Port Jefferson Village Charles Dickens Festival by TBR News Media

An Invitation to the Nineteenth Annual

Port Jefferson Village Charles Dickens Festival Friday • Saturday • Sunday December 5, 6, 7, 2014

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS Times Beacon Record Newspapers Greater Port Jefferson Northern Brookhaven Arts Council Port Jefferson Village Port Jefferson BID Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce

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Cablevision Richard & Mary Morrison Foundation The Bridgeport Port Jefferson Steamboat Company Empire National Bank, Port Jefferson Station Branch Port Jefferson Harbor Education & Arts Conservancy Stony Brook Children's Hospital The Rinx Tommy’s Place/Schafers Salerno Brokerage Gingerbread University Panera Bread of Port Jefferson Station Barker Aggregates, Ltd. Suffolk County National Bank Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Pt Jefferson/Mt Sinai Regional Office

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CONGRATULATIONS to Theatre Three and Jeffrey Sanzel, this year's Dickens Honorees

Welcome p3 • Calendar p4, 5, 6, 18 Lanterns p7 • Trains p8 House Tour p9 • Fezziwig's Party p10 Gingerbread Contest p10 Honoree Jeffrey Sanzel p12 East Side West Side p16 Santa's Workshop p17 Returning Favorites p19, 20 At the Library p21 • Village Parking p21

Official Festival Guide published by Times Beacon Record Newspapers

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Welcome to the 19th annual Village of Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival!

or the past 18 years, as fall sheds its leafy coat in preparation for winter, the first weekend in December plays host to the beloved Village of Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival. Hailed as one of Long Island’s top ten events, the festival begins on Friday, December 5, progressing through Saturday, December 6 and ending on Sunday, December 7. Produced by the Greater Port JeffersonNorthern Brookhaven Arts Council in cooperation with the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson, friends and families from across the Northeast, and, indeed, from around the globe, will gather to celebrate the beloved author as we once again turn our quaint seaport village into a living Dickens stage. We all look forward to the cherished traditions and new additions that will add a sparkle and a smile to this magical weekend. This year the festival’s festivities are brought to you by the Richard & Mary Morrison Foundation (owner/operators of the Graceful Rose Restaurant in Port Jefferson). Born Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), Charles Dickens was arguably the literary superstar of his age, a status that lives on today. Ever the champion of the common man and the downtrodden, his inventive genius has inspired theatrical performances and a parade of films that portray the drama and redemption of life

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as a central theme. From “A Tale of Two Cities” to “A Christmas Carol,” Dickens managed to create some of literature’s most iconic and memorable personalities. Dickens made his first trip to the United States and Canada in 1842, a journey that included a popular reading tour, and meetings with Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant and President John Tyler. His second U.S. reading tour in 1867 and 1868

included American notables Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Dickens’ American publisher, James Thomas Fields. This year features the incredible Festival of Trees at the Port Jefferson Village Center. Stroll around the second floor to witness a collection of spectacular offerings deftly decorated by the participants. The whimsical Santa’s Workshop, an incredible tribute to Christmas of yesteryear, created by the celebrated confection artist Pat Darling, returns and should be on every person’s “must see” list — this magical presentation is not to be missed. Also returning is the Artisan Square, offering a glimpse of how handcrafted works happened during Victorian England, featuring artisans ranging from a blacksmith to a weaver in a completely decked out, heated tent. The Village, once again, will be rich with our troupe of Dickens’ Street Characters and alive with a host of musical presentations sure to delight the Scroogiest of curmudgeons. Mantled with the opening ceremony, a horse and carriage ride at Dickens Alley located on East Main Street, the spectacular Festival of Trees, and ending with the solemn Passing of the Lantern of Life and the delightful Grand Finale Puppet Parade, a splendid time is guaranteed for all. Please join us. For more information, please visit www.pjdickens.com.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

ALL SCHEDULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. VISIT: WWW.PJDICKENS.COM

December 5 FRIDAY

2:00 PM Scrooge – 1951 Film Port Jefferson Library This is a remastered version of the 1951 film, ‘Scrooge’, starring Alastair Sim, based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel. 5:00 PM • 6:00 PM Lantern Dedication for: Village Hall East of Schafer’s Maritime Explorium Suffolk County National Bank, E. Main 6:00 PM • 6:30 PM Opening Ceremony 1st Presbyterian Church 7:00 PM • 11:00 PM Festival of Trees • Giant Snowman Build Character Ice Skating Port Jefferson Village Center - 2nd floor 7:00 PM • 9:00 PM Gold Coast Duo Infant Jesus RC Church - Montfort Hall Live music and light refreshments 8:00 PM ‘A Christmas Carol’ Theatre Three • Tickets $ 8:00 PM ‘The Nutcracker’ - Harbor Ballet Port Jefferson High School – Tickets $ Ashley Tuttle and Craig Salstein are the guest artists. Tickets are $24.00

