Naramata May Day celebration reaches century mark
Global News
Started in 1923, the festival heralds the approach of summer with a variety of family-oriented events including the highlight May Pole Dance at Manitou Park.
The Naramata May Day festival this long weekend celebrates the 100th anniversary of bringing the townsfolk together in an event almost as old as the community itself.
Started in 1923, the festival heralds the approach of summer with a variety of family-oriented events including the highlight May Pole Dance at Manitou Park.
According to Val Taylor, vice president of the Naramata Heritage Museum Society and planning committee member, it’s all about keeping it simple.
“I think the May Day tradition in Naramata has staying power because it continues to be this kind of nostalgic embodiment of small-town celebration. An excuse to come together,” she said.
“The colour and old-timey games and the cluster of community volunteers, I think it’s a really nice visual representation of small town and that’s Naramata today in a nutshell.”
This year, instead of all the events taking place on the holiday Monday, organizers have spread festivities over several days.
The fun began Friday afternoon (May 19) with the soapbox derby races in the carts designed and built by Grade 5 pupils of Naramata Elementary School.
Later that night, the former Queen’s Ball, now the May Day Family Dance, took place at the school.
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