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From Our Own Correspondent: Paris Bandstands

30/07/2015

BBC World Service - The Essential, From Our Own Correspondent: Paris Bandstands

The social and musical riches to be found around the bandstands of the French capital

Joanna Robertson revels in the social and musical riches to be found around the bandstands of the French capital - particularly in the summer months.

Joanna Robertson revels in the social and musical riches to be found around the bandstands of Paris - particularly in the summer months. 

Photo: Amateur dancers dressed in period costumes take part in a 19th Century Ball at the bandstand of the Luxembourg Gardens on August 23, 2012, in Paris. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/GettyImages)

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