On a Wintry December Evening, a couple of nights within the Solstice, I home recorded a Koleda (Polish Christmas Carol) in celebration of this time of year.
It’s pretty much about how little baby Jesus was whimpering and crying and his mother, Mary, was getting irritable with his neediness.
Its all very Slavic and somewhat sad, but I tried to select the happiest two verses. There are other carols that are much more riveting and celebratory, but the melody of this one is so beautiful!
Please go to the Store Page to download your own copy of it as a gift to you!
http://ashiagrzesik.com/store/

Written and directed by Ashia Grzesik and Tyler Travis of Insom Studios. Editing by Tyler Travis
Stop motion by Ashia Grzesik and Xander Almeida

Starring:
Xander Almeida
Todd Bayles
Ashia Grzesik

Special Guests:
Noah Mickens
Tiare ‘Nagasita’ Tashnik
Sushila Battagione
Niqi Cavanaugh
Nathan H.G
Laurel Jones
Eric Stern
Karolyna Wyneken

All Live footage shot at The Old Church, Portland OR.
Paper Dolls by Kelly Almeida
Ceramic Dolls by ‘Lost Dolls’ Dawn Pantajja

One night only! Nov. 30th at the Old Church! Video Release Party!!

Show features
Led to Sea
Grey Anne
Special surprise guests and a Lost Dolls Exhibition
November 30th
The Old Church
1422 S.W. 11th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97201
7:30pm Doors, 8pm show All Ages
$3-12 sliding scale at the door!
$8 pre-sale

First 15 pre-sales will receive a pair of signed, fully assembled paper dolls of Ashia and Xander featured as stop motion animation in the video!
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/212487

From college days to my Cirque du Soleil days, I’m tracking a tour from Ellensburg, WA to Las Vegas, NV! There will be many lovely stops along the way and I’d love to see all yer shining faces!

11.11 Raw Space, Ellensburg with Centralocolypse
(CWU’s own cello quartet!) WA 7pm
11.13 Jackson Wellsprings- Ashland OR 7pm
11.15 Naked Lounge- Sacramento, CA, 8pm
11.17 Las Vegas, 2 House Shows! (write me for details!)
11.18 Amargosa Opera House, Death Valley Junction, CA 7pm
11.19 The Artifice, *late night 12 am live music cabaret show!
11.20 Secret desert location
11.22 The Blue Macaw
with The Sansa and Shiri Show! San Francisco, CA 8pm
11.26 Santa Barbara,
Hayward Design Center
606 Olive st.
*4:30pm start time $5-15 suggested donation
11.30 Music Video screening and show at The Old Church, Portland OR!! With Led to Sea and Grey Anne!

We are honored to be performing at The Old Church at 7pm as part of Dawn Pantajja’s ‘Lost Dolls’ art show. Dawn Created ceramic dolls for the Rip Up Your Stitch video.
Come- its all ages and free!

Lost Dolls
November 3 @ 4pm-10pm
Debuting new works of Dawn Panttaja (ceramic dolls, art pottery and small wall pieces)
Cloth fashion dolls and paintings by Amanda Myers
Wonderful pieces of ephemera, jewelry, hats and figures of Alicia Justus (Miss Red Star.)
Tea at 4pm
Music at 7pm
European Cabaret Vocal Stylings of Ashia and the Bison Rouge.

A free, all ages event

The Old Church
Portland’s Historic Events Venue
1422 SW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
www.oldchurch.org