The first one was badly organized; there were 20 bands and just one stage. There were 10 000 participants each day. The first festival lasted for 2 days.

The Roskildefestival now:

Since 1971, the festival has become a great success. Each year 60 000 people rush to Roskilde, everyone wants to be a part of the great musical atmosphere. A week or more before the actual festival starts, people from all over the country start getting together in front of the gate to the area where the festival takes place.

The festival is for old as well as for young. In the beginning it was only rock fans who came to the festival, but now it’s an open place.

All kinds of music are welcome and in the recent years e.g. techno and ethnic music have become a part of the biggest Scandinavian festival as well.

The Roskilde festival is also known for its great recycling programme.

The many food and beer tents cause a lot of trash and if there weren’t any one to clean up the mess the festival would be one big dumpster. That is why some clever people said to the many participants that they could earn money by cleaning up all the glasses from the many beer tents.

You can quickly earn thousands of kroner by picking up trash!

Last years Roskilde festival:

Last year –in 1999- when Denmark fought in the world championship in football it was decided to put up a big screen so, that the football-fans would be able to watch the games. This and a lot of other things made the festival so special. The festival is not only a place where you listen to music and get drunk! It’s also a place where friends and family can visit the different cultures.

The greatest thing about the festival is, that even though 60 000 people is staying at the same place, no serious accidents have happened. But last year there was a terrible accident! 8 young people were stamped to death during a rock concert.

http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/

YOUNG MUSIC HABITS

By Kristian E. Hansen, Kenneth R. Rasmussen and Patrick Boeckmand from Denmark

People all over the world listen to music, especially the younger people.

The Music Start.

Music comes from the early Middle Age where they played an instrument called the lur and they also played the Bagpipes and the flutes to entertain the village people

Radio, television and CDs, we hear music all the time. When we relax, when we do home work and when we party. But it can also be dangerous and illegal. In 1999 a big tragedy happened on “The Roskilde festival”. “Pearl Jam” was playing on the stage, and suddenly all people went crazy. All people were pushing and shouting. After a few minutes, 9 young people were dead because of breathing problems and also because they crushed under other people who were trying to get away.

One of the other big problems with music is the illegal trade with copied CD’s. It is not illegal to copy CD’s, but it is illegal to sell the copied CD’s out with any permission. We hear a lot about it in the newspapers and on television, and the police is trying almost everything to stop the illegal trade. But examinations showed that the problem was increasing, and youngsters today have about 3 copied CD’s. And the adults are doing nothing about problems.

Voxpop

The television programme “Voxpop” is Denmark’s favourite music program, maybe because it is the only one. It is a program where they send the newest music videos from all over the world. You can phone the programme and vote for your favourite music video. They most of all send pop videos from famous pop groups, but they also send videos from rock bands. For example: Slipknot

and Blink 128 (Rock bands). The programme is produced in a studio in Sweden. There are Danish and Swedich producers who find new videos for the programme.

One of the most popular bands in Denmark are “Aqua”, “DAD” and another one is the “Olsen Brothers.” Here is a little portrait of the “Olsen Brothers.”

The Olsen Brothers.

Jørgen Olsen (born 15^th of March 1950) and Niels "Noller" Olsen (born 13^th of April 1954) originate from Odense, Denmark. They moved to Copenhagen with their parents and by the age of 12 and 8 respectively, they had started the band "The Kids" with Morten and Niels Thybo. In 1965, the supported The Kinks on their visit to Denmark. In 1967, the Kids performed two songs in the movie "Masser af pigtråd". Later that year, The Kids won a musical contest in the Copenhagen Forum. By 1970, the brothers were simply known as Olsen and changed band members regularly over the years. At one time, Erik Stephensen, now better known as a Danish TV manager and journalist, played the guitar in their band. At this time, Jørgen Olsen was writing most of the group's material.

At the beginning of 1971, Jørgen and Noller auditioned for the hippie musical "Hair" and both got roles. Jørgen had a leading

role and on the subsequent album he sang five of the songs and even released the title song in Danish, together with Eddie Skoller. The brothers had great success in Hair and following this, they contacted managers and record companies to present their own material.

The material was very good, and the Olsen Brothers recorded their first album "Olsen" in London with Peter Knight's Orchestra. Released in 1972 and with all songs in English, this was their first album to sell more than 100,000 copies in Denmark. Suddenly the Olsen Brothers were the greatest all-time Danish pop idols. This famous duo performed all over Europe - from Copenhagen's Tivoli to Knokke in Belgium. Two singles were released from their first album: "Angelina" (still their most famous song) and "Jimmy Loves Me". Both singles became great hits on the Danish charts.

In 2000 they won the European Song Contest with the song "Fly On The Wings Of Love" (in Danish ("Smuk som et stjerneskud") and have again become stars throughout Europe with the winning tune and the album "Wings Of Love", a degree of success seldom enjoyed by Danish performers. The Olsen Brothers are living legends in Danish pop and rock, about which much more could be said.

GRAFFITI

By Bjarke Rasmussen and Christoffer Jensenius from Denmark

Graffiti is illegal, but young people still do it..

What does graffiti mean?

The dictionary defines Graffiti as a picture, a word or a sentence which is scratched or painted on a wall. The word Graffiti comes from the Italian word “graffo” which means scratching.

When did the real graffiti start?

In the beginning of the 1970´s was the name Taki 183 was known all over New York. The name could be read through the whole town, it popped up everywhere you walked. It was written on the trains and walls where ever there was a free wall. The world’s most spread graffiti is probably a drawing of a long- nosed guy with big eyes looking over a wall with a text “ Kilroy was here”. The Kilroy- phenomenon comes from the USA and spread to the whole world.

Graffiti is illegal in Denmark and in other countries, too.

A lot of graffiti is made on trains walls, containers, houses and billboards.

The Danish railways system (DSB) uses 40.000.000 Danish kroner

to get the graffiti off the trains.

