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Saturday May 3rd, 2025
Welcome Spring! Performers arrive at 9:30. Precession begins 9:45 Spring Dances 10-11am Food Trucks & Fair Games (11am-12:30pm)
Students 1st – 8th grade at Boulder Valley Waldorf School will honor Lady Spring with dances around the May Pole and songs for the whole community together. Usually celebrated on May 1st, May Day is an ancient festival of spring. Throughout the years, there have been many different events and festivities worldwide, most with the express purpose of welcoming in a change of season; that is spring in the Northern Hemisphere! Embracing all the dear children, parents, grandparents, families, colleagues, faculty and staff of Boulder valley Waldorf School, we wish you a very happy Spring!
Historically, May Day celebrations were to honor the changing of the seasons, from darkness to light, and that a tree (the symbol of the “tree of life” and of the great strength and vitality of nature) was used in the ritual. The May Faire is a joyful colorful festival of spring. Unlike Halloween, its polar opposite, May Day brings with it the promise of rebirth and the returning of spring.
The Streams in the Mountains & Sweet the Evening Air of May
May Day Baskets:
May baskets are small baskets usually filled with flowers or treats, left at someone’s door.
Making a May Crown or Flower chains:
Make a braided crown out of fabric strips or raffia (or find headband) and attach flowers with ribbon or string! Braid Crown | Flower chain
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