Join us for a spirited celebration of Dylan Thomas' prose work, A Child's Christmas in Wales. The piece is a sentimental, romantic account of an early 20th century Welsh Christmas and consists of a series of scenarios, reminiscences, anecdotes, childhood adventures, and family incidents. Its atmospheric Welsh charm and humor from the early twentieth century will be heroically recreated by the energetic Dulais Rhys (a real live Welshman). The program will include a slideshow of Dylan Thomas's life and work as well audio examples of the poet's unique reading voice. Rhys will also give a 5 minute mandatory, non-optional, compulsory, doors-are-locked Welsh language lesson before reading A Child's Christmas in Wales.
Dulais Rhys is a professional musician based in San Francisco. He holds Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees in music from the University of Wales as well as several teaching diplomas. He also studied Composition, Conducting and Electronic Music at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, MD. His book To Philadelphia and Back: The Life and Music of Joseph Parry was published in 2010.