Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-05-19
THOUSANDS At MAY FETE
Group Dances And Solo Dances IN
Guided In Beautiful Program

A crowd OF approximately 3,0oo
people witnessed the May Fete given
Friday afternoon at the city park by
children OF the grade schools, the
iunior high and high school. The
program was under the direction OF
Miss Gladys Tufts, instructor In phy-
steal education for girls. Miss GLADYS
Paul at the piano and G. r. Pleiser,
yiolinist, furnished the music for the
dance.
The fete was given In section
! OF the park which had been raked
| and cleared for the occasion by ORDER
of the commissioners. The grand
march In which the May queen, MISS
Mary Virginia Averil was escorted TO
her throne by gayly dressed attend
ants, opened the program. she
mounted her throne which faced the
west and was crowned with wreath
of yellow and white daisies.
The first group presented to the
queen were the children from the
Mckinley school In folk dance,
1.-THE Danish Dance of Greeting"
This was followed by "CarrOusel." a
Swedish dance by the second and
third grades Of Lincoln school. After
this came "Minuet" by the second
grade of Garfield, 81 See You" by
second grade Of Mckinley, "Looby
Loo" by first grade Of Lincoln, an
Indian dance by third grade boys Of
Garfield and the "Chimes Of Dun
kirk" by the first grade OF Garfield.
Following these groups was sailors
Hornpipe,' a solo by Miss Martha
Brown. member OF the high school
physical culture class. The next
proup were "Circus Maid" by third
grade girls OF Garfield, 1.-The Shoe
maker" by first grade OF Garheld'
"Uere We Go Round the Mulberry
Bush" by kindergarten, afternoon
section: "Gustafs SkOal," fourth
and fifth grade, Lincoln school; I'm
Summer" by Kindergarten, morning
session: "The Moutain March" by
fifth and sixth grades OF Lincoln,
.pop Goes the Weasel" by third and
fourth grades. Mckinley.
Three girls of the physical culture
class of the high school appeared III
the next dance, Japanese Maidens.
They were Misses Mary Elizabeth
Wilmer, Nellie Tudor and Arvilla
schmidt Following the next mum
her. REAP The Flax" a folk dance
bv the fourth grade of Garfield, Miss
Loleta Hermon OF the high school
class. appeared in an Interpretive
dance 1.-THE Song Of the Robin
which won warm applause. The
Ace Of Diamonds" was the next folR
dance, given by the fifth and sixth
grades of Mckinley; Danish couple
dance by Misses Vera Baer, Fern
Fern Belknap. Loretta Callahan
Grace Wilkie, Phyllis Belknap anc
Elizabeth Callahan, followed, with
the girls in costume. The secont
wear class in physical training ap
reared i'm a drill, then an Old Eng
lish folk dance, "Hunsdon House
was given by sixth grade OF Garnel'
school. 1.-THE Dance of the Sun
flowers" by the aesthetic dancing
class OF the high school which cam
next on the program was one OF tn
most effective numbers of the after
noon. Following this were three NOR
folk dances, "Sellcnger's Round D
fifth grade of Garfield, EST. Patrick
Day" by seventh grade of junior mig
school and "Russian Flax Dance b
: eighth grade Of Garfield. "Wln
: and Wave" an Interpretation dane
: by Misses Georgia Tudor and Mill
Tudor preceded the closing numbe
the winding of the May poles by tn
first year physical education classt
of the high school. The May POI
dance was most beautiful. -Four pole
were wound.
Miss Tufts deserves much cred
for the success of the fete as DO tn
grade school teachers who assiste
children