December 6

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 Charles Dickens Festival f 10:00 AM • 1:00 PM Masonic Child Identification Programs Masonic Lodge The CHIP programs allow parents the opportunity to create a kit of identifying materials for their child, free of charge. The kit contains a fingerprint card, a physical description, a video, computer disk, or DVD of the child, a dental imprint, and a DNA sample. The purpose of the kit is to provide critical information to the public and to law enforcement in the event that a child goes missing. 10:00 AM • 9:00 PM Festival of Trees Port Jefferson Village Center - 2nd floor 10:00 AM • 12:00 PM Santa Reads The Night Before Christmas Graceful Rose Restaurant Santa arrives, shares gifts with the children and presents a reading of ‘The Night Before Christmas’ before departing for Santa’s Work Shop at 12:00 PM 11:00 AM • 4:00 PM St. Nicholas’ Inn Soup & Lunch Christ Church Episcopal 11:00 AM • 5:00 PM Gingerbread University comes to the Dickens Festival Harbormaster’s Building 11:00 AM • 5:00 PM Dickens Alley Historic East Main Street 11:00 AM ‘Barnaby Saves Christmas’ Theatre Three – Ticket $ 12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Horse & Carriage Ride ($2) Begins at Island Christian Church 12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Carriage Ride with Oreo ($2) Begins at Island Christian Church 12:00 PM • 5:00 PM Roasted Chestnuts for Sale $ Christ Church Episcopal

1:20 PM •1:40 PM Artesian Guitar Quartet Concert Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove

12:30 PM • 4:30 PM Santa’s Workshop Drowned Meadow House

1:50 PM • 2:20 PM Songs of the Season Robin Greenstein Island Christian Church

12:00 PM • 5:00 PM Fabulous Train Exhibit/Toys for Tots Harbor Square Mall 12:40 PM • 1:00 PM Janice Bruckner Christ Church Episcopal 12:40 PM • 1:00 PM My Father’s Custom, A Dickens Holiday First Methodist Church 12:40 PM • 1:00 PM Artesian Guitar Quartet Concert Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove 1:00 PM • 1:45 PM Port Jefferson Elementary Select Choir First Presbyterian Church Jessica Pastor and Lisa Stanzione, Directors 1:00 PM • 1:45 PM Port Jefferson Middle School Wind and Brass Ensemble First Presbyterian Church Edward Pisano, Director 1:00 PM • 1:30 PM Songs of the Season Robin Greenstein Island Christian Church

2:00 PM • 2:45 PM The Logan Family First Presbyterian Church Cello, Viola, and Vocal Selections 2:00 PM • 2:20 PM Antiquity Quartet Christ Church Episcopal 2:00 PM • 2:20 PM Holiday Sing-a-long with Denise Romas First Methodist Church 2:00 PM • 4:00 PM Mother Goose in the Reading Room Port Jefferson Library As you wander through the Village for the Dickens’Festival, consider coming out of the cold and into the Library for some old-fashioned fun. Mother Goose will be telling stories and singing songs in front of a roaring fire in the historic Reading Room. Light refreshments will be served from 2:30 – 4:30 PM each day, as cartoon versions of ‘A Christmas Carol’ play in the Activity Room. ‘It’s time for Mother Goose, I hear she’s on the loose. She’ll sing a rhyme for Dickens’ time, it’s time for Mother Goose. 2:00 PM • 3:00 PM Miracle Off Main Street Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove

1:00 PM • 4:00 PM Village Dickens Weekend Port Jefferson Historical Society Museum open for tours & Consignment Shop

2:00 PM • 2:30 PM Carolyn Benson - Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

1:00 PM • 1:45 PM Christmas Carol Radio Show Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft

2:15 PM • 3:00 PM Christmas Carol Radio Show Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft

1:00 PM • 1:30 PM Carolyn Benson Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

2:40 PM • 3:00 PM Antiquity Quartet Christ Church Episcopal 2:40 PM • 3:10 PM Songs of the Season Robin Greenstein Island Christian Church

12:00 PM • 12:20 PM My Father’s Custom, A Dickens Holiday First Methodist Church

1:00 PM • 5:00 PM Dickens Festival At The Maritime Explorium Experience the Chandlery of the 1800’s! Enjoy hot cider and freshly popped popcorn, watch as real steam powered ships set sail, and build and decorate your own mini Mag Lev sled and test it on our magnetic track!

9:00 AM • 12:00 PM How Boats Are Built Bayles Boat Shop, Harborfront Park

12:00 PM • 10:00 PM Spectacular Gingerbread House Contest Masonic Lodge

1:15 PM Great Wizard of the North Magic Show Masonic Lodge

3:00 PM • 3:45 PM Brookhaven Flute Choir First Presbyterian Church Mark Q. Barton, Director

10:00 AM • 5:00 PM Chocolate Extravaganza Christ Church Episcopal

12:00 PM • 12:20 PM Artesian Guitar Quartet Concert Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove

1:20 PM • 1:40 PM Janice Bruckner Christ Church Episcopal

3:00 PM ‘A Christmas Carol’ Theatre Three • Ticket $

10:00 AM • 3:00 PM Fair & 22nd Annual Cookie Walk First Methodist Church

12:00 PM • 12:30 PM Carolyn Benson - Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

