01/08/2024
Dear friends,
It’s time to wrap up. And as every year when we close Pélico on Monday morning, we get the chills. The empty space, as it is, can seem just a regular, not very appealing town hall room. Same thing with the Parc des Cordeliers: once emptied, it is just this cute, fresh, green spot to hide from the summer heatwave. And it looks so small.
It is you, Anduze Jazz Dancers, who fill Anduze with life and laughter, emotions and excitement, with stomps and claps, with a magical vibe and groove.
We spent the whole year imagining how the spaces would transform once you’d be there, but you always exceed our expectations. Artists inspiring the participants, dancers connecting to each other, musicians making us shake and an army of volunteers without whom nothing would be possible. Pélico, the gym, each studio, the streets, the river… They are all suddenly enlightened by your presence, and they become the perfect frame for the most beautiful encounters.
Anduze Jazz Dance Camp is about humanity, about connecting to others through Jazz and rhythm and music, and of course it wouldn’t exist as it is without this solid connection we create every year with the town hall and with the music festival . If the park becomes this gigantic cultural crossroad, it is thanks to them.
As every participant, we too leave Anduze every year with shiny eyes that can still not believe everything they’ve just seen. You don’t know how lucky and privileged we feel by the fact that you all decided to follow us in this Anduze Jazz Dance Camp journey.
With love,
Leti, Fer, Sarah, Charles