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Winter Solstice Pageant
Happy Holidays Across Cultures
A Welcome of Winter and the New Solar Year
Friday, December 21, 2007, 7-9 pm
Meeting House, First Unitarian Society (FUS)
900 University Bay Drive, Madison, Wisconsin
Greater Madison Area Annual Winter Solstice Celebration
Co-sponsored by Circle Sanctuary & Madison CUUPS
- Costumed Yuletide characters:
** Cailleach ** Holly King ** Oak King ** LaBefana ** Isis ** Yuletide Faery ** Luna ** Yule Elf ** Lucina ** Santa **
- Storytelling:
Pageant Yuletide Story narrated by Lori Skelton
The First Song - A Tale of How Yule Got Its Name narrated by Peggy Burke
Christmas in Ireland by Cecilia Farran
Yi, the Sun Goddess of the Karraur People by Nancy Vedder-Shults
Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year by Selena Fox
- Candlelight Meditation for World Peace - facilitated by Selena Fox
- Music:
Ballad of a Dragon Reborn by Nancy Vedder-Shults
Light is Returning by Ruth Barrett
Lucina Lullaby by Ruth Barrett
Noel Nouvoulet by Lori Skelton
Auld Lang Syne by Michael Doran
Yuletide Fairy Song by Basia
- Drumming & more!
Open to the Public
Doors open at 6:30 pm. The program begins at 7:00 pm.
Charity Food Drive
Participants are asked to bring canned goods for the charity food drive.
Food donated will feed the rural poor, and will be donated to the Barneveld Food Pantry.
Suggested donation $10/adult and $5/youth, with proceeds benefiting the nature preservation work of Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve & First Unitarian Society (FUS) Building Fund.
Please bring:
- at least 3 cans of food for our food drive
- a bell to ring in the season
- a drum/rattle to play (optional)
- if possible, wear something in the traditional Yuletide colors of red, green, and/or white
- adults are welcome to bring children, but no childcare is available
PARKING:
Due to FUS expansion, parking next to the Meeting House is limited this year. However, additional parking is available at Doctors Park nearby.
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