May Day Floats

Another major part of the May Day festivities was the creation of floats by every sorority, fraternity, and any student organizations or classes that wanted to participate. These were created using chicken wire and crepe paper. Each May Day had a theme that was chosen and voted on for each year. Then, in connection with this theme, each organization would create an idea for a float and submit it for approval. On May Day, these floats were paraded beginning at the Berea High School parking lot. They would then travel down Bagley Rd. to Front St. From then on they would turn left and go down Front St. to East Bridge and then to Beech Street. From Beech they would turn right onto East Grand St. to the Rec. Hall. During the course of May Day, each float from the parade would be judged and at the end, winners would receive trophies.

    Float Production in 1961:

 

 

For 1965, the May Day theme was "Disneyland":

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