Kudos for “Christmas Memories”…

I’ve been hearing good things around the streets & around the island, and you have, too…here’s a nice writeup by Diana Stepita, who loved the show:

An Old Fashioned Welsh Christmas in the San Juan Juans!

Having spent most of my Christmases past where snow drifts and subfreezing temperatures herald the holiday season, unearthing my Christmas spirit in the temperate marine environment of the San Juans can be challenging.

This year’s inspiration came last night at Roche Harbor Pavilion with Island Stage Left’s charming holiday production “Christmas Memories” – a compilation of the writings of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas adapted by Helen Machin-Smith. The piece features the amazingly talented Dan Mayes who – with only a change of inflection, accent and countenance – can make his audience believe he is anyone from a small Welsh boy to a tipsy postman or a roomful of cigar-smoking uncles.

Joy Van Camp joins her lovely voice with Dan’s in some memorable songs of the era. On the night our family attended, audience members joined in more than once!

If you’re searching for the spirit of Christmas you’ll find it in front of the fireplace at Roche Harbor Pavilion. The remaining performances are on Tuesday, December 21; Wednesday, December 22 and Thursday, December 23 at 7:30 p.m.; and at 4 and 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

The Christmas Eve performances are by reservation only and nearly sold out – call 360.378.5649 for reservations.

As with all Island Stage Left productions, admission is free but please contribute what you can to allow these talented professionals to continue to bring the Christmas spirit to the San Juans!
Diana Stepita

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