May Day Celebrations – 7th May 2018

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.