To the rhythm of the drums, the musicians of the brass band of Souday (Loir-et-Cher) kicked off the fifteenth edition of the Harvest Festival yesterday afternoon in Chartres. After a two-year break forced by the health emergency, the traditional parade animated the streets of the city center, from Place Châtelet to Place des Épars, passing through Rue Collin-d’Harleville. A new course this year.
Numerous inhabitants and the last tourists to welcome the procession. “The parade has found its audience”, smiles Dominique Perollo, a member of the association of the Free Commune of the village of Saint-Brice, organizer of the event. “We didn’t expect to have this success after two years of absence. This bodes well for the rest of the festivities. “
The 15th harvest festival begins this Saturday, September 24, from Place Châtelet, in Chartres
“Don’t let traditions die”
Sheep, geese, donkeys and horses have once again attracted young and old. “The same breeders and the same associations have been contributing for fifteen years to give life to this festival. “
This year around twenty volunteers were employed at the event. “It is also an opportunity to make our association known to the youngest, to attract new members and not to let the traditions created by the elderly die. “
the procession finally went to the south portal of the cathedral. José Rolo, Deputy Mayor of Chartres in charge of sport, association life and youth, carried out the traditional pressing of the grapes before serving the first glasses to the volunteers of the association of the Free Commune of the village of Saint-Brian.
Practice. The show continues today, from 10.00 to 18.00, with, at 11.00, the mass of the winemakers in the cathedral, then various shows throughout the afternoon, including that of the Baladins d’Autrica, a hundred local artisans and producers in the park of Val de l’Eure and the walk along the banks of the Eure.
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