Music, Dance, Songs and Stories to drive the dark away!
Join us at the marvellous Shea Theatre for the 23nd Anniversary production of Welcome Yule: A Midwinter Celebration.
Friday, December 7, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 2pm
Celebrate midwinter at a rousing evening of dances, carols and plays. Welcome Yule is not just another holiday production. It is a centuries-old tradition and a participatory family experience. Sing traditional carols. Listen to stories of the season. Watch magical, ancient dances, and groan or howl at the modern twists on the puns in the mummer's play. No experience necessary! Just bring your enthusiasm, your holiday spirit, and your hopes for the New Year.
Welcome Yule: A Midwinter Celebration continues the ancient celebration of the return of the light in the depths of the cold midwinter season. This year has a decidedly Celtic twist with the Irish Brigid, along with Mad Sweeny and the Wren Boys joining the spirit of misrule with our more traditionally English favorites.
Tickets will be available in advance at the Shea Box Office (413) 863-2281 and at the Jones Library in Amherst, the Broadside Bookshop in Northampton and the World Eye Bookstore in Greenfield. Tickets are also be available at the door. You may reserve tickets by calling (413) 863-2281. Adults are $10. Children under 16 and Seniors are $7. Children under 4 are free.
Thanks to Karen Gaudette for her artistic depiction of the Irish Brigid. If you'd like a copy of her wonderful poster, here is an flyer sized Adobe PDF Welcome Yule 2007 poster that you can print.
Map to Shea Theatre, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA. Hit your Back button to return to this screen.
Check out our Midwinter Traditions page for a review of different Welsh customs that we showed a few years ago.
