Vulture Sister Song: Artist-in-Residence Performance at Vermont’s National Park on Thursday 7/11, 5:00pm-6:30pm
Join us for the first after hours program of the season at Marsh-Billings-
Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, VT, Vulture Sister
Song<https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=ECB905A8-EEA1-E4D9-8ADCC5D11FDB3864>!
Free, family-friendly event, recommended ages 5+. Bring a picnic, blanket/
chairs, and your beverages of choice (alcohol permitted) and enjoy a beautiful
summer evening in the mansion
gardens<https://www.nps.gov/places/gardens-at-marsh-billings-rockefeller-nhp.htm>.
Parking is at Billings Farm & Museum. Limited accessible parking behind the
mansion (follow signs). There will also be an accessibility shuttle going
between the Billings Farm parking lot and gardens between 4:45pm-5:15pm.
Vulture Sister Song is an interdisciplinary performance organized by 2024
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Artist-in-Residence and
Upper Valley dance artist Ellen Smith Ahern, in collaboration with musicians,
writers and dancers from around the country: Pete Dybdahl, Kate Elias, Jacob
Elias & Josina Guess. The project includes live performance and an
accompanying guidebook of illustrations, stories, and environmental education.
The project includes live performance, an accompanying guidebook of
illustrations, stories, and environmental education, engaging community
workshops and partnerships with local organizations in each venue.
Touring nationally, Vulture Sister Song has folks imagining, questioning and
singing along.
Feedback from audiences 8 to 80 years old is joyful and curious:
· “An amazing convergence of presence and sensory web making.”
· “It was weird but a good kind of weird.”
· “Beautiful and thought-provoking. Dream-expanding.”
· “I think about vultures so differently since seeing this performance!”
Check out the trailer <https://vimeo.com/785972494> & visit Vulture Sister
Song<https://vulturesistersong.wordpress.com/> to learn more!
