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Newsletter
Welcome
to the first Revels Houston Newsletter for 2008.
We will be performing and celebrating cultural
traditions throughout the coming year at
Festivals, in schools and hospitals and at other
community events. Our Newsletters and our
website
www.revelshouston.org
will help keep you up to date on the many fun
events we are planning for 2008. Thank you for
being a part of Revels!
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Annual
Revels Wake
Come
celebrate the 'death' of winter in Revels
Houston style at our Annual Revels Wake!
You
are invited to join in the festivities as
members of the Revels Ensemble and Chorus
entertain you with songs and dances from
previous  Christmas
Revels productions. This Revels Houston holiday
tradition will include a 'Pub sing-a-long' with
song sheets provided and interactive audience
dancing and singing.
All
are invited to join the performers to dance,
sing and 'drive the cold winter away' whilst
enjoying food, drink and the company of friends.
There will be a be a Three-Item raffle with
items to interest everyone.
DATE
Saturday January 26th
2008
TIME
7:30pm - 10:00pm
COST
$25.00 per person, inclusive of food, beer and
wonderful entertainment.($5.00 per order
handling fee)
PLACE
St Arnold's Brewery, 2522 Fairway
Park Drive, Houston 77092 -
713 686 9494
TICKETS
713
668 3303 / 713 669 9528 - Tickets are available
online now!
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Revelry
performs at HBU
Lift
Every Voice &
Sing
American
Masterpieces Choral Music Festival
January
26 & 27, 2008 - Houston, Texas
Morris
Cultural Arts Center, Houston Baptist University
Revelry,
the performing ensemble of Revels Houston. will
be singing at the above event on Saturday
January 26th, 3:00pm in the Belin Chapel on the
campus of HBU.
The Festival will have
something for every choral enthusiast -
everything from gospel music to classical
singing to folk music will be heard at the
Morris Cultural
Arts
Center on
January 26th. If you would like to be a part of
this wonderful festival with over 500 singers,
you can register to attend the concerts and
workshops, and even to sing in the gala concert
on January 27th. Registration and ticket
purchases are possible at houstonchamberchoir.org. |
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Quilt
Raffle Winners
Congratulations
to the two winners of our Appalachian Style
Quilts. JACOB'S LADDER was won by STEPHEN
WILLIAMS JACK IN THE PULPIT was won by CHRIS
BOGREN.
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Revels
in Space
Thanks
to Doug and Pam Melroy the voice of Jack
Langstaff, the founder of Revels, was sent out
into space last fall. Doug sent the greeting of
Jack Langstaff singing 'Lord of the Dance', to
his wife, Pam, as her morning wake up call on
her first day in space. Pam and Doug are regular
attendees at The Christmas Revels. Learn more
about this event
at
http://www.revelshouston.org/discovery.html |
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Revels
Houston provides
a wonderful multi-cultural experience for the
entire Texas
community,  but
it would not be possible without our wonderful
team of volunteers. Click
here
to learn about volunteering with Revels
Houston.
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Pub
Sings
Come one.
Come all!
Revels
Houston
celebrates winter and heads into the spring with
monthly 'Pub Sings'. We welcome all to gather at
the  Mucky
Duck and join in with the singing of some of
your favorite sing-along pub songs. Words will
be provided.
Pub
sings are from 7:00pm - 8:00pm on Wednesday
February 13th and Wednesday March
12th 2008 Great food and
refreshments are always available. Those under
21 must be accompanied by a
parent.
McGonigel's
Mucky Duck 2425
Norfolk,
Houston 77098 -
713 528 5999
Two blocks north, one block east
of Hwy. 59 at Kirby ~ http://www.mcgonigels.com/ |
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2007
Christmas Revels
Our
2007 production included musicians Eden
MacAdam-Somer, Larry
Unger, Peter Suk, Ilan
MacAdam-Somer and chorus members, Dan Witschey
and Conrad MacRoberts,  playing
banjo, fiddle, whistle, cello, guitar, drum and
bass. Their instruments accompanied the dancing
and singing of this lively and cross cultural
celebration. 'Shape note' singer and teacher,
Suzannah Park, who has performed since she was
12 years old touring Europe and America, was
joined by  spiritual
singer, Paulette Labbe Chiasson and storyteller
Nicole
Harford as we celebrated in
story and song the original peoples of this
land;  the
songs and dances of the 'Shaking Quakers' and
the African American holiday festival of the
'Jonkonnu.'
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Veronica
Harford
Revels Houston
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