I know I'm a day late, but I spent some time around midday on 23rd April trying to coach a motley band of kids into some semblance of maypole dancers - and I have never done it or taught it before! I also gave them a short homily on the shameful lack of interest and the ridicule the English seem to have for their own traditions. I have a few more sessions with them before we drop them on an unsuspecting public at a mediaeval fair next month.

(Ever tried to teach a dance, blow a whistle and play a squeezebox at the same time?)

Andrea