NEWS FROM PITHIVIERS
In July there were three other events. At the beginning of the month a motorcycle gathering and the day after a yardsale -brocante in French- took place in the park of Bellébat. But given that firstly Bellébat is a public park and secondly the weather was not that good hardly 100 people rode the train during the weekend.
On July 22nd an unique and outstanding party took place at the same place. The AMTP had set up a dinner on the vast still green lawn. The meal cooked by a well- known caterer from Orléans was scrumptious. The cocktail, the three courses dinner and the wines were served by AMTP's volunteers that had been trained a few hours ago by the caterer. After the beautiful sunset when it was dark the trees around the lawn lighted in different and changing colors, it was marvellous to be there in that warm summer night listening to the music- blues, country music and rock'n roll- played and sung by a successful local band. When the dinner was over quite a lot of the guests went dancing in front of the stage. But as everything ,even the better ones, comes to an end on Sunday at 1 am everyboby got on the train bound for Pithiviers.
Absolutely everybody was delighted with that- in French" dîner concert "- and asked the train crew for an other one next year. Unfortunately I'm afraid the AMTP wont take the risk to organize such an event in the future because this one has not been profitable at all. 100 guests were expected to only cover the invested expense but only 60 attended that party. The reasons, well , the price, 70$ per person maybe a bit pricey, but I must admit it was worth it, then the weather that had been rather rainy since the beginning of the month and to finish with it was Summer vacation time.
Anyway those who attended that evening were relly happy and my wife and I had really appreciated the dinner and the music. A few pics in the next reply.
