Saturday, May 21, 2011

Mayday 2011

Last week we celebrated May Day in our town. It is a tradition that goes back to our parents youth here. The senior girls wear long gowns and are honored by the underclassmen. 4 lilac arch bearers from the Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior class are chosen by the class, along with a representative, who brings a gift to the queen, a member of the senior class, voted on by all of the high school students. This first picture is of katie marbach...she's the only senior in my Sunday School class and a special friend of my boy, Dan...

The First grade girls are flower girls, sprinkling lilac petals for the queen to walk down on....When all of the senior girls are on the platform, including the queen, Bethany Heiser, and the class representatives, Enter the 3rd grade girls as MayPole winders... if you have ever been to Clymer on MayDay, the maypole winding song gets into your head and just stays there for the rest of your life.
















Smiling Girls on a Sunny Day!!


















Here's one of my favorite photos - My Brother with his 2 girls - Haley was the 10th grade arch bearer and Rachel came home from Rochester to see her do it!!
May your May be filled with beauty......

5 comments:

Be Still and KNOW... said...
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Be Still and KNOW... said...

I was thinking I was 4th grade when I did the Maypole Weaving Dance... (I do remember being shocked that there were girls that didn't know how to skip)...

What a handsome brother you have... all the women in town are trying to get into the shot!

Hen Jen said...

what a beautiful tradition! The photos are so sweet :)

Byrdbyron said...

I love that that May Day tradition continues.. It's always such a special day and a sign of spring.
You brought back a lot of memories.

Mary @ Neat and Tidy said...

Beautiful! I hope to see a special granddaughter do this someday.