Lake Angels
May
06
Poem for Mario - 2nd May
The Lake Angels - Come siamo nati:
condividendo le stesse passioni e soprattutto la voglia di stare vicino alla natura, apprezzando la semplicità delle cose di oggi e di ieri, ormai da dieci anni ci siamo dati appuntamento il primo venerdì del mese per la passeggiata al Lago Santo. Proprio in questo luogo, che da sempre ha per tutti i Barghigiani un significato e un legame particolare, è nata l’idea di fare qualcosa di veramente concreto per chi non può apprezzare questa realtà, ma una piena di rinunce e sofferenza. Così è venuto fuori il nome Lake Angels, del quale Angels è chiaramente solo un nome allegorico, riferito al Lago Santo, da accostare a Lake.
Apr
15
Baccalà and beer at Aristo’s
Aristo’s bar in Barga Vecchia is tiny - no more than a corridor really but it is the unofficial cultural centre of Barga where Aristodemo Casciani has ruled supreme for more years than he cares to remember. He recounts to all who listen that he was brought in the bar, then owned by his grandfather, when he was still a babe in arms. If the shop got busy and she needed both hands to serve the customers his mother used to lay him in one of the large wooden drawers where the loose pasta was kept The place is in his blood and even though he retired a number of years ago allowing his son-in-law Marino to take over the helm, Aristo can still often be found in the bar recounting stories, playing his battered keyboard and whirling around, jabbing his finger in the air as a particular passage or phrase in the music touches his memory and sparks off another story from his past. Continue reading ‘Baccalà and beer at Aristo’s’
Feb
16
Pedal power for Energy Saving Day
For the second year running many residents in Barga took part in Energy Saving Day (last years event can be seen here) At Aristo's bar a rigorously acoustic only concert was put on just like last year but unlike last years candle lit affair they had this year put a new slant to the energy saving idea - Pedal power. Continue reading ‘Pedal power for Energy Saving Day’
Feb
12
House fire in Barga Vecchia doused by Lake Angels
Lake Angels to the rescue this evening in Barga Vecchia. Workmen working on a house today had lit a fire in the fireplace to keep warm while they worked but embers from the fire dropped onto stored wood nearby and this evening neighbours were alerted to the blaze by the sound of crackling wood and the unmistakable smell of wood smoke. Continue reading ‘House fire in Barga Vecchia doused by Lake Angels’
Feb
09
Pentolaccia in Barga Vecchia
A wonderful clear crisp sunny spring like day in Barga Vecchia - the perfect setting for the traditional pentolaccia festa to mark the end of the carnival. Children (of all sizes) were in costume today and nobody was safe from the confetti or spray. Adults, children, dogs even women in fur coats were liberally covered in foam by groups of screaming children enjoying the cries of their victims as today anything goes - all is possible. Continue reading ‘Pentolaccia in Barga Vecchia’
Feb
07
Attention Bill Gates: under the Tuscan sun of Rwanda
The green fields of Nyinawimana rise in 50 acres of carefully sculpted terraces, abuzz with honey bees under a generous sun. This might be Tuscany instead of the hills northeast of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. And in a sense, it is. There's a powerful story here, the kind of story you seldom hear at a time when news is mostly defined as catastrophe and the notion of spontaneous human solidarity is regarded as sentimental fiction. Continue reading ‘Attention Bill Gates: under the Tuscan sun of Rwanda’
Jan
30
Lake Angels - come siamo nati
Chi eravamo:
siamo cresciuti semplicemente alla “corte” di Don Francesco, all’ oratorio del Sacro Cuore, imparando fin da bambini il valore dell’amicizia, del rispetto per gli altri e con il passare del tempo non abbiamo mai smesso di credere in questi ideali.
Come siamo nati:
condividendo le stesse passioni e soprattutto la voglia di stare vicino alla natura, apprezzando la semplicità delle cose di oggi e di ieri, ormai da dieci anni ci siamo dati appuntamento il primo venerdì del mese per la passeggiata al Lago Santo. Continue reading ‘Lake Angels - come siamo nati’
Jan
15
What a year for the Lake Angels
Anche il 2007 è stato un’importante anno per l’aiuto donato dai Lake Angels, “l’ormai quasi decennale gruppo di amici” all’Associazione Kwizera Onlus. Abbiamo iniziato sotto le feste con la preparazione dei cesti Natalizi, venduti in una fredda serata di dicembre 2006, riscaldata con un grande falò e insaporita con grigliata ed altri deliziosi prodotti locali. Continue reading ‘What a year for the Lake Angels’
Dec
18
Biroldo, biroldo, biroldo
The story we published on Sunday which was somewhat mischievously entitled "Lake Angels and the Pig" had a sequel which was too late to publish that day. It concerns another local pork dish which very neatly divides opinion between those who think that it is a delicate local food with a long history which should be preserved and others who could think of nothing worse sitting on their plate. We are talking about Biroldo. Continue reading ‘Biroldo, biroldo, biroldo’
Dec
16
Lake Angels and the Pig
A crisp cold December morning in Barga Vecchia with the occasional flurry of light snow drifting into the piazza. The Lake Angels were in the piazza with another of their very popular fund-raising events. Usually they are at work during the summer - this time their collective creative juices were flowing around the idea of a winter based event - preparing sausages, roasts and biroldo for the coming holiday season.
Continue reading ‘Lake Angels and the Pig’
Dec
07
Lake Angels Christmas baskets
The Barga Jazz Club was supposed to be shut this evening but anybody passing by would have been surprised by the amount of activity going on behind the doors of the club.The Lake Angels were in action. Continue reading ‘Lake Angels Christmas baskets’
Aug
13
Lake Angels at Lago Santo 2007
Once a year a group of young (and not so young) men of Barga leave their respective partners and trek over the mountain out of Tuscany into Reggio Emilia to spend a night at Lago Santo. The Lake Angels are on the prowl. To get an idea of just what a Lake Angels outing is all about … have a read of Rupert's article (here) written way back on 2002
Continue reading ‘Lake Angels at Lago Santo 2007′
Jul
20
Non siamo Eroi play the Lake Angels
They are new to the scene, their first outing in public was back in March of this year, but they are gradually building up a strong fan base who obviously enjoy the music emanating out from the four no heroes.
Their last outing was at the Gladiatore in April and since then there has been a band line up change with a new drummer and keyboard player added. This evening Non siamo Eroi played the Lake Angels Piazzette.
Continue reading ‘Non siamo Eroi play the Lake Angels’
Jul
14
London band T-Jays play the Lake Angels Piazza
The T-Jays have played all over England and Ireland - including a famous gig in Cork… in the winter season they hit the slopes for residency at Campbell's Bar in Westendorf, Austria. Singer Joe is an actor whose film credits include Gladiator - due to his mellifluous voice and uncanny Elvis impersonations, he goes by the stage name of Hovis Presley - to be seen to be believed… The babe-magnet of the group, without a doubt. Continue reading ‘London band T-Jays play the Lake Angels Piazza’
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