All Saint's Fair in San Pedro

Last month I blogged about things we celebrate in October and today I read an article in the San Pedro Daily newspaper about the 6th annual All Saint's Fair organized by San Pedro R.C. Primary School and held on November 4.  The students dressed as saints and angels marched in a parade through San Pedro Town ending at the school site where many festivities were taking place.  Children and adults played games including tombola, fish pond, slaying Goliath and St. John's Bosco bowling.  I was not familiar with "tombola" and was curious about what kind of game this might be.  I learned that it is a form of bingo of Italian origin and a very popular family game played during the Christmas holidays. I imagine our sister schools in England and Poland know the game since it is popular in Europe.  I now have tombola on my Christmas shopping list so we can enjoy it at family gatherings.  We speak some Italian, French and Spanish in our family so it would be an interesting game to help us expand our language skills.  The Fair helps to raise money for the San Pedro R.C. Primary School's building fund and other needs.  This year it raised more than $8,000 to help with construction costs for a shade building at the school. Congratulations to Mrs. Kay, the teachers and students for a super day enjoyed by the entire community while benefiting the school!  The photograph above and to the right that displays the school logo painted on the exterior (upper level) of the building is one that I took while visiting this past spring. The colorful buildings and murals were truly a visual feast that dotted the landscape along San Pedro's beachfront. Both the library and municipal building boasted paintings by local artists.   You can learn more about this San Pedro tradition by going to www.ambergristoday.com and view additional photographs from the fair. I am doing my post today because the rest of the week is busy with the Cucalorus International Film Festival.  I will upload a few photographs of some of our visiting filmmakers from around the world in a future post.  I heard that the Child Development Center at Cape Fear Community College's pre-kindergarten class received its culture box from Doncaster this week.  I will encourage the class teachers to talk about their project on I Spy a Friend since this is the youngest exchange we have ever had in Wilmington.

Smiles,

Marilyn

Sister Cities Association of Wilmington (USA)