Mountaintop Music and Moonstories

A magical moon-rise evening of music and stories atop Mount Buchanan.

Every civilization in the history of the earth has gazed upon the same moon.  But tonight, you will experience a moonrise like no other.  Witness the moon rise over the Purcell Mountains atop Mount Buchanan near Kaslo, BC, while hearing first-hand why the moon has captivated civilizations for millennia from a professional story-teller, complemented by a local and accomplished musical duo.   You are in for a magical evening of enchantment and lore, Kootenay-style.

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“The moon lives in the lining of your skin. “ Pablo Neruda

From Luna the Roman moon goddess, to astronauts who have walked on it, to the lunar effect that supposedly makes us all a little nuts during the full moon—we all have stories and interpretations of our earth’s constant dance partner in the sky.  In “Mountaintop Music and Moonstories“ , you will have the chance to experience a moonrise like no other, peeking just over the Purcell mountains and growing ever stronger into the night.  In the perfect darkness atop Mount Buchanan, you will “feel” the moon differently and wholly.  In a style akin to Stuart McLean and the Vinyl Cafe, you will hear moon-themed stories and lore from local and captivating story-teller Barry Gray, punctuated with sensuous and captivating live music by Freya*, an outstanding guitar-violin duo.  All this served with nourishing snacks and warm drinks will surely put you in a state of bliss that will make your day, week, month, or year.   Long live the moon…..

*NOTE: September 21st date will feature guitarist Noel Fudge, one half of the Freya duo.

Details/Good to Know:

• Length of time: 4 hours
• 5 pm-9 pm
• Physical Challenge Rating: low
• Held outdoors
• Good footwear suggested
• Come prepared for cold (near freezing temperatures), wind, or rain

 What’s Included:

• Transportation provided from Kaslo
• Snacks and drinks (locally prepared)
• 2 hour live show
• Show seating

Booking Info:

• 12 persons max*/event
• Please contact us for private or special group bookings
• Price: Adult: $95 plus GST  |  Youth 12 -18: $85 plus GST

*A minimum number of guests from one or multiple groups are required for this experience to be offered. Please see experience small print.

 

About Barry Gray, Experience Collaborator

Barry Gray has been telling stories most of his life, and formally, publicly for 30 years. Schools, seniors facilities, festivals, and many private and public events are a staple for him but this is the first time telling on a mountaintop! Barry is a founding member of the Nelson Storytelling Guild and lives in Harrop, BC.  

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About Freya, Experience Collaborator

Named after the Norse goddess of love, Freya is a musical duo that emanates the essence of their namesake with every note.  With intertwining melodies and exquisite harmonies, the duo has taken their serendipitous convergence and created a distinct and original flavour that evokes the passion, anguish and natural beauty that rests at the heart of their music.  Noel Fudge combines fingerpicking, strumming, percussive techniques and a range of alternative tunings that together demonstrate compositional mastery and stand alone as stunning, but invite the intricately woven string melodies of partner/co-writer Martine denBok.  Known primarily as an accomplished classically trained musician and Principal Second Violinist of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, her lush, sensuous tone and melodic characters will pull at all kinds of your heart strings. Together, the duo form an unmistakably unique sound that is fresh, and timeless.   Noel and Martine live in New Denver, BC on the shores of the Slocan Lake. https://www.fortheloveoffreya.ca/  

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