INVESTIGATION – Two months after the end of the Olympic Games, the national gendarmerie is pleased to have participated in the ceremonies, alongside singer Aya Nakamura. We’ve been tearing away at its musicians and singers ever since.
Under the gold of the Élysée banquet hall, last Monday, Philippe Brocard and Mathieu Septier first stood in reserve, while the Belgian king and queen finished the state dinner given in their honor . At dessert time, the two singers of the French Army Choir, wearing navy blue outfits with gold buttons and epaulettes, took a step forward. « We ventured to interpret So we dance, from the Belgian singer Stromae », says baritone Philippe Brocard. It seems that the song, performed with the string orchestra of the Republican Guard in front of 250 guests, pleased Queen Mathilde and King Philippe.
The general public knows the Army choir and the musicians of the Republican Guard for their ability to chant the great republican moments, from July 14 to the ceremonies organized in the main courtyard of the Invalides. But since the Olympic and Paralympic Games, a little…
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