Both literally and archetypally, the thought of an orphan stirs pain and pity on a cellular level. Poor, forsaken child, we project. Yet when we pause for a minute, don’t we each have to admit that there are colonies of abandoned places – yes, orphaned parts of ourselves - toe-tapping for our attention. The good news is that Jungian endeavors provide a state of the art approach to crack into the neglected places that are buried within.

- Fairy tales, myth, literature and film are the sorrowful and sometime gruesome reminders that abandonment of our most precious gifts and talents is as old as time.

- Dreams are pretty much an orphan’s custom-made means of communication, beckoning us from the deep: “Hello, is anybody up there ever going to step up and do the right thing by me?” says a starving, ragtag urchin.

- Recognition that our neuroses, depressions and anxieties are the ramshackle vehicles upon which the orphan rides into our psyches.

This evening, Virginia, with the help of music and film, will set the stage for meeting your own pint-sized, but full of potential orphans. So come join the choir and discover the songs that long to be sung.