2025 – NEW TEAM – LET THE BRASS BANDS SHINE!
The 2024 edition was full of emotion. Our president and vice-president Pascal Caraty and Jacques Gaudet, founders of the Association des Amis du Brass Band (Friends of the Brass Band), who were instrumental in the birth and expansion of this movement which originated in the United Kingdom 150 years ago, retired at the end of this year’s event, which closed with the gala concert given by the Flowers Band under the direction of Paul Holland.
The new team, made up of Véronique Barroué-Lebrun (President), Frédéric Lebrun (Vice-President), Jean-Louis Volant (Secretary) and Pascal Bougré (Treasurer) are working hard to prepare for the 2025 event, with the invaluable support of the outgoing team. 5 ensembles from the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have already made contact for the 29th Open de France. It will be held on Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May 2025.
The French Open will be organised as previously:
Friday 23 May 2025 – Opening ceremony and draw Château Royal d’Amboise – Mini concert ensemble to be defined – (Reserved for Open de France competitors)
Saturday 24th May 2025 – Competition tests – Théâtre Beaumarchais d’Amboise – Marching music competition – Place Michel Debré, Amboise – Outdoor performance by ensembles – (Amboise venue to be confirmed) – Street entertainment bandas/batucada (to be defined) –9pm Gala concert – Results announced – Salle Claude Ménard (cité scolaire) Amboise
Sunday morning 25 May 2025 – Street entertainment – Concert Show -( venue and ensemble to be confirmed) –
Alongside the French Open, we hope to welcome ensembles not wishing to compete for an “OFF” mini-festival in the communes of the Val d’Amboise community of communes. The details of this event are currently being worked out and will be communicated to you at a later date.
We are preparing this next edition with realism and lucidity, and we hope that it will be possible.
The new AABB team: Véronique Barroué-Lebrun – President – Frédéric Lebrun – Vice-President Jean-Louis Volant – Secretary – Pascal Bougré – Treasurer
Contacts: Véronique Barroué-Lebrun vbarroue@yahoo.fr.Tel : + 33 (0)6 32 13 65 15
Frédéric Lebrun lebrunfred85@sfr.fr Tel : + 33 (0)6 10 28 90 77
See you on June 4,5 and 6 June, 2026 for the next French Open in Amboise, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary.
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