Lord Mayor’s Blog 55
The Lady Mayoress and I had a really enjoyable first of May at the Lord Mayor’s May Day Fayre in and around Birmingham’s traditional markets. In Birmingham we are very fortunate to have the Bull Ring markets which are still here after over 800 years and which serve the people of Birmingham so wonderfully well.
It’s important that we’ve got the traditional markets and it’s important to retain our sense of history. Our history and traditions are part of our identity and it’s important to hang on to that in these days of change for the sake of it. We hope that festivals such as this - and the Michaelmas Fayre that we re-introduced last September will serve us well in this regard.
We had lots of entertainment and items of interest with the highlight being the crowning of our May Queen followed by her magnificent and right royal procession with her two princesses!
We also had two Morris dance groups - the Green Man Morris and the Glorishears - if you haven’t seen women’s Morris dancing before they are really good so look out for them.
We also had a Green Man, birds of prey, a Jester to accompany the Lord Mayor, a barrel organ, children’s rides and the ever-popular City of Birmingham Brass Band.
I was absolutely delighted to have the chance to ‘conduct’ the band in a rendition of the Floral Dance. I think I did pretty well - usually not lagging the instrumentalists by much more than half a beat! A great band - we’re really proud of them - and a great day too. Hope to see you soon at the markets!
The Lady Mayoress and I had a really enjoyable first of May at the Lord Mayor’s May Day Fayre in and around Birmingham’s traditional markets. In Birmingham we are very fortunate to have the Bull Ring markets which are still here after over 800 years and which serve the people of Birmingham so wonderfully well.It’s important that we’ve got the traditional markets and it’s important to retain our sense of history. Our history and traditions are part of our identity and it’s important to hang on to that in these days of change for the sake of it. We hope that festivals such as this - and the Michaelmas Fayre that we re-introduced last September will serve us well in this regard.
We had lots of entertainment and items of interest with the highlight being the crowning of our May Queen followed by her magnificent and right royal procession with her two princesses!
We also had two Morris dance groups - the Green Man Morris and the Glorishears - if you haven’t seen women’s Morris dancing before they are really good so look out for them.
We also had a Green Man, birds of prey, a Jester to accompany the Lord Mayor, a barrel organ, children’s rides and the ever-popular City of Birmingham Brass Band.I was absolutely delighted to have the chance to ‘conduct’ the band in a rendition of the Floral Dance. I think I did pretty well - usually not lagging the instrumentalists by much more than half a beat! A great band - we’re really proud of them - and a great day too. Hope to see you soon at the markets!
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