Archive for the Events Category

July 16 — Jubilee Voices at Mt. Pleasant

By Jo Rasi on May 29, 2016 / Jubilee Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Special Event with Jubilee Voices at Walter Pierce Park (Mt. Pleasant Plains Cemetery) In this commemoration and name reading ceremony, Jubilee Voices will share songs in honor of the escaped slaves who are buried in the cemetery. Join in for a memorable day in a park filled

May 31-June 21: Ukes on the Move at Revels!

By Jo Rasi on May 27, 2016 / Past Events

Carpe Diem Arts, presenters of the Ukes on the Move program, bring their fabulous ukulele workshops to our Revels Studio Space. Classes available for all ages, with a special Tweens & Teens workshop at 4 pm. Join some Revels friends in learning songs (Revels songs and other songs) on ukulele. You’ll be able to play dozens of songs in no time!

June 4 – Jubilee Voices at Washington Folk Festival

By Jo Rasi on May 26, 2016 / Jubilee Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Washington Revels Jubilee Voices will perform African American spirituals, folk songs, ring shouts and songs from the Civil Rights era, along with spoken word and plenty of audience participation.

June 4 — Gallery Voices at Cheverly Community Market

By Jo Rasi on May 26, 2016 / Gallery Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Celebrate the opening day for this local community farmer’s market with Washington Revels!

June 4 — Maritime Voices at C&O Canal

By Jo Rasi on May 25, 2016 / Maritime Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Maritime Voices will present songs of the Canal and the ships that carried its products out to sea to celebrate 19th-Century life on the Canal. Enjoy the music, and take a ride in a full-scale mule-pulled replica of the boats that plied the canal. See the C&O

May 7 at 4pm – May Revels at the National Cathedral

By Jo Rasi on April 30, 2016 / Past Events

Celebrate Spring with Washington Revels at the 2016 Flower Mart, sponsored by the National Cathedral All Hallows Guild! We will once again “bring in the May” as part of the annual All Hallows Guild Flower Mart – a popular two-day festival since 1939. DC’s favorite spring outdoor

April 30 – Madrigals and Maypole at the National Arboretum

By Washington Revels on April 30, 2016 / Gallery Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Celebrate the arrival of Spring at the annual Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) Garden Fair and Plant Sale. Washington Revels’ Gallery Voices will entertain with madrigals and some traditional Revels songs for a morning of merriment. And that’s not all — we will dance the Maypole several times throughout the day and invite fair-goers to join us in more Maypole dancing. Don’t miss this annual tradition and, while you are at it, pick up some wonderful green stuff for your garden.

May 21 – Monthly Community Sing

By Jo Rasi on April 28, 2016 / Community Sing - Past Events, Past Events

Washington Revels – Carpe Diem Monthly Community Sing May Theme: Asian & Jewish Heritage Month, and Traveling Songs Join us to sing in celebration of National Asian Heritage month, National Jewish Heritage month, and to sing in anticipation of summer travel plans. 6:30 — Songs for All

April 21 — April Community Sing

By Jo Rasi on April 21, 2016 / Community Sing - Past Events, Past Events

Washington Revels – Carpe Diem Monthly Community Sing April Theme: Celebrating the Earth and National Arab American Heritage Month Join us to sing in celebration of the earth and Arabic culture, plus enjoy a fun and easy way to do some creative giving! We will sing songs

May 24 — Workshop with Blair HS A Cappella Ensemble

By Jo Rasi on April 20, 2016 / Past Events

A Cappella Workshop with InToneNation Join us for an evening of learning some of the favorite A Cappella tunes that the teens of Montgomery Blair High School’s InToneNation know and love. A perfect setting for adults, teens and tweens to do some serious (and seriously fun!) singing.