{"id":6492,"date":"2021-12-11T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2024-10-30T19:28:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T02:28:38","slug":"invitation-to-a-magical-winter-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/invitation-to-a-magical-winter-solstice\/","title":{"rendered":"Invitation to a magical Winter Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 16px;\">CHRISTMAS IN CORNUCOPIA<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0A town so beautiful it inspired songs and stories since &#8216;time immemorial&#8217;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The story toured British Columbia and Washington state to excellent reviews, and was broadcast on CBC national and regional radio numerous times. This recording features beautiful four-part harmonies by <strong><em>After Hours<\/em><\/strong>, a Sunshine Coast vocal jazz quartet, singing Christmas favourites in and out as background to the story. Locals Patrice Pollack, Brian Harbison, Brian Corbett and Mary Ellen Scribner were members of this group and the recording was produced at White Line Studios in Gibsons with Dave Kelln.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Skating-shot.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3592\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Skating-shot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Skating-shot.png 275w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Skating-shot-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">CORNUCOPIA traces a child&#8217;s love for ice skating back to a moonlit moment on a dangerous frozen lake on Christmas Eve. An ode to creativity, the story reaches back into her childhood and her relationship with her best friend Marnie, who loves to play the drums, but is not encouraged by her family to play. Both girls become women as the town changes and they follow their separate fates, only to be reunited on the same dangerous, frozen lake of Christmas Present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Performed by Caitlin Hicks, with sound design by Gord Halloran.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/black-chair-under-white-snow1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-777\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/black-chair-under-white-snow1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/black-chair-under-white-snow1.jpg 604w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/black-chair-under-white-snow1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">&#8220;What a beautiful performance you gave and I was surprised by how great <strong>After Hours<\/strong> sounded. \u00a0You are a brilliant\u00a0storyteller!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">I would do this again with you in a heartbeat!&#8221; <\/span>Patrice Pollack, singer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/21452552\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/a93a3a\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHRISTMAS IN CORNUCOPIA \u00a0A town so beautiful it inspired songs and stories since &#8216;time immemorial&#8217; The story toured British Columbia and Washington state to excellent reviews, and was broadcast on CBC national and regional radio numerous times. 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