Carnival in full swing in the centre of Bléré
Ready to fire the cannonToday was the biannual carnival for the Canton of Bléré and for this edition the circus was the theme. Starting at around 3pm the parade made its nosiy and spectacular way from la gare at La Croix en Touraine across the River Cher, through Bléré and to the Gatiné just to the east of the centre of the town.
A giraffe on a Bléré road
Photo call before the start
Having a ball before the start
Getting ready
Quartet of giraffes heading towards the start
Smoke signalling the start of the parade
Oi you! Get out of the way!
East bound train passes
Confetti for sale
Buying confetti
Heading over the Cher
Crowd waiting for parade to enter Bléré's main street
Brownies for sale
White rabbit salutes Michel Mergot, maire of Epeigné-les-Bois
Civray's float
On the ball.....
On fire........
@la Gâtine
Epeigné stand@La Gatine
Michel Mergot inspects the Epeigné stand
Filming the spectacle
A giraffe on a Bléré road
Photo call before the start
Having a ball before the start
Getting ready
Quartet of giraffes heading towards the start
Smoke signalling the start of the parade 
Oi you! Get out of the way!East bound train passes
Confetti for sale
Buying confetti
Heading over the Cher
Crowd waiting for parade to enter Bléré's main street
Brownies for sale
White rabbit salutes Michel Mergot, maire of Epeigné-les-Bois
Civray's float
On the ball.....
On fire........
@la Gâtine
Epeigné stand@La Gatine
Michel Mergot inspects the Epeigné stand 
Filming the spectacle
5 comments:
Great photos Jim. A very memorable day for all of the Epeigne contingent. I showed your site to a couple of the organisers of the Carnaval today - they were very impressed.
Thanks Mark. It was a good day, although Carole and I wondered whether overall there weren't some opportunities to fund raise missed but may be that wasn't the intention.
The sale of confetti and items from the various stands raises money to meet the costs of the floats of the different communes who each pay their own costs. In this way the cost of the floats doesn't fall upon the commune residents. The Telethon is the main charitable fund raising opportunity, and many communes participate in that also.
Looks like great fun.
JT. Yes it was great fun and spectacular.
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