Reading of ‘A Christmas Carol’ looks to help local food banks
Written by Al Beeber
Thursday, 27 November 2008
City food banks will be the main beneficiary of a reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in early December. The other beneficiaries will be the people attending the reading at Southminster United Church on Wednesday who can help out the needy while getting into the Christmas spirit. The reading — one of more than 100 being done during the holiday season across Canada — was inspired by CBC broadcaster Judy Maddren’s public readings which she started in 1990 to raise money for an Ontario women’s shelter. Since Maddren’s first reading, they’ve been staged many times to help out charitable organizations across the country. The idea for the city reading came from Richard Tamkin and his wife Di, longtime Torontonians who have resettled in Lethbridge. Tickets for the reading are $20 and will give purchasers the chance to hear five readers including Jeff Collins of CBC Radio Calgary and a 16-year-old exchange student from Denmark. Readers will be using a text condensed by Dickens himself for his own readings of the work. The program is about 90 minutes long and features music by five soloists from the University of Lethbridge music department and organist Andrew Gierulski. “We thought it would be a good idea for the food banks. It’s an idea that may or may not succeed,” said Tamkin. “Food banks have a serious problem with fundraising this time of year. It (the reading) is fairly Christmasy and the topic is horribly relevant. “We need bums in the seats to raise funds and the food banks need the funds.” The Rotary board is covering all expenses of the show to make sure the food banks get every nickel of the proceeds. Tickets are available at the Ticket Centre, 403-329-7328.
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