{"id":7136,"date":"2014-04-29T09:22:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T08:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=7136"},"modified":"2014-04-29T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T08:26:22","slug":"dancing-sensations-set-for-holywood%e2%80%99s-may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/04\/dancing-sensations-set-for-holywood%e2%80%99s-may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Sensations Set For Holywood\u2019s May Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year the award-winning Demon Barbers will perform for one show only at the Merry May Day celebrations in Holywood on Monday, 5th<\/sup> May.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>Previous winners of Best Live Act at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, they are renowned for their no holds barred approach to their live shows and will\u00a0bring to the stage\u00a0a modern twist to their multi-award winning Roadshow.\u00a0 Their XL Show is one of the most imaginative and inspirational dance shows this decade, bringing some of the UK\u2019s most exciting young Folk, Hip Hop & Break dancers together to create this live folk music spectacular! This will be the first time that the XL Show will be in Northern Ireland making May Day an exciting opportunity to see this special act live. The show kicks off at 2pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, throughout the town, there will be balloon modellers, face painters, stilt walkers, a mime artist, magician and the lively Ski Band, \u201cthe best street band ever,\u201d who will be entertaining the crowds with their own special blend of live music!<\/p>\n

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All the usual favourites have been organised by Holywood & District Community Council; Bonnie Baby Competition (10.30 am, Queen\u2019s Leisure Complex) and Fancy Dress Competition (12.30 pm \u2013 the themes this year are Merry May Day, Cartoon Characters & As You Like It)<\/p>\n

Over 60 stalls represented by local charities and traders will be in place throughout High Street and Church Road. Please note that Holywood Town Centre will be closed for most of the day.<\/p>\n

The ever-popular Maypole Dancing will take place at 11am and 1pm. Young children can get their chance to dance around their own Maypole with Jump, Jiggle and Jive from 12 noon – 4.00 pm and if that just gets them going there will be 2 discos in Queen\u2019s Leisure Complex \u2013 (p1-p3 1.00 \u2013 2.00 pm) and (p4-P7 2.30 pm-3.30 pm).<\/p>\n

For the older swingers in Town there will be a Tea Dance – also held at Queen\u2019s Leisure Complex from 1.00 -3.00 pm.<\/p>\n

At Holywood Library, Friends of Holywood Library will be holding a Book Sale from 10am \u2013 2pm and everyone is welcome. There is also an art exhibition by The Monday Painters which will be opening on Monday 5th<\/sup> and running until May 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget if you fancy some shopping or a bite of lunch, most of Holywood\u2019s shops and eateries will be open throughout the day.<\/p>\n

So come on down to Holywood on Monday, 5th<\/sup> May from 10am \u2013 4pm<\/strong> for a fun-filled day at this FREE EVENT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For further information on this event please contact Bangor Tourist Information Centre on (028) 9127 0069 or email <\/strong>tic@northdown.gov.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year the award-winning Demon Barbers will perform for one show only at the Merry May Day celebrations in Holywood on Monday, 5th May. Previous winners of Best Live Act at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, they are renowned for their no holds barred approach to their live shows and will\u00a0bring to the stage\u00a0a … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7136"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7146,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7136\/revisions\/7146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}