Abbeville's Giant Omelette Celebration will not happen in 2020

The Confrerie d’ Abbeville, Giant Omelette Celebration board met earlier this week.
The board voted to cancel this year’s event, which would have taken place in the first weekend in November.
“It was not an easy thing to do,” Grand Maitre Arlene Collee said. “We know the economic impact we have on our community. We know the joy it brings to those who come. Our vendors were looking forward to it this year more than ever.”
Collee said hope remained even into the summer that this year’s event could take place.
“We were hopeful in our June meeting that we could go ahead with the celebration,” Collee said, “but with the current situation with Covid 19 we feel it would be irresponsible to go ahead with the Giant Omelette.”
This will be the first time the event has been canceled ahead of the event.
“It had a cancellation in the early years due to rain,” Collee said.
Omelette sister cities have canceled their celebrations, with the exception of Pigue, Argen tina. That celebration is currently set to take place in December.
For Abbeville’s Celebration, the focus is now on the future.
“We look forward to seeing everyone at our 2021 Celebration which will be held November, 6 & 7, 2021,” Collee said.