{"id":32543,"date":"2025-06-23T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=32543"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:33:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:33:05","slug":"mr-jean-pierre-ferland-on-the-eve-of-saint-jean-baptiste-had-he-been-alive-he-would-have-turned-91-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/06\/23\/mr-jean-pierre-ferland-on-the-eve-of-saint-jean-baptiste-had-he-been-alive-he-would-have-turned-91-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Jean-Pierre Ferland on the eve of &#8220;Saint-Jean Baptiste&#8221;: had he been alive, he would have turned 91 tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JaimeQu\u00e9becSaintJean.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11420\" style=\"width:502px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JaimeQu\u00e9becSaintJean.jpg 705w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/JaimeQu\u00e9becSaintJean-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is never too early to wish beloved Qu\u00e9bec a \u201c<em>Bonne F\u00eate Nationale<\/em>\u201d! Same for French-Canadians across our wide and beautiful country, including Acadians in the Maritime provinces, a &#8220;<em>Bonne Saint-Jean-Baptiste<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being said, had singer-songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland been alive, he would have turned 91 tomorrow.  Last year, he was honoured by his colleagues at Montreal&#8217;s main &#8220;<em>F\u00eate nationale<\/em>&#8221; concert, entitled &#8220;L<em>e Grand Spectacle<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4exrvptc\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4exrvptc<\/a>). This year onward, he will be missed greatly at these annual concerts. May his memory be eternal. May inner peace fill the hearts of his spouse, children, and loved ones (including his dog Wallis, <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3nc68jpw\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3nc68jpw<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual, Bambi&#8217;s post ends with music. The chosen piece is &#8220;<em>Un peu plus haut<\/em>&#8220;, one of Mr. Ferland&#8217;s superb songs, recorded in Paris in 1969 and inducted into the <em>Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame<\/em> in 2007 (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5ek4un3z\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5ek4un3z<\/a>). Of note, Ms. Ginette Reno majestically performed &#8220;<em>Un peu plus haut<\/em>&#8221; on June 24, 1975 &#8220;<em>in front of 250,000 people on Montreal\u2019s Mount Royal&#8221;<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5ek4un3z\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5ek4un3z<\/a>). This concert<em> &#8220;was part of the festivities for St-Jean-Baptiste Day and International Women\u2019s Year<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5ek4un3z\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5ek4un3z<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long live Qu\u00e9bec and Canada&#8217;s Francophonie :)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ginette Reno - Un peu plus haut un peu plus loin\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Et9nOMEFLQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"C\u00e9line Dion &amp; Ginette Reno - Un peu plus haut, Un peu plus loin (2008)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YEB2C9Wx0Mw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hymne National du Qu\u00e9bec - Gens du Pays - Quebec National Anthem (English subtitles)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zEIXKhnwPFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29970\" style=\"width:268px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is never too early to wish beloved Qu\u00e9bec a \u201cBonne F\u00eate Nationale\u201d! Same for French-Canadians across our wide and beautiful country, including Acadians in the Maritime provinces, a &#8220;Bonne Saint-Jean-Baptiste&#8220;. This being said, had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32543"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32551,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32543\/revisions\/32551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}