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 The
"Batterie-Fanfare"
l'Indépendante
de Chirassimont
2011,
May 21st and 22th : 80th birthday  version
en Français
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Small village of about 400 inhabitants, Chirassimont
is located in the North-East of the department
of the Loire, on the district of Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay.
The closest cities are Tarare at 15 km. (10
miles), Roanne at 25 km. (16 miles), Saint-Etienne
at 70 km. (45 miles), Lyon at 60 km. (37 miles).
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Chirassimont as many villages around been
subjected to the crisis of the textile industry,
which brings only some jobs. Some artisans
assure nonetheless the assertion of economical
life. Finally, agriculture holds another preponderant
place in the village. |
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Created in 1931 see
"story"
, the Indépendante is a batterie-fanfare
belonging to the group E, that means composed
of "soft brasses" in B flat. They
find therefore "clairons" (i.e.
natural, without valve, bugles), "usual"
(3 valves) bugles, saxhorns basses and contrabasses
and of course percussive instruments, mainly
French drum. It is strong of about forty people.
It is in 1952 when the battery-fanfare participated
in its first Competition (Le Coteau). Then,
Competition after Competition, conducted by
Marcel Bénitière
from 1958 till 1993, then Philippe Vignon
since 1994, it acquired numerous rising prices
see "palmarès".
It is classified in Division of Honour in
CMF and in Division
of Excellency in UFF
today. In spring on 2003, a young 18-year-old
musician took direction of the Indépendante.
He is Barthélémy
Jusselme, playing
the Drum, saxhorn bass, and especially resident
since 2007 of the Class of Tuba in CNSMD
of Paris. |
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Activities of the Indépendante are numerous
and various. First in the village, on the
occasion of official ceremonies as 8 of May,
14 of July, 11 of November, religious and
local feasts, the feast of decades. There
is also the Saint-Cecil, the Waking in Fanfare
of 1st in January see
"2008, January, the 1st without forgetting
of course the Feast of Music in June. Also, and
to take her financial autonomy, the Indépendante
perform a dozen of profitable exits outside
yearly. Let us signal
finally the important place of concerts, often
on the occasion of exchanges with other musical
groups. |
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The Indépendante assures a role mattering
from training to the young persons by giving
them possibility with its music school to
study musical education and practice of an
instrument, which some people can follow in
a Conservatory. |
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It also allows to the young persons to discover
the community life and to take certain responsibilities
in the functioning of the association. |
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The Indépendante is at the origin of the most
notable demonstrations of the village. So,
it organized music festivals in 1958, 1965,
1978, as well as a National Competition CMF in 1981, a Competition
UFF in 1993, and
once again an important National Competition
CMF in 2001, to
mark his seventieth birthday. |
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Indépendante
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