Large national holiday show | A tribute to unison for Serge Fiori

At the heart of the Saint-Jean festivities, the name of Serge Fiori was on everyone’s lips. A tribute was paid to him during the big show of the National Day, which took place Tuesday evening at the Maisonneuve Park, in Montreal.

“Tonight, my friends, we are all in shock because her voice left,” said the evening host, Guylaine Tremblay, in the middle of the show, in front of a tide of Fleurdelysées. “Because the big one, the immense, the wonderful Serge Fiori, he who loved his country so much, left us today. »»

“And then, I think the best way to console us and wear it in your big journey is to sing it,” she added.

All the singers who participated in the show then joined him on stage to sing A musician among so many others.

“Where did everyone, who had something to tell. We gave birth to someone, we may have to listen to it … “

A thrill traveled the crowd, which resumed the lyrics in unison. The emotion was palpable.

Near us, a voice was detached from the others, that of Marie-France on the side. She sang each word with fervor, shiny eyes.

“It’s a song of my childhood,” she says. It is a very unifying song, which unites, which comes from the heart.

“We want to talk, but it’s also important to listen to each other. To listen to from one generation to another. »»

For their part, Jean-Louis Bertrand and Danielle Valois were still in shock from the news of the death of this monument of Quebec song. “We have listened in a loop since always,” says Danielle Valois.

“For me, Harmonium, they are in the same category as the Beatles,” says Jean-Louis Bertrand. If they had been known worldwide, they would have been as successful as them! »»

Like several young people present at Maisonneuve Park Tuesday evening, Nathan Dubé, 22, did not know Serge Fiori before learning his death, a little earlier in the day. “I will explain to him who it is when we are back home,” promises his father, Jean-François Dubé.

“When there is a big one of the music that goes, it always does something,” he sighs.