Winter Solstice Story and Song

  • December 21 - 22, 2024
  • Saint John's Episcopal Church Parish Hall

    1 Roanoke Avenue
    Boston, Massachusetts 02130
Ticket Price $32.64 Buy Tickets
Description

Celebrate the time of the longest nights with this delightful seasonal performance of Solstice stories and songs from around the world. Diane Edgecomb’s powerful adaptations plumb the depth and range of these ancient tales, bringing them fully to life. Stories range from the haunting Greek myth The Halcyon Days of Peace to Native American and Tanzanian stories of how the animal kingdom brought light and life during the darkest times. A winner of both the national and regional Oracle awards for storytelling excellence, Edgecomb brings passion, humor and depth to her telling of the stories which are all beautifully complemented by a musical underscoring. Margot Chamberlain on Celtic harp and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan accompany the tales with evocative instrumentals and bring original and revitalized songs of the season to round out the entertainment.  To create the feeling of a wintertime gathering, complimentary seasonal refreshments are served, after the performance in the Parish Hall. This enchanting celebration of the Solstice has been a beloved Boston tradition for over thirty years. 

Date & Time

Dec 21 - 22, 2024

Venue Details

Saint John's Episcopal Church Parish Hall

1 Roanoke Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02130 Saint John's Episcopal Church Parish Hall
Diane Edgecomb - LivingMyth Events

Winner of the first Oracle Award for Storytelling Excellence in the Northeast and the national Circle of Excellence, Diane is known for the passion and depth of her work whether embodying a true story or bringing renewed meaning to traditional tales. A featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival, the International Storytelling Center and on National Public Radio, Diane’s transformational telling style, in which she fully embodies the characters and moments in a tale brings listeners to the heart of every story. When accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain the performances include a rich variety of songs and music from cultures around the world. Publisher’s Weekly stated, “A storyteller in the grand tradtion, Edgecomb is a virtuoso of the spoken word…an entire cast rolled into one!”

Diane's Living Myth Events bring together ancient myths and modern landscapes to create new and vital intersections of Myth and Life. The image for Living Myth is of a turtle lifted to new worlds on the wings of birds, symbolizing how ancient truths are carried forward on the wings of story.


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