Florence Béguignot, the director of an elementary school in Vincennes, in Val-de-Marne, received a surprise visit from Julien Clerc. With the children, the singer performed “Mademoiselle”, a tribute song to teachers.
It’s a surprise she won’t soon forget. While attending the recital of the children of the Jean-Monnet primary school in Vincenne, Florence Béguignot heard a familiar voice rising from the playground.
Tribute to teachers
Bouquet in one hand, microphone in the other, the singer Julien Clerc came to perform his song “Mademoiselle”, also taken up in chorus by all the children. “Mademoiselle who taught me, the kings of France and my country, the great industrial cities, the mountains, the eternal snows, my infinite gratitude”, can we hear in the first verse of this tribute to teachers.
Words that “speak of these people to whom we owe everything. Because they are people who bring us back into life”, explained Julien Clerc in 2021, on the set of Europe 1, as indicated by our colleagues of West France. The singer posted the video of the surprise on his YouTube account.
“I was very moved
Obviously touched by this beautiful surprise, Florence Béguignot testified for franceinfo. “My heart only skipped a beat. I had already been treated to a superb retirement party, but this was an incredible surprise, I was very moved. I don’t think many people teachers had the right to such a departure.”
According to our colleagues, it was a colleague who was responsible for organizing everything in the greatest secrecy. The two teachers have been invited to attend Julien Clerc’s concert at the Olympia next December.