The Mathews Museum’s spring festival, May Faire, opened Friday morning to clear skies and a welcoming breeze that lasted through to the festival’s end on Saturday.
While there was sparse attendance on Friday, crowds picked up on Saturday, said spokesman Barbara Bass, and the 48 craft and food vendors who participated were pleased with the results and are ready to come back next year.
The Maypole Dance was a hit with the crowd, said Bass. It was performed twice, once by a group of older girls and again by a team of “littles,” who used a tiny version of the traditional Maypole. She said the crowd also seemed pleased with the crowning of Kailey Kinker as the first Maypole Queen. She was crowned by Danny Harper, son of the late Cindy Harper-Roman, who was deeply involved with the plans for May Faire when she passed away recently.
Mathews Museum president Tom Robinson said that there was good music throughout the day on Saturday, that the children’s area “was a real hit,” and that the festi...