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By George! What a parade
A KNIGHT and dragons joined hundreds of scouts parading through Daventry town centre on Saturday to mark St George's Day.
The annual parade of cubs, scouts and beavers from across the Daventry area set out from the Chaucer Way car park and headed through the town's streets to arrive at the New Street Rec where the groups renewed their promises and took part in races.
The 350 young people, aged from six to 18, were led by Sylvia Underlin, group scout leader from Long Buckby Scout Group, and Georgina Miles, group scout leader from Pitsford Scout Group, who received the silver acorn and silver wolf awards respectively for outstanding service to the scout movement.
Assistant district commissioner John Rogers said: "The young people had a great time – they really enjoyed being able to dress up and take part in something that's fun to do.
"We used to parade from St James Street to Holy Cross Church but we changed that a couple of years ago to mix the formal with the informal so they could take part in what is the spirit of scouting – fun activities with your friends."
After walking through the town the scouts renewed their promise on the Rec before taking part in races and other competitions.
The beavers (aged six to eight) and cubs (eight to 10) made dragons, while the scouts (10 to 14) made push karts.
The event was supported by a community event grant from Daventry District Council (DDC) and Mayor of Daventry Malcolm Adcock and DDC chairman Alan Hills both went along.
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Thursday 17 May 2012
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