The 28th Annual Mayfair event in Harvard Square last Sunday, was a resounding success, and a kind and thoughtful event!
With very little fanfare, Harvard Square Business Association members raise awareness and funds for great causes at Mayfair with proceeds that go directly back to our Cambridge community.
Each year, Re/Max Destiny’s hot air balloon on the Cambridge Common, Grafton Street’s Sam Adam’s beer garden and the Rotary Club of Cambridge, “Chalk-on-the-walk activity raises thousands of dollars for local charities.
Just today, the Mount Auburn Hospital was presented with a check of $1471.00 for the Leah Parker Memorial Cut-A-Thon to benefit the Alice Hoffman Breast Center at the Mount Auburn Hospital on behalf of our members, Rick Fogarty from Plan b Cut and Color, Fred Fleisher from Floyd’s 99 Barbershop, and Mari Kozelian from Salon Bella Mar. Leah Parker was a dear friend of Rick Fogarty and his wife Judy. Leah succumbed to breast cancer after a valiant fight; Fred and Mari were pleased to help Rick and Judy honor their friend.
By working together, Rick, Judy, Fred and Mari gave haircuts at the Spring Hair-Cut-A-Thon, a beloved event at Mayfair. Unlike like year, where we enjoyed 85 degree weather, this year stylists from Plan b, Salon Bella Mar, and Floyd’s 99 Barbershop dealt with much cooler temperatures (55 degrees) and very strong winds.
We are proud of our HSBA members for partnering together for such worthy causes and are grateful to our sponsors and vendors for their participation. We are thankful to our neighbors, families, students and visitors who attend Mayfair each year and are grateful to the City of Cambridge for their guidance and assistance that ensures the safety and well-being of all who participate and attend.
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The 28th Annual MayFair in Harvard Square will provide an exquisite array of entertainment and dancing in the streets featuring six stages of live entertainment, a charity Hair-Cut-A-Thon, Chalk on the Walk; a Dance Stage; Roaming Railroad Train Rides; A Harvard Student Activities Festival, Hot Air Balloon Rides with donations to charity, three Beer Gardens; and over one hundred thousand happy people!
May 1st, 2011
12pm-6pm
The Streets of Harvard Square
The Main Stage - At the Super Crosswalk, (Produced by Matthew Walt)
Club Passim Stage at Brattle & Church, (Produced by Matt Smith) 
Longy Stage in Winthrop Park, (Produced by Sarah Collins)
12:00pm LeeAnn Sutton’s Suzuki Viola Class
12:30pm Saxophone Quartet (Ken Radnofsky’s students)
1:00pm Sandy Kiefer’s Suzuki Cello Class
1:30pm Mariia Gorkun and Olha Patramanska violin duo
2:00pm Juan Ruiz (clarinet) and Jose Jurinao (double bass)
3:00pm Cristi Catt’s A Capella group
3:30pm Redline Brass Quintet
4:30pm Meghan Miller’s flute students
5:30pm Iliana Hagenah (harp)
The Institute of Politics Stage - Brattle Plaza
Harvard Magic Club
Women's Initiative in leadership at the Institute of Politics
Citizenship Tutoring
Class Clowns
Circle of Women
Ghungroo (South Asian Dancing)
WHRB (Harvard radio Station)
Community Action Committee at The Institute of Politics
Church Street Parking Lot Stage – Border Café Stage & Emerging America
Border Café Stage - (located in Church Street Parking Lot from Noon until 2:30 p.m.)
Emerging America Festival Stage at MayFair- 2:30pm to 6pm / (Located in the Church Street Parking Lot)
Emerging America is a festival of groundbreaking performance taking place in Cambridge and Boston from May 13 through 15. A collaboration of The
American Repertory Theater, the Huntington Theatre Company and The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, the Emerging America Festival is proud to be a part of the annual MayFair, bringing exciting performance from local artists to the MayFair stage.
2:30pm: May Day Performance Challenge
Six groups will take the stage to show you what they can do with a script, a genre and a scavenger hunt in 3 hours. We’ve asked each group to develop a script in a quirky style in the weeks leading up to MayFair. The challenge? That morning they’ll be sent on a scavenger hunt to find and incorporate specific items into their performance. Celebrity judges, with the help of the audience, will choose the victors. Cheer on your favorite local artists as they compete in the May Day Performance Challenge!
4:00pm: Beyond the 4th Wall performing selections from Aida
The Beyond the 4th Wall Expression Theatre is a theatre and creative arts studio dedicated to creating opportunities in acting, dance and visual arts for all ages. They are located in Cambridge and have a musical theatre program that is in residence in two Cambridge public schools. They now have a summer musical program open to teens across the city in collaboration with the Mayor’s program and this summer they are producing
Aida. For more info visit www.beyondthe4thwall.com
4:30pm: Friends of Gertrude, Improv and Sketch Comedy
Friends of Gertrude, whose fun and fast-paced shows target art, life, pop culture, your mom, and everything in between. Through sketches, songs, and breakdancing, FoG creates a fresh and fearless brand of comedy. For more info, visit www.friendsofgertrude.com
5:00pm: Hopelandic Theatre Co. performing from Dancing Behind My Eyelids
Chelsea Didier and Samantha Shay, founders of Hopelandic Theatre Company, present
Dancing Behind My Eyelids. Hopelandic re-imagines Shakespeare's
The Tempest with cirque nouveau, dance/theatre, and the celestial sounds of Icelandic electronica for a dreamlike effect.
Dancing Behind My Eyelids has its East Coast premier at OBERON in January. For more info, visit
www.hopelandictheatre.com
Dance Stage, (Produced by Deborah Mason)
Cambridge Youth Dance Program 1:20, Deborah Mason,
www.cydp.orgProblemz Kru 3:15s
Cambridge Youth Dance Program 4:15, Deborah Mason,
www.cydp.orgTriveni Dance Ensemble 4:30