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Principal Seán Dillon said the school had hosted dressing up days for many years before "taking ourselves on tour down into Coalisland". "We do it for no other reason than it's great craic and it's a great community celebration," he said. "There just isn't another day like this in the town." He added that it was important that primary school children enjoyed themselves. "It has to be fun, like everything else it has to be fun," he said. "It's just a day of madness for the children and the school."