Churchtown Dairy is honored to host the premier of the “Spirit in the Dairy Pail”, a collection of theatrical vignettes, original music and audience participation in celebrating the history and power of Real Milk. The performance is inspired by The Germ in the Dairy Pail by Forrest Maready. This wonderful book details the 200 year war on raw milk and the forces that separate us from nature’s perfect nourishment. Filled with serious pieces, comedy, poetry and beautiful original music, the performance will bring you into a new understanding of milk’s power and the forces that seek to distance us from its life giving forces. What unfolds will not be a performance to watch so much as a festival moment to enter—a weaving of music, poetry, storytelling, and small theatrical gestures emerging from the center and rippling outward through the gathered community. Sunday, May 24th: Showtimes of 1 pm & 5pm
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We will gather inside the great round cow barn for a celebration honoring the quiet miracle that sustains the farm: the life shared between cows, land, and human hands. Beneath the five-pointed star skylight high in the rafters, the barn will become a circle of circles. The audience will be arranged in widening rings. What unfolds will not be a performance to watch so much as a festival moment to enter—a weaving of music, poetry, storytelling, and small theatrical gestures emerging from the center and rippling outward through the gathered community.
The celebration will braid together the sounds of an Ecuadorian mountain band, the Hudson Valley’s own Spilt Milk Band, spoken poetry, playful theater vignettes, and moments of shared ritual guided by the theme we have come to call “Spirit in the Dairy Pail.” At heart the gathering is a blessing: for the barn, for the herd, for the land, and for the mysterious generosity by which milk becomes nourishment and community becomes celebration. For an hour or two the Churchtown Dairy barn will remember its older purpose—not only as shelter for animals and hay, but as a place where people gather to sing, dance, laugh, and give thanks for the living world that feeds us.
Original music compositions by the singer songwriter, Jude Roberts, and the accompanying band. The incredible sounds of the four Lopez brothers, world renowned Equadorian musicians, bringing the music of Andes Manta to life.
TICKETS can be purchased HERE - all contributions support Friends of the Philmont Public Library.
