Organist Samuel Liegion has won the 2008 prix du Concours International d'Improvisation de Strasbourg. This evening he will be playing an hour of Bach style improv, then French baroque and finishing off with a symphony in 4 movements.

Starts at 17:00 at the St. Michel church. Free entry.

Free Entry: "Arthur et Les Minimoys"

This exposition is the only French gathering where it is possible to admire and actually purchase minerals originating from the Mont-Blanc Massif and indeed from all over the world, directly from the Crystal seekers themselves.

Stephanie Lochet on the clarinette and Maxime Patel on the organ.

Starts at 17:00 at the St. Michel church. Free entry.

Ueli Steck - Alpiniste express - “A la recherche du temps perdu“

The north face of Grand Jorasses in 2:21, the Eiger in 2:47 and the Matterhorn in 1:56!
Awarded the Piolet d'Or 2009 for the climb up the north face of Tengkampoche in Nepal, Ueli returns from Baltoro (Pakistan) on August 10 and will be in Chamonix the 11th.

Wednesday August 12 at 9:30 pm in Pre de Foire in Servoz, come and see the movie "Be Kind Rewind" a movie by Michale Gondry with Jack Black and Danny Glover.

The Guides Festival takes place every year on 14th and 15th August. It combines traditional folklore with modern expertise and offers a wonderful spectacle for all those attending the celebrations. Friendship and conviviality are the keywords to these festivities....

Isabelle Gallarotti, soprano and Daniel Meylan, organ

The theme of the concert is the Virgin Mary.

Starts at 17:00 at the St. Michel church. Free entry.

Chamonix-Black Easton 20:45h

Pierre Pincemailler, organist - Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Vierne, Alain, Durufle

Improv

When: 17:00
Where: Eglise St. Michel
E-mail : pierre-thibaud@orange.fr

Unique in its kind, this event crosses 3 countries on foot (France, Italy and Switzerland), covers 158 kilometres and 8,500 metres climb in one fell swoop. A race with a time limit of 45 hours, the current held record being 21 hours and 6 minutes.

Place du Mont-Blanc - Saturday from 9am to 8pm and Sunday from 10am to 6pm
Entertainment: Giant screen in connection with the race of the Ultra Trail, children's games, parade
in the streets ...

Vallorcine is scheduled to close for the season August 30th.

Les Grands Montets is scheduled to close for the season August 30th.

Les Grands Montets could be open for the Toussaint holidays (25 Oct - 5 Nov) and the last 3 weekends in November snow permitting.

Marcel Wibault Museum - The 2009 Exhibition takes us in the footsteps of the painter, walking the heights and summits, in search of the most beautiful effects.
In high mountain, we will find the subtle shadows and lights and we enjoy the changing reflections on the lakes, the glaciers and that indefinable scent exhalation of rock burnt from the sun ...

Victims of global warming, the glaciers are suffering. With the ice shelf melting at high speed, the glaciers in the Alps are receding. From Greenland to the Himalayas and from the Andes to the Antarctic, these glaciers seem to be doomed.