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21/06/2008, 14:43 TWINKLE Joined on 11/03/2006 Tarn 81 Posts 3,938 Happy Fete de la Musique!!! If you live in France stick your nose out the door and there should be a band playing this evening!  The weather's lovely and it's gonna be a good one. Come back and tell what you did and where you went to celebrate     Report

21/06/2008, 14:56 Albert the InfoGipsy Joined on 01/07/2006 Kingdom of the Middle Saxons & Vannes (56) Posts 652 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!! Hope it's worth waiting for. I'm getting rehearsals for bagpipes, rap, progressive rock and a few unidentifiable genres coming through the window. Sometimes simultaneously. Albert the InfoGipsy "So welcome to the Citadel where the question is 'Am I?'"    Report

21/06/2008, 15:43 DZ Joined on 23/09/2005 Languedoc Roussillon Posts 272 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!! Even in London the Fete de la Musique is being celebrated!  My husband's French teacher volunteers for a homeless charity and she is organizing a charity Solstice party with a number of up and coming bands in London today .  And, of course, we are going! I have read recently that the Fete de la Musique was started by an American DJ living in France in 1970s - it has certainly been a success. Bonne Fete!    Report

21/06/2008, 20:23 Pads Joined on 24/05/2006 Cornwall/ Montage Noir Posts 3,461 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!! So twinkle where did you go for it ?  Wish I'd been there Dirty Tom =^..^= Where ever I lay my paw thats my home    Report

21/06/2008, 20:43 Suandpete Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 370 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!!   We had our village do last night - from 1830 until 0200!  Just a relatively small village of less than 2000 people but there were 2 sound stages and a number of impromptu areas; we followed the band and the majorettes around the village, stopping every now and again for things like the Trompes des Chasseurs, the glockenspiels for the kids from the school of Music, the village choir etc etc.   We last peeped out at the main square opposite our house at 0100 when a rock band were giving it about 200 decibels and there were at least 20 people in the audience - all clustered around the pastis bar!  When I got up at 0700 this morning everything had been cleared away - even the semi-permanent bar and the only sign that anything had happened was one empty beer bottle in our front garden...... Su (Deux-Sèvres)    Report

21/06/2008, 21:35 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 2,068 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!! Just come back slightly early from a village Festival of Music.  Mr Mercier on the mouth organ, Mr Pierrette on the saxophone etc.  The same folk who did a turn at the village Christmas show.  A bit of karoke with some of the songs in English.  Funny hearing someone trying to sing Robbie Williams' "Angels".  Simple entertainment but great fun. It's going on 'til midnight but the mosquitos are out so decided to quit bite-less.   Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

21/06/2008, 23:37 Albert the InfoGipsy Joined on 01/07/2006 Kingdom of the Middle Saxons & Vannes (56) Posts 652 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!! Vannes is still rocking at 00:35. I'm debugging some code at the moment so not worried yet about how I'm going to get to sleep! Albert the InfoGipsy "So welcome to the Citadel where the question is 'Am I?'"    Report

21/06/2008, 23:53 Polremy Joined on 23/08/2004 66 nr. Perpignan Posts 317 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!! Well, Mr. Polremy is out there somewhere in Perpignan playing his drums. I am desperately trying to stay awake till he returns. He is expecting a lively evening with maybe a few disappointed usap supporters. Anyone been there tonight and got back in one piece?    Report

22/06/2008, 0:01 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 W of Cahors (46) Posts 4,438 Re: Happy Fete de la Musique!!! Started in Paris in 1981 apparently http://www.istc.org/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=13116  Interesting statistic "In 1982 he made a study of the cultural habits of the French, to find that five million people - including one child out of two - played a musical instrument." Wonder what that number is today ? Nothing about American DJ living in France in 1970s I'm afraid DZ Main site My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

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