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The Fairie Festival (also known as the May Day Fairie Festival, or Pennsylvania Fairie Festival) is a music and arts festival currently held annually in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, that began in 1991.〔(NPR article on the 2002 Fairie Festival )〕〔(Get lost in the Fairie Festival's Chautauqua ) York Daily Record (PA) May 3, 2007〕 The festival's primary theme is to "celebrate the beginning of spring and all of the faerie and nature spirits' return to the warm world".〔(May Day Fairie Festival ) Festivals.com〕 The May Day Fairie Festival is the brainchild of Rob and Lucy Wood, owners of Spoutwood Farm, an organic farm in the Community Supported Agriculture movement.〔(Community ) October 10, 1995, YDR〕 It began as a tea party for about 100 friends and their children, and attendance has grown to over 16,000 “friends” annually. Previously a one-day festival, a second day was added in 1997; a third, in 1999. The festival features artists and authors from around the world, local and international musicians and crafters whose work is connected to or inspired by folklore, specifically faerie lore. ==Events== The May Day Fairie Festival, now in its 22nd year, was the first festival in the United States devoted solely to faerie and nature spirits. It has been held on the grounds of Spoutwood Farm Center since 1991.〔〔 The festival expects, each year, performances by musicians and dancers, storytellers, participatory maypole dancing, fairie craft activities such as wand and garland making. It provides 70 juried arts and crafts vendors (featuring handmade art inspired by the faerie), and food vendors. The Nature Place offers a place for environmental, health, animal interest and other groups to share their vision; fairie and gnome habitat tours are to be expected, along with fairie tea parties, and guest appearances by Sweet Pea, the Mossmen, and the Green Man.〔 Alongside the traditional May Day crowning of the May Queen may be seen the crowning of the May King, Prince, and Princess. The Fairie Chautauqua offers the opportunity for attendees to delve more deeply into the lore and arts of Fairie, in workshops led by scholars, artists, musicians, and crafters.〔(May Day Fairie Festival ), WhatsOnWhen.com〕 The 2013 festival took place on May 3rd - 5th at Spoutwood Farm Center in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, York County on 26 acres of land. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fairie Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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