“My first ball, I organized it when I was 30 years old,” recalls Yvon Delarue80 years old, who wants to relaunch the tradition of balls And dancing afternoon has Compiègne. He associates himself in this sense with Serge Pointinpresident of the associations we like to dance and the Compiégnois dancers, which organized the dancing teas of the Victory Meetings Center.
“With the closure of the victory, Serge Pointin wanted to stop everything because he had trouble finding volunteers,” says Yvon Delarue, also a manager of AFC Compiègne. I offered him a helping hand. He, with four people and me, with nine people, we have the means to leave. ”
See you May 29
The first ball in a series of six, took place on Thursday of the Ascension on May 29.
Yvon Delarue knows this type of event, since he brought 1100 dancers to victory in 2008. His partner Serge Pointin started with dancing teas on Thursday afternoon, first in Longueil-Annel, then at the Victory. He still irganized ten balls a year. “In eight years, he raised 120,000 € for medical research, thanks to the recipes,” recalls Yvon Delarue.
The victory meeting center reopens in May.