1:20 PM •1:40 PM My Father’s Custom, A Dickens Holiday First Methodist Church

12:00 PM • 12:20 PM Janice Bruckner Christ Church Episcopal

12:00 PM • 5:00 PM Artisan Square Graceful Rose Restaurant

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Continued from page 4

Saturday, decemBer 6 3:00 PM • 3:30 PM Carolyn Benson - Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

5:20 PM • 5:40 PM Songs of the Sea with Alan Short Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack 5:30 PM • 6:00 PM Toot Sweet Flutes Island Christian Church

3:00 PM ‘The Nutcracker’ - Harbor Ballet Port Jefferson High School • Tickets $ Ashley Tuttle and Craig Salstein are the guest artists. Tickets are $24.00

5:30 PM Scrooge: The Inside Story by Mrs Dilber Masonic Lodge

3:20 PM • 3:40 PM Antiquity Quartet Christ Church Episcopal

6:30 PM • 7:10 PM Christmas Jazz Island Christian Church

3:20 PM • 3:40 PM Holiday Sing-a-long with Denise Romas First Methodist Church

7:00 PM 7th Annual Christmas Variety Show First Methodist Church

3:30 PM • 3:50 PM Toot Sweet Flutes Island Christian Church

7:00 PM • 8:30 PM Deanna Monaco & Friends Holiday Jazz Concert Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove

3:30 PM Great Wizard of the North Magic Show Masonic Lodge 3:30 PM • 4:15 PM Christmas Carol Radio Show Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft 3:30 PM • 4:30 PM Miracle Off Main Street Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove

7:00 PM • 8:00 PM Anchored Faith - Danielle Hammarth Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack 7:30 PM • 8:10 PM Christmas Jazz Island Christian Church 7:30 PM • 9:30 PM Fezziwig’s Dance Party Masonic Lodge 1850s Dance Band Dance All Night

4:00 PM • 5:00 PM The Messiah First Presbyterian Church North Shore Chamber Choir - Jeffrey Schneider, Music Director

7:30 PM • 8:15 PM Christmas Carol Radio Show Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft

4:00 PM • 4:30 PM Christmas Story Reading Christ Church Episcopal

8:00 PM ‘A Christmas Carol’ Theatre Three • Ticket $

4:00 PM • 4:30 PM Carolyn Benson Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

8:00 PM ‘The Nutcracker ‘ Harbor Ballet Port Jefferson High School • Tickets $ Ashley Tuttle and Craig Salstein are the guest artists. Tickets are $24.00

4:00 PM • 5:30 PM Holiday Concert Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption

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4:10 PM • 4:30 PM Toot Sweet Flutes Island Christian Church 4:30 PM • 8:30 PM Lanternlight House Tour • Ticket $ Call 631–473–1414 • Reserve Tickets Early! 4:40 PM • 5:00 PM Songs of the Sea with Alan Short Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack 4:50 PM • 5:10 PM Toot Sweet Flutes Island Christian Church File photos

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December 7 SUNDAY

Days of Dickens Past Port Jefferson Library On view at the Library will be photos from past Dickens Festivals, graciously loaned by The Times Beacon Record. Stop by, warm up and view the fun that was had by all. Refreshments will be served. 10:00 AM • 5:00 PM Chocolate Extravaganza Christ Church Episcopal 10:00 AM • 7:00 PM Festival of Trees Port Jefferson Village Center - 2nd floor 11:00 AM • 4:00 PM St. Nicholas’ Inn Soup & Lunch Christ Church Episcopal 11:00 AM • 3:30 PM Sunday Brunch with Santa and his Elves Graceful Rose Restaurant Reservations suggested, limited availability 11:00 AM • 4:00 PM Dickens Alley Historic East Main Street 11:00 AM • 5:00 PM Gingerbread University comes to the Dickens Festival Harbormaster’s Building 11:30 AM • 1:00 PM Dickens’ Brunch Danfords Hotel & Marina

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12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Roasted Chestnuts for Sale $ Christ Church Episcopal 12:00 PM • 12:45 PM Christmas Carol Radio Show Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft 12:00 PM • 12:30 PM Mountain Maidens: Holiday Songs of all Nations Island Christian Church 12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Spectacular Gingerbread House Contest Masonic Lodge 12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Horse & Carriage Ride ($2) Begins at Island Christian Church 12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Carriage Ride with Oreo ($2) Begins at Island Christian Church 12:00 PM • 12:45 PM Scrooge: The Inside Story by Mrs Dilber Port Jefferson Village Center Harbor Cove 12:00 PM • 12:30 PM Carolyn Benson Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack 12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Santa’s Workshop Drowned Meadow House 12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Artisan Square Graceful Rose Restaurant

12:00 PM • 4:00 PM Fabulous Train Exhibit/ Toys for Tots Harbor Square Mall

1:00 PM • 1:30 PM Carolyn Benson Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

12:20 PM • 12:40 PM Bob Westcott, guitar Christ Church Episcopal

12:50 PM • 1:20 PM Mountain Maidens: Holiday Songs of all Nations Island Christian Church 1:00 PM • 1:30 PM North Shore Suzuki School String Ensemble First Presbyterian Church Leslie Fayette, Director 1:00 PM • 1:20 PM Bob Westcott, guitar Christ Church Episcopal

