World music day

This was started in France in 1982 on June 21st as a day when performers, both amateur and professional, were encouraged to make music in the streets and to give free concerts. It was taken up enthusiastically and has since spread to 110 countries. (Including Great Britain - did we know?)
In our village here it took the form of a concert given by schoolchildren and the local school of dance.  We went into the lower town of Carcassonne to catch a concert by the municipal orchestra and choir who were set up by the river on Friday evening. The standard was not great but the most bizarre thing was when a woman came out of the choir and approached a man in the audience (seemingly her dance partner) and proceeded to perform a very complex and intricate dance as the orchestra performed a piece of modern music. They then hung around like dancers after a country dance, waiting to see what the orchestra would play next and whether it would be suitable to dance to.  Apparently not, as when the next piece started they kissed and went back to their places.

And since I've just accidentally deleted the picture of the dancers, all I can show you is the view as we returned.