Storyteller Foley's 'A Celtic Christmas' dances into Bothell
"Tomaseen Foley's past featured memorable musical and storytelling gatherings around fireplaces with family members and neighbors. His life at that time did not include electricity, running water, cars or television sets.
The Irishman, who grew up in the remote parish of Teampall an Ghleanntain ('church of the little glen') in West County Limerick in the 1940s and '50s, will delve into that 'communal way of life' when he brings 'A Celtic Christmas' to the Northshore Performing Arts Center in Bothell at 7 p.m. Dec. 19.
'It recreates my childhood in a way — I lived in very unique circumstances,' said Foley, 63, the show's storyteller who now lives in Medford, Ore., but still regularly visits his family farm in Ireland. 'It's the recreation of a night in a farmhouse before Christmas. We recreate that on stage where the audience are the neighbors.'"
The Irishman, who grew up in the remote parish of Teampall an Ghleanntain ('church of the little glen') in West County Limerick in the 1940s and '50s, will delve into that 'communal way of life' when he brings 'A Celtic Christmas' to the Northshore Performing Arts Center in Bothell at 7 p.m. Dec. 19.
'It recreates my childhood in a way — I lived in very unique circumstances,' said Foley, 63, the show's storyteller who now lives in Medford, Ore., but still regularly visits his family farm in Ireland. 'It's the recreation of a night in a farmhouse before Christmas. We recreate that on stage where the audience are the neighbors.'"
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