It's All Happening Along Keystone Avenue

Whew! A busy day all along Keystone Avenue. There was a Peach Festival at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church on the corner of Keystone and Elm. Over on Ridge Street, the annual soapbox derby was in full swing. The Emmaus Library had to be closed for the day.

Then, the intrepid could take Keystone north all the way to Fish Hatchery Road where the 27th Year Anniversary Roasting Easrs of Corn Festival was being held at the Museum of Indian Culture.

We arrived in time for the exhibition dancing on the pow-wow grounds. My favorite are the Grass Dancers. This traditional men's dance is fiery and fast and colorful. Some say it has it origins in the practice of scouts and warriors going ahead of the people to trample down grass on the praire to make the tribe's way easier.

It is also a dance done for healing. Often it is the first dance after the grand entery to prepare the sacred circle for dancing. The dancers wear sweet grass. They move with each beat of the drum.