On the afternoon of Saturday 5th, excited children greeted a visit by Rufus the Bear to the Raglan Old School Arts Centre. Rufus is a creation of singer and poet Mark Laurent. Rufus and the Rain is a picture book published by Ashton Scholastic. The Rufus the Bear children’s music workshop is based around the book, with Mark Laurent and Brenda Liddiard singing Rufus songs and reading from the book. Along the way children learnt about a variety of musical instruments and had a lot of fun. Although it seemed many of the big kids really enjoyed Rufus as well.