A CHRISTMAS CALABASH! (2016)
The Lydian Singers
& Steel present...
A CHRISTMAS CALABASH!
Explore the
season of Christmas and togetherness through the folkloric symbol of a Calabash
- a Christmas Calabash!
This
Christmas, The Lydians will gather around the ‘Christmas Calabash’ as a musical
family to perform a range of traditional and newly composed original
selections. The concert will take place from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th
December 2016 at the Queen’s Hall Auditorium with tickets at TT$200 and several
discount specials available for seniors and junior patrons.
TTARP card holders have access to a
$25.00 discount on tickets for the Thursday 15th, Friday 16th
and Saturday 17th of December concerts, on presentation of their
membership cards and national identification card. All tertiary-level education
students have a chance to see the Thursday 15th show at a TT$175 ticket price on presentation of a valid student I.D. All ticket promotions are
available from the Queen’s Hall Box Office only.
Through
song, steel and dance, The Lydians will tell the story of ‘Mary and the Golden Calabash’. As the story unfolds, audience
members will be invited to gather together in music as The Lydians sing
joyfully of the birth of the Christ child. The concert will follow a creolized
reimagining of the journey of The Virgin Mary from the holy cradle to the
rushing river side, where a community will gather together in celebration to
laugh, sing and have a ball in celebration of the saviour's arrival.
For 'A
Christmas Calabash', an excerpt from the salsa mass, the Missa Salsera will be
performed, along with a special Lydian Steel performance of the samba-themed
Brazilian Sleigh bells. Original music
composed and arranged for the full choir, soloists and ensembles will be
premiered this year from Lydian Steel member and composer Astra Noel, eccentric
Jazz arranger Mark Brewster, Tobagonian Folk and Calypso arranger John Jacob,
young San Fernando composer Michael Hudlin and Gospel singer/songwriter Candice
Caton, along with excerpts from the works of Tchesnokoff, Handel and Bach.
The second half of the concert will feature a
Parang medley and a series of traditional Parang, French Creole ‘Creche’ songs,
Calypso and Soca Parang favourites at the river side with fantastic set design
by Gillian Bishop and costuming by Claudette Edwards inspired by the Peter Minshall
mas band of 1983 entitled 'River'.
The grand
finale of the show, will sweep audiences into the traditional season favourites
and standards along with the Hallelujah Chorus with Tassa drums and a
never-before seen surprise ending, proclaiming the greatness of God. Filled
with the magic of music, the golden calabash is a symbol of unity that will be
poured out to bring joy and return peace and community love to the land. May
this season of the Christmas Calabash bring joy and perspective and happiness
for the new year!
Venue: Queen's Hall Auditorium, Port of
Spain
Dates: Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th
December 2016
Times to be
announced
Tickets are currently available from The
Queen’s Hall Box Office (624-4281 Ext1), Signature 2000, Hotel Normandie
(624-2958), La Tropical Flower Shop, Patna Street St. James (628-0769), Home
Land Furnishings | Fabric Land - Piarco Plaza, Piarco (669-8626) -Gulf City
Mall, La Romaine (657-2220), High Street an Fernando (657-0178) and all members
of the Lydians or by calling the ticket hotlines: 338-602 or 268-9556. All other inquiries: thelydiansingers@yahoo.com
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