COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED this past Sunday at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater for “Solstice in the Shire,” a celebration of the winter solstice. The occasion made the most of the shortest day of the year with a variety of activities that included dancing, above, and creating popcorn garlands and edible ornaments to adorn an evergreen tree in the Maloney Plaza, below. Sunday’s event also featured holiday treats and an interactive performance of solstice stories.
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A COUPLE HUNDRED singers and instrumentalists kicked of the week of Christmas by joining together at the Congregational Church of Middlebury on Sunday afternoon to perform the “The Messiah,” a 1741 musical composition by George Frederic Handel. Jeff Rehbach, who started the 40-year-old tradition, conducted the moving work that perfectly set the tone for this joyous season.
Independent photos/Steve James
A COUPLE HUNDRED singers and instrumentalists kicked of the week of Christmas by joining together at the Congregational Church of Middlebury on Sunday afternoon to perform the “The Messiah,” a 1741 musical composition by George Frederic Handel. Jeff Rehbach, who started the 40-year-old tradition, conducted the moving work that perfectly set the tone for this joyous season.
Independent photos/Steve James
A Bridge School Language Arts Class writes and performs an annual play, which this year was staged at the Middlebury elementary school on Dec. 18. Titled “Crime, Hair and Punishment,” the students’ work deals with the chaos that ensues when bandits steal the king’s hair, and the town and its detectives try to solve the crime. Students pictured include Scout Ferritto, Mari Voorhees, Gus & Theo Halter, Ethan Claflin, Liam Steward, Calvin Quackenbush, Hayden Bowdish, Ava Marcotte, Charlotte & Poppy Hanson, Sam Gardner, Miles McQuade and Ely Marcotte.
Photos by Jen Grilly
DURING A DREAM Program mural-making event at Middlebury College this month, local youngster Nate Lussier displays that number that keeps showing up everywhere these days.
Independent photo/Steve James
A Bridge School Language Arts Class writes and performs an annual play, which this year was staged at the Middlebury elementary school on Dec. 18. Titled “Crime, Hair and Punishment,” the students’ work deals with the chaos that ensues when bandits steal the king’s hair, and the town and its detectives try to solve the crime. Students pictured include Scout Ferritto, Mari Voorhees, Gus & Theo Halter, Ethan Claflin, Liam Steward, Calvin Quackenbush, Hayden Bowdish, Ava Marcotte, Charlotte & Poppy Hanson, Sam Gardner, Miles McQuade and Ely Marcotte.
Photos by Jen Grilly
A Bridge School Language Arts Class writes and performs an annual play, which this year was staged at the Middlebury elementary school on Dec. 18. Titled “Crime, Hair and Punishment,” the students’ work deals with the chaos that ensues when bandits steal the king’s hair, and the town and its detectives try to solve the crime. Students pictured include Scout Ferritto, Mari Voorhees, Gus & Theo Halter, Ethan Claflin, Liam Steward, Calvin Quackenbush, Hayden Bowdish, Ava Marcotte, Charlotte & Poppy Hanson, Sam Gardner, Miles McQuade and Ely Marcotte.
Photos by Jen Grilly
TENLYN WETZEL OF Ripton looks pleased with the decoration she created with apples, popcorn and cranberries to hang on the Christmas tree at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater during this past Sunday’s solstice celebration.
Independent photo/Steve James