Winter Solstice at Open Space

A large-scale community event is planned for the evening of the winter solstice, Dec. 21, 2012, at Open Space. Called "The Beginning" and dubbed a "Party/Performance/Community Ritual", it’s the brainchild of Martha Enson and Kevin Joyce, aka EnJoy Productions.
It’s all all-ages, alcohol free event, and will include staged and roving performances by a wide variety of Vashon and off-island talent, comedy, myth and story, altar-making, live music, and many interactive surprises.
"So much as been made of the Mayan calendar, and the "end of the world"...however wrongly it has been interpreted, there’s tremendous energy and expectation built up around that date", says Joyce.
Enson adds: "Our idea was to turn the fear on its head and create a community event that was all about the power of the Imagination to create the future we want."
The event is part celebration, part show, and part interactive ritual – "but without getting too woo-woo", Joyce points out. It will be very accessible, fun, and user friendly. For example, there will be a large, free dessert buffet (and an Eat Dessert First sign!), the creation of a large-scale altar that represents our dreams for the future, and the invitation to write what you’re happy to leave in the past on pieces of paper that then get burnt.
Performers already lined up include the band Avaza, Lelavision, Steffon and Arlette Moody, Storyteller Michael Meade, Martha Enson and Esther Edelman, Lynelle Sjoberg, David Godsey and Janet McAlpin, and Cirque du Soleil veteran Laeticia Bodin.
Eventgoers are encouraged to bring their dancing shoes, a costume to express their dreams for the future, and bring warm clothes too, as the event will take guests outside as well. The event begins at 8pm. All ages welcome. Tickets are $10 at available at Brown Paper Tickets.