Winter Solstice
Resident Bob Cothran painting the stage backdrop he designed in the weeks before the production
Residents in the Stephens Care Center work with children from Kendal Early Learning to decorate song sheets for the performance
Staff and residents in the Stephens Care Center gather to decorate program booklets
Ted Nowick removes the sun from the set at the beginning of the solstice program
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Herb Henke brings the moon into the auditorium, followed by Angie Amato as St. Lucia
The Solstice Chorale with writer and narrator Meg Gold at the start of the program
Joanne Busiel reads The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
Allen Huszti as King Wenceslaus and June Swartout as his page
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The Kendal Bell Choir performs as part of the solstice program
The Solstice Chorale performs
Herb Henke reads the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland
Soloist and director Robert Taylor performs “Gloucestershire Wassail” with the Chorale
Fern Ingersoll reads “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
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The Kendal Trio – Jane Hannauer, Jane Nord and Wilma Weber – perform a medley of folk songs
Music director Helen Taylor leading the Solstice Chorale
Donna Baznik reads “Masters of the Winter Solstice”, a Chinese folk tale
George and Jane Hannauer perform “Song of the Seasons”
Writer and narrator Meg Gold offered background information throughout the program
Ray LeGrand reads “Thanksgiving”
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