The Mattatuck Museum
Presents
The 14th Annual Festival of Traditions
in the City, by the Shore, at the Country
Friday, November 26 through Sunday, December 5, 2004
Festival Hours & Admission:
Friday, November 26: 12:00pm - 4:45pm
Saturday, November 27: 10:00am - 4:45pm
Sunday, November 28: 12:00pm - 5:45pm
Monday, November 29: 10:00am - 4:45pm
Tuesday, November 30: 10:00am - 4:45pm
Wednesday, December 1: 10:00am - 4:45pm
Thursday, December 2: 10:00am - 8:30pm
Friday, December 3: 10:00am - 4:45pm
Saturday, December 4: 10:00am - 4:45pm
Sunday, December 5: 12:00pm - 4:45pm
General Adult Admission: $8.00
Museum Members Admission: $7.00
Children under 12: $5.00
Groups Rates: $5.00 - Call Nina Cherubino to book groups of 10 or more at
203-753-0381 ext. 13
Festival Gala Party!
Friday, December 3 6:30pm - 12:00am
A formal evening amidst the sparkling displays, sponsored by Webster Bank!
Featuring a silent auction with enticing products and services, delicious
dinner buffet by the Exhibition Café, photos with Santa and entertainment by
Ann Hampton Callaway. Stay the whole night for a fun 80s disco dance party
starting at 10:00pm with Sister Funk! $140 per person
Special Events:
Family Crafts Day
Friday, November 26
Family and friends are invited to a Family Crafts Day at the Festival of
Traditions! Come early to take your pick to purchase the most beautiful
trees and displays. Enjoy free craft-making sessions throughout the day.
Free with admission.
Seasonal Magic!
Saturday, November 27
Very hungry caterpillars are invited to a special double feature lunch
with Santa at the Mattatuck Museum¹s Festival of Traditions and then off to
the magnificent Palace Theater for the Very Eric Carle performance by the
Mermaid Theatre. Enjoy a yummy boxed lunch amidst the sparkling lights at
the museum's Festival. Santa will be there to make all your holiday wishes
come true! The Mermaid Theatre draws upon the magic of puppets and
blacklight to capture the charm and artistry of Eric Carle's stories.
Lunch at the Festival of Traditions, Mattatuck Museum 11:00am 12:00pm or
2:00pm 3:00pm
Very Eric Carle at the Palace Theater 1:00pm or 4:00pm
Tickets for Mattatuck Museum Lunch & Palace Theater Show: $27 Adults, $25
Children
Tickets for Lunch: $12 Adults, $10 Children
For Tickets Call: 203-755-4700
Mattatuck Museum Festival Family Party
Sunday, November 28 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Featuring the Harry Potter Trivia Show, fun activities celebrating cultural
diversity, refreshments, Santa and PJ the juggler! Enjoy the Tree Lighting
Ceremony on the Waterbury Green at 5:30pm.
Festival First Thursdays
Thursday, December 3 5:30pm 8:00pm
"The Jazz Trio" with John Mobilio, Mike Varanelli, and Jim Santucci
A Day of Music
Saturday, December 4
10am 11am: Greater Waterbury Youth Symphony
10:00am 12:30pm: Creativity Safari with Margaret DeMarino
1:00pm: Naugatuck Valley Community College Gospel Choir
School Week Entertainment
Roxy and Tractor Mac: The Story of Children’s Books
Monday, November 29 9:30am
Sesame Street Puppeteer Lisa Buckley brings to life Roxy the Cow and other
barnyard friends. Lisa teams up with the creator of ³Tractor Mac,²
Children¹s Book Author and Illustrator Billy Steers to ring a wonderful and
interactive presentation to their audience.
Tanglewood Marionettes: The Fairy Circus
Tuesday, November 30 9:30am
Featuring over twenty beautifully hand-crafted marionettes, “The Fairy
Circus” is a showcase for turn-of-the-century-style trick puppetry. The
puppets will dance, play instruments, juggle, contort, transform, and fly
through the air with the greatest of ease, all to the best-loved music of
favorite composers! All ages.
www.tanglewoodmarionettes.com
Tony Duncan: Serious Juggling & Comedy
Wednesday, December 1 10:30am
He¹ll amaze you with gravity-defying juggling skills and more!!! Backstage
Magazine writes, “one of the most impressive and beautiful acts that I have
seen. There is pure artistry in the precision and geometrical loveliness of
his juggling, and his specialty rolling a ball around his body, as if it
were magically affixed to him has to be seen to be believed.” Mr. Duncan
is the 47th Annual International Jugglers Association World Champion and has performed all over in the world, including Denmark and Japan with circus groups, cruise lines, theatre, television commercials and corporate
clients.
Bond Street Theatre: Pythagoras Plays the Blues
Thursday, December 2 10:30am & 3:30pm
In this entertaining and thought provoking production, we meet Pythagoras
and Theana, two ancient Greeks who discover and teach each other some of the wonders of math, music and the nature of the universe, including the
infamous Pythagorean Theorem and the Harmonic Series. Sophisticated concepts cleverly demonstrated with comedy, juggling, stilts, masks and music. Grades 4 - 9
www.bondst.org
Sounds of Afrika: What is Kwanzaa?
Friday, December 3 9:30am
Learn about this 30 year old Afrikan-American Holiday as Sounds of Afrika
performs a pre-Kwanzaa celebration. The celebration will feature Libations,
Afrikan dancing and drumming, history of Kwanzaa, explanation of the symbols of Kwanzaa and a interactive lighting of the
candles ceremony. SOUNDS OF AFRIKA has been celebrating Kwanzaa in
communities throughout the NY tri-state area for close to 10 years and
encourages families to celebrate this holiday
For more information about the Festival of Traditions, please visit the website for the Mattatuck Museum at http://www.mattatuckmuseum.org/.