RiverSing - Celebrating the Fall with Music & Song

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Sunday, September 20th, Revels marked the moment that summer tilted into autumn with the 6th annual RiverSing. This FREE family fall celebration included poetry readings by members of the Actors' Shakespeare Project, musician and soloist David Coffin performing a new song written in honor of the Charles, conductor George Emlen's "River Hymn," and over 100 chorus members from The Family Folk Chorale, the Halalisa Singers, Sharing a New Song, Revels singers and other Boston-area choruses - and YOU! - as we bade farewell to summer and welcomed in the glories of autumn with communal singing along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge.  Download the lyrics.  All songs were simple and easy to learn.

TIMELINE: Coming early? Gather at 5:00 pm in Harvard Square's Winthrop Park (outside Grendel's Den) where the festivities, including face painting and stilt walkers, begin. Then join the 5:45pm Grand Procession to the Charles, led by a fabulous "honk" band and filled with hula hoopers and circus performers from Moonship Productions and Starma Circus and hand-made puppets large and small from Sara Peattie's Puppeteer's Cooperative, Bring a flashlight and a picnic and don't forget to bring a bell to ring in the new season, then join thousands of voices in song starting at 6:00 pm by the John W. Weeks Footbridge at Memorial Drive and DeWolfe Street.

As the evening ends, enjoy the beauty of the sunset and the peace of the River as musical guest Stan Strickland plays a mystical saxophone coda, floating across the water on an illuminated Sun/Moon boat, followed by dancing along the Charles to the New Orleans jazz inspired sounds of the Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band.  

Please join us for this magical evening of song and celebration!

For Chorus Memebers: Anyone planning on singing in the RiverSing Chorus should wear dark pants and bright, solid-color shirts/tops.

We are grateful to our sponsors:
Harvard Square Business Association
Cambridge Arts Council
Massachusetts Cultural Council

Volunteer for RiverSing
We need lots of volunteer help at RiverSing. If you are interested in any of the volunteer opportunities, contact Jeanne Kelly at jkelly@revels.org.

Hear an audio clip from RiverSing 2008  • See pictures from RiverSing 2008  • Read a review of RiverSing 2008

Congratulations to director Charles Mann, whose 2008 RiverSing film was featured in the Woods Hole Film Festival (July25-August1). Watch the video.

Need more info? Watch George Emlen on NECN Arts-Entertainment