GARDINER – “Christmas in New England,” a festive afternoon of yuletide songs and stories for the whole family, will be presented Sunday, Dec. 16, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center. Performing will be folk musicians Dave Peloquin of Windsor and Bob Webb of Phippsburg, with storyteller Denise Reehl of Gardiner.

Peloquin and Webb accompany themselves on guitar, banjo and concertina. They perform some of the more unusual Christmas songs as well as traditional favorites. audience members are encouraged to join in many of the choruses, and children are invited to play percussion instruments. Reehl will add her own brand of original recitations and characters to the bill.

For seven years, Peloquin, a strong baritone, was lead singer for the New England Christmastide Musicians. Accompanying himself on guitar or singing a cappella, he brings more than 35 years of musical experience to the show. He is internationally renowned, from New Zealand to Poland, and is best known in Maine for having organized the Songs of Sail sea-music festival in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport in 2000-2002.

Reehl is an accomplished mime/character actress as well as a gifted storyteller.

Tickets to the 4 p.m. show are $10 for adults; children admitted free with accompanying adult. A building restoration fee of $1 requested at the door. Seating is limited. Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center is at 280 Water St. For reservations, call 582-7144 or e-mail [email protected]. For more information, log on to www.johnsonhall.org.