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407 - [BAYONNE FESTIVALS] – Pierre LANDRIEU, former chairman of th…
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[BAYONNE FESTIVALS] – Pierre LANDRIEU, former chairman of the Festival Committee. EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS from the BAYONNE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, compiled by Pierre LANDRIEU, chairman, on the history of the FIRST BAYONNE FESTIVALS and their organisation: 1st VOLUME: - 1933: Handwritten notes on the course of the festivities, a compilation of newspaper articles, various letters and notes on the funding of the Festival Committee by the City of Bayonne since 1922, and programmes for the Bayonne Arènes in 1933. - 1934: Small poster advertising the festival programme from 13 to 19 July, Official Programme for the 1934 summer festivities, handwritten notes and press articles on the organisation by the Festival Committee, the visit of Louis Barthou, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the opening of the Bayonne velodrome, and a review of the season at the Arènes. - 1935: Election of Pierre Landrieu as chairman of the Festival Committee; various events and festivities in Bayonne; various games and prizes. Programme for the 1935 Bayonne Festivals, illustrated by Darricarère, and programme for the Velodrome; programme for the 1935 Dax Festivals; programme for the traditional Basque festival in Biarritz; summary of subscribers and accounts; menu for the gala dinner at Lauqué’s. - 1937: article on the 1937 Exhibition in Paris, where the 3B pavilion was located. 2nd BOOKLET: - 1948: succession of Pierre Landrieu with the election of Albert Dupouy as chairman of the Festival Committee, articles and programmes for the various festivals on the Basque Coast (a very interesting article dated 31 July 1948 in *Sud-Ouest* providing a retrospective and history of the Festival Committee up to 1932), menu for 1 August 1948. - 1949: Various articles on the entertainment during the Festivals. 3rd NOTEBOOK: EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT containing the minutes of the Festival Committee’s meetings for 1920 (33 pp.), 1922 (4 pp.) and 1923 (3 pp.) (some pages missing). 4th NOTEBOOK of handwritten notes on the streets and prominent families of Bayonne, mainly based on Ducéré. Provenance: former collection of Pierre Landrieu, former chairman of the Festival Committee. Whilst there has been a strong tradition of popular festivals in Bayonne since the late 19th century, centred on a wide variety of events (balls, float parades, elegance contests, horse races, cavalcades and bull runs), the dynamic Festival Committee, established in the 1920s, secured the creation of the Bayonne Festival in 1932. It was not until the post-war period that these now-traditional festivities became firmly established, first as the counterpart to the Pamplona festivities and then as the largest popular event in France. AN IMPRESSIVE PRESS REVIEW FROM THAT ERA!
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