Paxos News - Loggos School to become the Loggos Theatre

LOGGOS NEWS

It's all progressing here in Loggos at the moment. The Car Park (which isn't used much in the winter) is now covered in stones and the remains of walls from the Old School Building.

So what's going on?

The plans are to build - or rather convert - the Old School building into a Theatre. Well, it is a Greek word!

Isn't it too small?

Yes, so they are building the amphitheatre of seating in the garden at the rear and the school will have its back wall taken away and become the covered stage and changing rooms!

What events will take place here?

With Paxos being the Village of Culture for 2004 there are to be a number of performances from other villages around Europe and this will include plays, dance and music, so some of these (we hope) will take place in this Theatre. Also, there will be some performances from the local drama group and of course our wonderful music groups and choirs.

Any chance of Top Performances?

Yes. I suppose I can't just leave it there can I? The theatre will be available to any groups who want to come over and perform. So if you know of any amateur dramatic groups, or even professionals who would like to perform in the open air during the summer here in Paxos and have a holiday with Travel a la carte at the same time - contact me! I'll do all I can to help as this will be a worthwhile venture for the island.

As soon as we have any details of events being held here in the Old School Building Theatre they'll be posted on the Paxos News site and also on the Travel a la carte website.

Rubble outside the school as they work on the conversion

Loggos Out of Bounds to Cars.

'No Entry' signs have been placed on all roads leading into Loggos. The idea is to stop cars passing along the harbour front. Cars are able to reach the car park from the Lakka side of the village and, as the bus won't be passing through either, they should be able to park along the road leading into the village on the Gaios side. We are not sure what the plans are for the summer but will keep you informed.