After more than six years of work, the Dalida rose is finally here! “An error repaired” according to Stéphane Magris, president of the Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe Festival Committee, “after research, we realized that no rose bore the name of Dalida, so we proposed to her brother, Orlando, to baptize one“.
– Anaïs Martin-Cauvy
In addition to the rose of remembrance, it is the rose of a resurrection. Bernard Panozzo, designer of the rose
It was Bernard Panozzo, a breeder in Montpon-Menesterol, in the Dordogne, who embarked on the project. He wanted a flower that looked like the famous icon of the 60s: “We wanted a shiny, feminine and delicate rose.“So he made it white around the edges and pink in the middle, with thick petals so the flower would last a long time. He even thought of all the details:”There is the central button, the star; and then next to the smaller buttons that can symbolize his boys and girls, what, his dancers“.
If some visitors discover the existence of the rose by chance, for others, like Régine, we came to the Rose Festival exclusively to buy a rosebush. In all cases, Dalida’s name brings back memories. Yvette recalls her early years with her friend, “she was an exceptional singer and a very good actress. I still remember his tragic passing“, she confides. Yvette, like Régine and the other visitors leave the rose festival with music in mind… but also words and more words songs by Dalida.
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