Central Park Rite is Medieval Pageant By Don McNeill As the dawn sun gleamed off a backdrop of molded metal skyscrapers on Easter Sunday, a medieval pageant began in the middle of Manhattan.

Finding its inspiration in a ye olde tale by Washington Irving, the medieval pageant features royal characters, jests aplenty, musical moments, and a multi-course meal to remember.

Finding its inspiration in a ye olde tale by Washington Irving, the medieval pageant features royal characters, jests aplenty, musical moments, and a multi-course meal to remember.

Before the Medieval pageant ended, the Queen, social studies teacher Kathy Styles-Landgraf, knighted 10 young men for displaying chivalry in the classroom.