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The association wants, among other things, to rekindle the emotions and friendships generated by the Fête des Vignerons last year.
CHANTAL DERVEY
“Our traditions only have value if they live,” says François Margot, abbot-president of the Confrérie des Vignerons de Vevey. The Association of Friends of the Festival (Ma FeVi) was launched on Friday in the spirit of maintaining the flame of the living custom represented by the celebration, registered in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Unesco. Ma FeVi will carry out different types of activities between two editions of the event. “Our mission is to maintain the spirit of the Festival and to ensure its transmission to the future generation,” explains François Pugliese, president. Experience made, when motivating my daughter to register as an extras, I had no choice but to register too. And I had to wait until the first rehearsal in costume in the arena to see an enthusiastic smile appear on his face. ” The Ma FeVi committee has seven other members: Nicolas Gehrig, Stéphane Krebs, Philippe Gex, Nathalie Groux, Bernard Schmid, Marie-Jo Valente and Fanny Zonca.
“Our traditions have value only if they live”
François Margot, abbot-president of the Confrérie des Vignerons de Vevey
“Don’t wait 20 years to sing and dance!” This call launched last year by director Daniele Finzi Pasca was therefore heard. He gave the impetus to the creation of Ma FeVi, under the patronage of the Brotherhood. “The emotions and friendships generated by the 2019 Festival simply couldn’t be ignored,” adds François Pugliese. The Friends of the Winegrowers’ Festival will organize or co-organize events, the calendar of which is not formally established. But we can expect a CD opening concert “Je t’aime la terre” with choir members from the North Choir of the Fête des Vignerons 2019. Jérôme Berney, one of the composers of the Fête, supported by association, also has lots of projects that it is preparing to concretize, concerts or other publications of scores of the Festival.
The association also wants to federate around the Fête des Vignerons members, people, businesses and communities wishing to support it financially. It will allocate its revenues to activities that support the Brotherhood of Winegrowers. “We have no particular financial expectations, specifies François Margot. It is above all for us to relay to the association the many requests that are addressed to the Brotherhood. People have asked us if they can give concerts with songs from the celebration, if they can wear costumes or use the Holiday logo. ”
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