1:15 PM • 2:00 PM Christmas Carol Radio Show Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft 1:30 PM • 3:00 PM Dickens’ Brunch Danfords Hotel & Marina

1:00 PM • 1:20 PM Serenade Duo First Methodist Church

1:40 PM • 2:10 PM Port Jefferson Middle School String Orchestra First Presbyterian Church Christian Neubert, Director

1:00 PM Great Wizard of the North Magic Show Masonic Lodge

1:40 PM • 2:10 PM Mountain Maidens: Holiday Songs of all Nations Island Christian Church

1:00 PM • 4:00 PM Annual Holiday Open House Port Jefferson Historical Society Refreshments and Mulled Cider

1:40 PM • 2:00 PM Serenade Duo First Methodist Church

1:00 PM • 1:45 PM Scrooge: The Inside Story by Mrs Dilber Port Jefferson Village Center Harbor Cove

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The Traintastic Model Train Exhibit This year we are presenting a wonderful, decked-out-for-Christmas model train exhibit located in the Harbor Square Mall off Main Street in Port Jefferson. The gated food court will be host to the layout that will also feature a Toysfor-Tots toy-raising event.

will be in the heart of the Village. Beginning in 1763, Scottish engineer James Watt tinkered with the original steam engine design that led to the first steam engine locomotive prototype built by British engineer Richard Trevithick

The Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, with the assistance of his staff from the Marine Forces Reserve Headquarters, directs the Toys-for-Tots program, delivering much-needed toys to children for the holiday season. Festival visitors are encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys and drop them in the collection box next to the exhibit while looking at the different model train courses This is a family favorite and this year it

in 1804. 1814 witnessed the first successful steam engine train, built by British engineer George Stephenson, that could haul up to 30 tones of coal at a breakneck, uphill speed of four miles per hour. Train tracks were soon found crisscrossing the globe. The steam locomotive helped to usher in the Industrial Era in Britain and America. Charles Dickens was so amazed by this new invention, he named a powerful new breed of locomotive, built for speedy service on the American Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s expanding system, the Pegasus, commenting, “If it had spread its wings and f lew away, no one would be the least bit suprised!”

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Lanternlight House tour This is the 19th year for the Charles Dickens Festival and house tour. The Greater Port Jeffeson Chamber of Commerce will once again sponsor this popular event. In keeping with the tradition with this walking tour, all the homes have been built in the 1800’s and have historical significance. The tour will concentrate on the east side of Main Street at the south end of Port Jefferson Village. All of this year’s homes are new to the tour. This is a real accomplishment because of the many years the house tour has been in existence; encouraging and getting news homes is challenging. Our homeowners have painstakingly preserved original moldings and have kept the historic integrity of their homes, creating a sense of the past. A new feature this year will be an opportunity for ticket holders to choose just the walking tour for the ticketed cost of $25 or for $45, they will be entitled to attend a “Seasonal Cheer Gathering” at the new Old Fields Restaurant. Those ticket holders are welcomed to join in a

pre-house tour get-together for an hour of libations and savories from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Passed hors d’oeuvres, wines and craft beers will be served in the cozy atmosphere of the Peter Tunney Room. A limited amount of tickets are available for sale. All tickets will go on sale the second week in November. As always, this very walkable house tour starts at 4:30 and ends at 8:30 p.m. Village roads will be closed for easy accessibility, so ticket holders can walk freely to all the homes. There will be a shuttle bus to transport those attendees who may need a break from walking. Tickets are non-refundable and payment can be made with all major credit cards, checks, or cash. Tickets may be purchased at the Chamber office at 118 West Broadway between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. Phone orders are welcomed. For additional information, please call 473-1414. File photo Visitors to the festival take part in the Lanternlight House Tour in a previous year.

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Mr. Fezziwig’s Dance Party This year’s festival welcomes back a night of dancing in the high-spirited style of Old Mr. Fezziwig’s house parties! The good gentlemen of Suffolk Mason Lodge 60 will open the doors wide to one and all on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. The lovely Victorian-era building at 312 Main Street will host the event of the season, Fezziwig’s Dance Party, featuring live music on traditional instruments: fiddle, mandolin, banjo, and the unmistakable ring of the hammered dulcimer. Come in from the cold to learn dances that were all the rage in the mid-19th centu-

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ry, whether you are an avid dancer or a novice hoofer. The band, Dance All Night, can usually be found performing at Old Bethpage Village, but these talented musicians are thrilled to be performing for you during the Dickens Festival! These dances are very affordably priced so that everyone — from the young to the young at heart — can join in the fun. Proceeds help benefit local charities. As in Dickens’ time, there will be characters from all social strata, and the public is encouraged to wear their finest rags to riches. Dance the night away to the sounds of Dance All Night!

Above, members of Dance All Night, from left, Larry Moser; Mary Nagin; Jack Dillon; and Maria Fairchild.

