MayHeyDays January 2024

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Final Early-Bird Email
by Announcements for May HeyDays 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

Dear Supporters, 1) As you may be aware, our programme is under constant review. While the published draft is pretty much what is going to happen, Mecki has been working on some fine-tuning, and the changes are now on the website. So take another look to see if May Heydays delivers what it prides itself on: a well-balanced programme, catering for folkies with very varied interests. 2) There are still spaces on the callers' training programme. Please send Mecki (director(a)mayheydays.org.uk) an email if you would like to participate. 3) The Early-Bird form will remain on the website until some time on 1 February to allow for different time zones. This means a short extra window for late deciders... The May Heydays Team

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May Heydays - all steward slots now filled
by Announcements for May HeyDays 29 Jan '24

29 Jan '24

Hello All Just to advise anyone still contemplating volunteering as a steward, we now have sufficient for our needs, and do not plan to accept further applications (unless already in the post and arriving before Jan 31st....). Many thanks to those who have stepped forward, plus to all who have booked weekend tickets and/or have offered encouragement for our 3rd festival at Evesham. Early-bird tickets are still available, until 31st January...... Regards Monty Crook May Heydays Ticketing

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From May Heydays: Regency to Ragtime, Cotillions to Squares - and more! Get your tickets here.
by Announcements for May HeyDays 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Hi All American caller Susan de Guardiola is probably most famous internationally for her knowledge of English "Regency" and she will lead the Regency Ball on Sunday evening. Her dance workshop programme at May Heydays has now been finalized, covering historical social dance forms and dance reconstruction, with aspects of dance history and a wide variety of group and couple dances - 16th century to the early 20th century - with a few odd dabblings up to the present day. Different styles, countries of origins and eras are included: • English Cotillions • Early 19th century German couple dances, allemandes to schottische • Early American (1776-1812) longways and squares • 16th century Italian folk dances • Early 20th American Ragtime dances • Late 19th century American - longways & squares Susan will also give a talk about Louis-Julien Clarchies (b. 22/12/1769, d. 25/12/1815), a French dancer, musician and dance composer. Of Curacao origin, he become famous in Paris in the 1800s, composing ‘contredanses, valses (anglaises et sauteuses)’, and he apparently ‘invented’ the move now termed ‘the Ocean Wave’. Some musical accompaniment will be included. So, it all sounds a lot of fun, with something there for everyone: slow and fast, easy and a bit more difficult, unusual and amusing. Drop in to whatever catches your eye – and enjoy! More details will be posted on the website. https://mayheydays.org.uk/performers.html Mecki MHD Director director(a)mayheydays.org.uk Our thanks to those who have already booked Early-bird and Steward tickets; numbers look very reasonable at this stage, but there is room for lots more of you lovely dancers - and some more volunteers to steward. Don’t forget, Weekend tickets will be £115 from 1st February, with Steward tickets at £57. Booking forms to 31st January are attached. Monty MHD Ticketing tickets(a)mayheydays.org.uk Tel 01308 423 442

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Greetings from May Heydays for January 1st
by Announcements for May HeyDays 01 Jan '24

01 Jan '24

Dear dance friends and MHD supporters Now that the stresses, strains, expense, pleasures and fun of the festive season are (mostly) past, just a reminder that you have 30 days left to order your Early-Bird tickets for May Heydays 2024. Hi thee to it! Mecki and I are enjoying seeing two noisy, boisterous, young granddaughters amidst a foot or so of snow and temperatures of -12C (and expected to get to -20), at a very basic farm here in Norway - part of my convalescence from a right side mastectomy on Dec 12th. Yep, I found a lump on Oct 3rd and things then took their course. It was an interesting, if disturbing, way to end one year and enter the next - but the news was as good as it could be. I mention this, really, to say that this was well below my radar, as I suspect it would be with most of you, male or female. My message is that it may be rare (less tha 1% of UK and US breast cancers), but it's out there and often caught late, so I do urge all men to check now and again, and advise their pals to do likewise. And women, nag your parters or male friends about it as well. Good wishes are taken as read and I wish us all a happy healthy dancing year - and 3rd Evesham festival! Monty MHD Ticketing

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