http://valfa.com Nobody can tell when a tradition begins, but hundreds of families have started with Vaillancourt Chalkware. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:21:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://valfa.com/2012/dickens-returns/ http://valfa.com/2012/dickens-returns/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:10:54 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=3219 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Weekend Celebrating Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday in Worcester Worcester, MA — As the world celebrates Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, Vaillancourt Folk Art–known for Christmas Traditions–is bringing Gerald Charles Dickens to Worcester. He has set off on a world tour, retracing the historic steps that Charles Dickens made during his famous American [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2012/dickens-returns/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2012/happy-birthday-dickens/ http://valfa.com/2012/happy-birthday-dickens/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:48 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=2964 “Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.” On February 7th, 1812 Charles John Huffam Dickens, was born in Landport, England. Raised in the tough working-class conditions, including working at a blacking factory after his father was thrown into a debtor’s prison, Dickens’ experiences have said to [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2012/happy-birthday-dickens/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2010/one-man-show/ http://valfa.com/2010/one-man-show/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:28:56 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=1703 By Bill Fortier TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF (Read here) SUTTON —  Gerald Charles Dickens is adding a generous helping of Christmas spirit this weekend at Vaillancourt Folk Art in the Manchaug Mills. Mr. Dickens, whose great-great-grandfather was Charles Dickens, is traveling throughout the United States through Christmas performing “A Christmas Carol,” and judging by the [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2010/one-man-show/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/i-will-honor-christmas-in-my-heart-and-try-to-keep-it-all-the-year/ http://valfa.com/2009/i-will-honor-christmas-in-my-heart-and-try-to-keep-it-all-the-year/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:29:32 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=459 All of us at Vaillancourt Folk Art wish to thank all who attended the performances of A Christmas Carol performed by Gerald Charles Dickens, the Great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens. We had four fabulous performances to sold out crowds! All attendees were touched by Mr. Dickens’ performances of this one man show, as he took the [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2009/i-will-honor-christmas-in-my-heart-and-try-to-keep-it-all-the-year/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/a-real-dickens-the-originals-great-great-grandson/ http://valfa.com/2009/a-real-dickens-the-originals-great-great-grandson/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:44 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/?p=370 A real Dickens (Full Article)THE ORIGINAL’S GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSON By Donna Boynton TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF (Nov 24, 2009) SUTTON —  He remembers the first time he heard “A Christmas Carol.” It was Christmas Eve, he was 5 and his father had gathered the children to read the story that included the miser, the trio of holiday [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2009/a-real-dickens-the-originals-great-great-grandson/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/radio/ http://valfa.com/2009/radio/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:47:31 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media/?p=162 http://valfa.com/2009/radio/feed/ 0 http://valfa.com/2009/dickens/ http://valfa.com/2009/dickens/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:32:46 +0000 Vaillancourt Folk Art http://valfa.com/media/?p=287 Gerald Charles Dickens is making a special trip to Vaillancourt Folk Art from London to perform his great-great grandfather’s classic tale, ‘A Christmas Carol.’ Dickens adopts different voices, expressions and mannerisms to portray each of the story’s twenty-six characters in this acclaimed one-man show. Show time approx. one hour. Not recommended for children under the [...]]]> http://valfa.com/2009/dickens/feed/ 0