La Farandole de Courtepin

La Farandole de Courtepin

Highway 89 - Season 8, Episode 24

  • Aug 29, 2018 2:00 am
  • 32:30 mins

Image result for La Farandole de Courtepin La Farandole de Courtepin is a folk dance and music group from the Alpine town of Courtepin, in the the canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland. The group is made up of about thirty dancers, a brass band of about ten musicians, a team of flag swingers, and three Alphorn players. The group performs all over the world as ambassadors for Swiss culture and are in town to perform at the World Folkfest in Springville, Utah. The group has a mission guided by its stated values: to share, in Switzerland and abroad, the traditional dances and customs of the Fribourg regions while familiarizing young people with folk and traditions, celebrating open-mindness, sharing, commitment, respect of traditions and innovations.  Songs featured: La Triple Danse, Au Jardin d'Automne, Bergers-bergeres, Fanfare du Printemps, Tarentelle Nouvelle, Alphons-Polka, Hymne de la Suisse Romande Find out more about them here: http://farandole.ch/ Follow Highway 89 on Instagram: @byuh89 and Twitter: @byuh89