Dance around the Maypole at Geneva’s Midsummer Festival You don't have to be Scandinavian to enjoy the 103rd annual Swedish Day Midsummer Festival, but it helps if you have a healthy appreciation for such traditions as Maypole raising, Swedish meatballs, folk music and dancing.
June 10, 2013 - Daily Herald
Stewart Brand in San Francisco Chronicle It's the maypole. All the rest is just dancing around it,Brand says. "The clock already exists in people's minds -- partly because it's an amazing idea and partly because they quickly realize we're serious about building the damn thing....