Maypole dance with lords and ladies

May 19, 1923

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Title
Maypole dance with lords and ladies
Date
May 19, 1923
Identifier
PCW000280
Description
Students playing lords and ladies sit on the lawn and watch the maypole dance. In the background, Andrew W. Mellon's greenhouse is visible to the left and Lindsay House to the right. The 1923 May Day pageant featured a number of episodes from varying cultures and historical traditions. Part I, titled the "Birth of May Day" included dances by the allegorical figures of Night, Dawn, the Sun, and Spring among others. Part II centered on the "Coronation of the May Queen," senior Marion Jobson, and Part III, titled "Entertainment of the Queen," featured a wizard, a Roman Spring procession, an Egyptian episode, a Grecian episode, a Normandy folk dance, an English folk dance, a Japanese episode, “poses from old prints,” and a cherry blossom dance. The pageant was written by Mary Brown ‘23 and directed by Vanda E. Kerst with assistance from Mary Jane Paul. Dancing was choreographed by Marion Gifford, and the orchestra director was J. Vic O’Brien.
Place of Publication
College Campus
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Women college students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Pennsylvania College for Women
May Day--United States
Pageants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Costume
Maypoles
Geographic Subjects
College Campus
Source
Chatham University May Day Collection
Contributor
Chatham University
Collection
Chatham University May Day Collection
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