Hastings' Town Crier, Jon Bartholomew, leads the
Morris Dancers to the coronation
.

Above left, 14-year-old Ruby Webb (left) on her way to the coronation and is greeted (right) by the Mayor and Mayoress.
Below left, Ruby waits to be crowned and then watches the Maypole Dancing with, in the background, Lucky Sweep, Barry Jones, who has organised of the crowning of the May Queen for the last 20 years and Hastings' Mayor and Mayoress. This year's dress was made by Sussex Coast College student Jess Wenden, The original 1934 dress for the first crowning was made by a student from the old Hastings College of Art.