Special parade will be held in Warwick this weekend to celebrate first anniversary with friendship town
Warwick is set to mark its first anniversary with one of its friendships towns this weekend with a parade.
Warwick as a town is twinned with Saumur in France and Verden in Germany but also has friendship ties with Havelberg in Germany, Formigine in Italy and Hérouville Saint-Clair in France.
The event on Saturday May 9 will mark the town’s first anniversary of Hérouville Saint-Clair being a friendship town with Warwick.
It is being organised by the Warwick Twinning Association and will see bands from Warwick and France take part in the parade.
Representative from the French town, including the Mayor of Hérouville Saint-Clair, Rodolphe Thomas, will be attending alongside dignitaries from Warwick, including the Mayor of Warwick, Cllr Jackie D’Arcy.
The marching band from Hérouville Saint-Clair will play along side bands from Warwick – and the Warwick Community Band will also be playing during the event.
The bands will perform on Saturday May 9 in the Market Place from 11am to 1pm. Bands will also perform at the Lord Leycester at 11.30am.
Afterwards, the bands will march to Warwick Castle.
A spokesperson from Warwick Twinning Association said: “Please come and show your support.
“We became a friendship town with Hérouville Saint-Clair because our Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) fought in the Battle of Lebisey Wood outside Caen, Normandy on June 7 1944 and there were great losses.”
For more information about Warwick Twinning Association go to: https://warwicktwinningassociation.co.uk/