Yesterday with my yodel choir, singing in a village church, then rushing home to watch #Eurovision. A perfect day of music!

#yodel #CoeurDesYodleuses #genève #avusy #folkMusic

Happy Eating Sausages In A Heatwave Day to all who celebrate the idea of Switzerland today! 🇨🇭
#FeteNationale #Switzerland #Yodel #ChoeurdesYodleuses #CoeurdesYodleuses
We hopped across the border last night to yodel at the Cercle Suisse du Pays de Gex, in the lovely setting sun. It was all gloriously swissy & kitsch, and we had a lovely time being together and singing. #yodel #coeurdesyodleuses #choeurdesyodleuses
We celebrated the Fête de la Musique in Geneva by yodelling in a tent rather than by the Aire riverside due to the rain ☔️, but with a lovely audience who turned up at 9am on a grey day. Lots of songs, harmonies, laughs and cheer! #Confignon #fetedelamusique #fetedelamusique2024 #choeurdesyodleuses #CoeurDesYodleuses #geneve #music #folkmusic #tracht #swissmusic #switzerland #yodel #jodl

In the end, my talented friend Marie-Louise, one of the few licensed traditional Genevois costume makers, sewed the dresses and blouses! She made 1 for me (left) & my daughter, in the two permitted colours. These are the « costume genevois de travail », i.e. week wear dresses, as opposed to the more fancy flowery Sunday dresses.

We’ll use them for our concert at the Fête de la Musique in June. #sewing #costume #historicalsewing #costumesuisse #suisse #geneve #yodel #jodl #CoeurDesYodleuses

Fluehbliemlijutz, or something! Just a pretty rubbish phone microphone, but it might give you an idea if you are curious about what a 'naturyodel' (song with no words) could sound like. 🌼
#yodel #coeurdesyodleuses #choeurdesyodleuses #perly #genève #music #musique #choir
Well it was clearly worth getting up at 3.30am and cycling across town in traditional costume to sing in this amazing setting! I am so lucky to live here.
#yodel #AubesMusicales #CoeurDesYodleuses

Reportage RTS La Première sur mon activité inhabituelle du weekend passé. Contraste délicieux avec le monde académique. Deux jours avec mes complices musicales du Cœur des Yodleuses de Genève…
On recrute de nouvelles chanteuses (débutantes bienvenues!) en tout temps si ça vous tente?

https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/redirect/detail/14099791
#music #choir #jodl #yodeling #CoeurDesYodleuses