The trio was awarded a standing ovation. Musicians remarked that they had never experienced an audience-reaction like it. Riley applauded the audience. The Marciac festival is an unusual exchange in an unlikely place. There are no ringers from pop or rock.
Musicians get to play their music the way they prefer and, in return, they help keep the town alive.
The music is not superimposed on the town, it has become part of it. Each changes the other - the music has been prolonging the town's life and the town makes the music deeper and more fun. All of this has begun to pay off. Recently, Marciac received the official designation of site majeur. It has become, so to speak, worth a detour.