Excited audience for the big National Day show

A particularly enthusiastic audience was waiting for the artists performing at the big National Day parade on Monday evening in Montreal, at Maisonneuve Park.

The spectators, who from time to time chanted General de Gaulle's famous phrase “Long live free Quebec!”, showed tremendous energy worthy of a Stanley Cup final.

Titled Our chancethe High Mass hosted by Pierre-Yves Lord once again apparently paid tribute to Quebec's memorial to Jean-Pierre Verland, who died on April 27, and who would have celebrated his 90th birthday.^H Birthday Monday.

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“It seems that the little king never grows up. […] “His voice was like a caress on his strings,” emphasized the evening’s host before giving way to instrumentalist Jodie Richards, who opened this part of the show with lyrics. No two songs are the samePatsy Gallant (The little king), canin (I'm coming home) and Le Vent du Nord which accompanied Eleonore Lagasse (Swing your company).

As for the honor of performing the evening's theme song, it went to former academic Queenie, who had the audience join hands to the tune of this famous romantic song.

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Block reserved for The eighties Disco in French, and revival of dance songs Sugar Daddy, Dancer Dancer, Funky Station and Aimer Damour, For their part, they had spectators dancing as the sun set over Maisonneuve Park, which is close to the Olympic Stadium.

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A brief segment dedicated to the late leader of the Cowboys Fringants was kept at the end of the program. The audience, of course, screamed and danced with joy from the first notes Maritime trade.

“We will hear the echo of your voice for a long time to come,” said Pierre-Yves Lord, who also pushed the note I will go wherever you go With Eleonore Lagasse after the television taping, bringing the audience's energy to its peak.

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This second part of the concert, which was broadcast on the Internet, was the most lively of the evening.

FouKi performed his songs there butterfly And iPhonebut also hawaii, The Three Agreements with Eleonore Lagasse.

Roxanne Bruno, who was tight-lipped during the TV taping, for her part made the audience cheer with her necessary items Little pieces of you And Everywhere. The audience also sang along loudly with Kanin, who accompanied himself on the ukulele, on his track Your veins are in a boat.

Also participating in the grand National Day show were Claude Dubois and Daniel Lavoie, who respectively performed several hit songs from their repertoire, including Like a million people And I would like to see New York.

Quebec's National Day spokesperson, Benoit McGuinness, who delivered the national address Sunday evening at the Plains of Abraham, appeared briefly Monday evening to interpret the piece. The heart of my life.