Colonial Winter Festival

Dear Fifth Grade Parents,

Please join us on Thursday, December 3, as we celebrate our Colonial Winter Festival. This event will be held in the choir room and room 309, see box below for stations and times. The purpose of this festival is for students to share their expertise of the early colonial period and experience some of the traditions and daily lives of the colonists.

On the day of the festival, all students will bring their costumes to school and will change immediately following lunch recess. The students are required to dress as the colonial characters they developed in their regions.

A note about costumes............

Costumes can be simple and may be made from items you already have or can borrow. Boy colonists can wear long-sleeved, loose-fitting women’s blouses, vests, capes, tunics, long coats, tights, sweat pants, shorts, suspenders, and ballet slippers or soft boot-like shoes. Girl colonists will need long dresses, or a dressy blouse (with or without lace), and a long skirt with an apron.

If you desire to rent or purchase a costume, the shop listed below has colonial clothing. I have called and negotiated some discount prices for a rental. Let them know you are from the Alexander Dawson School.

Star Costume   386-7999 3230 South Valley View Suite #120 Las Vegas, NV 89102 (Valley View/Desert Inn) $25.00- $35.00 Dawson Price  * Limited Amount of Child Sizes Available Shop hours:   Monday-Saturday10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Closed Sundays)

Kudos to Mrs. Bunker for being so generous and donating colonial hats to the entire fifth grade and teaching the students Cotillion and Virginia reel dances.

We look forward to you attending our festival and experiencing 18^th century colonial America with us.

Thank you so much for your continued support,

Julie Tognoni