This year marks the l9lst birthday of Charles Dickens and everyone is invited to a celebration in honor of him and his immortal novels. This Sunday, February 2, at 2:00 p.m., the Friends of Clark Park, with the help of the Cherry Tree Music Co-Op, will present an afternoon of Dickensian entertainment. The free festivities will take place at USP's Griffith Hall, near 43rd and Kingsessing Avenue, across the street from Rosenberger Hall, and not far from the park's famous statue of "Dickens and Little Nell."
The festivities begin with Victorian fanfare. In Dickens' day no public ceremony would have been complete without a brass band. All kinds of communities -- country towns and urban neighborhoods; mines, mills, and labor unions; churches and chapels -- sponsored this important part of popular culture during the Industrial Revolution. Susan Watts (trumpet), Rachel Lemisch (trombone) and Jay Krush (tuba) will perform typical music from this repertoire. We're able to present these talented musicians at the Dickens Birthday Party thanks to the Cherry Tree Music Co-Op. Actress Ceil Mann will present, "The Bastille Prisoner," from "A Tale of Two Cities," Dickens' novel about the French Revolution. "The Bastille Prisoner" is one of the readings Dickens performed onstage when he toured on both sides of the Atlantic. University City resident Nina Hope will also join us with a reading from "Great Expectations." After the program and some great refreshments, all are invited to walk to the Dickens statue to decorate the heads of Little Nell and her creator with wreaths of memory. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