Graffiti is illegal and will always be, BUT! There is a lot of people who still does it.

Graffiti won’t be stopped!! But graffiti also exist as an art expression. There are some graffiti painters who do their work as decoration and in some places these artists are asked to decorate walls or billboards to make the city funnier and more crazy.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

Bolette Andersen & Farrah Wyne from Denmark

“ Saving private Ryan “ is a emotional movie based on hope and patience, for the family back home. For a mother who lives upon hope and for a son who sacrifices him self for his country.

Today films are very popular among youngsters. The cinemas earn a lot of money on the consumption of tickets. Most teenagers spend a big amount of

money on them. So do we!!

One of the movies that we find very fascinating is “ Saving private Ryan”, it’s a magnificent film directed by Steven Spielberg who is the genius behind many movies for instance :

“ Schindler’s list”. In other words the man is obsessed by the Second World War.

The main character in the movie is Tom Hanks, who plays the leading role as Captain Miller and has also performed in other movies such as “ Forest Gump “ and “ You’ve got mail ” . The other essential actor is Matt Damon who plays James Ryan ( private Ryan ) and he has also contributed in “ The talented Mr. Ripley “.

The whole film is based on D-day that was on the 6^thJune 1944. It shows the invasion of France with a violence that is almost beyond imagination. We have two questions that we keep asking our selves, were we not supposed to be civilised ? And live in the spirit of brotherhood ? We believe that the war doesn’t really symbolise these two things. Do you?

The actual plot of the film is to show that death is random and stupid in war, it doesn’t benefit anyone but only takes your loved ones away from you.

The film is from 1998. The plot of the movie is a mission called Saving Private Ryan, where Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks ) has to save the only surviving Ryan out of 4 brothers.

The movie contains very violent scenes that might not be appropriate for younger children. You might think that some of the scenes are not very realistic, but the moviemakers have tried to come as close as possible to the real thing and according to our point of view they have succeeded!

In the beginning you see every thing through the eyes of Tom Hanks and somehow influences you in a very strong way. You see fear and terror on their faces and for once we know why it’s there.

The movie shows how the United States would put many lives to danger to save one man, to spear his mother for losing her last son.

We recommend that you see this movie and if you like watching scenes with a lot of action, we guarantee you’ll like it.

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Movie quiz

1. ”I’m the king of the world!”

2. “The magic only lasts till the clock strikes twelve”

3. “Aaaaaaarrrrrhhh”

4. “I’ll be back”

5. “Show me the money”

6. “I see dead people”

7. “We have to tell your mom that we ate the pie”

8. “Look out for that tree”

9. “You can date, if Kath does”

10. “Oh now! They killed Kenny”

11. “Juliet, Juliet”

12. “Yeah, Baby”

THE “FISKETORVET” – THE NEW SHOPPING CENTRE OF COPENHAGEN

By Carina Frederiksen, Simone Jeppesen and Christina Palle from Denmark

Let us show you the new shopping centre of Copenhagen

The first shopping centre in Denmark was called “the Rødovre centre.” The centre was built in 1966.

Now there are a lot of shopping centres in Denmark and the newest centre is called, “the Fisketorvet”.

The Fisketorvet is a big shopping centre. The centre is quite new and has a lot of different shops. The centre was built with 2000 parking spaces, over 100 shops, 15 restaurants and more than 10 cinemas.

The centre is situated 5 minutes walk from the Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen (the city). The view from the centre is to the harbour of.

About the centre:

The most visited restaurant is the Madonna restaurant. There are also many fast-food restaurant, cafés bars and ice-cafés.

Sometimes there are people who are playing music or clowns who fool around for the children and the grown-ups.

In the centre there are many shops with fashion clothes and shoes. There are also a lot of sport equipment shops and big supermarkets.

Before the centre was built there was a fishing market on the southern part of “Gasværkshavnen” where the centre is now. The real fishing market was built in 1958 and has been replaced in 1999 to the new shopping centre, “The Fisketorvet”.

Entertainment:

During Christmas time there are a lot of different entertainment, a lot of music and theatres. There are also beautiful Christmas decorations.

Cinemaxx:

The cinema is the biggest in the whole of Scandinavia. The sound in the cinema is fantastic and very loud.

The cinema of the Fisketorvet look like a real American cinema.

The atmosphere on the Fisketorvet is great, and we think the centre is beautiful. Come and enjoy the view on the harbour!

BEING YOUNG

Janne Walbum and Michelle Petersen from Denmark

Two girls want to tell other young people about being young, about drugs and going to parties, because we think it is very important that young people know what they are dealing with!!

In Denmark you must be over 18 years, before you can buy alcohol in discoes, but if you buy alcohol in a shop you must only be 15 years.

Many people under 15 years love to get drunk, but they can not control themselves. Some young people go to private parties all the time (every weekend)

A normal weekend for a teenager is very different, but we have interviewed two young people to hear about their normal weekend.

The first one is a girl:

Friday after school, I go to the supermarket, to buy alcohol. Some times I share the alcohol with my friends. I never tried not being able to buy alcohol.

I spend a lot of time in the bathroom, if I must go to a party at 9 o’clock in the evening, I begin at 4 o’clock.

Before I go to the party, I am together with some of my friends, to get some thing to drink.

When we comes to the party, we begin to PARTY…

Saturday morning I am together with my friends, because they have slept at my place. Sunday I’m doing nothing, because I’m so tired.

The second one is a boy:

After school on Fridays I buy alcohol and I don’t have any problems with it.

It is different who I’m going to party with. I don’t spend a lot of time dressing up myself, because I don’t think it is important, so I just go to the party to get a lot of alcohol.

On Saturdays I shall always play football, it is very hard when I have hangover, I once tried to fall on football ground because I had drunk the day before. Sometimes I party on Saturdays, too, but not if I’m tired.

