Join Kathy and Steven Light, of the Fyre and Lightning Consort, as they present an afternoon of photos and music about their walk in the summer of 2018 along the entire Camino Frances de Santiago, over 500 miles. They will be presenting their program on Sunday, September 15th at 3 PM at the Hardwick Town House. This is a fundraising event for the Jeudevine Library Expansion Fund. Admission is by donation at the door.
There are many Camino routes throughout Europe and the Camino Frances, which has been a pilgrim route for over 1,000 years, has become the most popular route to Santiago. Starting in France they climbed over the Pyrenees and continued west through the Basque country, the Rioja region, Leon e Castilla and Galicia to Santiago de Compostela and then on to Finisterre ("the end of the world") on the Atlantic coast.
Throughout their 40 days of walking they met fellow "pilgrims," locals in the tiny medieval villages they passed through as well as many people whose lives are devoted to supporting the walkers along their way. They walked through large cities, small villages and remarkable countryside. They toured innumerable churches, cathedrals and museums.
Their presentation, through the use of photos and videos and maps, will touch on their personal experiences, the various modern interpretations of being a pilgrim and the medieval and contemporary history of the Camino. They tell tales of the people they met, and places they stayed and walked by, the myriad feelings they had, the sense of being in a walking "river," and interesting facts and statistics about the Camino Frances. The talk, which lasts between 45 and 60 minutes is followed by a 30 minute performance (accompanied by more slides) of medieval and traditional music from northern Spain on voices, Galician bagpipes, harp, lute, guitar, recorders, whistle and clarinet. It concludes with an informal question and answer period.
For more about their walk check out: www.fyreandlightning.org/Camino.html. For more information about the program call Jeudevine Library at 472-5948.
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