Saturday, July 01, 2006

Reviews, JUL 06

A SOUR NOTE IN FRANCE - la FĂȘte de la Musique
The disappointing truth about one of France's biggest musical events
by ROXY VARZA, assistant editor

Every year, on June 21st, the entire country of France celebrates music. After it was discovered that 5 million French citizens play a musical instrument, Maurice Fleuret, the Director of Music and Dance in 1982, started this national musical gala in order to allow amateur musicians to publicly demonstrate their musical talent. However, what started out as an amazingly artistic and cultural affaire actually turns out to be riddled with problems.

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