Six word Saturday

Here’s to co-operation, esprit de corps

The carneval floats are finished, lined up in  the hangar after six months of hard work by the four teams.  Last night the Mayor gave us a wine and biscuits party to view them. 

vin d’honneur pour les travailleurs

 
long view – that rocket was used in 2010                         Our chateau lit up

 This is the first time in ten years that I have glued not a single papillote, nor made costumes for this or that character.  But Jock has contributed enough input for three, so I was allowed in too!  The results are splendid – the ingenuity of  a disparate group of villagers to make the designs and carry them through is praiseworthy.

 
Each element is covered with thousands of little twisted paper papillotes, a speciality of our village.

 
The parade of the “Chateaux de la Loire” with marching bands is set for Sunday, with a candle-lit retreat followed by fireworks, so pray for no rain. Those papillotes are very fragile.  

On Monday – which is July 14th, the French National Day – a “grillade” (barbecue) for participants is given by the Comité des Fêtes.  It will be a huge and jolly meal lasting about 6 hours.