This is the year to join the new So Cal Dickens in Orange Count at the Winter Fest celebration in Orange County! (WinterFest OC 2018)
So many things to do! This year you'll walk through the winter wonderland AND head on to Fezziwig's to caper or jig. Discover the newly built Orange County Dickens' Village for your participation and surprise. Create a costume, a character, and get your jolly on while buying gifts and entertaining children. A perfect answer to a weekend or evening of local fun!
What it's about local and accessible holiday fun:
Whether you buy gifts or find your inner thespian, you'll have a good time, meet famous period characters and step into an historic recreation of Queen Victoria's world and Charles Dickens literary entourage.
You can bring all your friends in costume or street clothes. You can laugh, sing, waltz, polka, munch, and so much more.
You can wear your costume or rent one and join in the festivities. Carpool or drive and bring family and friends. You can dance at Fezziwig's and buy presents, drinks or hot cider. Make this an annual event and a must for cheering up the winter season!
Exploring an era gone by:
Get a sense of what you might wear by seeing the Briton Ensemble in Altadena, fresh from their No Cal tour, this weekend at the top of Lake Street.
You can shop for vintage rags on Lake Street and sing along at the end of the day with historic carols and new ditties all the while discussing what you will wear next week in Costa Mesa.
Create a character while you gather your guests, children and friends for your jaunt down to the Costa Mesa site. See old friends and wear the old. Buy "new vintage
or something newly invented, unique and artisan and lift your heart, your shins or your child to see the Queen.
Shop for Special Items:
Special gifts for the picking…For example, you could pick something up that is both unique and beautiful at vendor booths such as Off Kilter Kilts (now online and in Santa Clarita) who has designated that a part of their proceeds will go to help United Way of Greater LA help the wildfire victims.
Get your tickets for admission to the whole show: the Snow Summit and Dickens OC held at in Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 with the Group on coupon below.
https://www.groupon.com/deals/gl-winter-fest-socal-s-ultimate-winter-experience-2?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_dt_sea_bng_txt_ttt_sr_cbp_ch1_nbr_k*winterfest_m*bp_d*orange-county-RTC-KWService_g*RTC-KWService-gl-winter-fest-socal-s-ultimate-winter-experience-2-PHRASE_c*%7Bcreative%7D_ap*%7Badposition%7D_t*kwd-73667419231590:loc-71228&loc_physical_ms=44152&loc_interest_ms=&template=&msclkid=9d540ff4f9511dbc39a353e744e38293
Take a look:
Find out about Briton Ensemble and see examples of Victorian English garb:
www.facebook.com/events/260505121315047
Here's a quick review of the Briton Ensemble's Southern California appearances:
- Come to the Dickens Village site at Winter Fest and rejoice the holiday season.
- Or join in at the free Altadena Community Church Concert, December 16th; doors open 5:30pm, 6pm concert.
Get a shut out to England and back in an evening, afternoon or for a moment joining in a traditional Christmas carol:
Need a party to celebrate important friends and friends of friends? - Consider calling, texting, e-viting, and sewing bee crash costuming starting today! Please support the artists, the dynamic of theater in education, the fun of acting, and vending in an Oliver type of London Village. Make a short trip and experience the food, frolic, culture, and color that make the wonder and surprise of this new themed festival. Come one and all to Winter fest OC and get your Jingle Bells on whether at high tea, by singing along with the James Briton Hendricks or by presenting you in your best hat, hoop or tie. (Festival starts today, hours 12-10pm, parking, good for kids…check out the Winterfest OC site for map and information.)
Give thanks, enhance your wardrobe, or vocalize and sing tenor, soprano, alto or bass to a song you know and love:
Here are the Briton Ensemble Show Dates. Get your group on tickets, and make your costumes for December or January. Bring the whole family one and all. Whether tea, crumpet or rum, hot chocolate, or banger, this is not to be missed.
Off with ye, to get ready and gather the whole family and work colleagues for fun. Off Kilter Kilt educational video extolling the winter wool wonder of wearing a skirt and showing your colors (shop now is in Santa Clarita, where you can shop after the WFOC too!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=115&v=rWTa-q297Yg
And here are the BE performances:
Thursday 12/20 @ 5pm & 6pm
Sunday 12/30 @ 2pm, 3:30, 5pm
Thursday 1/3 @ 5pm, 6:30, 8pm
Sunday 1/6 @ 2pm, 3:30, 5pm
OC Winter fest:
Info: https://winterfestoc.com/experience/
Let it snow! Get a Coupon!:
https://winterfestoc.com
Dates:
SOCAL'S ULTIMATE WINTER FESTIVAL
Dec 20, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019
OC FAIR GROUNDS & EVENT CENTER
Sponsored in part by:
Ambsbury's The Heart and Skull
Centrone
Creative Fairy Memories
Golden Aether
Hearts Delight Clothiers
Heart Felt Hats
Hearts Delight Emporium
Heritage Meat Pies
Holy Honey
Hooks and Chains
Mobile Escape Room LA
Off Kilter Kilts
Pysanka By Adriana
Red Rabbit Miniatures
Root and Twig
St. Cutherberts Tea Shoppe
Sweet Hearts Taffy & Treats
Tucker Pony Rides
Wild Vines Woodworking
Get ready for the Ball in traditional garb … The Workout (healthy calves and core body strength help you jump and cavort at Dickens and get you ready in the Spring….good posture and cultural fun/style is appreciated year round):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMGgQ3A5DWA
QUICK STUDY GUIDES and RESOURCES:
Costume Bibliography:
https://dickensfair.com/involved/vendors-performers/costumeguide
Victorian Era:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era
Charles Dickens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens
Language Arts:
https://dickensfair.com/involved/vendors-performers/languageguide
Get a state Tartan or find out about your clan sett:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Tartan
You can combine caroling, preparation, and presentation as an educational event of both STEM and STEAM (The Web and Woof of Wool, the Sett and math, the Muir family legacy with the Trails and the Sierra Club, and the celebration of resiliency and compassion in the modern and past eras):
"This weave code means that the threads begin with 8 threads of yellow, followed by 2 threads of black, 20 threads of green, 4 threads of scarlet, 20 threads of green, 8 threads of scarlet, 20 threads of green, 4 threads of scarlet, 20 threads of green, 32 threads of black, 56 threads of azure, 2 threads of black, and 8 threads of sky blue. At that point the weave pivots and returns, beginning with 2 threads of black, and continuing the sequence in reverse order through 8 threads of yellow, at which point it pivots back again."
Discover the new, the old, the beautiful and the ugly and toast innovation, social action, trade, commerce, and scones all in one day or evening!!!
Get yet to a library, a vintage shop, a thrift or rummage sale and craft your fashion:
http://hometown-pasadena.com/the-best/thrift-vintage-stores/25978
Study history:
Study History:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkfh0Et4XLU
Reenact Dicken's Compassion:
www.RESCUfoundation.org