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May Day Country Dance & Games
April 25, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A traditional Spring Festival! Join Celtic band, The Chivalrous Crickets, in recreating British Isles May Day and Beltane customs old and new.
Doors open at 6:15 for lobby activities: pressed flower crafts, head wreath weaving and more.
6:45pm join the Crickets in learning some ancient May Carols. Enjoy Celtic music performance & shared seasonal folklore
7:20pm: selection of a May King & Queen! Games and nonsense, after which:
a traditional ritual called “Beating the Grounds” we’ll process with a band of Lehigh Valley bagpipers to call in the spring and bless the new year! (indoor if raining)
7:45 – end: JOIN US in dancing in the spring. We’ll teach 2 ceilidh dances followed by our annual MAY POLE dance.