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The Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival’s 4th annual Gingerbread House Contest

Photo by Bob Savage Johnny Waller of Patchogue at last year’s Gingerbread House exhibit.

Calling all gingerbread house enthusiasts and architects! Time to start your ovens! Suffolk Lodge No. 60 Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons will be hosting its 4th Annual Gingerbread House Contest during the 19th annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival from Dec. 5 to 7. Every year thousands of people attend this wonderful festival to see the transformation of Port Jefferson Village into a town out of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” All Gingerbread House Contest submissions will be on display downstairs in the historic Port Jefferson Masonic Temple throughout the entire Dickens Festival weekend. Entries will be judged for their creativity, execution and originality by a panel of judges that includes celebrated local

artists and chefs. There will be fabulous prizes awarded for adult, teen and children’s categories, including a seven-night vacation at a luxurious resort in Antigua for the adult category 1st prize winner! All Gingerbread House Contest entry registrations must be submitted by Sunday, Nov. 26. For complete details, printable and online registration forms and rules, please visit: www.gingerbread-contest.com. Suffolk Lodge No. 60 Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons has been located in its current building in Port Jefferson for over a century and has been a part of the North Shore community since 1796. Every year during the Dickens Festival, the Lodge donates a portion of all proceeds from the events held within their building to some worthy

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charity. This year Suffolk Lodge No. 60 will be proudly supporting The Kimberly D. Holland Hodgkin’s Disease Foundation. To learn how you can help, visit the KDH Hodgkins Foundation online: www.hodgkinsfoundation.com. For a complete schedule of Lodge events, please visit: www. pjdickens.com.

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Dickens Festival Honoree: Jeffrey Sanzel

he Village of Port Jefferson’s Charles Dickens Festival has been a top-ten event on Long Island for the past 19 years. For each Festival, the Village of Port Jefferson chooses an honoree who has contributed not only to the Dickens event, but also to the community at large. This year, we are very pleased to be honoring Theatre Three and its Artistic Director, Jeffrey Sanzel. Theatre Three, with its annual presentation of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” was part of the inspiration behind the creation of the original Dickens Festival and has participated every year. We are truly a lucky community to have a respected live theatre right here in Port Jefferson. We thank Theatre Three and Jeffrey Sanzel for enriching our lives with superb performances and tireless community involvement. Located in the heart of Port Jefferson, the theatre is celebrating its forty-fifth season of bringing the very best of live theatre to the Long Island community. For the past thirty-five seasons, Theatre Three has occupied Athena Hall, a one hundred and sixty year-old historic building on Main Street. Each year, Theatre Three presents a Mainstage season of six productions, along with a summer concert series. The Second Stage presents on-going events, including small plays, world premiere one-acts, staged readings,

improv and cabaret performances. The in-house children’s theatre presents original musicals, while the touring children’s theatre offers original programs dealing with child-at-risk or educational issues. Theatre Three’s Dramatic Academy offers three semesters each year (Fall, Winter-Spring and Summer), with classes for ages six through adult. Their Musical Theatre Factory presents two all-student productions each summer. Theatre Three’s Artistic Director, Jeffrey Sanzel, has been with the company since 1989. During that time, he has directed over 200 productions, ranging from musicals (“Les Misérables,” “Next to Normal,” “The Boy from Oz”) to dramas (“The Diary of Anne Frank,” “The Laramie Project,” “Master Class), to comedies (“Play Dates”) and dozens of original children’s theatre musicals. He is the author of “From the Fires: Voices of the Holocaust” and the co-author of two bullying projects — “Class Dismissed and Stand Up! Stand Out!” As an actor, he has been seen in “The Drowsy Chaperone,” “I Am My Own Wife,” and, most notably, “A Christmas Carol,” in which he has played Scrooge over 1,100 times. For promoting the performing arts and enriching the lives of our community, we are proud to have Theatre Three and Jeffrey Sanzel as this year’s 19th Annual Charles Dickens Festival honoree.

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Photo from theatre three Jeffrey Sanzel as Ebenezer Scrooge with Siena Scarlots as Want in a scene from ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Theatre Three.

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A HOLIDAy TRADITION New to England in 1800, the decorated Christmas tree was a firm tradition in what is now Germany, but it was kept to the English Royal Family until 1841, when Queen Victoria married Germanborn Prince Albert. From that time, the decorating of the Christmas tree tradition spread quickly from the hoity toity to the hoy polloi. Charles Dickens himself regaled in the tradition, having penned “A Christmas Tree” in 1850: “I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled ‘round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree… Now, the tree is decorated with bright merriment, and song, and dance, and cheerfulness. And they are welcome. Innocent and welcome be they ever held, beneath the branches of the Christmas Tree, which cast no gloomy shadow!”