If I have partied on Fridays and Saturdays then I sleep all the Sundays.

That was two of our friends, as you can see, there is a big difference between girls and boys. They have something in common: THEY DRINK!!

Drugs:

Drugs is a very bad thing to take, because you can die, as it is so dangerous!

We know many young people who have tried it. Many people buy drugs in discoes and take them there.

You can buy all kinds of drugs: Speed , Extacy, hash, koffeine, heroine, epo and mushrooms!

It is not illegal to have drugs on you, but it is illegal to take and sell drugs.

MOBILE PHONES

Allan Thomsen & Casper Knudsen from Denmark

Why are mobile phones so popular among youngsters in Denmark?

1 to 2 years ago the number of teenagers having a mobile phone increased in Denmark. We think that between 75% - 80% of the 14 years old have a mobile phone the reason is that it is very fancy to have a phone - and also they have become cheaper. The average price at the moment is app. 600 kr.

Which types do the youngsters prefer?

The most cammon models are Ericsson and

Nokia, two Scandinavian companies. Ericsson is made in Sweden and Nokia in Finland. It gives alot of prestige to own

the newest models - that’s why the teenagers often wish for the newest model.

Advantages if you own a mobile phone:

- You can get in touch with friends and family anytime.

- You can play games on it.

- You can send messages through the SMS system (short messages service).

- The phone has also a calculator.

- The phone contains a private phone book, too.

Disadvantages if you own a mobile phone:

- It’s very expensive to have a mobile phone.

- You always have to remember to switch off the phone at school - otherwise the teacher will take it and your parents must go to the Headmaster’s office to get the phone back.

THE DANISH SUPER MODEL

Reporters: Elena Thirstrup & Eva Nielsen from Denmark

Read about the career of the world- famous Danish top-model, Helena Christensen

A baby is born:

On a cold winter day shortly after Christmas, the 25^th of December 1968 a baby saw the light for the first time. This baby had no idea that she was going to be one of the most popular super models in the world. The little girl was baptised Helena Christensen. Her father came from Denmark and her mother came from Peru. When she was 4 years old, she got a babysister, her name was Anita. She was raised in Copenhagen until the age of 12, where she moved to Canada alone for a month.

Was it a dream to become a model?

She didn’t dream of being a top model, but according to her mother, she always liked to pose in front of the camera. It was her mother who send some pictures to the French fashion magazine “ELLE”. Helena passed an exam (we don’t know which) in Copenhagen. She went to the “ELLE” studio in Paris, and should take part in a casting. The photographer had collected some models to pick one out (dream work). The photographer, Friedemann Hauss, had an easy job. He said: “During my career I have seen many girls pass by. When Helena came to the studio, and even before I talked to her, I knew that I was facing a great personality. There was a kind of electric excitement between me and Helena and I must say that it is unusual with this kind of meeting and it can lead to big

mistakes.” Shortly after Friedmann called Helena and wanted to shoot some photoes on the beaches of Normandy. They resulted in a series of excellent photoes of Helena.

Her life as an adult:

Now when Helena is a grown-up, she still works as a model. She has two children of her own and adopted 2 children from Peru, and she is still very sought after all over the world. Even though Helena is very rich and beautiful, she has not got many real friends. She knows a lot of people, but all of them are super models too, e.g. Naomi Campbell and Claudia Shiffer. Her parents place is in Denmark and her apartment is in Monaco. But still she feels like Denmark is her home.

Fashion

Read about the fashion for the young people in Denmark…

By Nicoline and Katia

As many of you know fashion has become a very important topic for the young people today. Many people spend thousands of money on clothes every month, and some people don’t. That’s just like fashion, some people are into fashion, and some people don’t care.

Our opinion is that fashions are important, because, well, you can’t give ones reason why fashion is so important. It’s just a thing that lies deep inside you. We love clothes and fashion, and we think that it's a girls’ thing, that everyone, or almost every girl is burning with desire to have new clothes.

So we’ll say, that fashion plays a very important role for us.

We’ve made a questionnaire to show you an example of how important fashion is to the younger people in Denmark today. We have been asking 15 young people some questions about fashion, how much money they spend on clothes, if they like fashion, and so on.

Here are the answers:

14 out of 15 like fashion

They spend approximately 100-1000 Kr. on clothes every month

11 out of 15 says that fashion is important to them

8 out of 15 isn’t on the latest fashion

Some famous clothes and shoes:

Pash, SOS, Diesel, Only, Adidas shoes, Buffalo boots, A-shoes, Freeman T. Porter, The North Face and so on…

Fashion colours right now:

Purple, brown, beige, black, gold and rose.

Young people in Denmark wear fashion clothes because:

They want to look well or just go with the flow.

Who creates the fashion?

It’s the designers who are the one’s that start a fashion, they draw and make the clothes, and sell it to stores. Then the stores sell it to people like you and me, and in the last end, it’s the buyers who decide if it’s going to be fashion or not, by buying the clothes.

Fashion-clothes test

1. Do you like fashion?

A. Yes, indeed?

B. Well, a little?

C. No, not really

2. Is fashion important to you?

A. Yes, very important?

B. Well, I do care about fashion, but it doesn’t play a very big role to me?

C. No, I don’t care about fashion?

3. Why do you buy clothes?

A. Because, I go with the flow?

B. Because, I want to look good?

C. Because, I’m not going to freeze?

4. Are you into fashion?

A. No, I have my own fashion?

B. Yes, always?

C. Well, sometimes?

5. Can you accept that somebody isn’t into the latest clothes fashion?

A. Yes, if they don’t want to spend their money on clothes, it’s ok?

B. I don’t care?

C. I think that it’s awful, if they don’t have the money, they can get a job?

6. What’s your first reaction, when you see a person with a very special fashion?

A. You yell at him “Get a life, and a new style of clothes”?

B. You think that it’s okay and just keep on moving?

C. You are very excited and buy clothes just like his?

7. You meet a man on the street, and he asks “What’s fashion right now, will you help me?”

A. You say you don’t have time, because you don’t know what to answer?

B. You just keep on moving, like nothing has happened?

C. You say yes and show him all the fashion stores?

8. How many times do you buy clothes a month?

A. 0-2 times

B. 3-6 times

C. 7-15 times?

Points:

