A FULL DAY FESTIVAL FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ENTER THE CATHEDRAL
JOIN THE CELEBRATION
9:45 a.m. - 10 p.m.
St. Nicholas Day, Saturday, December 6, 2008
Music, Theatre, Poetry, Storytelling, Walks, Talks, Comedy, Dance, Workshops, and a Craft Fair
Randy Weston
With almost 100 artists and musicians and a variety of workshops, plan to spend a couple of hours or the entire day.
Programs and activities will entertain, engage, inspire and provoke. From bagpipes and African drums to Tibetan horns, fringe theatre and storytelling to performance art, no-holds-barred comedy and jazz to circus mayhem, the day will bring The Cathedral to life with music, words and ideas.
You can also start your holiday shopping at this year's Crafts at the Cathedral fair in Synod Hall. Thousands of one of- a-kind gifts have been created by more than 60 exhibiting artisans and craftspeople.
The Full Day Festival begins the Cathedral's Launch Year (through 2009). The Festival will herald what is to come while offering time to admire the restoration of the building and to enjoy the Cathedral's beloved, long-running programs - including the annual Paul Winter Solstice Concerts, The New Year's Eve Cathedral Concert For Peace, Early Music New York, The Jessye Norman Sacred Ellington Concert, and The New York Philharmonic Memorial Day Free Concert. There will be many reasons to visit, including—thanks to the Florence Gould Foundation—three concerts featuring the Great Organ, and a monthly program Close Reading: Spotlight on Cathedral Arts.
All Day Events, Workshops And Activites Especially for Children and Families:
The Department of Public Education and ACT will offer OrigamiUSA Origami Workshops, Medieval Arts, Brass Rubbing, and Festive Costume Workshops as well as Face Painting, Supervised Sports, Divine Parties, Mask Making with the Church of the Holy Apostle, and Visiting Winter Animals. Free Highlights and Vertical Tours will be offered every half-hour beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting until 5:30 p.m.
(Schedules subject to change.)
9:45 a.m. Opening Festivities: Parades to the Cathedral
Children and adults are invited to join the Parades!
RALPH LEE and the METTAWEE THEATRE COMPANY
ANIYIKAYE YORUBA CEREMONIAL DRUMS
BIG APPLE CIRCUS
KOTCHEGNA DANCE COMPANY
VENERABLE GYALTSEN CHOPEL & VENERABLE PEMA DORJE, NECHUNG FND.
THE GONG MASTER, DON CONREAUX
FDNY EMERALD SOCIETY OF PIPES AND DRUMS
THE CATHEDRAL'S AEOLIAN-SKINNER GREAT ORGAN
10:30 a.m.
KEWULAY “FINAH” KAMARA and BADENYA: EPIC TALES FROM WEST AFRICA
Abdoulaye Diaba, Voice; Misa Saram, Voice; Famoro Dioubate, Bala; Ibrahim Camara, Drums; Mangue Sylla, Dundun; Dionne Kamara, Dancer; Amina Heckstall, Dancer; Amoti Nyanbongo, Base; Yocouba Sissoko, Kora.
11 a.m.
RACHEL TRACHTENBURG, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
RED BASTARD, Clown & Bouffon
DZIECI, International Theater Company
LAURA SIMMS, Storyteller
ALLESANDRA BELLONI and I GIULLARI DE PIAZZA DANCE COMPANY
12 noon
MASTER LEE, Storyteller
BROTHER EARL, Storyteller
ELIZABETH DEVLIN, Song Writer, Singer and Autoharp Player
1 p.m.
OMEGA DANCE COMPANY, Tibetan Bowls
MISTER PATRICK, StoryTeller
VADO DIOMANDE AND KOTCHEGNA DANCE COMPANY, traditional dance from the Ivory Coast
CHING CHONG SONG, Saw Piano
DON CONREAUX, GONG MASTER, AND THE OPEN MUSIC ENSEMBLE
1:45 p.m.
THE FOOLS, Musicians and Parodists
KELLY DWYER, Performance Artist
TED GREENBERG, Comedian
ANN BETTISON ENZMINGER, Singer
KASIM ALLAH, Poet and Musician
LETICIA VELORIA, Poet
THE HERRING MAVENS, Acoustical Guitarists
DEBE DALTON, Musician and Singer
2 p.m.
SCIENCE AROUND THE KITCHEN with Steve “The Dirtmeister” Tomecek
3 p.m.
ANIYIKAYE YORUBA TALKING DRUMMERS
3:15 p.m.
PHILIPPE PETIT will draw his Magic Circle in the Nave and present his Street-Juggling performance in an homage to medieval jesters.
3:30 p.m.
MIKE ALBO, Storyteller
NADIA MOUSSA & The Five Elements Dance Company, Visionary Belly Dancing
MARTIN DOCKERY, Storyteller
TONI BLACKMAN, Poet
JAYNE CORTEZ, Poet
SYLVAIN LEROUX and BAYLOR DIALLO, Fula Flutes
SAMANTHA JONES, Comedian
SHAPPY SEAHOLTZ, Poet
ERIC KIRCHBERGER, Comedian
STEVE ZEITLIN, Urban Folklorist
JOHN HOUX, Musician
NICOLE J. HOMER, Poet
EMILY HOPE PRICE, Cellist
CHRIS MAHER, Musician
SHAUNA LANE, Comedian
5 p.m.
JALIYA Sylvain Leroux and Baylo Bah, Fula Flutes; Kevin Nathanial Hylton, Mbira and Percussion; Members of BADENYA.
RASHIDA ISMAILI, Poet
M. LAMAR, Musician
FRANCIS HALL, Storyteller
ANIYIKAYE YORUBA CEREMONIAL DRUMS
MASTER LEE, Storyteller, and LARKIN GRIMM, Musician
SANDRA RIVERA, Flamenco Dancer
RANDY WESTON, Composer and Pianist
DAVID YAZBEK, Composer and Pianist, "His Warmest Regards"
7:30 p.m.
The Cathedral's Aeolian-Skinner Great Organ
8 p.m.
Frederick Renz, Early Music New York:
A Baroque Christmas - Ballads, Carols, Noels & Villancicos
Tickets available at www.earlymusicny.org
(Schedules subject to change.)
And this is just the beginning. Come back to celebrate
*The Cathedral Christmas Concert, Saturday, December 13
*The Winter Solstice with the Paul Winter Consort and Friends
from December 18th – December 20th.
*The New Years Eve Concert for Peace, December 31
