Chamonix Events in August

Concert: Organ music
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.
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2 August 2009
église Saint Michel
Chamonix
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Mineral Trade Fair
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.
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8 - 9 August 2009
Centre Sp. Richard Bozon
Chamonix
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Concert: Organ music
Stephanie Lochet on the clarinette and Maxime Patel on the organ.

Starts at 17:00 at the St. Michel church. Free entry.
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9 August 2009
église Saint Michel
Chamonix
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Fête des Guides
The 84th Fête des Guides
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....
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14 - 15 August 2009
Les Gaillands
T: +33(0)4 50 53 00 88
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Concert: Organ music
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.
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16 August 2009
église Saint Michel
Chamonix
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Concert: Organ music
Pierre Pincemailler, organist - Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck, Vierne, Alain, Durufle

Improv

When: 17:00
Where: Eglise St. Michel
E-mail : pierre-thibaud@orange.fr
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23 August 2009
église Saint Michel
Chamonix
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Ski Resort: Les Grands Montets closes
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.
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30 August 2009
Les Grands Montets
Argentiere
T: 04 50 53 2275
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The North Face Ultra Trail
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.
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August 25-30 2009
Chamonix
T: +33(0)6 11 55 63 37
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Lift Station: Vallorcine closes
Vallorcine is scheduled to close for the season August 30th.
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30 August 2009
Vallorcine
T: 04 50 53 2275
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Aiguilles et Glaciers couleurs d'altitude
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 ...
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June 20 2009
62 chemin du Cé
Chamonix 15h - 19h
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Exhibition: Des Glaciers et des Hommes
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.
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Espace Tairraz
13 Jun 2007 - 01 Sept 2008
Chamonix
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