Revels
and the Charles River Conservancy present the 3rd annual RiverSing, Boston's newest fall tradition.
From atop the Weeks Footbridge spanning Allston and Cambridge,
in the glow of late afternoon sun, Revels music director George
Emlen and giant puppets Osun and Poseidon will lead everyone
gathered along the river in song as we celebrate the Autumnal
Equinox and the beauty of the Charles River parklands and bridges.
Also featured on the bridge this year are 5 area choruses: Sharing
a New Song, Boston City Singers, Musica Sacra, Halalisa Singers
and Nick Page's Mystic Chorale. Plus the extraordinary
vocal ensemble Libana, celebrating its 25 years in world
music, will thrill us with their Balkan-style call-and-response
singing across the Charles. Also on hand will be saxophone great Stan Strickland, the Mystic Drummers and the New Orleans-style Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band.
We invite you to bring a bell of any size to help us ring in the
season! We'll ring our official Riverbell, and thrill to Rhode
Island musician Steven Jobe's one-of-a-kind reverberating gong-drum
floating along the Charles on a dragon boat.
RiverSing is an event for all ages and everyone is invited to sing! (Hint: Get RiverSing lyrics in advance by emailing riversing06@yahoo.com)
Gather by 6:00 pm on either side of the Charles by the Weeks Footbridge and be a part of this sonic seasonal celebration.
Directions: Accessible by public transportation, the Weeks Footbridge is located along Memorial Drive in Cambridge, a short walk from
Harvard Square. Nearest T: Harvard Square on the Red Line. Walk down JFK to the River and turn left on Memorial Drive.
Read Keith Powers' RiverSing preview in the Cambridge Chronicle.
For more information: Call Alan at (617) 972-8300 x22.