1. A = 10 B = 5 C = 0

2. A = 10 B = 5 C = 0

3. A = 5 B = 10 C = 0

4. A = 0 B = 10 C = 5

5. A = 0 B = 5 C = 10

6. A = 10 B = 5 C = 0

7. A = 0 B = 5 C = 10

8. A = 0 B = 5 C = 10

0-30 points:

It’s very possible that you dream about being a fashion person. “Try to be it”, you have absolutely no talent for fashion. Maybe you shall have more confidence on clothes, but not too much. Focus more on clothes…

31-60 points:

You are a perfect fashion person, you know it’s in or out, and where to buy it. You don’t buy too much, or too little. You are indeed a person who’s into fashion!

61-80 points:

Relax it’s too much. People just think that you are stupid. A risk is that your friends can’t stand you, so hold it back a little!

DEMOCRACY

By Anneline Sandø Jensen and Elisabeth Flensburg Justesen from Denmark

Democracy is information, participation and involvement!

Many years ago in ancient Greece a lot of people had their own opinion and just did things they wanted to do. But when people had different opinions they had to find a solution of the problems, because everybody wanted to fulfil their own ideas and people shouted and got very angry at each other. But one day two young men called Demo and Cracy went up on a high table. The crowd stopped shouting and just looked at Demo and Cracy. Demo and Cracy said to the crowd that it couldn’t stay this way. You couldn’t find any decisions in this way. You needed to work in another way: According to the principle of democracy. Democracy is about information and involvement. Demo and Cracy told the crowd about it. If people don’t live according to democracy, society will break down. Of course everybody couldn’t get their opinion through so they had to elect leaders and to form committees.

But why is that an important story to tell you? Because democracy is essential in all schools. And in all societies, too. In our school we practise democracy a lot. The students have their own committee. It’s called the pupils’ council. It’s a council where 2 representatives from every class participate. When a class have a problem or an idea they can go to the representative and s/he presents it to the council. Then the council discusses the problem/idea. And if it’s necessary, they go to the headmaster. In this way the pupils take part in the decisions. And that is democracy.

We can also use democracy in the classes. If we are going to make a decision, people present it for the class. Maybe a pupil has an idea or a topic for a project. Then the class can discuss it and people can say their opinion about it. But sometimes it is necessary to reach a compromise between pupils and teachers. But of course it’s the teachers’ definitive decisions. When we participate in the decisions the teaching is getting much more fun. And we get an inclination for learning more.

In the local area we have the town council. The town council is situated in Greve and Karlslunde is a part of the council of Greve. The council consists of members of different political parties and the mayor represents the biggest political party. We have the members of the town council which consists of 21members from the different political parties and the mayor is the leader of the town council. The inhabitants elected him in 1993. He is a member of the Danish Liberal Political party. But apart from the Danish Liberal Political party we also have other parties. In Denmark we can vote when you are 18 years old.

BASKETBALL

By Peter & Nikolaj from Denmark

What make Basketball such an interesting sport around world? To get an answer to that I have talked to two young boys, Peter and Nikolaj who play basketball, and who are fond of the game.

Peter and Nikolaj play basketball every Tuesday and Thursday in a club named The Greve Basket.

They both like it very much. They sometimes also play basketball at school.

They’re also very fascinated by the NBA players especially: Vince Carter, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant and Jason Williams.

“I like the sport because you are going to be quick all the time”, said Nikolaj, and Peter agreed. “And I like to be a team”.

They often play basketball matches against other town’s teams. From the southern Zealand. But unfortunately, they only won one game against the most helpless team in the league!

They’re also coaching some younger guys at the age of 8-11 years.

Facts about Basketball

Basketball is one of the most popular games in the United States, along with American football and Baseball. NBA is abbreviation of National Basketball Association. We would say that Basketball is one of the most well paid sports in world. For instance the very famous basketball players, Michael Jordan, who just quit the NBA, he once signed a contract with The Chicago Bulls on 200.000.000 American dollars!

Basketball Cards

There are also basketball cards, which many children and adults spend much money on. The cards are in a paperbox, so you never know what cards your going to get. In some stores you can buy single cards, though. But that are only the very rare ones, valued 50-500$.

All-stars Y

Every time the NBA season is over, there is an All-star game between two teams. A Western and a Eastern team. The two tams consist of the best players during the season.

It’s an exiting game, every year, which a lot of people are looking forward to watch.

Basketball as a show

There is also a team called The Harlem Wizards.

They travel around the world, doing basket basketball shows.

Many people buy very expensive tickets, just to see them entertain. It’s a big success every time.

Dunk competition

Every year, after the all-star game, there is also a dunk competition. There are 3 players who have been chosen to take part in the competition. Every player have 3 tries. It’s very simple: The player who makes the coolest dunk win. This year it was the players: Vince Carter, from the toronto Raptors, Tracy McGrady, also from Toronto, and Steve Francis, from the Houston Rockets.

Vince Carter made the coolest dunk we have ever seen. He ran towards the basket, as the normally do, and then he jumped and made the dunk. But the cool thing was that he didn’t hang in his hands. Vince Carter hang in his elbow-joint! –He won the compatition.

OPEN AIR CAMP

By Lone Codam and Cecilie Jakobsen

FDF makes a lot of trips into the nature for young people. We have been camping a lot ourselves. E.g. we have been on a canoe trip where we made food on a spirits stove, sometimes we slept outside under the sky or in a tent. WONDERFUL….

