Ripley County democrat., 1916-06-16

gn,isy ~ ,ney come In, four of the groups ot
snilnsmen sing their guld sonae~ths
shnns ohlaGkssmiths. shoemakers milkmaids and
Maypit tho "ron nroooss,o .ne wagon S reaches the
Ls ceremoniously removed, ivy. hurels
and other ,greenery wound around IL
,sop % Ia 3 thnn .oiss I. a garland placed al the
emmy ,a.scd 70 position. Directly thiS 4.
accomplished the spectator raise n syeet y,
,s s'ou, n ana repeat three times, The pole
Then comes the kissing ,n,4ao,,
Episode Q closes as foilowe.
,ta sh.ge group y quickly. formed round
snd w9men. and al II I take ka'frnetsS hnedaS Rsn
WY -r0ls dance 10 then peyformed- -e.ie
1Teu8ers Tr!5 cs, Round and Gathering Psssooda
around he ftRRs iS@Ro PERFORM tnsss he aansss
@as6s rass SeTter cen -, circle and two smaller onsS.
May Dance and coma.
Episode 3. "Padstow May Danoe
end Song" and episode 1. .sMorria
Dancers and Country Dance and Re-
cessionaL" are connected 40 cioseIx
that they almost may be treated as !.
single episode Mr. 6harps instr,o.
tions follow:
Strains Of the May SONG are heard IN.
crowd listens and falls back. the h.bb,s
ssso,.s Soree enters ts -, from The left ios HshB
saiiy dressed % IL and o esss esao.,sSp 9sSpls q mem
ers, singing the May song. in which tha
assembled spectators Join AZ thew naLc
,l IneI appearance the crowd runs out
ring. In tho middle OF which Inc hnrao
ana its attendant dance the forTnar everv
now and again dashing out ana tryinS IL
ianoh,o, l,oh one o. o. the maidens. who with much
a.usn.sI s,s ana occasional shrieks usually
succeeds IN avoiding his ciurnsy am.
braces tAgain. keep the front open no
tnai the audience may see)
Mnen Ine tune has been sung few
ZINES ZINES sngnt pause Is made; the horpe
sinks down with his head on the SroTnS
the club -Snar drops on one knee ana
places his club on the honse's nose, while
se s osSSG Strain '1es Is ysy Wlsrs Sofpy L x he ss
a. me conclusion Of this a slight pause
is made and then the riotoua May aonS
iia e IS. suddenly taken up again ana the
"ee orcn =. resnneo ,nI1 ,r Ihis may be repeated
dancers. INC inosris
The Moris Dancers.
The dancers, all or them men ars an
II number and are accompanied by n
King and Queen, Witch and Fool ana
hobby ts horses The Witch and Fool head
SrSopp piSsssashon sSs ths attsr the & forSr With hs
tsn 81 and bladder. clearing the way. Ths
King and Queen march at the head Ok
si tne norris non, dancers, the King beating
grance r9und and aid the Witch ana
Fooa IN clearing passaga The dancer
nove nom side 20 center, then forWard
aancina the ''Winster Piocessionsf
Dance When the procession has reached
good position In the center of tha
ground the tune changes and vithos,S
pause ne cancers perform the ..Winstsr
when fhe y,nc-,. ,,.y,. a
,ompany dispersas and arnuses ifseit -
\ while until the pipe-and- -taborers ana
iddlefs strike up dance tune. This n
ne signal fw everyone to find a parfncr
qy country dance Groups are forrne1
y over NE sround and Black Nag 4
ianced folloEed BY Longwny's dance,
g., Row Well. fe Marinera" on fhaL
'onciusIon Of the latter the dancers. whoI
ttre siraady IN professional formation.
lance or the ground to the "fIeistnnl
Furry Professional Dance" disapnesrfsai
aiffeEent sroups through ti,s ssvera]