Émile Gardaz (29 August 1931, Échallens,

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- 19 December 2007) was a Swiss radio moderator and author, working for Radio suisse romande since 1955. He was the father of comedian Sophie Gardaz. Ten years before his death, in 1997, he was, with

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, among the personalities when the township of

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appointed the renowned

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Franz Weber a Citoyen d'honneur.

Works

Radio

*Derrière les fagots *Mardi les gars avec Michel Dénériaz *Demain-Dimanche *adventures of Oin-Oin

Books

*''Frères comme ça'', CRV, 1970. *''Le pays d'Echallens'', 1977. *''Passerelle des jours : soixante mois de poésie pour accompagner des photographies de Marcel Imsand'', Bertil Galland, 1981. *''Neuchâtel en eaux douces: le lac de Neuchâtel'', Fabrique de Tabac réunies, 1981. *''Croix du Sud'',

Théâtre du Jorat The Théâtre du Jorat, inaugurated 9 May 1908, is a theater hall located in the Vaud commune of Mézières, Vaud, Mézières, Switzerland, about 20 km from Lausanne, in the Jorat region. Description The Théâtre du Jorat was established ...

, 1985. *''Le moulin à sable'', éd. de la Passerelle, 1985. *''L'horizon réclamé'', Fondation Pré vert du Signal de Bougy, 1986. *''Les petites boréales'', éd. de la Passerelle, 1990. (poems) *''Contes courants'', éd. Bastian, 1994. *''La courte échelle'', éd. de la Passerelle, 1995. (poems) *''La clé du temps'', éd. Scriptar, 1995. *''Escales au pays : l'oreille à la porte'', Éditions Cabédita, 1997. *''Fête du blé et du pain'', éd. Vie Art Cité, 1998. *''Gros de Vaud'', L'Echo du Gros-de-Vaud, 1999.

Music

*some 600 songs *

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, music by

Géo Voumard Géo Voumard (2 December 1920 – 3 September 2008) was a Swiss jazz pianist and composer. He was a co-founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival and composer of the song "''Refrain''" which won the first Eurovision Song Contest. Life and career V ...

, sung by

Lys Assia Rosa Mina Schärer (3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018), known by her stage name Lys Assia, was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in . Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed ...

, first place at the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.

Works

Radio

Books

Music

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