Despite weekend weather that caused the cancellation of Saturday morning’s Neptune Grand Parade, visitors and sand sculptors at the 51st annual Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach remained optimistic, finding joy in the artistic displays and festivities.
Among the 32 international sand sculptors competing at the festival is Wilfred Stijger from the Netherlands, whose love story began in the sand. While working on a sculpture, he accidentally tapped someone with his shovel.
“I was digging in the sand and I hear ouch! And I cleaned, and oh, there was my wife there. And we’ve never been apart from that moment,” Stijger said…