Saturday, May 3, 2025

Asheville's May Day Festival May 4, 1925

Pageant to be at Asheville Monday, May 4. . . Normal School Will Present Pageant

On Monday, May 4, at 5:30 p.m., the Normal School will hold its annual May Day Festival on the lawn in front of the main building.

A pageant from “yesterday and to-day” will be presented.

About 250 girls from the Normal school and several small children from the Pease House take part.

The pageant will be chiefly dances, and these dances will be interpretive of the native birds, flowers and events. The pageant shows the history and development of the United States from the time of the Indians to the present day. Natural scenery of the campus will be used as the setting.

The performance is free. The public is invited to attend.

From the front page of the May 1, 1925 issue of The News-Record, Marshall, N.C.

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074087/1925-05-01/ed-1/seq-1/#words=MAY+3%2C+1925

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