as the sun melted the remains of the last snowstorm and the day grew sweet and warm , the park filled with people , and some men in colorful , flowing shirts played drums and flutes and some women , dressed in leotards and long skirts , danced on the grass in the sun to the music , and they must have noticed the longing in marys face , because one woman stopped and approached mary and invited her to join them , but they were so young and seemed so strange to mary that she just shook her head and went away .