WELCOME
WELCOME
MAY DAY
MAY DAY
1 GUESTS
GUESTS
VOL XVI. WINSTON-SALEM, NTq SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1936. Number 25.
MAY DAY PROGRAM
HERALDS — Josephine Gibson, High Point; Josephine Whitehead, Rocky Mount
MAY COURT — Mariana Hooks, Wilson, N. C; Helen Jones, Fayetteville, N. C.; Virginia Lee, Kinston,
N. C.; Cordelia Lowry, Bedford, Va.; Julia Preston, Washington, D. C.; Jean Robinson, Lowell,
N. C.; Sarah Katherine Thompson, Bluefield, West Va.; Helen Totten, Atlanta, Ga.; Etta Burt
Warren, Trenton, N. C.; Cornelia Wolfe, Charlotte, N. C.; and Dorothy Wyatt, Winston-Salem;
Marjorie Robinson, Lowell, N. C.
MAID-OF-HONOR — Garnelle Raney, Salisbury, N. C.
MAY QUEEiN — Phyllis Clapp, Winston-Salem, N. C.
PAGES — Betty Bahnson, Winston-Salem; Helen Massey, Selma, N. C.
PAGEANT CHARACTERS
Old King Cole — Jane Rondthaler
Mother Goose — Louise Preas
Jack Spratt — Katherine McCall
His Wife — Dorothy McCaughn
Simple Simon — Dorothy Hutaff
Peter, Peter — Caroline Pfohl
Old Woman In The Shoe — Gertrude Schwalbe
Children — Ada Pfohl, Annette Smith, Jean Knox,
Dorothy Shaffner, Frances Watlington
Queen of Hearts — Rose Siewers
Ride-A-Cock-Horse — Anna Wray Fogle
Jack — Mary Woodruff
Jill — Mildred Minton
Fiddler — Lois Torrence
Tweedle Dum — Emily Richardson
Tweedle Dee — Alice Richie
Mistress Mary — Nancy Schallert
Jack Horner — Lelia Williams
Humpty Dumpty — Cramer Perceival
Crooked Man — Mary Turner Willis
Jack-Be-Nimble — Sarah Sherwood
Bo-Peep — Rosalind EHincan
Farmer’s Wife — Evelyn McCarty
Three Blind Mice — Bessie Lou Bray, Dolly Blair,
Dorothy Baugham
Curly Locks — Glenn Griffin
Miss MufTit >— Nancy McNeely
Little Boy Blue — Laura Emily Pitts
Tom, Tom Pip er s Son — Virginia Fraley
Bowl Bearer — Margaret Briggs
Mother Hubbard — Elizabeth Trotman
Pipe Bearer — Wilda Mae Yingling
(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
ENTER WITH VILLAGERS:
Tommy Tucker, Jack Horner, Mother Goose, Curly Locks, Queen of Hearts, Peter Piper, Little Boy Blue, Simple Simon
(Fishes in Stream), Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, Mistress Mary and Garden Come From Side, Miss MufFit.
Villagers troop down hill ainging.
Heralds appear and blow from Lov
er’s Leap, villagers respond looking
up; heralds proceed to top of Queen’s
8eat and blow again.
1st Herald: “Hear ye! Hear yet
Old King Cole has proclaimed this
day a holiday for all the Land of
Make Believe, when we shall crown
the Queen of the May.”
Heralds come down followed by
Court (to music). As Queen ap
proaches throne, villagers cheer and
throw paper flowera in her path.
Enter King Cole (down hUl), sings:
“Old King Cole was a merry old
soul —” (proceeds to throne).
‘ ‘ My loyal subjects (people cheer),
today is May Day, and accordingly I
have decreed a day of mirth and hap
piness. Wo are to crown our Queen,
and as she is to be a queen of joy
as well as of beauty, it is our duty
to show her what gay subjects we
can be, so that she too may be gay
and sprightly with us. Therefore let
no one be sad —”
Simple Simon: “I say King, here
comes Miss Muffit. ”
Dance music, Spiders’ and Miss
Muffit’s entrance.
