Hello! We were so honored to play the Holiday Party at our favorite Brooklyn shop, Park Delicatessen in Prospect Heights. Seriously, go there and buy some awesome stuff, cause all their stuff is that. Awesome. What else is awesome? Yule. Yule is the original Christmas, the Pagan celebration that honors this dark and cold time of year and brings the light inside. We worked hard to get our song about Yule ready in time for the show, which we did, and would like to share with you. We also performed our explorational movement piece to the classic "Silent Night." Here it is:'Tis the time of the greatest darkness and the longest night of the year
Vanquish of the Holly King, the god of the waning year
Queen of the cold darkness giving birth to the child of promise
He is reborn of the goddess and the dying Solar year
The Yule wheel turns, the Yule log burns
This Solstice night, bring dark to light
Red and green, White and gold
Cinnamon, Mistletoe....
The sleigh is the Solar chariot, the horns of the horned god
The land of Shadows
Where death in life becomes life in death
We wish ye health and grace
We wish ye health and grace
Holly on the altar, ashes from the pine
Invite brightness inside
Toasts of cider, ale and wine
Ring the bells it's Christmas time...
..and Hannukah too. As well as Kwanzaa.
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us and to Park Deli for being so rad and to the Universe for bringing it all together. Happy Yule!
Top photo by the beautiful Danielle Post