Facts about FDF

We are from the Karlslunde FDF district.

The district was founded in 1949. At that time there weren’t so many members, but now we are the biggest

district in the country with about 322 members. In 1949 the meetings were held in some rooms at the church. It developed quickly so the district could buy a house that had to be restored. The house was opened in 1984 and was called “Nordstjernen.”

Very quickly the district grew in the Karlslunde Beach area. In the beginning the meetings were held at the local school, but it was not working out so well, so quickly they started planning to buy another house. And in 1979 the district could open the district house “Lyren.”

FDF means “voluntary boys’/girls’ union,” in Danish “frivilligt drenge/pige forbund.” and reminds a little bit of boys’ and girls’ scouts.

In Karlslunde there is a summer camp and a district camp every year.

Last summer all toddlers and youngsters were on a summer camp at Fjeldholm in Jutland. Meanwhile all the older ones including us were in Sweden. A really wonderful camp where we sailed in canoes, fished and went on some very long hikes. The summer camp is one of the best things you can do in FDF.

The district camp is just a weekend in February/March. It’s a camp where you are in groups and make different things. It’s a camp that the camp members are looking forward to. Especially us.

For some time the Karlslunde district has had a contact with others countries. A.o. Poland and Latvia. The district has visited Latvia once and Poland once. Some from Latvia and Poland have also been with us at a summer camp. It’s a collaboration that FDF appreciates and it’s exiting to meet other people, who live in a different part of the world.

Once a year FDF Karlslunde has a big bazaar. Everybody can give second hand things that FDF can sell. The money goes to materials and camps in the district. The bazaar is a big event and many people in the town take part in it. The income of the bazaars is very important so that we can do things as FDFs.

The 15^thof June 1999 Karlslunde district celebrated its birthday. It’s turned 50 years. It was a big thing: A group picture was taken, there was a big summer camp at SLETTEN, a special place in Jutland for FDFs.

Cake – Friendship

In FDF you are split up into groups. When we have meetings we do a lot of funny things e.g. being out in the nature, and making food on a spirits stove. Sometimes we also go on adventure camps, and other times we just stay at home in the cottage. In the cottage we eat cakes and cookies. We also make contests and drama. All that gives us much more solidarity.

Fire

We are often in the nature, where the whole team sits together around the fire. We make popcorn, toast, sausage and bacon or we make our own tea.

Canoe

In FDF we have been on many camps. We are always on camps in summertime, but there are also other camps around the year. On the camps we make a lot of funny things, one of the best thing could be a whole day where we could sail in canoes.

Hikes

Hikes are one of the best things to do as a member of the FDF. Some members have tried to be on “coming home,” a trip where you’ll be put somewhere in the city and then you have got to find your way home. The trip took 42-hours to get home.

Marks

In the FDF we get different marks to prove that we have passed the tests. E.g. the stab mark. There you are going to prove that you’re old enough to use a stab. We have also taken the 20 kilometers’ mark, where we proved that we could walk 20 kilometers. And many others marks.

Uniform: A shirt

FDF has their own shirt. Every member of the FDF wears it. It’s red and blue. We put our marks on the sleeves.

SPORTSFREAK

Martin Hansen from Denmark

This article is about football

What is a sportsfreak ?

Somebody who likes all sports. He is very good at it and he is crazy about it .

He spends a lot of time on it and has done so for a long time. “this is too much” other people often say “don’t you ever get bored ?”

Well no , I have done this for 10 years and it has become part of my life. I wouldn’t know what it would be like without sports!

Idols are very important for sportfreaks

e.g. Ebbe Sand. He plays at the moment in Schalke 04 in Germany. He has been awarded “best footballplayer” in Germany this year. He scores many goals. He has been a fan of mine for 4-5 years.

And another one David Beckham – a Manchester United players. He runs very fast and then he is a very good player indeed.

Are you a sportsfreak? Or do you know any?

CHRISTMAS MARKET

Anne Bendix Hansen and Janne Jelstad from Denmark

Ever wondered how it was like to be in an old Christmas world full of pixies, lights, music and delicious goodies, now you have the chance to experience this……………

The Tivoli’s Christmas market

The Tivoli is a big attraction in summertime and also in wintertime. For the 7^th time, the Tivoli has opened the garden for visitors in November/ December.

With all the lights and small booths you really get a good Christmas spirit, there are 75 booths filled with goodies and presents and 41 restaurants and eating places has opened.

Many families have made it a Christmas tradition to go to the Tivoli in December.

There are 110.000 sparkling glow lamps so it’s best to be there when it’s dark, because then all the lights really come to their full right.

Maybe it’s hard to imagine that some lights and booths could get you in a Christmas spirit. So if you are one of those who hate Christmas - just listen now, then we will take you into the land of wonders!

You arrive in the dark, you go under the big shining gate and suddenly you are in another world, different from the one you use to walk around in, not filled with cars, buses, schools, homework and other boring duties. It’s a world full of light, music, wonderful smells and Christmas spirit.

The 7 villages

The garden is separated into 7 villages.

1. The Nordic City

2. The English village

3. The City of Alps

4. The City filled with mystery from the East.

5. The city of the Woodland trolls

6. The Father Christmas cave

7. The beautiful skating rink by the Chinese tower

If you go trough the main gate, the first city you will walk into is the Nordic; it smells of spruce and Christmas cakes. While the sheep are bleating the wool is being carded to gloves and caps you can buy in the small booth around in the Nordic City.

The English City is covered with red bows, holly and geese are cackling around. In the booth they are selling original British Christmas specialities from teddy bears to fine English marmalade. In the city of Alps they are serving hot glühwein together with a little Danish. Small dwarf sheep are walking around with bells on their necks, and give us the right Christmas spirit.

The world of pixies

You find the world of pixies in the middle of the Tivoli. It’s a big blue tent encircled by Christmas trees, a high tower with pixies on it shows the way to the entrance.

