Name/Title
Ward-Belmont 1929 May Festival ProgramEntry/Object ID
2022.614Tags
Ward-BelmontScope and Content
A program for the 1929 Ward-Belmont May Festival. Held on the West Campus on Saturday, May 18, 1929, at 4:30 P.M. The program consisted of three parts: a procession, the presentation of the May Queen and her court, and the May Pole Dance and folk dances on the green. The 1929 May Queen was Jean MacDonnell.Context
The annual May Day Festival was described as "the highlight of the social year at Ward-Belmont" (Milestones, 1945). The festivities involved dancing, processions, the crowning of the May Queen and her court, and the traditional May Pole Dance. The Lady of the Hall, Harpeth Hall's highest honor, evolved from the May Queen ceremony.Collection
Harpeth Hall School ArchivesLexicon
Search Terms
Ward-Belmont, May Festival, May Day, May Queen, 1929
