René Minette: The Legacy of a Community Leader and Founder of Le Cercle du Vinâve

2023-07-08 17:52:00

In Amay, and even more particularly in Ampsin, the Minette family is well known. And, perhaps even more, René. Sadly, he passed away on Saturday. “He has been ill for a good ten years now. explains one of his sons, Etienne. It was René Minette who created the non-profit organization “Le Cercle du Vinâve”. “At the start, she had been there to animate the parish of Ampsin.” Until today, thousands of people have had the chance to attend the 24 cabarets organized each year by this “Cercle du Vinâve”. “Today, three generations continue to sing there.”

A tribute during the 25th cabaret

Étienne Minette has already announced it: a small tribute will be paid to him during the 25th cabaret which will take place in October. René Minette created things from it throughout his life. He was also the head of the Patro d’Ampsin; he also created a youth center there in the early 1970s.”Professor of French and history at the Saint-Quirin college in Huy, he created the show there. For 20 years, he was cdH municipal councilor in Amay. René Minette was the husband of Élisabeth Henrot, has three children: Laurent, Étienne and Hélène as well as eight grandchildren.

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