Official Dickens Fair Performer Page
Official Dickens Fair Missive Page
Back to Dickens Christmas Fair Backup Performer Missive Page


(sent November 21st, 2006)

Hi everyone,
Here's some promo verbiage for you to send out to your email lists, let's make this a fabulous opening weekend! (the regular missive will come out late today or early tomorrow)
Cat

The bustling streets of London, immortalized for all time by the mighty pen of Charles Dickens, form the living backdrop of your excursion into Christmas Past. You are a living part of a Victorian Christmas card come to life!

A Bay Area tradition for 27 holiday seasons, the Great Dickens Christmas Fair returns to the San Francisco Cow Palace Exhibition Halls for five weekends , including the Friday after Thanksgiving and the Saturday before Christmas in 2006, from Friday, November 24 through Saturday, December 23, from 11am 'til 7pm.

Created in 1970 by Ron & Phyllis Patterson, the fair is now produced by Kevin & Leslie Patterson & Red Barn Productions, who continue the family tradition of theatrical excellence through authenticity, participation, and playfulness.

Come wander the lanes of Victorian London, as the glow of twilight settles upon the city. With the scent of pine boughs and freshly baked scones floating in the air and the sound of carolers and holiday merrymakers accompanying your stroll…

• Visit shops bedecked with Christmastime finery and filled with unique treasures.
• Stop in for a hot toddy or a pint of Boddington's at Mad Sal's Dockside Ale House, where the low-life hang out and the high-born drop in.
• Raise a champagne toast to the holidays at Fezziwig's Warehouse, the most cheerful spot in London.
• Enjoy rollicking entertainments on four stages and in the streets.
• Feast on fine foods from the British Empire and beyond.
• Rest a spell in Cuthbert's Tea House, for a sip of hot tea and cucumber sandwiches or scones.

A holiday adventure into Victorian London, partying with hundreds of costumed players in 90,000+ square feet of theatrically-lit music halls, pubs, dance parties and Christmas shops on winding lanes. It’s a twilight evening in Charles Dickens’ London Town – a city filled with lively and colorful characters from both literature and history. Enticing aromas of roasted chestnuts and hearty foods fill the air. Cries of street vendors hawking their wares ring out above the bustling crowd. Dozens of lamplit shops are filled to overflowing with Christmas presents.

Experience the joys of Christmas past at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair!


Discount Tickets!

•  The best discount is available through the Dickens Fair website at www.dickensfair.com where adult tickets are only $17.00 each (plus a $2.00 handling fee per order.) 
• All Bay Area Longs Drugs stores are presenting a coupon at their cash registers offering $2.00 Off and the Twilight Special:  2 for 1 Admittance from 4-7pm.
• The San Francisco Chronicle will have a $4.00 off coupon ($1.00 off up to 4 Adult admissions) every Thursday and Sunday, and the San Mateo Times, Oakland Tribune, Penny Saver, Pacific Tribune, and other area papers will also have coupons on certain dates.

Do be sure to join our mailing list for additional discounts and special events!

Driving Directions:

Highway 280 North - "Geneva Avenue" Exit, right onto Geneva Avenue. Cow Palace is 2-3 miles down Geneva on the right. Highway 280 South - "Geneva Avenue" Exit, left onto Geneva Avenue. Cow Palace is 2-3 miles down Geneva on the right. Highway 101 North - "Brisbane/Cow Palace" Exit, exit to right, continuing north on Bayshore Blvd. Follow Bayshore Blvd., turning left onto Geneva Avenue. Cow Palace is up Geneva on the left. Highway 101 South - "Cow Palace/Third Street" Exit, exit to right, continuing south on Bayshore Blvd. Turn right onto Geneva Avenue. Cow Palace is up Geneva on the left. For a map and additional directions, visit the Cow Palace website (www.cowpalace.com).

Public Transit: Take the San Francisco/Daly City BART line to Balboa Park station. From Balboa Park station, take the #15 Muni bus to the Cow Palace bus stop at Santos Street.






To sign up for the missives, please email missives@redbarnproductions.org, and request to be added to the missive list.


Link to Cat Taylor's Homepage