Spider Dance
During the dance Muffit emerges
and in the end Spiders form ring
around her, all singing:
Littia Miss Muffit sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came we Spiders
And sat down beside her
But she’ll not again rue the day.
Spiders exit
Tommy Tucker (fighting with Jack
Horner over pie). All sing:
Little Tommy Tucker
Sings for his supper
Kot bread and butter
He seems to want pie.
Mother Goose separates boys hold
ing them at arms length as they con
tinue to beat the air. Jack pulls out
plum:
“What a good boy am I!”
Shouting and laughing heard and
Jack and Jill run down hill, falling
at bottom, whereupon they begin to
cry in loud wails. Cole throws up
hands in despair and sings:
I’m old King Cole
And a worried old soul
A worried old soul that’s me
Bring me my pipe! Bring me my
bowl!
And bring me my fiddlers three!
Mops brow with red hankie and
strikes gong—fiddlers present them
selves to King as fiddler plays gay
ditty to which they disport them
selves, also villagers circulate gaily:
Suddenly Cole pointing right with
pipe:
“Who is this dainty creature
looking so very gloomy (walks
over). Ah Ha! ’Tis our contrary
Mary and her obstinate garden.
Water it a little, child, and we’ll
not have to ask you how it
grows! ”
Mary sadly picks up huge water
ing can with aid of Cole, and waters
flowers who slowly unfold to her
great amazement.
Garden Dance
After the dance Mary claps her
hands and sits down with flowers
among villagers. Suddenly a great
commotion and the three blind mice
tear in chasing the farmer’s wife.
Villagers shout and sing:
Three blind mice, see how they run
They all ran after the farmer’s wife
(Here the tables turn and the wife
chases).
Singing:
Who cut off their tails with a carv
ing knife.
People follow a little way as they
run off stage. As mice disappear,
Old Woman in Shoe bustles in fol
lowed by children in stair step order:
Sings:
I am the old woman
Who lives in a shoe
With all these children, I
Scarce know what to do.
To whip them and spank them
I never could bear
So I feed them on ice cream
Their gay laughs to hear.
During song, children execute se
ries of bows in perfect co-ordination,
which, however, are spoiled by a
stranger who has attached himself
to the end. In consternation. Old
Woman discovers him and collaring
him, presents him to Cole.
“Your Honor, this rascal is young
Jack Be Nimble. He’s too ‘quick’
for me and constantly disrupts my
well trained family.”
Cole: “Off with you, Toung
scamp. ’ ’
Jack: (dancing gleefully on his
toes): “Oh, Sire, you might get rid
of me in part but never in total. Just
look!
Jack Be Kimble Dance
At the end of dance much applause
and Cole cheerfully shakes Jack’s
hand. Great jangling is heard off
stage and Ride-A-Cock-Horse gal
lop* in: Horse bows before King:
“King Cole, I bring you tidings.
Humpty Dumpty and his house party
are on their way to join the celebra
tion, but they are delayed because
Humpty keeps falling down, and in
setting him up it’s quite hard to tell
which is the right end. But here
they are now.”
Soldiers enter with group (Tom,
Piper’s Son; Humpty Dumpty; Bow
Peep; Crooked Man; Mother Hub
bard; Jack Sprat and wife), singing,
supporting Humpty, who seems in
clined to collapse.
Soldiers Beview
At the end of the dance while
everyone is laughing loudly. Cole
springs up with a great guffaw and
shouts:
“What say, my people, now we
have shown her our best, shall we
crown our Queen t”
Cheering and shouting. Heralds
step forward and blow trumpets.
Music bursts forth. People including
Cole at foot of Queen’s throne, bow
and Queen is crowned. Villagers ap-
plaude and cheer and music fades
into.
Maypole Dance
All people sing May Carol.