Birney Crum Football Stadium in Allentown. The children in various sports events, dance exercises, and the traditional Maypole dance/weave. Area playground members participate in the flag drill ...

At Offenham in Worcestershire, a very complex dance routine around the pole ... Alexandra Beier/Getty Images) Very different maypole traditions exist in other countries. What are some other ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. MAYPOLE dancing and the crowning of the May Queen are an age-old tradition, and in Oxfordshire, that is no different. We had a dig through ...

She is calling the celebrants at Glastonbury’s Earth Day Fair to the Maypole, for the ancient pagan dance that celebrates spring. A tall pole, bedecked with flowers and long, colorful streamers ...

Those plaited ribbons were introduced to the maypole dance in Victorian times, by the way, as was the custom in English villages of proclaiming a May queen and court — later also popular in some ...

Lawmakers agreed last year to name Maypole dancing as the official state dance, but that designation is set to end July 29, which is one year after the bill was enacted into law. A bill introduced ...

TRADITIONALLY, on May 1 communities perform a maypole dance, around a tall pole hung with ribbons that are woven into patterns by the dancers. Such dances are survivals of ancient dances around a ...

PORTALES, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a long-standing tradition in Portales, the Maypole Dance, is a right of passage for seniors at the high school. This year, the Maypole Queen is breaking barriers, ...