Celtic Yuletide

I firmly believe that every parent has the desire to instill the 'finer' things in their children, one of which is the Arts. I LOVE the theater. LOVE IT. Musicals, plays...I've seen quite a few of them too (my all time favourite play is Miss Saigon!). I get this desire to pass on my love of the arts to my kids even more so during the holidays. So the OBVIOUS choice is to give the kids some culture all wrapped in a Christmas theme!

I bought tickets a few months ago to 'Celtic Yuletide'. The write up said it would be of an Irish theme (duh!) with music, story telling and Irish dancing, all along a Christmas theme of course. PERFECT!

So Wednesday night, I made everyone dress up (for the boys-Mark,Sam and Ben this meant anice shirt with their jeans!) and off we went.

What a show! It was AWESOME! Two 45 minute programs with an intermission. So not so long that the kids would be bored, but not so short that I was left feeling I hadn't really been to the theater. It was at the Admiral Theater here in town, which is one of those old historical restored buildings from way back. SUCH a nice venue! And there was indeed music and dancing and story telling. We learned how to say Merry Christmas in Gaelic (don't ask!) and 'hupped' and 'wahooed' and clapped the night away. The kids ALL loved it and in fact expressed the desire to make it a part of our 'family Christmas tradition'!

It was a successful venture into the Arts to say the least. And a very nice way to spend an evening prior to Christmas!

Now I am looking for our next foray into the cultured world! :)

Hugs to all,
Jaye