Dancing with The May King and Queen
Beltane 2002
Beltane 2002
Another hugely sucessful camp culminated in a traditional dance
around a maypole set in an oxbow of a river in the Vale of the White Horse.
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1 - With a pole THAT big a gang of big strong girlies was essential!
(Doris (far left) thought it was her new mop!!)
2 - You can hear the ladies thinking can't you? "Men! ...and you haven't tied the ribbons to the pole!!!"
3 - A braver man was never seen as Otter Bob volunteered to shin up the pole.
4 - some just took it all in their stride
5 - Bob gets his hitch knot tied while the men try to keep their pole upright.
6 - A beautiful sight as the ribbons catch the breeze.
7 - ready for the dance.
8 - Girls to the left, boys to the right...
9 - and let's get tangled up together
10 - and don't forget a kiss for everyone you pass.
11 - and you'll always get several opportunities as you dance around the pole.
12 - No time to stop. we've got a pole to wrap.
and eventually we entrap our new May Queen (Kate) and May King (Kieron)
and we left them there for the little people to play with.