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f Charles Dickens Festival f “East side, west side, all around the town…” is the opening phrase of the song, “Sidewalks of New York,” written in 1894 during the waning years of Queen Victoria’s reign. While we won’t be playing “Ring Around the Rosie” or bemoaning the sorry state of the London Bridge that was, reputably, falling down, we do have a fantastic lineup of events from the east side to the west side of the Village of Port Jefferson for the 19th Annual Charles Dickens Festival. When standing by the blinking light facing the water at the intersection of Main, East Broadway and West Broadway, traveling up East Broadway on Friday evening, December 5, will bring you to the fabulous Festival of Trees Celebration at the Port Jefferson Village Center. However, while gazing across the harbor, if the words, “Go west, young man,” popularized by American author Horace Greeley in 1865, come to mind, you will find our very own Charles Dickens’ “West Side Story” in full swing on Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, with three magical events. Please read below to help choose your direction wisely! The Fabulous Festival of Trees opening night celebration: Come one, come all on Friday evening, December 5, from 7 to 11 p.m., to join our Festival of Trees Opening Night Celebration at the Port Jefferson Village Center. The second floor will host a magical presentation of Christmas trees featuring decorations that are guaranteed to dazzle and delight. Each tree will present the sponsor’s vision expertly crafted and garnished … and not to be missed. The Rinx will welcome ice skaters with a special offer — bring in a non-perishable food item that will be donated to a food pantry and receive a discount on the skating fee. Also presented will be a spectacular ice skating demonstration featuring actors in “Frozen®” and other character costumes. Finally, do you want to build a snowman? Well, come on out and let yourself go, man, as a giant mountain of snow, provided by Rinx, will be transformed by our visiting families into a dazzling snowman that is rumored to end up possibly looking like one frozen Olaf … who knows? Rounding out the evening will be a DJ spinning a “Frozen”

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Workshop and next to the Artisan Square by Graceful Rose Restaurant) between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7. The building will be decked out with elaborate decorations supporting the Gingerbread/Christmas theme. Three types of houses will be available for purchase — Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanza — as well as an array of giant gingerbread figures including a Christmas tree, snowman, train, holiday bear, dreidel and a giant gingerbread man. Each item comes with candy and royal icing for on the spot decorating. Bring the family and get an official “Graduated from Gingerbread University” declaration. Fees apply. maritime explorium Experience The Chandlery of the 1800s! Special for the Dickens Festival: Enjoy hot cider and freshly popped popcorn. Watch as real-steam powered ships set sail. Build and decorate your own mini Maglev sled and test it on our magnetic track! Join us on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. for favorite childhood activities. Admission $5 per person, under 1 and members are always free! Includes all regular exhibits. Chandlery Building, 101A East Broadway. For more information, visit www.maritimeexplorium.org.

File photo by Bob Savage Dickens characters at last year’s festival in front of the Port Jefferson Village Hall on West Broadway.

sing-a-long, light refreshments provided by Schafer’s, a cash bar by Tommy’s Place and many memorable smiles and lots of laughter. Supported by Cablevision, The Port Jefferson Conservancy and Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. charles dickens’ west side story: Jettison your inhibitions, put away your shark-skin suit and come over to the Charles Dickens Festival’s exciting

presentations on the west side of the Village. This year we are presenting Santa’s Workshop, the Artisan Square and, new for this year, Gingerbread University. Gingerbread University: Gingerbread University will make its Dickens debut at the Harbor Master’s building on the harbor side of West Broadway (across from Santa’s

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artisan square: The Artisan Square, sponsored by the Richard and Mary Morrison Foundation, will feature five artisans who will demonstrate how crafts were made during Dickens’ time. The Arts & Crafts movement began in Victorian Britain in the 1860s as a response to the demise of the older craft guilds in favor of industrialized manufacturing. Led by artist and writer William Morris, the Arts & Crafts movement sought to bring back high quality, handmade workmanship. Our Dickens Festival artisans utilize 19th century tools and educate festival attendees in the creative process behind their respective crafts. In addition to demonstrating techniques, they will engage festival attendees in conversations that encourage a comparison between old and modern tools, methods and products that are used in everyday life.

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Photos by Bob Savage The historic Drowned Meadow House, at the corner of Barnum Ave. and West Broadway, will magically turn into Santa’s Workshop again this year; right, one of Santa’s elves at last year’s event.

andles f licker in the windows, beckoning young and old to visit Santa’s whimsical three-room workshop. Step back in time and reflect on the storybook charm of cherished memories of an era that has quietly faded. Dazzling decorations and the twinkle of little white lights serve as a prelude to all that awaits you in the historical Drowned Meadow House. Amongst the giant nutcrackers and Christmas presents, twinkling snowflakes appear high above this year’s elaborate confection display of candy nutcrackers embellished with elaborate confection candy turrets. The tour continues, as you depart the workshop and enter little Hollyberry’s bedroom. This elaborate vignette finds Hollyberry sitting by a glowing fireplace. Anticipating “the night before Christmas,” she is busily wrapping her Christmas presents for Mommy and Daddy. Her room is all

aglow as she looks out upon Winterscape. Oh my, how exciting! Santa and his reindeer appear through the glittering snowflakes. On the ground, snow has fallen, blanketing a magical, revolving confection carousel created with giant sugar trees and candy canes. Beyond, tucked in a forest of Alpine trees, you will come upon the confection replica of the historical Gamecock Cottage embellished with glistening sugar trees. Departing Winterscape, visitors are greeted by Santa and his elves awaiting the arrival of one and all. Be sure to bring your camera to capture the magic of this memorable visit to Santa’s Workshop. Departing the Workshop, families will receive yummy chocolate chip cookies, compliments of Panera Bread. The festivities begin on December 6 at 10 a.m. across the street at the Graceful Rose Restaurant

when Santa arrives, shares gifts with the children, and presents a reading of “The Night Before Christmas” before departing for Santa’s Workshop at noon. On December 7, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Graceful Rose invites one and all to enjoy Sunday Brunch with Santa and his elves. Limited availability. Reservations are suggested. Supported by Empire National Bank.

