Video from Dagmersellen

I had a lovely, lovely time with the singers in the ICDA Summer Choir. What a great group of kids (chaperones and teachers, too) I love singing with people! That's why it makes it even more special to share some more moments from my yodeling trip with them (and any one else checking in with the blog.) The videos for this posting are random things from the ceremonies and parade in Dagmersellen. First up: the opening marching bell parade. I mentioned this on one of the very first posts, but you can't appreciate it until you see and hear it!

The jodeling festival concluded with an official ceremony and the transferring of the flag - much like I've seen done at the Olympics. Here's a short video of the community band (quite good!) and the flag ceremony.

That was followed by a chorus of yodelers who were - I believe - singing a song composed especially for the event.

Finally, the whole crowd and many other spectators moved the to the streets of Dagmersellen to watch the parade. It was a beautiful, sunny, perfect day for a parade that was like no other I've seen! Two highlights were: the cows that started the parade (beautifully dressed in sunflowers) and, the band on horseback (complete with tympani!)

The next day's paper estimated the crowd at 55,000 (which I believe to be accurate) and the whole parade was televised by a Swiss TV station.

That's all I'll add about Switzerland (for now) The next post will be about Cremona, Italy.