Lantern Walk

Maple Village Waldorf School would like to invite you all to our annual Lantern Walk. It will be held Thursday, November 10th at Warlow Park in Long Beach from 4:30 to 5:30pm.

What is Lantern Walk:

The Lantern Walk festival that we celebrate at Maple Village has sprung out of the traditional holiday of Martinmas. This is a holiday where the inspiration of St. Martin’s goodness is honored by walking through the darkness singing and holding lanterns.

Our second graders are studying the lives of saints and learning how regular people can grow to do extraordinary things. As part of our evening we will be gathered to hear a song and story told by our second grade teacher and class. This is an opportunity for them to share with the school what is living in their classroom and a way for us to honor the roots of this beautiful night. The story that will be shared is about St. Martin’s kindness towards a beggar who he finds freezing outside a city. Martin used his sword to cut his own cloak in two pieces, giving one to the beggar. All of the songs we sing and the lanterns we make can serve to remind us of our own light which we can shine in the darkness.

Safety is very important; please be sure that your child stays close to you for the entire evening. All the the lanterns we make with the children are designed to be safe; with that said, they are holding real fire and will need to be continually monitored and may need guidance in how to safely hold their lanterns. When the evening comes to a close, the park is very dark, so be sure all of your personal items are safely stowed in your car before the story begins.

We hope that you and your family have an enjoyable evening and experience the radiance of this joyful fall festival. We ask that a mood of quietness and reverence be held once the lantern procession has begun. Please refrain from socializing and talking at this time. If you do not know the songs, take the time to learn them from your child or simply take in the experience of lantern light and sweet singing. At the end of the night, we will gather as one, and then we ask you to please leave the park in silence, as our teachers sing.

If you have any questions or concerns please bring them to your class teacher or room parents.

We look forward to an evening filled with song!

The Maple Village Festival Committee

Our Evening:

• 4:30-4:45
• Gathering, socializing, and drinking apple cider
• 4:45-5:00
• Pack up and bring all personal items your car
• 5:00
• Story and Song about St. Martin shared by the second grade class and teacher
• 5:10-5:30
• Lighting of lanterns and walk
• 5:30
• Faculty says their goodbyes and sings to families as they leave

Things to remember:

• Refrain from talking during the lantern procession; we ask that there is Only Singing
• Bring all personal items to the car before story begins
• Parents are responsible for their child during the event

Things to bring:

• Mugs for apple cider
• Blanket
• Lantern (unless your teacher is bringing them all)
• Extra fire stick to help keep lanterns lit during the walk

Songs we will be singing:

• Glimmer Lantern Glimmer
• The Sunlight Fast is Dwindling
• My Lantern, My Lantern
• Burn Little Candle

Words to songs:

Glimmer, Lantern, Glimmer

Glimmer, lantern, glimmer

Little stars a-shimmer

Over meadow, moor and dale

Flitter, flutter, elfin veil

Pee-wit, pee-wit, tikka-tikka-tik

Rucoo, rucoo.

Glimmer, lantern, glimmer

Little stars a-shimmer

Over rock and stock and stone

Wandering, skipping, little gnome

Pee-wit, pee-wit, tikka-tikka-tik

Rucoo, rucoo.

The sunlight fast is dwindling,

My little lamp needs kindling.

Its beam shines far

in darkest night.

Dear lantern guard me

With your light.

My lantern! My lantern!

Shining near and far

Shining like the sun

Shining like the moon

Shining like a silver star

Burn Little Candle

Burn little candle through the night,

Show to us your flickering light,

Turn our darkness into day

and slowly melt away.

Annual Giving Campaign

Our Annual Giving drive has begun! We are asking all families to give in ANY amount, so that we can report 100% community participation when we apply to various educational grants.

If you haven't already, please share our fundraising site URL via social media with friends and family: Maple Village Annual Giving and let them know that their donations will help fund further improvements to the play yard, more special subject teachers for enriching educational experiences, and more!

It only takes a moment to share a link on Facebook, but the net effect of our whole community doing so can be HUGE, so thank you all for your support!

Shop & Support

Harvest Faire Corner

Hello Villagers!

We we are 1 week away from Harvest Faire! I hope you all are as excited as I am!!!! So many of you have come forward, in one way or another, to help and I can not thank you enough!

We have all but 3 roles in the Village complete; Inventor, Miner, Cobbler still need 1 person each to make 3, 2 hour shifts. If you think this sounds like something you or someone you know would like to do, please email me. We will help with costumes! I may ask for help with props though ��.

We also need helpers for the Craft tables day of. Again 2 hour shifts. Need about 10 people.

Okay now the fun news! We have a write up next Thursday in the Gazettes and possibly the Press Telegram! Look for it in print and online! ��

We will have access to the climbing wall on the campsite from 11-3pm! This thing is so cool!! The kids are going to have a blast! There is a new activity; Tea with the Queen that I am sooo excited about! We will also have some really amazing handmade vendors so you can start your Holiday shopping too! All activities and food will take tickets but vendors will accept cash and credit card.

We have some really talented musicians and singers lined up and If you are able, I suggest sticking around until the close of the Faire. We will have a few special treats to close out the day (hint: Knights, fire and drums) ��

Please invite you families, friends, neighbors and Facebook groups with kiddos! Let's show Long Beach (and surrounding areas) how amazing our school and community is!

In gratitude,

Kari Rahni

Adelah (1st) and Niloo's (preschool) mama adelahjooni@gmail.com

Please share the Harvest Faire flyer, video and our Facebook event page with your friends and family!