Last evening Síle’s choir La Canterela gave an excellent recital of Dvorjak’s Mass in D in the church of St. Jacques in Beziers, they had a full house and got a great reception. Flavien Miannay, their conductor gave a little speech at the end and said I won’t keep you long as I know you are all looking forward to your coq.

I was probably the only one in the church startled, everyone else knew that the “coq ” Flavian referred to was a light, sugared brioche bun which is traditionally eaten yesterday on the feast of St. Aphrodise, the patron saint of Beziers. These were awaiting us at the reception after the concert in the Museé Biterroise.

This morning, celebrating the Saint and a day off, I took a picture of the weather cock on our church in Thezan (which we can see from the front door).
The church is reputed to be 12th century and the Coq has a nice primitive look to him. As you can see the only one who gets close enough to harm him are the pigeons who like to roost on his back and streak him with bird crap