Maypole dance

May 19, 1923

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Maypole dance
  • Title
  • Maypole dance
  • Date
  • May 19, 1923
  • Identifier
  • PCW000273
  • Description
  • Students in flower costumes dance around the maypole on the college lawn with Woodland Hall visible in the background. 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
    Maypoles
    Costume
    Woodland Hall (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • College Campus
  • Source
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Contributor
  • Chatham University
  • Collection
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Rights Information
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