Great song!
It is indeed a day for the people. We generally get only a very few as we celebrate at dawn and it is usually on a work day. This year we hoped for a few more as we are extending it to all day however, many people who would have attended are going to the local corporate festival....admission charge, vendors....so we won't see them at our home spun plain gathering.

The kicker is that after fleecing the customers at the corporate festival the organizers close it off so they can have their own festival and bonfire in the evening....we would never do that. We just let people gather, some bring food others drink and we have music and celebration. Always seemed like to collect money would be unnecessary hardship....

but for some money gets in the way and they have to rid them selves of it and others pick it up so it does not blow round the streets

As I said nothing wrong with municipal celebrations but a different kettle of celebrants than what we do. I have heard great things from Padsto wish I could attend.

Conrad