HOMECOMING 2018
BEAR FAIR
Youngest Bruins Romp & Revel at Carnival Just for Them
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HE KICK WAS GOOD, VERY GOOD. ’Wick third-grader Daniel Marti, 8, had taken a few steps back, executed an impressive run-up, and sent the ball soaring. It met its mark — the ball rocketed through the air and through a goal on the inflatable soccer game that’s a mainstay at Brunswick
Bear Fair every year. It was a thing of beauty, that kick. But dad Alfredo Marti wasn’t watching the ball. Instead, he was watching his son. It’s a moment every parent waits for — though it might last only a millisecond, as every parent knows, the instant a child connects effort to achievement is not one to be missed. It ignites a special kind of sparkle. “It was beautiful, to see the look on his face,” Alfredo Marti said. Marti and his son were among the hundreds of young families who turned up at Burke Field House on Saturday morning for Bear Fair, Homecoming’s traditional carnival geared for ’Wick’s youngest. The Fair is run entirely by volunteers, who transform the field house into a festival in the hours before the big football game on Cosby Field. There’s Bingo, of course, and every kind of carnival game you can imagine. From tip-a-troll to Hula-Hoops to cotton candy — it’s all there. “It’s great fun,” Alfredo Marti said. “We have been looking forward to it all month. Bear Fair really brings out school spirit.”
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OF BRUNSWICK • WINTER 2019