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Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas… - A Seasonal Celebration in Song & Story

Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town)

“Halloween isn’t the only time for ghosts and ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter’s tales were part of the Christmas season, often told after dinner, over port or coffee.” - Michael Dirda Mr. Dirda, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic for the Washington Post, is quite correct. But in truth the tradition of ghostly tales in the Winter Season goes back even further. One of the earliest references to this ancient tradition appears in William Shakespeare’s play “A Winter’s Tale”, where Prince Mamillius proposes to tell the court a story: “A sad tale’s best for winter: I have one Of sprites and goblins…” And he begins the story with these lines: “There was a man dwelt by a churchyard…”. Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” is firmly in this custom, with the subtitle: “In Prose, being a Ghost Story of Christmas”. Here on the Lost Coast the tradition has flourished well with the annual Christmas show of our own wandering spectre, the storytelling spirit Carpathian. Once again he’ll be gathering his human friends Paul Woodland, Lisa Sharry and Howard Emerson for “HAVE YOURSELF A SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS… - A Seasonal Celebration in Song & Story” Saturday, December 17 at Old Town Coffee & Chocolates, and everyone’s invited! The festivities begin at 7:00pm, and cheer will be readily available… Carpathian has appeared at numerous film festivals, Renaissance Faires, haunted attractions, libraries, conventions and other venues throughout the United States, and was a featured presence for ten years at The Six Flags America FRIGHT FEST in Largo, MD, leading his company The Patient Creatures. He was nominated in 2003 for a Rondo Hatton Award for Special Presentation and in 2002 for Outstanding Media Presentation for his CD, “3 Tales of Carpathian;” his stories run the gamut from classic campfire tales to macabre fables. Paul Woodland is known as the Mad River Raconteur and Arcata’s Garrison Keillor to the faithful listeners of his popular radio storytelling program “The Whippy Dip Radio Show,” heard every Sunday evening at 6:30 on KHSU 90.5 FM or on the Internet at KHSU.org. Paul has been storytelling professionally at hospitals, schools, senior centers and national parks for over 16 years, and he gained valuable storytelling experience while working in Sonoma County as a park ranger, creating compelling campfire programs. Lisa C. Sharry is a singer/songwriter/guitarist living in Eureka, Ca. She currently plays solo acoustic guitar, and over the past 30 years has played both guitar and bass in numerous venues with various Humboldt County bands with styles ranging from Old Time to Rock to Punk. We’ve been pleased to have her share her talents at our Halloween Extravaganzas and Tellabration. You can find videos of her songs on her YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/LCSmusic/featured. Howard “Howdy” Emerson is an accomplished master of the wire-strung Celtic harp. A musician since his childhood in Southern California, his music is an eclectic mix of traditional Irish and Scottish airs as well as American folk ballads, a variety of popular tunes, and his own compositions and improvisations. He has played in a variety of venues on the East and West Coast, and has four recordings of his Celtic harp music, among them a collection titled “Seasonal Hymns for Thanksgiving & Christmas. Join us at Old Town Coffee & Chocolates for some silly, scary seasonal fun. Have some hot cocoa and candy, and bundle up against a chill that may have little to do with the temperature, for the weather outside won’t be the only thing frightful! We’ll see you there!

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• Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town)

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