SING SOLSTICE! Magpie & Kim Harris; Joe Bruchac

Magpie, Kim Harris & Joe Bruchac

Gather with us on Winter Solstice, the longest day and darkest night of the year, for an evening with the glorious voices of Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner (Magpie), and Kim Harris with special guest, Abenaki storyteller Joe Bruchac, celebrating nature’s New Year! It’s the Season of Light! With song, stories and camaraderie, we welcome the gradual lengthening of days taking us to Spring and the return to light. Celebrate new growth, the planting of seeds, and new beginnings.

This ensemble brings a diverse array of stunning harmonies and instrumentals, alternately powerful, touching, funny and charming. It’s a time when the warmth of harmony and fellowship create a circle of friends, including performers and audience alike, with a reminder that even the darkest days will give way to a new day.

From ancient times to the present, Winter Solstice has inspired midwinter celebrations such as Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hannukah, Yule and more in cultures around the world. This one is uniquely ours!

Opening the concert, as they have for many years: Pokingbrook Morris Dancers in full costume, performing “Abbots Bromley Horn Dance,” which originated in the small medieval villages of the ancient Cotswold region of England.