Volunteers are the heart of our organization
Revels’ corps of active volunteers help in diverse areas — from ushering for The Christmas Revels, to helping with special events such as the Harvest Hootenanny, cleaning up the “dungeon”, and...
View ArticleEvery Christmas Revels is a community event
Every year the Revels music director auditions many talented adults, teens and children who then become our choral community. It’s an experience that many of our community hope to relive over and over....
View ArticleA beloved celebration of the winter solstice
Every Christmas Revels is a celebration of traditions, history and community.
View ArticleViVoce Singers
ViVoce is the Portland Revels Women’s a capella Women’s Ensemble. ViVoce performs two concerts a year in January and again in June. Like Revels, they celebrate the seasons with song and readings.
View ArticleThe Christmas Revels 2015: Celtic Crossing
This year Revels will transport audiences to the late 19th century, aboard one of the last immigrant ships to cross the Atlantic from Queenstown, Ireland to New York. To properly say goodbye to their...
View ArticleWelcome to the Portland Revels blog!
Here we’ll post backstage sneak peeks, notes from our community, artistic team, executive staff and board, and other articles of interest to our Portland Revels friends. To gear up for this year’s...
View ArticleNotes from our first rehearsal
The roof of the gym resembles ship’s ribs, which seems fitting this year as the theme and location of this year’s Christmas Revels is aboard an immigrant ship bound for America sometime in the late...
View ArticleDance in the Revels
Dance featured in the Revels is often primarily based on traditional Morris dance, but not this year. When we’re not doing a “strictly English” Revels, dances highlighted in the show must be relevant...
View ArticleAll Hallows Eve
POST BY LINDA GOLASZEWSKI Halloween will come will come Spells be set a going Fairies at full speed will run Avoid the road and roamin’ (adapted from South Uist Scotland) Ancient jack o’ lantern photo...
View ArticleKids and the Revels
POST BY LINDA GOLASZEWSKI Since its beginning, Revels has involved children. As an educator as well as singer/performer, Revels founder Jack Langstaff was always sure to bring the energy and excitement...
View ArticleA note on Irish Music in this year’s Christmas Revels
POST BY LINDA GOLASZEWSKI It’s not the Christmas Revels if there isn’t music, and we’re lucky that this year’s show has had so much wonderful music to choose from. Although you will hear some old...
View ArticleHow to Make a Dragon Part 1: Meet the Artists
We brought three of our best Revels artists on board for this project, Angie Goffredi, Morgan Weber, and Barbara Millikan. They were given a budget of $800 to build the most magnificent...
View ArticleHow to Make a Dragon Part 2: The Design
Inspired by the Showstopposaurus and Michael Curry’s designs for the Lion King, Barbara, Angie, and Morgan sketched out designs for the dragon, experimenting with style, shape, and engineering. The...
View ArticleThe Christmas Revels
Revels is a one of a kind experience, a little bit classical, a little bit historical, and a little bit farcical. It harkens back the old days of community and family, when a night out meant singing...
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