11th Annual Wolverhampton May Day Festival was celebrated by over 200 people on Sunday 1st May 2005. It all went very smoothly all speakers and entertainment came and was enjoyed by all the diverse audience.
Programme of events:
3-30pm doors open – stalls, bar, bouncy castle, mehndi, Poi Poi display & helium balloons
Music from One Love International Sound System
4pm Welcome from Andy Goodall, Wolverhampton May Day Committee
Birmingham Clarion Socialist Choir (12 people)
4-30pm Di Neoh, local poet
Birmingham Clarion Socialist Choir (part2)
5pm Rodney Bickerstaffe, National Pensioners’ Convention, former Gen. Sec. UNISON speaking on The Future of Pensions in Britain, followed by questions
Rob Marris Labour candidate Wolverhampton SW
Bollywood Dancer display
5-30pm interval and food – free Asian buffet
Music from One Love International Sound System
6pm AZAAD Youth DHOL Players
speaker: Avtar Sadiq, President Association of Indian Communists
music from local singer/songwriter Anthony Doyle
6-30pm speaker Jo Stevenson National Treasurer, Youth CND
7pm Ivor Pearce & his 12-string guitar – songs for Peace & Socialism
& singing of Internationale
One Love International Sound System
8pm end
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