Inside the tent there are a lot of different pixies, lights in all different colours and small pixy houses. There are for example a pixy school, a pixy bakery, a farm, and father Christmases cave with reindeer and his little helpers, it’s very dark so the lights are very important.

It’s hard to describe how beautiful and sweet the little pixies are, with the light on them and their little arms and legs moving in tact to the Christmas music which is playing in the tent. Here you can also by glühwein and æbleskiver ( A little warm and round Danish Christmas cake )

Rezekne district

8^th form Audrini Secondary School

Rezekne district is situated in the eastern part of Latvia, in the centre of Latgale

region, 245 km from Riga. It borders on Preili and Madona districts in the west, on

Balvi district

in the north, on Kraslava district in the south, and on Ludza district in the east.

The state highways Riga-

Jekabpils-Rezekne-Ludza - the border of Russia (Terchova), and the border of Lithuania (Medumi)- Daugavpils-Rezekne – the border of Russia (Grebneva), and the international railway lines of Berlin-Warsaw-Vilnius- Daugavpils-Rezekne-St. Petersburg, and Riga-Krustpils-Ludza-Moscow cross the territory of the district and intersect in Rezekne, which is an important road junction.

There are 29 self-governments in Rezekne district: the town of Vilani and 28 civil parishes. Rezekne district has the territory of 2812 km² and 43157 inhabitants (in the beginning of 1999). 53% of all inhabitants are Latvian, 42% Russian, 2% Belarussian, 1% Polish, 1 % Ukrainian, 1 % is of other nationalities. 20% of all inhabitants are until the working age, 52% in the working age, 28% above the working age. Forests occupy 30% of the total area of Rezekne district, including:protected forests 7%, conserved forests 13%, economic forests 80%. Softwood occupies 57% of the common territory of the forests, hardwood - 43%.

Agricultural land makes up 47% of the total area. The low intensity of cultivation, multiform landscape, and hydrological conditions are favourable for biodiversity in the territory of Rezekne district. For example, .the white stork and the little eagle are living there. The territory of agricultural land increases because of the low intensity of the cultivation.

Swamps make up 4% of the total area of the district. There are about 300 deposits of peat. The total reserves of

natural peat: 608237 thousand m3, industrial peat: 232000 thousand m³ The state energy program foresees the use of local fuel for the heating. Because of this,

the output of the peat will increase and the territory of the virgin swamps will decrease.

There are two deposits of minerals of the national significance: Pertnieki dolomite deposit with the area of 124.5 ha, and Griscati gravel - sand deposit with the area of 48.4 ha. The dolomite of the Pertnieki deposit is used for the production of splinters, dolomite-meal, and building-lime. The Griscati deposit is the largest deposit of gravel and sand in Latgale region.

Rezekne district has the largest total area of lakes in Latvia. Lake Razna (57,6 km2) and Lake Lubana (82,0 km2) are the largest and, for the fishing industry, most important lakes in Latvia. Rusona, Adamova, Feimani lakes are significant for fishing and recreation.

All rivers of the district belong to the Daugava river basin. The Rezekne river (116 km) and the Malta river (115 km) are the longest of them. The rivers of Rezekne district have always had a great historical and economic significance. There is the hydroelectric power station of Sprukti on the Rezekne river and the hydroelectric power

station of Vilani on the Malta river.

Rezekne district is situated in the plateau of Latgale. The highest hills of Latgale

region are located in the territory of Rezekne district: the Lielais Liepu hill, which is the 3rd highest hill in Latvia (289.3 m), the Dzcrkali hill (286.3 m), and the Dubuli hill (273.8 m). Because industrial production is concentrated in the city of Rezekne, there are only small enterprises in the territory of Rezekne district. The stock company "Struzani peat factory" is the largest enterprise of the district. There are also several Ltd, and proprietorships that are

occupied with logging and wood-processing. Climatic conditions and the quality of the soil are appropriate for the development of the agriculture. Dairy-farming in particular, but also

cultivation of grain, sugar-beets, vegetables and flax, pig-breeding, sheep-farming, bee-keeping, and non-traditional agriculture could be profitable branches of the farming.

The great number of small rivers and lakes, the large areas of forests that are home to many species that are endangered in western Europe, such as beavers, pine-martens, wolves, heat-cocks, and picturesque, mosaic-like landscape are excellent preconditions for

the development of the tourism.

There are 163 cultural monuments of state

significance in Rezekne district. The Luznava estate complex is the most prominent one, but the Catholic churches of Stolerova, Feimani, Vilani, Berzgale, Dricani, Ozolmuiza, Ciskadi and Sarkani are also worthy of attention. Altar pieces, crucifixes, sculptures of these churches attract not only because of their artistic value, but also because of the legends about their ability for miracles. There are also portraits of the

remarkable persons of the region, the pottery of the best ceramists of Latgale region (vases of A. Paulans, P. Vilcans in the Feimani church), and precious metal altar accessories. The town of Rezekne is administrative center of Rezekne district. The town and the district have separate administrations because Rezekne is the town of republic importance. The town of Rezekne serves like educational, cultural center of district. The biggest catholicchurch - the Jesus Heart Cathedral is the center of diocese of Rezekne—Aglona with bishop seat.

Audrini civil parish

9^th form

Audrini Secondary School

Territory: 6689,6 ha. Including: waters - 98,9 ha, forests -

1671,9 ha, agricultural land - 4174,9 ha. Population: 1246.

Contact phone: +371 4696367, 4696343.

The Audrini civil parish is situated in the central part of Rezekne District, 12 km to the north of Rezekne. The highway Riga-Moscow and the motorway Rezekne-Gulbene, Kaulaci - Sakstagals cross the civil parish.

