If you use more than one color, alternate them as you spread them around the top in a circular fashion. Plant the pole in the ground. Pack the earth so that it is good and hard. You do not want the pole being pulled down during the dance. Note: If you are setting up a permanent pole, you should use a stout pole which you will have to get from a lumberyard and then you would set the pole in concrete.
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Spools with 1. We used silk flowers as real ones would wilt in our hot spring temperatures. And the flowers are going to be way up in the air and not clearly visible.
Ribbons on the wreath would look nice too. You tie two strings of heavy twine or similar to suspend the wreath from the top narrower end of the pole. Then attach the strings to the top of the pole; we used construction staples from a construction staple gun where the two strings criss-crossed. Make sure you attach at the center of the strings so the wreath will hang evenly.
Wreath is attached to top of pole. The green wire has dance ribbons tied to it, and is being made into a ring around the pole. We used a length of moderately stiff wire and had people tie their ribbons onto it, then propped up the pole slightly off the ground, and bent the wire into a circle around the pole at about a foot from the top.
We went for having the hanging wreath and fixed ribbon ring being about the same distance from the top of the pole -about 1 foot. In the photo above you can see the wreath is already attached to the pole, and the ribbons are on a green wire which has a loop at one end. Then you cinch the wire through the loop, twist, and trim any excess wire.
Best to have more than one person do this if your pole tree has heavy wood. To set up your own Maypole dance, here's what you'll need:. Ask each participant to bring their own ribbon; it should be about 20 feet long, by two to three inches wide.
Once everyone arrives, attach the ribbons to one end of the pole if you put a metal eyelet screw in the pole beforehand, it makes it a lot easier because you can just tie each ribbon to the eyelet. Have extra ribbons on hand, because inevitably someone will have forgotten theirs. Once the ribbons are attached, raise the pole until it is vertical, and slide it into the hole. Be sure to make lots of bawdy jokes here. Pack dirt in around the base of the pole so it won't shift or fall during the dance.
If you don't have an equal number of male and female guests, don't worry. Just have everyone count off by twos. People who are "1" will go in a clockwise direction, people who are "2" go counterclockwise. Hold your ribbons in the hand that is closest to the pole, your inside hand. As you move in the circle, pass people by on first the left, and then the right, then the left again. If you're passing them on the outside, hold your ribbon up so they pass under it.
You might want to do a practice round beforehand. Keep going until everyone runs out of ribbon, and then knot all the ribbons at the bottom. If none of that makes sense to you, don't worry! The folks at MaypoleDance. They point out,. One thing that's always welcome at a Maypole Dance is music.
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