EVENTS May Day 1944

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 16: EVENTS
May Day 1944

TAGS: PMSS Events, May Day, 1944, dance, English Country Dancing, Rapper Sword dances, morris dances, Dancing Green, Pine Mountain Settlement School KY, Abby Winch Christensen

EVENTS May Day 1944

TRANSCRIPTION: MAY DAY 1944 Program

PINE MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
Pine Mountain Kentucky
Saturday, April 9th at 2 o’clock
On the Dancing Green
(If rainy the dancing will be in Laurel House)

This day of dancing could not have been without the cooperation of staff and students. We are especially grateful to Mr.[Arthur W.] Dodd who has promoted dancing throughout the year and played for the classes, to Miss Smith who has also accompanied; to Patsy Hall who has held dancing classes all the school year; to Mrs. [Mary] Rogers who made the drawings; to John Spelman who cut the blocks; to Miss [Abby] Christensen who has taught the dances for May Day.

PROGRAM

GISBURN PROCESSIONAL – “Bringing in the Spring” (enter the dancers)
SAGE LEAF – English country dance
ROSALIL – Danish Dance
KIRBY – A sword dance of Scandinavian origin still danced in the village of Kirkby-Malzeard, North Yorkshire, England
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GODDESSES – Class dance by Freshman I
DRIVE THE COLD WINTER AWAY – Class dance by Freshmen II
(assisted by the Junior class)
EARDSON – A rapper sword dance by the senior boys
CHELSEA REACH – Class dance by the Co-ops
WHIRRLIGIG – Class dance by the Juniors
CONFESS – Class dance by the Seniors
CAPTAIN JINKS – An American singing game

TWO MORRIS JIGS

BACCA PIPES – (The dancer who touches her sticks with her foot must sit down)
THE FOOL’S JIG – (Referring to the clown who accompanied the morris men
and was usually a very good dancer.
THE COMICAL FELLOW – for as many as will

TWO MORRIS SET DANCES

BEAN SETTING
THE PRINCESS ROYAL
NEWCASTLE – By the Festival team
ASKHAM RICHARD – Sword dance
THE RIBBON DANCE
CIRCASSIAN CIRCLE