A Norman party animated by the Friends of the beach

For the seventh consecutive year, the Friends of the Vierville Beach organized a Norman party on a Sunday. Two parades of floats traveled through the town. Some evoked the French Revolution and the Declaration of Human Rights; others honored Lower Normandy folklore.

Local farmers had lent their tractors for the parades, which also attended the Majorettes Les Pervenches, from Villers-Bocage. In the afternoon, the public could enjoy fishing stands and chamboule-tout, as well as Norman specialties: teurgoule prepared on site, farmer cider, mussels, oysters and Isigny caramels. About forty professional second-hand dealers were present.

In the evening, the folk group Cach'les Via, from Villers-Bocage, gave a show by the sea, followed by a fireworks display. This was the second fire proposed that year by the association, financed by dance parties organized during the year and by donations from the village merchants.

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