We had a fantastic day on Saturday at May Revels - Oakridge School’s annual fundraising event. The children and parents could not have asked for more on a gloriously warm day as people from the village and surrounding Stroud poured onto the green, which doubles up as the school’s playground.
We started off with crowning our new May Queen, which is a tradition the children really enjoy. This year’s May queen was Eeva, who, being the oldest girl in her year, was chosen.
Shortly after, the children put on their dancing shoes and, with the help of Ballyhoo dancers, valiantly danced around their maypole. Following on from this was a vibrant Caribbean dance, where the entire school wriggled and showed off their moves to Wul Up.
A first for the Revels this year was the dance display by Ballyhoo Dance company, who dazzled the crowd with performances from children from different aged groups.
It was a busy day with lots going on. The schedule was packed full of fun, family activities.
Cranham orchestra also attended, they provided the perfect sound track to a blissful afternoon.
Craft and food stalls were busy, as were the book, plant and cake stalls…
There was plenty of opportunity to win prizes and enjoy go-karting and jumping on the bouncy castle, plus cheese rolling and welly wanging.
The whole day was very busy, with crowds gathering to enjoy ice creams and cream teas.
We ended the afternoon with our raffle and a (rather competitive) tug-of-war. Well done to everyone!
