http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2008/04/13/concerto-lirico-di-gala-dedicated-to-giacomo-puccini/ busily putting barga on the map Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:24:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/2008/04/13/concerto-lirico-di-gala-dedicated-to-giacomo-puccini/#comment-938 Uccelli at barganews Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:01:45 +0000 http://www.giornaledibarganews.com/?p=4655#comment-938 [...] Ended private sector involvement in The Scottish Health Service. (put there ironically enough by Labour) Abolished prescription charges. Saved local Accident and Emergency Units. Backdated the N.H.S. pay award. Abolished student fees. Cut class sizes in schools. Given equal rights to children of asylum seekers. Started a pilot scheme for free school meals. Rejected nuclear power. Doubled the international aid budget. Condemned the Iraqi war. Ended ring fencing of council spending. Abolished bridge tolls. As well as all of these new found changes and leaving politics aside my journey home was filled with joy. We celebrated my Dad’s 89th birthday in style. I spent valuable time with family and friends and especially loved seeing the monumental changes in the new wee one, Maura. Actually she is coming to Barga soon and no doubt will, (in true Moore family tradition) be joining in one of the music sessions in Aristos. You can’t start them off too early you know. I have been at an exceptional night of opera in The Duomo since coming back. A group of young music students from Cardiff are over doing a series of concerts : Rossini , Verdi, Vivaldi, Brahms and Mozart. So much talent and such beautiful voices. (article here) [...] [...] Ended private sector involvement in The Scottish Health Service. (put there ironically enough by Labour) Abolished prescription charges. Saved local Accident and Emergency Units. Backdated the N.H.S. pay award. Abolished student fees. Cut class sizes in schools. Given equal rights to children of asylum seekers. Started a pilot scheme for free school meals. Rejected nuclear power. Doubled the international aid budget. Condemned the Iraqi war. Ended ring fencing of council spending. Abolished bridge tolls. As well as all of these new found changes and leaving politics aside my journey home was filled with joy. We celebrated my Dad’s 89th birthday in style. I spent valuable time with family and friends and especially loved seeing the monumental changes in the new wee one, Maura. Actually she is coming to Barga soon and no doubt will, (in true Moore family tradition) be joining in one of the music sessions in Aristos. You can’t start them off too early you know. I have been at an exceptional night of opera in The Duomo since coming back. A group of young music students from Cardiff are over doing a series of concerts : Rossini , Verdi, Vivaldi, Brahms and Mozart. So much talent and such beautiful voices. (article here) [...]

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