Winter Wander

Join the Valentine for some holiday cheer on our picturesque block of East Clay Street! Take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage and partake in refreshments and family crafts. Enjoy a performance from the Fox Elementary School Choir, Richmond Ballet’s Minds in Motion Ambassadors, Virginia Opera’s Tunes & Tales and Klezm’Or’Ami’m.

Winter Wander is sponsored in part by Richmond Family Magazine and the Richmond Association of Realtors.

Performance Schedule:

12:30 p.m. | Richmond Ballet’s Minds in Motion Ambassadors
1:30 p.m. | Fox Elementary School Choir
2:00 p.m. | Virginia Opera’s Tunes & Tales
3:00 p.m. | Klezm’Or’Ami’m

Plus, tour the historic Court End neighborhood and hop on a free trolley for open houses and other activities at nearby cultural sites including: the American Civil War Museum’s White House of the Confederacy, the John Marshall House, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the Poe Museum, Monumental Church, Masons’ Hall and the Virginia State Capitol.

This event is free and open to the public!

About Minds in Motion Ambassadors:
Minds In Motion Ambassadors is made up of over 40 advanced Minds In Motion students in 5th and 6th grades who participate in an after-school scholarship class twice a week. This diverse group of youthful, high-energy dancers learn to combine movement and rhythmic patterning into exciting and intricate choreography. The program also enables students to transition to classes at School of Richmond Ballet.

About Tunes & Tales:
Join Virginia Opera on an enchanting journey into the world of literature and music where cool characters and stories come to life with new and familiar tunes from opera and beyond. Perfect for children and adults alike, your whole family will be delighted by this interactive program. Amidst the fun and discovery of characters and stories through our singing artists, children are given a unique opportunity to strengthen academic and social skills through the art of opera. It’s a unique opportunity to bring together the art of storytelling through words and music to everyone!

About Klezm’Or’Ami’m:
Klezmer is dance party music with a Jewish soul.  It started in Eastern Europe in the last century when small groups of wandering musicians – usually clarinetists, trumpet players and violinists – traveled from village to village, playing for both Jewish and non-Jewish events and audiences.  Klezmer arrived in America beginning in the early 1900’s and adopted a few of the customs of its new homeland, most notably, the piano.