There are 44 settlements in the territory of the civil parish. Audrini with 539 inhabitants is the largest of them. 72% of all inhabitants are Russian. Agriculture is the most important

occupation in the civil parish. Agricultural land is suitable for cultivation of cereal and technical crops. The wood industry and the woodworking are other important occupations.

Agriculture is the most important occupation in the civil parish. Agricultural land is suitable for cultivation of cereal and technical crops. The wood industry and the woodworking are other important occupations.

The woodworking shop "Paritet" in the village of Filkin produces sewn timber for export. The petrol station "Divi" is situated in Audrini. The office of water supply and sewerage system administration is located in the village of Greivuli. 53 farms are registered in the civil parish, but only 7 of them produce for the market.

The ambulance of the Audrini civil parish won the competition "The development of the primary health care in Latvia" of the PHARE program and received new equipment.

In the territory of the civil parish, 8 km from Rezekne, there is an airfield. Its runway is 1300 m long. In the future it could be length-ended to 1800 m. A little airport, which is connected to electrical transmissions-network, telephone network, local water main and

sewerage system, is located near the airfield. The airfield is not used for regular flights and is under the management of Latvia sate home guards now.

Zone de Texte: At the school leaving party… The forests occupy one fourth of the territory of the civil parish. The most widespread species of trees are pines and firs. Lake Puderova and Lake Vusaru are situated in the civil parish. The history of the Audrini civil parish is significant because during

the years of World War II, the village of Audrini was burnt down, and 30 its male inhabitants were shot in the market place in Rezekne. A monument is erected in remembrance of inhabitants of Audrini killed in World War II.

The education official Valerija Seile is born in the Audrini civil parish. The monument in her honour is erected in the village of Seili.

Some facts of F-1 history

Vadims SHILOVS

9^th form

Audrini Secondary School

Zone de Texte: Opening the Latvian National Song and Dance festival in Riga 1895 – The first auto rally was born on Paris-Bordo track

1945 – World championship in F-1 began. First grand prize was won by Fanira (Italia)

1950 – Many new pilots came to the fifth F-1 championship.

Some of them became the kings on F-1 tracks.

1970 – The time of technic revolution in F-1 and the time of great experiments.

1980 - The era of McLaren team and pilots Airon Senna and Alen Prost. This era had lasted till 1993 when these two F-1 stars started their last performing. In 1994 A. Senna died.

For the last 35 years on Grand Prix routes 1500 accidents have happened, 17 pilots crashed, several spectators and referees have been killed.

1990 – The time of new young champions on F-1 tracks: Mika Hakinnena, Schumaher, Edi Irvine, David Culthard

2000 – F-1 is mostly contest of car computers. It takes the third place in popularity among the people after Olympic Games and football world championships.

Do You Know Who Our President Is?

Jekaterina Gruznova

Aleksejs Spitans

9th

Audrini Secondary School

She was born in December 1937 in Riga. During the Second World war she with her family went on the board of the ship to Germany. After it they moved to Canada. From the very childhood she has known heavy work. When she grew older she entered the University in Toronto. She graduated it with a medal in psychology. She has studied many languages: English, Spanish, German, and Italian. In 1967 she gave the birth to two children, the girl – Indra and the boy – Karlis.

In 1998 she came back to live in Latvia and started to work as a director of Latvian University. In 1999, June 17 she was elected as the president of Latvia. And her name is Vaira Vike Freiberga.

Your patron precious stone

N. Sokolova

9^th from

Audrini Secondary School

21^st March – 20^th April – amethyst

21^st April – 20^th May – agate

21^st May – 21^st June –topaz

22^nd June –22^nd July – emerald

23^rd July – 23^rd August – sapphire

24^th August – 23^rd September – jasper

24^th September – 23^rd October – diamond

24^th October – 22^nd November – topaz

23^rd November – 21^st December – turquoise

22^nd December – 20^th January – gagate

21^st January – 20^th February – sapphire

21^st February –20^th March – sapphire

St. Valentine`s Day in my school

Oksana Plešanova

Jelena Vasiljeva

9^th form

Audrini Secondary School

In my school St. Valentine`s Day is celebrated every year. Our boys and girls love this

festival very much because they can tell each other about their love. In my school in the hall we hang a box onto the wall where girls and boys drop their letters. And when it is full with letters,

the certain students- “postmen” pass down these letters to the addressers. In letters

stundents write about different things, but mostly – about love. Girls and boys can write letters to the friends, to teachers. In school we hold disco, funny contests , play jokes. Pupils are very active and enthusiastic about taking part in all these actions. The winners got presents. During disco, while they are dancing, girls and boys can tell about their love to each other. We like this day and are always looking forward to it.

Sport in my school…

Pavels BELISOVS

8^th form

Audrini Secondary School

Sport plays a very important role in our school especially for boys. The school is not large, but there is everything you need for

playing volley-ball, basketball, football and tennis... We have physical training four times a week. When the weather is fine we have it outdoors. There is a ground for sport behind the school.

We have several basketball teams at our

sport because it always takes gold, silver or bronze medals. I don`t think thatwe are bad in other school subjects: we take part in different subjects olimpiads and often very successfully but sport is the most favourite subject of our students.

Unforgetable Birthday Party.

Zoja IVANOVA

8^th form

Audrini Secondary School

My Birthday is the 5^th of September. Last year I became fourteen. Then all the events happened. That was Tuesday It was a school day, but it didn’t bother us to celebrate my birthday very well. The guests (my friends) came to my place and we sat down at the table and after that...

We decided to do something interesting: I, Lena, Ira, and Andžela did terrible hair styles, we painted our faces and went to take photos. In photo one can see how “beautiful”

we were. Then we played interesting games and

went walking. After the walking the party was over.

Rézekne Festival

Natalija SMIRNOVA

Viktors VASILJEVS

9^th form

Audrini Secondary School

In Rézekne we have a nice tradition: Annually, on 8^th of September, we hold our town festival. This day many local people come to Rézekne, streets are full of people who live here and their quests.

