Program
Sonnets in the Snow Program
January 22 and 23, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Blackmore and History Rock ski trail loops, Hyalite Canyon, Bozeman
Introduction and Directions
Eleven performers will be skiing or snowshoeing counterclockwise on these loops. Each one will have a green sash, so when you find one of these actors, ask to hear a sonnet and you’ll be treated to beautiful and creative poetry delivered by experienced actors.
Sonnets in the Snow performers and poems
Jenna Ciralli: Sonnet 12 by William Shakespeare
Mikey Gray: William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 and Demeter’s Prayer to Hades by Rita Dove
Gretchen Minton: William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29
Keegan Grady: Seamus Heaney’s Glanmore Sonnet V and As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins
John Hosking: Mathilde Blind’s A Winter Landscape and Greg Keeler’s A Belly Full of Stream
Ben Leubner: The Emperor of Ice-Cream and The Snow Man, both written by Wallace Stevens
Kirsten Daniels: William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 60
Erik Pearson: Edna St Vincent Millay’s What Lips My Lips Have Kissed and William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
Lori Rosolowsky: Robert Frost’s Into My Own and The Vantage Point
Aaron Schuerr: What Was Lost composed by Aaron Schuerr
Luke Minton: William Blake’s Tiger Tiger
Ski trail loops for the Sonneteers: from History Rock Trailhead to Blackmore Trailhead and in between.
About those sonnets
Sonnets are a specific form of poetry consisting of 14 lines and following a specific meter and rhyme scheme. They were invented in the 13th century in Italy and are related to the musical “sonata”.
Sonnets have delighted poets for centuries because of the formal structure which is nonetheless adaptable for explorations of love, loss, death, nature, and much more.
Special Interests of Sonnet Performers
Please support our performers by visiting their favorite websites:
Jenna Ciralli: Actor/ Narrative Filmmaker www.jennaciralli.com
John Hosking: John’s album of original songs, "Wide Open Door" is available on iTunes and Spotify and all other digital outlets. https://thirdpathpromotions.com/artists/john-hosking/ to buy CD of John’s music
Lori Rosolowsky: www.lorirosolowsky.com
Pianist, singer songwriter, entertainer
www.openskyartists.com
performing artists and arts institutions
Aaron Schuerr: www.aaronschuerr.com Aaron is a very popular and accomplished Plein Air painter
Kirsten Daniels: Actress, teacher, real estate agent https://www.facebook.com/kirsten.daniels.96
Gretchen Minton: https://www.gretchenminton.com/
Shakespearean, dramaturg, director, and author