 The
"Batterie-Fanfare"
l'Indépendante de Chirassimont
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(2026)
2011, May
21st and 22th : 80th birthday - 
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Small village of about 400 inhabitants, Chirassimont
is located in the North-East of the department of the Loire,
on the district of Le Coteau. The closest cities are Tarare
at 15 km. (10 miles), Roanne at 25 km. (16 miles),
Saint-Etienne at 70 km. (45 miles), Lyon at 60 km. (37
miles).
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Chirassimont as many villages around been subjected to the
crisis of the textile industry, which brings only some jobs.
Some artisans assure nonetheless the assertion of economical
life. Finally, agriculture holds another preponderant place
in the village.
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Created in 1931 see "story" , the Indépendante is a batterie-fanfare
belonging to the group E, that means composed of "soft
brasses" in B flat. They find therefore "clairons" (i.e.
natural, without valve, bugles), "usual" (3 valves) bugles,
saxhorns basses and contrabasses and of course percussive
instruments, mainly French drum. It is strong of about
thirty people. It is in 1952 when the battery-fanfare
participated in its first Competition (Le Coteau). Then,
Competition after Competition, conducted by Marcel Bénitière
from 1958 till 1993, then Philippe Vignon
from 1994 2002 and from 2005 to 2010, it acquired numerous
rising prices see "palmarès". It is classified in Division of Honour in CMF and in Division of Excellency in
UFF. It is led since 2011 by
Bernard Roche. In spring on 2003, a young 18-year-old
musician took direction of the Indépendante. He is Barthélémy
Jusselme, playing the Drum,
saxhorn bass, and especially resident since 2007 of the
Class of Tuba in CNSMD of
Paris.
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Activities of the Indépendante are numerous and various.
First in the village, on the occasion of official ceremonies
as 8 of May, 14 of July, 11 of November, religious and local
feasts, the feast of decades. There is also the Saint-Cecil,
the Waking-up in Fanfare of 1st in January see "2008,
January, the 1st without forgetting of course the Feast
of Music in June.
Also, and to take her financial
autonomy, the Indépendante perform a dozen of profitable
exits outside yearly.
Let us signal finally the
important place of concerts, often on the occasion of
exchanges with other musical groups.
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The Indépendante assures a role mattering from training to
the young persons by giving them possibility with its music
school to study musical education and practice of an
instrument, which some people can follow in a Conservatory.
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It also allows to the young persons to discover the
community life and to take responsibilities in the association.
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The Indépendante
is at the origin of the most notable demonstrations of the
village. So, it organized music festivals in 1958, 1965,
1978, as well as a National Competition CMF
in 1981, a Competition UFF in
1993, and once again an important National Competition CMF in 2001, to mark his seventieth
birthday. The festival of 80°birthday,
May 21st and 22nd, 2011 will no doubt have constituted a new
major point of this continuation of events, by the quantity
and above all the quality and the variety of the Musicians
and the recognized competence of the organization.
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