beltaine, just came from the annual beltaine celebration. Its held at a fiddle player/archeologists house in the country,always the last weekend in April/first in may). usually quite a few people attend a lot of musicians, morris dancers and there is a pot luck dinner & music several young virile men march around the house with a maypole and plant it in the ground. This is followed by a maypole dance. There is also a mini play (last year it was Pyramus and Thisbe) and this year it was Orpheus and Euridice) the play is followed by a quest in which participants follow a prescribed route (either through the woods, this time through the house (garage and bsmt) since it was Hades after all) and encounter various characters from the play. There is also a bonfire for virgins to jump over. Its a great time for everyone.