"farting the floor"

A thank you from the hosts of last night's free trad bal in Caylus reads :

Bravo les musiciens et les danseurs qui nous ont fait " péter le plancher " soirée réussi et toujours autant d'ambiance .....

auto translated as:

Kudos to the musicians and dancers who made us "fart the floor" evening and always so much atmosphere.....

Better on so many levels than last year when there was the ancestral lineage of a thunderstorm, this year it was a hot night with almost a full moon plus the benefit of a wooden dance floor. 

We go to two dance workshops each week during the winter months , one nearby in Caylus, the other 50 kms away at Salles sur Cerou near Cordes, where TC is one of the musicians. Last night a large contingent from both groups arrived to dance support Trevor and the musicians of Salles  "Sallebande" at a summer only guinguette venue in Caylus, run by a couple who also dance.

Sallebande

So there we were, as far as we know the only English people, at a French traditional bal where we knew almost all of the dancers personally and TC was  playing for the  bal.We were in our element.

It was like a great big summer party - one of those relaxed summer evenings the French do so well, lots of music ,dancing, chips and sausages and carafes of wine. No need to ask further why it is I feel so much at home here. Luckily my back had improved sufficiently for me to be able to do at least a bit of dancing and today I can still move!

The summer is really under way 

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