Storytelling Event At Grace Episcopal

  • Friday, December 12, 2014

The public is invited to celebrate the Winter Solstice with music, stories, poetry, and dance on Sunday, Dec. 21 from 6-9 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 20 Belvoir Ave.

Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.  The event is sponsored by the Joseph Campbell Mythological Roundtable of Chattanooga.

"Christmas and the New Year are just days away. Join us to celebrate the dark winter nights and the return of light. From this day on, each succeeding day will have two more minutes of light," officials said. 

Solstice performers and schedule:
Ray Zimmerman will serve as master of ceremonies;
Robin Burk will share traditional music which heals and inspires;
Finn Bille presents a traditional Inuit story, “The Eagle’s Gift”;
Marcus Ellsworth will present performance poems;
Angela Sweet and Derek Williams will present a story with interpretive dance and narration, followed by a break with refreshments; 
Ray Zimmerman will perform his poem "Departure";
Andrew Kelsay, local educator, creator/ coordinator of Charles and Myrtles Coffeehouse, and Poet Laureate of George Peabody College (1978-1979);
Diana Peterson will share a story about a bringer of the light; and
Jim Pfitzer will tell a story from a brand new work still in progress and tentatively titled "Moon Shining Over Chestnut Ridge."

 

 

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