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Maypoles at Summer Events
An activity for people to join in
This can be
the cheapest option with costs starting from about £300
+
travel for a single
person with Maypole and some help from the event organisers in
stewarding etc. It can of course become much more, even a full show
with costumed dancers, minstrels and more as we have done at the Old
Royal Naval College in Greenwich. The limits are your budget and
our imagination.
Performance Show
This is a sort of halfway house. All of the
above but this time the children get a chance to actually perform
specific dances and this involves rehearsal beforehand although it
need only be one session and, depending on the locality, that need
not add a lot to the cost.
The Tradition Starts Here
This is when the school, or other organisation,
purchases the pole. (Price £299 + VAT) Tradamis can
arrange an initial teaching session. These are not only for the
children but increasingly we have found it useful to have a session
for teachers, other staff and parents so there is a common
experience and it becomes a team resource. A single inset/twilight
session costs as £200 + travel and a full day around £300+
travel . After
that the school can work out their own show with assistance from
Tradamis practitioners if required. The advantages here are that
although costs are higher in the first year, the school is
purchasing a resource, often from a separate budget (or Trustees or
PTAs etc), which can be used not only in future years but also
throughout the year as a cross curricular teaching tool.
photo Ted Palmer |
