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Haute-Savoie, France (No. 1)

Haute-Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva; to the south and southeast are Mont Blanc and the Aravis mountain range.

It holds its name from the Savoy historical region, as does the department of Savoie, located south of Haute-Savoie. In 2017, it had a population of 807,360. Its subprefectures are Bonneville, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois and Thonon-les-Bains. The French entrance to the Mont Blanc Tunnel into Italy is in Haute-Savoie. It is noted for winter sports; the first Winter Olympic Games were held at Chamonix in 1924.

The historical region of Savoy was governed by the House of Savoy, the ruling dynasty of Savoy from 1032 to 1860. The Duchy of Savoy were rulers of the Savoy region from 1416 to 1720.

The territory occupied by modern Haute-Savoie and the adjoining department of Savoie became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia after the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Annexation of the region by France was formalised in the Treaty of Turin on March 24, 1860.

From November 1942 to September 1943, Haute-Savoie was subjected to military occupation by Fascist Italy. The Maquis des Glières (a band of Free French Resistance fighters who opposed the Nazi, Vichy and Milice regimes during World War II) operated from Haute-Savoie. In the winter of 1943–1944, German troops burned down around 500 farms in response to French Resistance activities.

Gap’s smule name is gaplover94_A41. He’s into rock music mostly metal, progressive rock, alternative rock, and indie rock.  He is presently in the process of learning to play the guitar. To learn reading and playing chords, he gets to listen to slow rock and some country songs as well. 

I remember I was spotting for new members who can sing rock and I started preferring VIP. We have a bunch of excellent members who are into rock but they aren’t VIP. I have been noticing that they were joining singers outside the group. I thought it would be more fun if members join each other and support each other. Garet or Randy, one of the active members of A41 happened to post his collabs in the line chatroom. Gap, his collaborator caught my attention. I immediately sent him a message and invitation to the group.

 Gap joined Garet first on Butterfly by Crazytown. 

“ He was great, I followed him. ( Gap continues to tell his story about how he first got in touch with A41 group.)  Then the second collab I did with him was Cowboys from Hell by Pantera. Then I met you and joined A41.”

Gap’s ultimate dream is to play the guitar and sing in a bar but he thinks that he needs to earn money too so right now, he’s working for his family. Gap is the kind of a person when he feels like doing something, he gets totally engrossed in it. 

Well, Gap has a real talent in singing rock and persistent in learning to play a guitar. He is young and so has more room for improvement. He likes constructive criticisms too. I truly believe he will achieve his dreams.

Gap, please don’t forget about A41 when you become successful in the music industry. We are always here to support you and I am always be  your no. 1 fan :)