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The May Day celebrations on Monday May 7th will open on The Green at 11 am with Swinton Band.

There will be stalls around the green and in the village hall, tombola, raffle, children’s activities and refreshments.

At noon the children will dance for one hour around the maypole, some of them weaving patterns with the ribbons while the younger ones do their stamping and clapping in time to the music provided by the players.

At l pm the Minster Stray dancers will perform their dances, followed by the Charity Brass Band from 1:30 while all the other dancers (children and adults) learn new steps, before coming to show us what they have learned. The Charity Brass Band will round off the day at 3 pm with the raffle.

Of course the weekend starts on Saturday May 5th with the Scarecrow Trail.

It’s that time of year again, probably the busiest weekend of the year. Slingsby Scarecrow weekend takes place over the May Day weekend running ‪from 10am Saturday 5th May through to ‪Monday 7th May.

Scarecrow trails are available from the ‘pop up’ café in the Methodist Chapel, or from Robin Hood Caravan Park or from Tony’s village shop, for a small charge to raise funds for Friends of Slingsby School.

The ‘pop up’ café will run from 12 noon to 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, serving refreshments, home-made cake and savouries, and runs alongside a ‘pre-loved’ children’s stall.

Scarecrow entries, modern and traditional, are displayed around the village of Slingsby, so remember to vote for your favourite Scarecrow to be in with a chance of winning a prize.

Because the Scarecrow weekend runs into the May Day Monday, it’s joined by the traditional May Day festivities taking place on the village green, including May Pole dancing and traditional stalls and refreshments.

So come along and support a great cause, and maybe get lucky and win a prize.

The first garden of the season open on behalf of the Arboretum opens this weekend in Sinnington, for more information on all open gardens click here.

For the full April newsletter with details of walks, talks and a member’s morning click here.

18^th April 2018

The Monastic History of North East Yorkshire

Lucy Beckett

This part of Yorkshire has a monastic history of nearly fourteen centuries, although there were breaks in the story inflicted by invasions, politics, religious upheavals and destruction. The talk will tell the whole story from the time of St Hilda and St Cedd to the present day, and will describe a number of remarkable monastic lives, including those of notable saints and martyrs, and a few villains, at different times and places. Lucy Beckett, who lives at Rievaulx, has written and lectured on this subject for many years.

Venue – The Library, Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton

Time:   7.30

For details of the Spring newsletter click here