The festival starts with a church service in our Catholic Cathedral, but then exhibitions, concerts, walks along our Latgales street

which is the oldest in Rézekne. Crapfmen, grama clubs, choirs, music groups try to perform their best.

There are special entertainment not only for adults but also for small kids:

The most favorite one is riding small horses-ponies and the first experience of riding a real horse ( of course after the supervision of professional horse-rider). In the evening when it gets dark you can enjoy dicos, bars, café which are all open this day, and admire the salute.

Jokes

The teacher asks the class to write a composition on football. Tommy writes for ten minutes and gives his composition to teacher. It says: “Rain, no game”.

Grandfather: What is your mark in history?

Grandson: A four.

Grandfather: Oh, shame on you. When I was a student, I had a five in history.

Grandson: But history was shorter then.

Teacher: Why are you late, Tommy?

Tommy: It was late when I started from home.

Teacher: Why didn`t you start earlier?

Tommy: Because it was too late to start earlier, sir!

There are many cars, buses, trolley buses, trams in the street. A man is standing just in the middle of the street. He asks the policeman “What is the shortest and the quickest way to the hospital?” The policeman answers: “If you just stand where you are standing now, you will get there very quickly. This is the shortest and the quickest way to the hospital”.

Teacher: In winter the days are short, in summer they are long. Can you tell me why it is so?

Tommy: Yes, sir I can. Every thing shrinks in winter because it is cold, and in summer everything expands because it is warm.

Crossword

Sergeys RIBAKOVS

8^th form

Audrini Secondary School

Questions :

1. The longest river in Latvia

2. The capital of Latvia

3. What part of Latvia is Riga in?

4. The Latvian port

5. The biggest lake in Latvia

6. The sea which washes Latvia

7. Nationality in Latvia

8. The highest hill in Latvia

9. Which country is in the east of Latvia?

10. How is the western part of Latvia called?

Find as many Latvian cities as you can

Anastasija SOKOLOVA

9^th form

Audrini Secondary School

You CAN FIND THE WORDS on vertical or horizontal lines only

Keys:

Rezekne

Ogre

Riga

Kuldiga

Daugavpils

Jurmala

Ventspils

Jelgava

Vilani

Limbazi

Ludza

Bauska

Sigulda

Madona

Dobele

Tukums

Salaspils

Auce

Balvi

Cesis

Olaine

Valmiera

Ape

Liepaja

Aizpute

Dagda

France

French customs

Summary

-la fête des rois (in January 6 ^th)

-La Chandeleur ( in February 26^th )

- La Saint Valentin (the February 14^th )

- Mardi Gras (the February 27^th )

- Le premier Avril (the April 1^st )

- La fête du travail ( the may 1^st )

- La Prise de la Bastille ( the july 14^th )

- La Toussaint (the November 1^st )

- L’ Armistice ( the November 11^th )

- La Sainte Catherine ( the November 25^th

- La Saint Nicolas ( the December 6^th )

- Les Illuminations ( the December 8^th )

The « Fête des Rois » is on the 7^th January . On this day people eat a cake which is called « Galette des rois ». In this cake, there is a bean. The persons who finds it has a crown in paper.

The « Chandeleur » is the 26^th February. This day people eat pancakes (crèpes).

The « Saint Valentin » is the 14^th February it’s a feast-day for men or women who are in love.

The « Mardi Gras » is the February 27^th. It’s the day when children disguise themselves people give them some sweets.

The April 1^st : it’s the day of pouches ! Children make fish with paper and stick them on the back of their friends or their enemies.

The « Fête du Travail »is on May 1^st. On this day people don’t work. This day people also pick-up a flower called « Muguet »(=lily of the valley), this flower smells very nice.

The night of the 30^th April people sing under the windows of houses to wake-up people , they give some eggs to the singer ; at the end of the night they can make a big « omelette »(=broiled eggs).

The « Prise de la Bastille » is the July 14^th . It’s the day when there are fireworks in memory of the French revolution.

The « Armistice » is the November 11^th, it’s the feast-day in memory of the end of the war (in 1914 until 1918, against Germany)

The « Sainte Catherine » is the November 25^th. If a woman is 25 years old and isn’t married, for the Sainte Catherine she gives a party.

She wears a funny green and yellow hat.

The « Saint Nicolas » is the December 6^th .If a man is 30 years old and isn’t married, for the Saint Nicolas he gives a party.

The « Illuminations » is the December 8^th . It’s a feast-day when we put many little candles in the windows in memory of a plague epidemic.

Recipe of pancake (crèpes)

You need only 5minutes

It takes 5 minutes

In a deep bowl , mix 150gr flour with 50gr corn flour. Add a little bit of salt , ½ a spoon of raising powder, 3 spoon full of sugar, 1 spoon full of vanilla sugar, 3spoon full of oil, 4 eggs, and ¼ litter milk . You can put some rum and the grated skin of a lemon .

Then it takes 3 minutes for each pancakes !

Take a big saucepan pour half a glass of the preparation in the saucepan .

Cook for 2 minutes on each side.

Serve hot with sugar, jam, hot chocolate, honey.

I The main meals

II Meals at school

III Restaurants in Rhône-Alpes

IV Bakery

1 the main meal

There are thee meals in France :

Breakfast : some coffee , some bread with some butter, fruit juice, jam , milk .

We drink milk or coffee in a bowl.

Lunch : some salad , vegetales (potatoes, carrots), meat (beef, pork), some cheeses and a dessert (yogurt).

Dinner :some soup, ham, a piece of quiche, we also eat onion soup.

The recipe of onion soup :

The onion soup

You need :

- Some onions

- Butter

- Salt

- Pepper

- White wine

Put the butter in a savcepan. Add the onions and cook them till they are a little brownish. When it boils put the white wine. Add some water, the salt and the pepper.

Come on !!!

Dear friends !!!