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Revels Kids present: A Midwinter Celebration
Sunday 15th December - 2pm - Pentangle Arts, Woodstock, VT
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Tickets are free for kids,
with adult tickets costing $10 each
Join Revels North for this special performance celebrating the winter, the solstice and the magical traditions that have inspired many generations in VT, NH and across the world.
This performance will showcase the incredible Revels Kids along with special guest performers as they perform songs, stories, theater and lots of ancient ritual and social dancing from the Revels tradition. We’ll also celebrate the Wassail Weekend with an Apple Tree Wassail and of course it wouldn’t be a Revels performance without a heavy dose of audience participation for the whole family. Welcome Yule!
The family friendly performance will be at 2pm at Pentangle Arts (31 The Green, Woodstock, VT 05091) on Sunday 15th December, and is part of the Woodstock Wassail Weekend.
Festive Pub Sings
Join us for a very special festive pub sing! We will be working our way through many brilliant and unusual carols from England including carols, wassails and other related seasonal songs. Anchored by the participants in the English Village Carols course led by Laurel Swift and Alex Cumming, all are welcome to sing along. There will be lyric books available for all to use.
All Pub Sings are free to attend, and we encourage you to support the host venues by buying drinks, food and/or giving a donation.
We will also be singing a few Revels favorites including Sussex Mummers Carol, Dona Nobis Pacem and Lord of the Dance at the sing in Lebanon on the 18th of December, where we will also be joined by a band of wonderful musicians who will be accompanying many of the carols.
Wednesday 18th December
Revels North Center for Traditional Arts, 2 Mascoma Street Suite #3, Lebanon NH
A social hour from 6pm with singing from 7pm - 9pm.
Bring drinks and snacks for yourself and/or to share.
Thursday 19th December
Four Phantoms Brewing Company, 301 Wells Street, Greenfield, MA
Singing from 7pm - 9pm.
In collaboration with the Four Phantoms Pub Sing.
Sunday 22nd December
The Tower Bar & Lounge, 55 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, VT
Singing from 4pm - 6pm.
In collaboration with the Brattleboro Pub Sing
in New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts
Coming up in 2025
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Revels Spring Sing - 6th April
Choir in a day workshop + evening concert & sing-along
Revels Kids: Morris & More - starts 8th April
A six-week folk dance course for ages 7-12
English Clog Dance Course - starts 8th April
A six-week clog dance course for adults
Playing for Dance: A Musicians Course - starts 8th April
A six-week course for musicians focusing on playing for dance
Revels May Celebration - 18th May
A day of celebration including performances, picnic,
family dance, pub sing, morris dancing and more
Midwinter Revels Auditions - 7th & 8th June
Singing, acting & dance auditions for Teens & Adults
Midwinter Revels Performances - 20th & 21st December
A Celtic Celebration of the Winter Solstice at the Lebanon Opera House
plus, Pub Sings, Community Dances, concerts and more
More information and registration for 2025 programs coming soon. www.RevelsNorth.org
The Midwinter Revels History
The Midwinter Revels, a beloved Upper Valley tradition for the whole family since 1975, is presented annually by Revels North. We celebrate the holiday season and the turning of the year with singing, dancing, and traditions that span the centuries and the globe. Recent performances have featured the stories, music and traditions of the Northlands, Québec, Ireland, Appalachia, England, and Venice. After over forty years of performances at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, Revels North brought The Revels to historic Lebanon Opera House in 2019.
The Midwinter Revels would not be possible without the participation of dozens of children, teens, and adults who take on acting roles, join the chorus, and volunteer with costuming, makeup and hair styling. In typical years, auditions for The Midwinter Revels take place in early June, with rehearsals beginning in September.
The famed Midwinter Revels will be making a triumphant return to the Lebanon Opera House in December 2025, with a Scottish Celtic Midwinter Revels show. Watch this space for more news coming soon.