8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
A cornmuse (french bag pipe), hurdy gurdy and an accordion.
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
More cornmuses (french for "bagpipe"), hurdy gurdy and accordion.
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
Hurdy gurdy, cornmuse (french bagpipe . . . they do not share a common ancestor with the Scottish bagpipe), hurdy gurdy
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
A large African group
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
The stilt walkers were exceptionally awesome. They also did traditional dance later, on the stilts!
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
Hurdy gurdy, bag pipe, accordions
8 May 2006
Everybody loves a parade!
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
The Brittany contingent may have even been larger than the Orléans contingent. they had a huge band.
Their bagpipes look more like Scot bagpipes than most French bagpipes, but I don't know if that means anything.
8 May 2006
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
After their parade, they did traditional dance.
8 May 2006
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
After their parade, they did traditional dance.
8 May 2006
In the morning, there were brass bands and people in traditional dress.
After their parade, they did traditional dance.
8 May 2006
Nicole waits for the afternoon parade
8 May 2006
A military Memorial Day parade in Orléans
8 May 2006
A military Memorial Day parade in Orléans
Airplanes flew overhead in formation.
8 May 2006
A military Memorial Day parade in Orléans
8 May 2006
A military Memorial Day parade in Orléans
They drove by with all their military vehicles. Several were pronounced to be the best in the world.
8 May 2006
A military Memorial Day parade in Orléans
Don't mess with the French, they've got many tanks.
8 May 2006
A religious procession to remember the raising of the Siege of Orléans.
Every year, they pick a 17 year old girl from Orléans and have her represent Joan of Arc. She wears a suit of armor and carries a banner modelled on the one Joan carried.
8 May 2006
An Orléanaise playing the part of Jeanne d'Arc
8 May 2006
This remembrance and procession was actually instituted by Joan of Arc and has occurred nearly every year since.
8 May 2006
The Joan of Arc re-enactor is followed by people playing other knights from the Hundred Years War.
8 May 2006
Medieval weaponry on parade in Orléans
8 May 2006
A religious procession remembering the victory of May 8 1429
8 May 2006
Lots of ren-faire types on parade in Orléans
8 May 2006
According to a display in Orléans, 1/3 of the soldiers accompanying Joan of Arc into the city (when she arrived in late April 1429) were Scots.
8 May 2006
Lots of ren-faire types on parade in Orléans
8 May 2006
The Orléans marching band and bugle corps.
8 May 2006
I love community marching bands.
