May Day of Long Ago
When I was in grammar school all those many years ago, we always had a May Day celebration. My memory may be sketchy on this, but we word costumes on that special day and had a big parade. I don’t recall exactly how the choice of costumes was decided, but I do know it was different each year. One year, during WWII, my class dressed in patriotic costumes, as nurses and in different military uniform. In 6 th grade, we dressed in Spanish costumes as we were studying Spain at the time and learning some Spanish. I know we learned the song La Cucracha with the famous line of not having any marijuana to smoke. I doubt any of knew what marijuana was in those days. A princess was chosen from the Kindergarten class—and I even remember the little girl’s name who was chosen, Felicia Glass. All of our parents were invited to the May Day festivities and each class had the opportunity to dance around the May Pole. The school, Delevan Drive, was unique in that it had sea...
