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The Hartland Winter Solstice Holiday Show, performed on December 21, 2025 at Damon Hall, by Hartland Community Arts.

00:00 -- Video Start + HCA Choir
19:15 -- Poem from Dan Patterson
24:46 -- Joy to the World on Flute, Bass Guitar, and Piano
30:15 -- Scrap Jacket Rhyme
33:53 -- Oh Holy Night (substitute from Chiho)
37:18 -- Excerpt from A Christmas Carol, from Phil Donahue
46:41 -- Piano and Organ
49:37 -- How the Grinch BORROWED Christmas
54:01 -- Winter Solstice Poem
56:21 -- Piano Solo
58:45 -- HCA Choir closes the show

Pre-show music ——— Janet L. Hewes and Jim Driesch

"Bidi Bon"

Words and Music by David Eddleman

"Something Told the Wild Geese"

Words by Rachel Field, Music by Sherri Porterfield

"Winter Dream"

Words and Music by Jerry Estes

"In the Bleak Midwinter"

Words by Christina Rossetti, Music by Ruth Morris Gray

"A Winter Noel"

Words and Music by Dave and Jean Perry

"Ballad of the Winter Trees"

Words and Music by Amy F. Bernon

——— Hartland Solstice Choir

"The Christmas Eve Ritual"

Story by Daniel Patterson ——— Daniel L. Patterson

"Ode to Joy"

Music by Bob Quadra, with improvisations rooted in Beethoven and Handel ——— Bob Quadra with Ian Quaderer

"Edgar Alan Poem"

Poems by Peter Kaufman ——— Peter Kaufman with Nancy Conte

"Must the Winter Come so Soon"

Music by Samuel Barber ——— Emma Caffrey with Janet L. Hewes

"A Christmas Carol" (excerpt)

Story by Charles Dickens ——— Bill Donahue

"Ave Maria"

Music by J.S. Bach/Charles Gounod ——— Janet L. Hewes and Linda Hoover

"How the Grinch Borrowed Christmas"

Story by Erik van Eck ——— Hartland Solstice Players

"The Light of Winter Solstice"

——— Julie Abernethy

"Sure on this Shining Night"

Music by Samuel Barber ——— Jonathan Denham

"Winter Canon" (with "In the Bleak Midwinter")

Based on a melody by Thomas Tallis, arranged by Andy Beck ——— Hartland Solstice Choir


HARTLAND SOLSTICE CHOIR
Director: Rebecca Wood

Accompanist: Carol Cronce

Soprano: Andrea Ambros, Jennifer Grant, Christine Hauck, Chiho Kaneko, Caroline Lee, Torgun Sanders

Alto: Cindy Bateman, Nicki Buck, Molly Delaney, Harriet Dumas, Nancy Pedrick, Olivia Tyler

Tenor: Richard Waddell

Bass: Rob Anderegg, Pierre Fournier, Bryan Upton

HARTLAND SOLSTICE PLAYERS
Cast: Erik van Eck, Traci Joy, Charuni Mason, Maya Mason, Dean Silver, Isaac Silver

Narrator: RJ Crowley

PRODUCTION
Creative Team: HCA Board (Shari Altman, Julie Abernethy, Christine Hauck, Chiho Kaneko, John Lehet, Prue Merton, Daniel Patterson) and RJ Crowley

Production Manager: Chiho Kaneko

Tech Wizard: Daniel Patterson

House Manager: Shari Altman

Special thanks to:
The Town of Hartland for the use of Damon Hall

The First Congregational Church UCC Hartland for providing space for the choir rehearsals

JAM (Junction Arts & Media) for archiving our show

Yujin Silver for hand-crafting the Grinch mask