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workshop Hours: ■ Saturday, Nov. 29 – 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ■ Sunday, Nov. 30 – noon to 4 p.m. ■ Saturday, Dec. 6 – 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. ■ Sunday, Dec. 7 – noon to 4 p.m. ■ Saturday, Dec.13 – noon to 4 p.m. ■ Saturday, Dec. 20 – noon to 4 p.m.

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Sunday, decemBer 7 2:00 PM • 2:30 PM Christmas Story Reading Christ Church Episcopal

3:00 PM ‘The Nutcracker ‘ - Harbor Ballet Port Jefferson High School • Tickets $ Ashley Tuttle and Craig Salstein are the guest artists. Tickets are $24.00

2:00 PM • 2:30 PM Carolyn Benson Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

3:15 PM • 3:45 PM Port Jefferson High School Chamber Choir First Presbyterian Church Katie Bernius, Director

2:00 PM • 3:00 PM Miracle Off Main Street Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove

3:30 PM • 4:00 PM Bob Westcott, guitar Christ Church Episcopal

2:20 PM • 3:05 PM Port Jefferson High School String Orchestra First Presbyterian Church Michael Caravello, Director 2:20 PM • 2:40 PM Serenade Duo First Methodist Church 2:30 PM • 3:00 PM Coventry Carols by Danielle & Kiana Hammarth Island Christian Church

3:30 PM • 4:30 PM Cindy Lopez Jazz Duo Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft 3:30 PM • 4:30 PM Miracle Off Main Street Port Jefferson Village Center - Harbor Cove 4:00 PM • 5:00 PM The Long Island Symphonic Choral Association (LISCA) First Presbyterian Church Dr. Thomas Schmidt, Director

4:00 PM Great Wizard of the North Magic Show Masonic Lodge 4:00 PM • 4:30 PM Carolyn Benson Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack 4:30 PM The Passing of the Lantern of Life 5:00 PM Giant Puppet Parade Begins at Theatre Three 5:45 PM Closing Ceremony Village Hall 7:00 PM ‘A Christmas Carol’ Theatre Three • Ticket $

2:30 PM Great Wizard of the North Magic Show Masonic Lodge 2:30 PM • 3:15 PM Christmas Carol Radio Show Port Jefferson Village Center - Sail Loft 2:50 PM • 3:10 PM Bob Westcott, guitar Christ Church Episcopal 3:00 PM • 3:30 PM Serenade Duo First Methodist Church 3:00 PM • 5:00 PM Mother Goose in the Reading Room Port Jefferson Library As you wander through the Village for the Dickens Festival, consider coming out of the cold and into the Library for some old-fashioned fun. Mother Goose will be telling stories and singing songs in front of a roaring fire in the historic Reading Room. Light refreshments will be served from 2:30 – 4:30 PM each day, as cartoon versions of ‘A Christmas Carol’ play in the Activity Room. It’s time for Mother Goose, I hear she’s on the loose. She’ll sing a rhyme for Dickens’ time, it’s time for Mother Goose. 3:00 PM ‘A Christmas Carol’ Theatre Three • Ticket $ 3:00 PM • 3:30 PM Carolyn Benson Holly Jolly Dickens Christmas Port Jefferson Village Center - Skip Jack

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Returning favorites throughout the Village

Photo from theatre three James D. Schultz as Fred Holywell and Jeffrey Sanzel as Scrooge in a scene from ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Theatre Three in a previous year.

Photo by Peter Lanscombe, theatre three Productions, Inc. Caitlin Nofi and Hans Paul Hendrickson will star in ‘Barnaby Saves Christmas.’

‘BARNABy SAVES CHRISTMAS’ Theatre Three will present “Barnaby Saves Christmas,” now in its 11th year, during the Dickens Festival on Saturday Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. Come join Santa, Barnaby, Franklynne and all of their friends for a wonderful holiday treat. As our littlest elf and his reindeer friend set off on their journey to save Christmas, they meet some new friends along the way and learn the true meaning of Christmas, Hanukah, and the holiday season.

The Festival will begin in the late afternoon of Friday, Dec. 6 with the beloved tradition of the Lantern Dedication. Lanterns throughout the Village have been dedicated to honor the memories of dear neighbors and friends, and new lanterns will be the gathering place for family and friends.

morning at 11 a.m. As a special memento, the little ones can have their picture taken with Santa after Saturday morning’s presentation of “Barnaby Saves Christmas.” A $5 donation for each photo is requested, be it with Scrooge or Santa, which will go the Theatre Three Scholarship Fund.

