May Day Spectacle (Beltane)
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Wed 30th Apr 2025, 3pm – Thu 1st May 2025, 8am BST (UTC +01:00)
- Dartmoor National Park, United Kingdom
- https://dandelion.events/e/beltane
| Hosted by | Brown Bread Choir |
| Enquiries to | brownbreadchoir@gmail.com |
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#1 BEST BELTANE IN THE BUSINESS
Celebrate our drop-dead-gorgeous Green Earth and the coming of the May.
Create a participatory pageant with us to welcome in the Summer!!
“Meditations on a May Morning” is for all singers, dancers and performers of every level to be part of a 40-strong May Day Spectacle on top of Haytor, Dartmoor.
SING, DANCE and MAKE at this beautiful celebration high up on magnificent Dartmoor.
In elaborate and colourful lo-fi costumes that we will handmake together, we’ll learn folksongs round the fire (the good ones that are older than time), dance, camp overnight (if you’re feeling wild), then wake to the sound of the cuckoo.
WHEN: Wednesday 30th April - Thursday 1st May 2025.
COST: Sliding scale, £45, £35, or £25
WHO CAN APPLY: Anyone and Everyone who likes home-made costumes, folksongs, giant cardboard vegetables, and wants to celebrate this gorgeous time of year.
SCHEDULE:
30 April
3pm: Arrive, settle in
5pm: Costume - Fitting
6:30pm: Song- practice
7:30pm: Spectacle - Full Rehearsal
1 May
4:45am: Wake Up
5:15 AM : the Spectacle begins
8am: Nice warm brekkie !
Sink Your Feet in Happy Dew
Fresh leaves are sweet but SO ARE YOU