The Winter Solstice in Story and Song has been a beloved performance event here in our home base of Boston for over twenty years and now we want to bring it to the world. We’ve been working to make this new album a real treasure that you can make a part of your winter holiday traditions and share with family and friends, but we can’t do it without you! Your support will make this album possible and fund some of our costly studio and editing time. We’ve put together some wonderful reward options to say thank you, and each level of support includes a hard copy of the album.
The Winter Solstice in Story and Song features Diane’s beautifully rendered adaptations of timeless traditional tales including the Scandinavian myth of Baldur and the Mistletoe, The Halcyon Birds of Peace from Greece, the Cherokee myth of the Evergreen, as well as humorous English Wassail traditions. Margot Chamberlain and Tom Megan accompany the tales with instrumental melodies and enhance the CD with original songs and traditional music evoking the warmth of the season. The 2-CD set is accompanied by a booklet which complements the stories with Winter Solstice traditions you can bring to your own home.
We’ve tried to create good fun reward options! Take a look:
Evergreen Supporters – Pre-order our album now! You’ll be helping us to make sure we have enough funding to cover our costs and be the first to receive this wonderful gift before it hits the markets next December.
Bayberry Candle Bearers – Spread the cheer! If you’d like to do more to help make this dream a reality we’re offering a special package with two signed albums. One for you and one for a gift. Free shipping to the US too! 2 two-CD sets plus US Shipping for only $50? Such a deal!
Wassail Revelers – Want to sing out your own tale? The free story-coaching perk and CD release gala tickets offered to Wassail Revelers is a great value for story lovers who want to celebrate our album release AND delve into their own stories. Diane has coached newbies as well as top professional tellers alike and this Skype session is guaranteed to be fun and fulfilling. Or package up your coaching session as a gift to a friend! Our Boston area CD release gala will include a huge spread of yummy traditional Solstice food and drinks. We’re pulling all the stops out to make it a special time for friends and supporters to gather, dress up in gay apparel and sing some tunes after a festive performance featuring beloved pieces from our repertoire. Revelers are ensured a spot to join in the festivities and help welcome our newest CD. Live too far away to attend? We’ll be live-streaming the event for those who can’t make it – plus adding more time to your story coaching session!
Tradition Bearers – Have an entire recording session with your name attached to it! This donation gives us a full studio session and we’ll send you information, photos and other details on what your contribution has done. Have a favorite Solstice story from our repertoire? We would happily put your contribution to work on just that piece. Our thanks and gratitude to you will be acknowledged with your name in a special place in our CD booklet accompanying the album. You’ll also receive the benefits of all the other reward tiers, including a forty-five minute story coaching session and four tickets for you and friends to the Winter Solstice Album Release Gala next December. Live too far away to attend? We’ll be live-streaming the event for those who can’t make it – plus Diane will happily add in another complementary story coaching session to your award package!
Angels – Be the Light that helps sunrise come to this Solstice endeavor. Your donation will fund TWO recording sessions as well as help with production costs. If you have a favorite Solstice story from our repertoire, we’d happily put your contribution to work on just that piece! We’ll update you with news, photos and other details on the progress of the CD as well as how YOUR contribution has helped. Our thanks and gratitude to you will be acknowledged with your name in a special place in the CD booklet accompanying the album. You’ll also receive all benefits of the other reward tiers including four tickets for you and friends to the Winter Solstice Album Release Gala next December. Live too far away to attend? We’ll be live-streaming the event for those who can’t make it – plus Diane will happily add another complementary story coaching session! So, put on some festive producer wings and give us a hand bringing this album to life!
*** Please note: The National Storytelling Network (www.storynet.org) is offering their non-profit umbrella for checks earmarked for this project (Note: this does NOT apply to online credit card Kickstarter contributions)! For those who would like their donation to be tax deductible, please contact Diane Edgecomb at dedge (at) livingmyth.com to receive a tax-deductible donation form!
These Solstice stories and songs have been well-honed during our twenty year run of sold-out performances. The few stories we have recorded so far are absolute gems but studio sessions at an excellent recording studio are expensive and finances have been holding us back. We need funds to record additional stories, to mix and edit the material, to create the CD Booklet “Winter Solstice Traditions,” and other production hurdles. We’re reaching out in hopes of the financial support needed to complete this project. Won’t you join us as we complete the journey? Thanks for considering helping out. – Diane Edgecomb