In Sainte-Maxime, schoolchildren made their voices heard in town

A project led by the Communauté de communes du Golfe de Saint-Tropez, via the Rostropovitch Conservatory, the "500 Baguettes" operation reached its conclusion yesterday.

Speaking of sticks, we are not talking about bread sticks but those intended for music and percussion in particular.

The pupils of the CM1 and CM2 classes of the Simon-Lorière and Siméon Fabre schools did not hit bamboo, but rather buckets and their sticks, with the two conservatory professors Nicolas Bermond and Yannick Nury as conductors, and it made noise all day long throughout the city!

Several stops

The approximately 250 students performed in several locations throughout the town. Initially separated, with one class from each school on site, the students performed in Pasteur and Mermoz squares, in the tourist office staircase, and on the town hall square in the morning, then in Victor Hugo square, Market square, and on the church square in the afternoon.

All the classes then gathered in the middle of the afternoon at the Magnoti area, in front of the giant "#Sainte-Maxime" logo, for a grand finale and a show lasting just over an hour. The result was stunning in every way, the show given by the children did not fail to pique the curiosity of many passersby intrigued by the recital given by the Maximois schoolchildren.

Parents involved

The "500 Baguettes" operation is the result of work that began in September with numerous rehearsals in both schools.

"It also mobilized a large number of city departments, whose responsiveness I would like to commend. Our staff were involved in this project, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the teaching staff and principals of the two schools," said Cécile Ledoux, deputy head of school affairs.

The luxury school based in Sainte-Maxime participated in the event by creating the poster for the "500 Baguettes" campaign. Parents also helped out by supervising the children during rehearsals at the various locations.