As part of its continuing celebration to commemorate its 25th anniversary year, Housatonic Valley Waldorf School hosted a St John’s Day Festival at its 1 Jacklin Road location on Saturday, June 13.

The event gathered alumni, current families, and former and current school community members for picnic dinners and a potluck desert.

While the school is celebrating its 25th year, it graduated its first class in 2002. Alumni from that class as well as the classes of '05, '06, '07, '10, '11, '13, and '15 classes attended the festival, which is traditionally a midsummer celebration, according to the school.

The evening began with an alumni four square tournament. The recent graduates of the Class of 2015 were at a distinct advantage and in the end shared the victory with the class of 2013.

Later in the evening a cast of alumni, parents, and staff performed an abridged version of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream written by former parent and Trustee Laura Selleck of Warrup’s Farm in Redding.

The performance was followed by singing around a bonfire, led by Housatonic Valley Waldorf School founder Melissa Merkling. As the fire died down, intrepid attendees took turns jumping over the embers, a traditional St John’s Day activity, according to the school.