- AN APPRECIATIVE CROWD of adults and other youngsters came to see Town Hall Theater’s Winter Solstice performance that wrapped up just as the shortest day of the year came to an end. Independent photo/Steve James
- BARBARA PAULSEN OF the Vermont-based No Strings Attached Marionette Company worked with local children to create puppets for the Town Hall Theater’s Winter Solstice celebration early this week. Independent photo/Steve James
- THE SOLSTICE SPECTACLE came together out of a series of workshops and classes on lantern and puppet making, plus theater creation, by Barbara Paulsen, Claire Tebbs and Lindsay Pontius (pictured). Independent photo/Steve James
- KIDS MARKED THE winter solstice late Tuesday afternoon with a pageant featuring lanterns, puppets and a play about St. George and the Dragon — all in front of Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater. Independent photo/Steve James
- LOCAL KIDS PERFORMED earlier this week in Town Hall Theater’s outdoor Winter Solstice play based on the legend of St. George and the Dragon. Independent photo/Steve James
- KAISA REMSEN SHOWS off the dragon puppet she made for Town Hall Theater’s Winter Solstice celebration earlier this week. Independent photo/Steve James
- AT A WINTER solstice celebration in front of Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Tuesday, just as the sun set on the shortest day of the year, local youngsters perform a play inspired by the British legend of St. George and the Dragon. Independent photo/Steve James