Speaking of trees . . .

Mar 5, 2025

Kate Howard sends us word of a lovely concert, the storytelling musical The Well Tree, featuring some her old friends from Northern Harmony.

Since our concert series this summer solstice is likely to be titled ‘What do the Tall Trees Say?’ (?sound familiar?) it seems apposite to be conveying news of a delightful concert presented by the Heartwood Trio (HeartwoodTrio.com) at the Moniaive Institute on Saturday the 14th of March at 7:00pm.
 

Join the trio for an all-ages, immersive, participatory journey through song and story. The Well Tree is a three-person musical, illustrated by a ‘crankie’ – an illuminated, papercut, hand-cranked scroll. It is an original ‘singing story’ about wild journeying and remembering kinship — the tale of a young woman moving beyond the fog of isolation to meet songbirds, snails and ancient trees as she travels through these unraveling times, finding her way home. The three members of Heartwood are the actors, musicians and the crew that runs the crankie —created by papercut artist Jennifer Jones – and audiences help sing pieces of the story.

Here’s a YouTube snippet of the The Well Tree presentation.
 
 
There’s a workshop in the afternoon from 3-5pm followed by a potluck supper at 6pm.  It looks like great fun for all the family, and it fits so well with the theme of this season’s songs that we’ve been learning!   The tickets are very reasonably priced too.
 
 
No need to book, just turn up at the door.