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FontRoyle Elementary School hosted the Royle Round Up May 22. The family event, which returned after a 15-year hiatus, featured classic games such as goldfish in a bag, pony rides and a cake walk. Families also set up booths with homemade goods.
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Darien's Royle Round Up returns after 15 years
Updated 1:32 pm, Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Royle Elementary School hosted the Royle Round up May 22. The family event, which returned after a 15-year hiatus, featured classic games such as goldfish in a bag, pony rides and a cake walk. Families also set up booths with homemade goods. Above, Sam Silsby enjoys the country fair-style lemonade Photo: Contributed Photo -
Cake walk emcee Beth Cherico and her fourth-grade son James show off one of the cakes donated as a prize. Every 15 minutes fair-goers walked around in a circle and the person left standing on the winning spot when the music stopped walked away with a frosted delight. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Andy Boudo marvels at his goldfish prize during the Royle Round Up. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Second-grader Josh Herbert takes aim at the most popular Royle Round Up game -- throwing balls for goldfish. Photo: Contributed Photo -
The New Round Up High Striker was fun for children and parents. Royle parent Mike Taylor tends the booth he helped build along with Royle dads John Baliotti and Joe Larizza. When Taylor was a student at Royle in the '70s, his family housed games like this in their garage in between fairs. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Eva Baurmeister, left, and her mother, Anne, ran the Saguaro cactus goal booth. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Fourth-grader Hannah Felske and fifth-grader Kaitlyn Manghirmalani take a break from the fair to enjoy popcorn and pose with Royle School's suit of armour, decked out Round Up style. Behind the girls is an example of the life-sized western art that students created. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Royle second-grader Josh Herbert picks a pocket prize from his mother Liz, the pocket lady, and Royle Round Up mascot, cowboy Geoff Ball. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Round Up Co-Chairmen Allison Ball (left) and Shannon Silsby lassoed some old fashioned fun for Royle School's kids. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Royle mom Catherine Gedney sold out of country fair-style lemonade in an hour. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Ian Spencer takes a shot at the bull's eye booth while his father, Jeff, and Olivia and Mike Taylor look on. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Lauren Grandon and Sarah Stratenus smile in the cowboy photo booth at the Royle Round Up. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Winners of the Royle Round Up cake walk enjoyed delicious cakes like the one showed above. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Plenty of homemade baked goods were available at the Royle Round Up. Photo: Contributed Photo -
From left, Olivia Taylor, Courtney Ball, Samantha Ball, Allison Ball and Lisa Taylor (back row with cowboy hat), and Sarah Stratenus and her mother, Nicole. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Second-graders Marisa Albarran and Oliva Golden. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Second-graders Clara Baurmeister and Courtney Ball smile at the Royle Round Up. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Second-grader Clara Baurmeister enjoys cotton candy and fresh lemonade at the Royle Round Up. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Fifth-grader Eva Baurmeister mans the table for the cowboy lax game. Photo: Contributed Photo
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