Favourite characters step out of their books
Jane Mitchell, Ang Harris and Mel Milson as the Three Little Pigs. Photo: Anne Hardie.
Richmond School literally stopped traffic last Friday as 500 or so students and staff dressed up as their favourite book characters and swept through the town’s centre amid showers of rain.
From inflated Three Little Pigs to Little Red Riding Hood and Where’s Wally, the school had just about every book character covered at the street parade.
Principal Tim Brenton says he has been at the school for 22 years and cannot remember a year without the parade of book characters.
“The kids love it, and the parents really get in behind it too.”
Families and friends lined the street to catch a glimpse of their own favourite character and for a little while, central Richmond was brought to a halt.