The
"Réveil" (wake-up) of the first
day of the New Year
version
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german
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There
is in Chirassimont
see text , a small
village in French region Rhône-Alpes, at 60
km. (37 miles) from Lyon, also famous
place for the French Drum see
story a tradition which goes back up in
1946. The first day of January, every year,
in the morning, some bugles and drummers (generally
a robust base of accustomed musicians, more
sometimes some the others) play the "Réveil
en campagne" (more or less the
"Diane" plus the "Rigaudon")
or also the "Réveil
de la Garde" in different places
of the village, about ten. New inhabitants
are a little surprised, former ones are happy
to see the continuity of this particular thing,
shutters half-open, sometimes a door with
a hot fortifying coffee, and sometimes much
more. All that ends about at 11 a.m. The linked
photos, dated
2008 January 1st, 2010 January 1st and 2012
January 1st, illustrate this fact,
audacious way (the weather often is less complaisant)
to start every new year with our favourite
instrument. |
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Ph.V.
2012-01-01 |
