The
"Réveil" (wake-up) of the first
day of the New Year
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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 (usually
the same people) play the "Réveil en
campagne" (more or less the "Diane"
plus the "Rigaudon") or also the
"Reveil de la Garde" in different
places of the village, about ten. New inhabitants
are a little surprised, shutters half-open,
sometimes a door with a hot fortifying coffee.
All that ends about at 10 a.m. The linked
photos, dated 2008 January 1st and 2010 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.
2010-01-01 |
