THE GYMNASIA STUDENTS CELEBRATED ST. PATRICK'S DAY TOO.*
On March 17, the English-speaking world celebrated St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day was proclaimed a Christian holiday in the early seventeenth century. This day symbolizes adoption of Christianity in Ireland, and is a holiday of Ireland’s cultural heritage. On St. Patrick's Day, mass celebrations, parades and festivals take place, ceili, traditional Irish dances, are performed, and everybody puts on green clothes and adorn themselves with a shamrock.
This year, our gymnasia joined the mass festive celebrations for the first time at the initiative of Rabenko Yulia Kostiantynivna and Pais Yulia Valentynivna, teachers of English. On the eve of the holiday, our 5th-6th formers made shamrocks, distributed on March 17 by 10-b formers on duty to students and teachers who didn't come in green clothing.
During the day, one could see presentations about the celebration of St. Patrick's Day in the world and listen to the traditional Irish music on the gymnasia's main monitor. However, the main action expanded during a long break after the 3rd lesson. At first, Potiomkin Anton, a 10-B former, held a parade, in which 5th-6th formers participated. During the march the pupils declaimed in English rhymed greetings on St. Patrick's Day.
After the green parade, everyone present could pull holiday wishes out of a magical green pot. Besides, a master-class of traditional Irish dancing was held for the pupils, who wanted to feel like real Irish people. Our pupils became apparent incendiary dancers of ceili. That day, junior gymnasia pupils met the most active participants of the parade with merry wishes on St. Patrick's Day.
Hence, as the Irish say, "May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, may good luck pursue you morning and night!"
