Name: Tara's Meadow hosts a May-pole and community gathering, June 23, 2007
Start: 2007-06-23
End: 2007-06-23
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2007-06-23
Kind: Celebration
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationheritagecommunityenvironment
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Tara’s Meadow was scheduled to host a June 23, 2007 gathering with a traditional cairn-building ceremony, May-pole raising, music, meadow tours, and an outdoor meal. The organizers framed the event as a summer-solstice opportunity for Islanders and mainlanders to join in a peaceful community celebration.

Evidence limits

The June issue is an advance notice; the July report confirms attendance and describes the program, but does not independently verify every participant’s role or the traditions discussed.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 2007, "Islanders Invited to May-Pole Dance."
Announces a June 23 cairn-building ceremony, May-pole raising, music, tours, outdoor meal, and community gathering at Tara's Meadow. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the event announcement and photographs.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 2007, "May Pole Celebration."
Reports that 40 people gathered on June 23, hosted by eight teenagers, for a May-pole dance and a program drawing on Irish Celtic, Native American, and Christian circle traditions. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 2007, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the gathering report and photographs.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Tara's Meadow hosts a May-pole and community gathering, June 23, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-taras-meadow-maypole-dance-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2007, "Islanders Invited to May-Pole Dance." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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