Sunday 16 November 2014

SINGING THEIR HEADS OFF

Post out of sequence.I'm settling down to Life in Leftie in Leffo but will heading south on Monday to my next stop along the way. We are off to the town of Quitin today as it's the Chanteurs de Rue festival this weekend. That translates as the street singers festival. Many of the locals dress in 1940s attire and process through the streets of the town depicting life back in the day. Horse drawn carriages, musicians, Bretton dancers, old trades, & vintage cars. The streets are lined with stalls selling local produce. Then there are the street singers themselves performing in little booths spread across the town some playing organs played by turning a handle to make cards with holes in pass through the organ and produce a tune, some playing accordions, others singing in groups or alone. A really good day out and of course being in France it was all free of charge, even the parking. Posting some photos to give you a flavour of the day;-








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