He noted that a group of 35 singers from Radlett would be visiting Louveciennes in June to take part in the Féte de Musique (an annual musical event across France on Mid Summer's Day) and that a Radlett girl will once again be one of the “Maids of Honour” for the annual Féte des Fleurs (Festival of Flowers) in September. During the visit he had also had discussions with the Louveciennes Tennis Club about a proposed exchange of young tennis players between the two communities. RAIFA had also been invited to send representatives to Louveciennes' twin town Vama in Romania later this year.
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