Speakers: Monte & Marsha Brown
From the White Cliffs of Dover to the craggy limits of Land's End, from the Alabaster Coast of Normandy to the Emerald Coast of Brittany, La Manche: The English Channel is a journey along the facing shores of France and England. Sometimes friendly, often confrontational, the historical relationship between these two great cultures has always been intriguing. The English Channel, or La Manche, as it is known in France, is sometimes a barrier - and sometimes a link. Monte and Marsha will take us on a unique voyage of discovery along the north coast of France and the south coast of England, and some islands in between.
Monte & Marsha Brown Monte was born in England and raised in Canada. He worked for a time as an actor in London, moved to New York to take up a career in songwriting, and eventually moved to Louisiana where he met his wife and partner Marsha. Marsha, an upstate New York native, organized the regional Film Commission, which attracts Hollywood to the Bayou country of Louisiana where the couple make their home. Two of their original compositions appear in the film “Steel Magnolias.”