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Back feelings from Roman and Damien
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We developed for several years (our first meeting dates November
18th, 1995 in Lausanne) relations as regards the Drum with our
almost nearby Swiss. We attended the Regional Fests (Savièse on
1999, Fribourg on 2007) and Federal (Sierre on 2002, Basel 2006,
Interlaken 2010). There were also Chermignon-d'en-Haut (2007), on the
initiative of my friend Édouard Sommer of Geneva.
Through the last contacts, we decided to meet, in small number,
to exchange on our respective techniques, writings,
interpretations, manners to beat. The reserved date was on
Saturday, July 9th. It remained to find the appropriate place.
Jean-Pierre Pol, well known as a High-Savoyard Drummer, diligent
member of the Drums 69 Rhône-Alpes for their period of activity
was requested and took the things in hand to welcome us by means
of his wife to Thusy ( 74 ) in the best conditions.
We thus met, besides our hosts : Édouard Sommer, Roman Lombriser
coming from the region of Saint-Gall, Nicolas Mugnier-Pollet
from Thyez, Damien Vignon from Amplepuis and I. 
photo-1 in a large room gracefully provided us by the
Thusy's municipality.
Roman Lombriser is one of the quite better representatives of
the Drum in Switzerland, Champion of Switzerland 1990 in Naters,
composer, member of all the juries of competition, the federal
technical committee, determining for all the works and the
publications, director until 2015 of the band Tambouren Club Fürstenland Gossau.
During our exchanges to prepare this meeting, we had mentioned
the main subjects to be approached, while keeping of course a
total freedom as for the progress. We can summarize it so :- - - - - presentation of the participants, and
introduction by Édouard Sommer 
photo-2 - - - - - comparison of the drums, sticks, training
pads  photo-3- - - - - comparison of notations, old Swiss (Basel
hieroglyphs, Dr Berger) and current ( Zünstoff), and French  photo-4- - - - - fast evocation of the teaching for Drum - - - - - technical points: "strokes", "ra", "coups
anglais" (or "doublés", frisés : simple, coulés, sautés... - - - - - the point which was at the origin of this
meeting : thle "coulé" and its derivate forms : "coulé sauté",
"brisé"  photo-5All showed through numerous documents, learning books, sheets, old or contemporary books and of course "sticks in the hands", with eyes and ears widely opned for the analysis, the understanding of gestures and effects. 
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After a (very well) made lunch by our hosts, we played some
pieces, always explained, commented. Without enumerating , we
can quote : - - - - - Roman alone : Miraculix, Globitrotter,
Funky Spirit, ...  photo-8- - - - - Damien and Philippe : Réflexes, Clin
d'oeil, Marches par Frisés, ... 
photo-9- - - - - the three together : Ra d'Ac, Der Grizzli,
Trois marches roulées d'Alexandre Raynaud, ... 
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The participants in this day, each in the role, appreciated
particularly the friendship which got free of it and also the
practical aspect, the concrete of the exchanges. All agreed
that, if it was the first one in the kind, it would not
certainly be the last one. 
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