May Day: April 24, 2023

May Day festivities will begin April 24, at 1:30 p.m., on the Wornall Campus hockey field.

May Day 2023 Live Stream

May Day Schedule

1:15 p.m.
Line up in gym (1-5) under class signs. Kindergarten and Seniors will line up in front of EC.

1:25 p.m.
Walk to field

1:30 p.m.
MAY DAY
1. Processional (K-5 and Seniors)
2. May Court
3. Crown Bearer (5th grade student)
4. May Queen crowned
5. Prekindergarten flower/May basket presentation
6. Lifers
7. Preschool & Prekindergarten – Robin Hood Dance
8. Kindergarten – Round and Round the Village
9. 1st Grade – Ribbon Dance
10. 2nd Grade – Sellengers Round
11. 3rd Grade – Gathering Peascods
12. 4th Grade – Morris Dance (Gallop to Fulbeck)
13. 4th & 5th Grade (optional) – Waltz of the Flowers
14. 5th Grade and Seniors – May Pole Dance

Children will be dismissed after the program. Please check with you child's teacher to see how they are handling dismissal.

**We would appreciate donations of flowers to use to decorate the May Poles, stage and trellises. Please bring flowers to the gym by 8:30 a.m. and put them in the tubs provided.

May Day Resources

Learn More About May Day

Grand Opening

May Court

May Basket Presentation

Lifers

May Day Dances

Dances were a popular part of all May Day festivals. The simplest form of country dances was called a round. These circle dancees start to the left, the direction of the sun. The Waltz of the Flowers became a traditional dance at Sunset Hill's May Day in 1957. Originally, members of the senior class danced in honor of the May Queen and in celebration of the Spring. Members of fourth and fifth grade now perpetuate the tradition with beautifully decorated hoops. The Maypole has been the center of May Day revelry since its early beginnings. Fifth grade and members of the senior class celebrate this tradition, winding the Maypole.