The Winter Solstice in Story and Song

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with this beloved Boston (JP) area event, a theatrical storytelling of legends of light, interwoven with folkloric and original music and song. Traditional tales of the longest night include the beautiful Scandinavian myth: Balder and the Mistletoe, humorous English Wassail stories, and Evergreen legends from the Cherokee and the Swiss. Master storyteller Diane Edgecomb offers a fascinating look at the stories behind winter holiday traditions while songs evocative of the season and lovely instrumental melodies played by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain and multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan round out the event. This year, the performance marks the release of the trio’s new double-album: “The Winter Solstice in Story and Song” with an accompanying booklet on Winter Solstice traditions. Information on the CD release and the Performance can be found on the artist website: www.LivingMyth.com

About Diane Edgecomb: Winner of the Oracle Award for Storytelling Excellence in the Northeast and the national Circle of Excellence award, Diane is known for the passion and depth of her work whether embodying a true story or bringing renewed meaning to traditional tales. A transformational teller with a rich background in the theatre arts, Diane’s dynamic storytelling embraces elements of theatre, movement and song bringing each piece vividly to life. Her work has been featured on NPR and has toured both at home and internationally where it received four and five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

“A storyteller in the grand tradition, Edgecomb is a virtuoso of the spoken word…an entire cast rolled into one!” Publisher’s Weekly