In this interview, May talks about how she first got involved with Highland Dancing at the age of 10 through dancing with the Mataura Kilties Pipe Band. She was taught by Stella Glennie. May moved to Dunedin to be taught by William Kilgour. She took part in a dance tour of Central Otago. In the early 1920s, when men dominated the Highland dancing world, May won the first combined men’s and women’s over-18 championship. In 1924 she travelled to Scotland where she won both the Highland fling and sword dance at the Breadalbane Games at Aberfledy. While in Scotland May had lessons with noted teacher DG MacLennan. May returned to New Zealand and in 1928 she married Edward Wilson. They had four children and were running tearooms in Balclutha when Edward was killed in a tractor accident in 1937. After his death, May started a dancing school and also took a job with the Department of Internal Affairs as a physical welfare officer in Invercargill. She was a pioneer in encouraging women to exercise and was also one of the founding members of the New Zealand Academy of Highland and National Dancing. Over her career, May taught for over 40 years and won over 100 badges in National and International competitions. May died on 31st August 1996 in her 96th year.