Prestwick (Scotland) - Lichtenfels (Germany) - Vandalia (USA) - Ariccia (Italy)

Our role is to link citizens of our town, particularly young people, and increase knowledge of other cultures. Many enduring friendships have been established over the years and we are pleased that links between schools in the different countries are also continuing.

2011-12 Sessions Meetings

12 October 2011 - Food-tasting evening

9 November 2011 - Talk on the June 2011 visit to Vandalia

11 November 2011 - Inter-town quiz in Girvan

14 December 2011 - Dinner in a local restaurant

11 January 2012 - David Rowan

8 February 2012 - Presentation by Italian Institute

14 March 2012 - AGM and talk on Italian food

18 April 2012 - Talk from the Goethe Institute on an aspect of Germany

12 May 2012 - Annual Outing  has had to be cancelled

Meetings are usually held in Prestwick Community Centre, Caerlaverock Road at 7.30 pm and there is normally a charge of £2.00 per evening which includes a refreshment.

Visit to Ariccia

 A group from the AFO visited Ariccia in April 2012 and some of our members travelled out at the same time and attended one of their concerts there.  The AFO also visited a local high school and gave several other performances.

Visit from Ariccia

From 26 - 30 August 2011 we hosted a group from Ariccia. This was the first group of ordinary members to come from our latest Twin Town and we thank all those that hosted. We visited Arran, Edinburgh, Burns Centre and Culzean. On Monday evening we hosted a very enjoyable Scottish night with music provided by the young people of the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra (AFO) under the direction of Wallace Galbraith. This gave us the chance to involve our Italian friends in some Scottish dances. On the Tuesday morning the Italians had an interesting tour of Beggs cashmere factory and the opportunity to purchase some last minute gifts.

Visit to Vandalia

From 18 - 25 June 2011 3 of our members joined the party from Lichtenfels visiting our twin town of Vandalia in Ohio, USA. This will be described to the rest of the members at November's meeting.

Visit from Lichtenfels and Vandalia

From the 20^th to the 26^th August 2010 Prestwick Town Twinning Association hosted visitors from our twin towns of Vandalia, Ohio, USA and Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany. On Wednesday 25^th we held a meeting to discuss how to increase youth involvement in Town Twinning. Those attending included representatives from Vandalia, Lichtenfels and our new Twin Town of Ariccia, Italy. The visit from Lichtenfels was supported with a grant from Europe's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and a grant from Awards For All (Scotland).

Further details from : David West tel 01292 283117 or John Park tel. 01292 475209

david@ptta.org or john@ptta.org

Subscriptions: Individual £10 Family £15 Corporate £20

President D. West, Vice-President J. Park, Secretary J. West, Membership M. Devlin, Treasurer D. Gulland, Committee D. Brown, M. Richmond, S. Harris

Our website is at www.ptta.org