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St. Martin / Planning the Lantern Festival

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📋 How to Plan the Festival1

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Instructions (delete)

  • For elementary school, daycare, or parents’ association.
    Clarify permits early: a procession on public roads and open fire require advance coordination with the municipality and fire department.

🗓️ Key Details1

Our Festival

  • Date: DD.11., start 5:00 PM
  • Meeting point: schoolyard
  • Program: procession, St. Martin’s fire, closing with punch and sweet bread rolls

📄 Permits & Safety2

Apply Early

  • Procession on roads: registration with the municipality or public order office (allow 4 to 6 weeks in advance)
  • St. Martin’s fire: permit and coordination with the fire department
  • Route safety: public order office, local fire department, or parent marshals with high-visibility vests

Fire Safety

  • Set up barriers, have extinguishing equipment ready, appoint a responsible person
  • Recommend using only LED candles in the lanterns

🏮 Making Lanterns2

Craft Afternoon

  • Date: DD.MM., 3:00 PM in the classrooms
  • Materials per child: lantern blank, tissue paper, LED stick
  • Parent helpers: 2 per class, sign up via comment

Lantern Theme

  • One theme per class or open choice: coordinate and enter it here

🚶 Procession Route2

The Route

  • Schoolyard, Church Street, Market Square (St. Martin play), back via Garden Street, about 30 minutes
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Music & St. Martin Play

  • Contact brass band or local music club: enter status
  • St. Martin play: which class, rehearsal dates
  • Print song sheets: I Go with My Lantern and others

🥨 Food & Helpers2

Serving by the Fire

  • Sweet bread rolls: order from the bakery by DD.MM. (estimate quantity)
  • Punch and children’s punch: served by the parents’ association

Helper List

  • Setup and cleanup, serving, route marshals: enter names or use the booking template

✅ Checklist for the Day1

Don’t Forget

  • High-visibility vests, first-aid kit, megaphone, spare LEDs, garbage bags, fire supervisor on site, closing announcement with thanks