Montclar

L'esprit Country Western Altitude

Nous avons tous rêvé un jour de chevaucher dans les plaines du Far West, et d’habiter la petite maison dans la prairie. Montez à bord de notre diligence, avec l’équipage de l’association « Country Western Altitude », et votre rêve deviendra réalité. Vous serez transportés des saloons du Texas, aux granges du Tennessee accompagnés de musiques qui vous offriront « les larmes du bonheur », l’envie de taper des mains, des bottes, et de plonger dans cette ambiance conviviale qui rassemble toutes les générations.

La lettre CWA










FESTIVAL DE L'ASSOCIATION "COUNTRY WESTERN ALTITUDE"

 

The Country Western Altitude Festival

 

2010, Go west man!

 

Yes, indeed! Here we are! It’s all go for the 4th edition of our ‘country western’ festival high up in the mountains… or rather your festival, as you are more and more numerous at this rendez-vous -and faithful as well- at the beginning of July in this gorgeous region of  ‘Alpes de Haute Provence’.

 

Two whole days full of dreams, friendship and togetherness… on the road again!

 

The patron and the Chairman

will share their passion with you and will lead the dance at a good pace during these two days.

 

Bernard will carry you from the barn to the town of LURS

in his waggons everywhere in the area. Marine and Emmanuelle from the club ‘Clopin Clopan’ will help with their horses pulling a ten-seat covered waggon (just like in ‘The little house in trhe Prairie’).

 

The  musicians of the 2010 festival

 

Bus stop

Welcome to Route 66… a genuine trip through America

 

Eddy Ray Cooper

Since 1989, Eddy Ray Cooper is the reference in the ‘country’ scene in France.

 

Lilly West

Best authentic female singer in Quebec in 2009.

 

Caballeros A Caballos

Some of the cow-boys present take part in the BUFFALO BILL WILD WEST SHOW in DISNEYLAND PARIS.

There’s a lot of emotion with the American female trick riding team.

 

Ruddy Farmers

A show of authentic bluegrass : banjo, mandolin, guitars

 

Country Music Attitude

Sabine BENICHOU and Alain SANDERS give talks with extracts from video films or reports which offer a kind of ‘historical trips’ on several themes :

-history of country music and history of country and western dance

-French America

-Lafayette

-What if the South had won?

-Alamo, from legend to history?

 
Programme 2012
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AU COEUR

DU

FESTIVAL

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RESTAURATION "RELAIS DU LAC" - BUVETTES - GRANDE PISTE DE DANSE "BOIS" - EXPOSANTS COUNTRY WESTERN - BALADES CHARIOTS - PONEYS -TAUREAU MECANIQUE

VENDREDI 6 JUILLET
19H30: BARBECUE BAL COUNTRY avec KENNY'S ANIMATION


SAMEDI 7 JUILLET
11H00: MESSE COUNTRY WESTERN ET BENEDICTION DES PIONNIERS
12H30: PARAPENTES AUX DRAPEAUX, HYMNES CHANTES PAR LILLY WEST

DANSE

PENDANT

TOUT

LE FESTIVAL

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AVEC

DJ KENNY SANNIEZ

et

CYRILLE DUPUIS


16H00: SPECTACLE EQUESTRE EDITION 2012  CABALLEROS A CABALLOS
19H: REPAS CONCERT AVEC MR JAY AND GUESTS
21H: CONCERT MARIE DAZZLER
DIMANCHE 8 JUILLET
10H30: L'HISTOIRE DE LA MUSIQUE & DE LA DANSE COUNTRY PAR  SABINE BENICHOU ET ALAIN SANDERS
12H30: REPAS ANIMATIONS, INITIATIONS PAR LILLY WEST & CYRILLE DUPUIS
14H00: CONCERT "BACK WEST" LOS GRINGOS and THE COWGIRLS
16H30: GRAND SPECTACLE EQUESTRE CABALLEROS A CABALLOS
18H00:  FINAL MUSICAL ... DANSE ... DANCE ... danse ... danse ... danse ....
PARKINGS ET ENTREE GRATUITS
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MERCI A TOUS NOS PARTENAIRES

 
Once upon a time there was a cowboy in St Jean Montclar

There is a little corner of paradise in France where the cowboy is king : Saint Jean Montclar and the surrounding countryside in the Alpes de Haute Provence. The plateau de la Chau lies at the altitude of 1500m, overlooking the lake of Serre-Ponçon and it is dominated by the Dormillouse. The plateau is bordered with larch, fir, rowan, silver birch, walnut trees… We have walked, horse riding, cycling, driving a four-wheel car, rafting, paragliding or followed a donkey from Provence (with a black St Andrew cross on its back). The donkey is a very rustic and very intelligent animal. The true story of the dunce’s cap, the “donkey’s cap” in French, is that the dunce was made to wear such a cap by the teacher in the hope that it would make him more intelligent.

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