Housed in the historic 128-year-old Athena Hall, Theatre Three will be presenting a delightful pairing of holiday productions. This year’s Festival marks Theatre Three’s 31st annual production of “A Christmas Carol.” A delightful diversion, this classic ghost story of the season has become a cherished tradition for many. Performances will be held on Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 and 7 p.m. After the evening shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, you can have your photo taken with Scrooge.

Harbor Ballet Theater reprises “The Nutcracker” for its 23rd season at Port Jefferson High School. The beautiful fairy tale of Clara, the Nutcracker and the Mouse King is presented at 8 pm Friday and Saturday, with matinees at 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. This year’s guest artists are Ashley Tuttle and Craig Salstein.

Theatre Three will also be presenting a special show of “Barnaby Saves Christmas” on Saturday

“A Christmas Carol” Radio Show recalls a simpler time, when families gathered around the radio, and were swept up by the narratives, vividly enlivened by their own imaginations. This timeless story is brought to life by costumed actors who perform before the eyes of the audience at the Village Center.

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weekend, and festivalgoers will be able to dine in grand fashion, or on hearty fare as they choose.

Continued from page B19 Rediscover one of the favorite activities of the 19th century: the Ice Skating rink at the Village Center will be open from 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday, and from 10 am to 6 pm on Sunday. Skates will be available for rent, or you can bring your own pair.

Christ Church Episcopal on Barnum Avenue will open its doors to all for the annual St. Nicholas Inn serving assorted soups and breads in humble Dickens style, with the added fun of their annual Chocolate Extravaganza and roasted chestnuts!

Scrooge’s long-suffering housekeeper, Mrs. Dilber, shares stories about life with the world’s most famous crotchety miser, untold before now! She will make Mr. Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” come alive with the use of her favorite co-star - you! Prepare for history, mystery, a wee bit of mayhem and high spirits! Come see her at the Village Center.

Climb aboard an old-fashioned 12-passenger wagon, pulled by a matched pair of white horses for a true Victorian experience. Festival favorite Oreo the Dickens Horse will also be on hand pulling his brightly-colored four-wheeled wagonette during the Dickens Festival.

A magical favorite returns to the Masonic Lodge. The Great Wizard of the North, along with his sidekick Graham Quacker the mind reading goose, will amaze and dazzle both the young and the young at heart with his prodigious feats of prestidigitation! The festivities will also include many returning favorites including stirring performances by choirs and harmony groups, and many other fine musical performances by area musicians and children’s groups. Local restaurants will continue the tradition of offering Victorian-themed dinners throughout the

Don’t have time to bake cookies this holiday season? Take part in the 22nd annual Cookie Walk at the First United Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Grab a bakery box and take a walk around the room, filling up on decorated sugar cookies, gingerbread men, brownies, chocolate chip cookies and more. Held in honor and memory of Janet Odell, the originator of the church’s first cookie walk. top photos by Bob Savage, file photo on right Top from left, Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge’s housekeeper; horse drawn carriage rides; right, the Great Wizard of the North.

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Dickens Festval events at the Library FOR ADuLTS

“A Christmas Carol” Film Showing on Friday, December 5 at 2 p.m. This is a remastered version of the 1951 film, “Scrooge”, starring Alastair Sim, based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel. Free and open to all.

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILy

“Days of Dickens Past” from Dec. 5 to 7. On view at the Library will be photos from past Dickens’ Festivals, graciously loaned by The Times Beacon Record. Stop by, warm up and view the fun that was had by all. Refreshments will be served.

FOR CHILDREN

this year we are adding our own dedicated Jitney bus to travel to parking lots to the south and east of downtown Port Jefferson to carry Festival visitors to and from all the dickensian action. We are also encouraging visitors to park in the LIrr lot immediately South and east of the railroad tracks off railroad avenue. the dickens Parking committee will be posting official dickens Festival “Jitney” parking signs for your convenience and it will be running from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, dec. 6 and to 7 p.m. on Sunday, december 7. We are also supplying a special dickens Parking map in addition to the larger dickens event map included with this special festival section. So, if you want to have more Festival and less roaming, please take advantage of our outlying lots. For those of you who want to find a space closer, metered parking is in force for the dickens weekend. at 25 cents per half hour, $2.00 buys you four hours of dickens delights and all parking proceeds are going to support the festival.

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Photo by Bob Savage The Port Jefferson Free Library will display photos from previous Dickens Festivals all weekend.

Mother Goose in the Reading Room Saturday, Dec. 6 and Sunday, Dec. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. As you wander through the Village for the Dickens’ Festival, consider coming out of the cold and into the Library for some old-fashioned fun. Mother Goose will be telling stories and singing songs in front of a roaring fire in the historic Reading Room. Light refreshments will be served from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. each day, as cartoon versions of “A Christmas Carol” play in the Activity Room. “It’s time for Mother Goose, I hear she’s on the loose. She’ll sing a rhyme for Dickens’ time, it’s time for Mother Goose.”

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