Behind the scenes of the Au fil du son festival, Civray, volunteers are busy catering for the volunteers. Next to the artists, a caterer takes over.
Saturday 30th July is the third day of the Au fil du son Civray festival, the largest in the department. It’s 3 p.m. Under large white waxed tents, half a dozen volunteers are already busy preparing the evening meal for the volunteers and technicians (around 600 people in all).
They are around fifty volunteers, including two chefs, taking turns at lunch and dinner over the four days of the festival, from Thursday to Sunday. Some even started on Monday and others will finish at the beginning of next week: the volunteers and technicians present to dismantle the stages will have to be fed.
It’s a good atmosphere.
We will be back
every year
In the makeshift kitchen, Dominique, a retired cook, presents, with a pink apron tied around her neck, the hot dishes already ready for the evening: We have escalopes with cream or salmon fillets with forgotten vegetables. Others come from a completely different background, like Sandrine, the head of the troop, a health manager at the hospital in civilian life: It’s a bit the same as in my work, I take care of everything that is organization, asks the volunteer, a walkie-talkie strapped to her waist.
ct, a group of retired Civraisian girlfriends cut onions while chatting: It’s a good atmosphere. We come back every year details with a smile on one of them. To provide the service and the dishwashing, the association Cicerone, civraisien social space, appeals to the inhabitants of the town who would not have had the idea to come otherwise, in particular for financial reasons.
A little further, behind the barriers, in the accommodation area, the artists also benefit from a catering service. But, for the past two years, Ness & Nono, a specialist caterer from Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, has taken care of it. On the menu this followingnoon: beef carbonade and potato cravings with an apricot diplomate for dessert. Among others.
But it’s flexible, we adapt to the artistscontinues the grant. For example, Cali had a little craving in the followingnoon. He asked us if we had some cheese. They gave him a plate. He was quite happy. Advantage of the position: proximity to the artists. We drink glasses with them, we laugh. These are really good times.
Far from the cliché of demanding and impolite artists, Nono has only met artists who are really cools et simple. The reason according to him? It’s a friendly little country festival, on a human scale.
On the program this Sunday.
Olympe Chabert (6 p.m.),
Maxence (18h40),
Tioma (19h40),
Kikesa (20h20),
Laucarre (21h45),
Bigflo & Oli.
