SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
6-7:30 pm
A FREE Event!
On the Cambridge bank of the Charles River, near the Weeks Footbridge
Map and Directions
Info: 617 972-8300 x22
Photo by Arthur Ferguson
Revels RiverSing
Patrick Swanson, stage director
George Emlen, music director and host
Join thousands of voices in song as Revels celebrates the approaching equinox with music, poetry and communal singing at the 9th annual Revels RiverSing along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge.
This FREE outdoor celebration features over 100 area chorus members, Actors' Shakespeare Project, musician David Coffin, guest soloists, a New Orleans-style "honk" band, sax great Stan Strickland and YOU!
Bring a picnic dinner, lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy a magical night of music and fun at this fast growing community tradition.
Before the sing: Join us in Harvard Square's Winthrop Park for family entertainments including stilt walkers & hula hoops, a fabulous "honk" band and a puppet-filled Parade to the river!
Event Timeline:
5:00 pm: Pre-show entertainments begin in Winthrop Park
5:45 pm: Grand Procession to the Charles (all join!)
6:00 pm: The singing begins!
Photo by Arthur Ferguson
Thanks to our Sponsors:
Harvard Square Business Association
Cambridge Arts Council
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency
Charles River Conservancy (co-founder)
Special thanks to the Puppeteers Cooperative and Moonship Productions, to Renata von Tscharner who, as head of the Charles River Conservancy, invited Revels to partner with them for the first RiverSing in 2004, and to all the wonderful volunteers who make Revels RiverSing possible each year.
2011 photos from Peter Van Demark
2011 photos from Arthur Ferguson
If you've got the time and a bowl of popcorn, here's a 50 min Video from 2011
Photo by Arthur Ferguson