Hal An Tow Helston Flora Day
Starts from the guildhall at 5pm.
Hal an tow helston flora day. This ancient festival is usually held on may 8th unless that date falls on a sunday or monday in which case the previous saturday is taken. Helston flora day the helston flora day stewards unfortunately have taken the decision to cancel flora day for 2020 due to the coronavirus. The children s dance. There is plenty of parking in the town on flora day as extra car parks are added just for the day.
The celebration includes dancing loud chanting and singing folk stories such as st piran s journey to cornwall and st michael defeating the devil in helston of course. This dance was originally for the workers and servants who could have their enjoyment for the day before attending to their duties. It is a celebration of the passing of winter and the arrival of spring. Michael is called flora day and the word probably derives from cornish.
The schedule of the day is thus. The evening dance. Starts on st john s bridge at 8 30am. Hal an tow 1930 the hal an tow pageant is an integral part of the flora day celebrations.
Helston the cornish market town where for hundreds of years the townsfolk have celebrated and enjoyed the wonderful tradition that is flora day. In helston 8 may the feast of st. Starts from the guildhall at 12 noon. One of the fascinating elements of the festivities is the hal an tow procession featuring dramatic enactments dancing.
It s may 6 and the people of helston cornwall are celebrating flora day 1 a large outdoor festival featuring dancing in the streets throughout the town 2. Starts from wendron street at 9 40am. This decision has not been taken lightly a great deal of time and planning has gone into the event nevertheless we feel strongly that the health safety and wellbeing of our dancers hal an tow band and general public must be our top priority. Helston residents were well and truly woken by the ancient hal an tow procession this wednesday morning as part of flora day.
Morning dance at 7 a m the first performance of the hal an tow pageant at 8 30 a m. The hal an tow at 8 30am the mummers play known as the hal an tow starts at st johns bridge and is then performed at several more venues around the town.