Dragon Pageant & Harvest Faire
"Love and light will be our sword to overcome all fear. For fear’s the hole where dragons lurk, and do their changing act. They mix, they mess, they muddle, they muss to make their sneak attack."
“The Dragon is Coming…”
On Oct. 28, 2020, Live Oak families gathered by Zoom for an all school viewing of the student-created Dragon Pageant. This virtual re-telling was a powerful community gathering during a time of great physical distancing.
Click here to view this amazing creation: Dragon Pageant 2020
“The Dragon is Coming…”
On Oct. 28, 2020, Live Oak families gathered by Zoom for an all school viewing of the student-created Dragon Pageant. This virtual re-telling was a powerful community gathering during a time of great physical distancing.
Click here to view this amazing creation: Dragon Pageant 2020
At Home Harvest Faire!
Crafts and how-to videos to support at-home festival activities.
Click here to see all the craft ideas!
Crafts and how-to videos to support at-home festival activities.
Click here to see all the craft ideas!
What and Why is the Dragon Pageant?
As a school community that celebrates a Waldorf approach to learning, we also celebrate the rhythmic transition from season to season. Each Autumn, many Waldorf-influenced communities around the world gather to honor the transition from summer to autumn (equinox) with an inspiring Dragon Pageant.
It is a wonderful, student-held play, exemplifying how the light of truth and goodness empowers us to conquer darker energies at work within and around us. While our play is based on the legend of St. Michael and the “taming” of a dragon to save a village, similar themes are played out around the globe.
In China, the same dragon who emerges in the New Year’s early spring disappears back into the darkness during the Autumn months. Ancient Indian legends tell the story of Indra, and ancient Babylonian texts share our dragon symbolism as their hero, Marduk, slayed tames the dragon/sea serpent, Tiamat who is the embodiment of primordial chaos.
Live Oak Charter School has a vibrant history of hosting a live Dragon Pageant on our campus, complete with student actors, student musicians, and a real, “live” multi-shoed Dragon. On October 28, we’ll honor our beloved festival in virtual form. This year’s pageant will come alive through our students art submissions as well as musical and vocal recordings. These submissions will be collected by a team of volunteer parents who will use their tech-savvy gifts to create a Virtual Dragon Pageant Extravaganza that we can all enjoy “together” while apart.
As a school community that celebrates a Waldorf approach to learning, we also celebrate the rhythmic transition from season to season. Each Autumn, many Waldorf-influenced communities around the world gather to honor the transition from summer to autumn (equinox) with an inspiring Dragon Pageant.
It is a wonderful, student-held play, exemplifying how the light of truth and goodness empowers us to conquer darker energies at work within and around us. While our play is based on the legend of St. Michael and the “taming” of a dragon to save a village, similar themes are played out around the globe.
In China, the same dragon who emerges in the New Year’s early spring disappears back into the darkness during the Autumn months. Ancient Indian legends tell the story of Indra, and ancient Babylonian texts share our dragon symbolism as their hero, Marduk, slayed tames the dragon/sea serpent, Tiamat who is the embodiment of primordial chaos.
Live Oak Charter School has a vibrant history of hosting a live Dragon Pageant on our campus, complete with student actors, student musicians, and a real, “live” multi-shoed Dragon. On October 28, we’ll honor our beloved festival in virtual form. This year’s pageant will come alive through our students art submissions as well as musical and vocal recordings. These submissions will be collected by a team of volunteer parents who will use their tech-savvy gifts to create a Virtual Dragon Pageant Extravaganza that we can all enjoy “together” while apart.