Archive for the Past Events Category

July 22 – “Lord of the Dance” Workshop

By Jo Rasi on June 29, 2015 / Past Events

Revel Year Round with Jim Voorhees and learn the Morris dance steps that accompany the Lord of the Dance.

June 28 — Maritime Voices at Big Train

By Jo Rasi on June 28, 2015 / Maritime Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Watch Baseball & Sing! $5 (discounted!) tickets (FREE for Revels Volunteers & Donors!) Join us for our 8th summer of baseball and song as we entertain the fans at a Big Train game. We’ll sing before and during the game, plus you can help us sing “Take

June 20 – Jubilee Voices at Music & Cultural Festival

By Jo Rasi on June 20, 2015 / Jubilee Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Jubilee Voices performs outdoors at Music & Cultural Festival at Allen Chapel AME Church Jubilee Voices is one of the musical groups participating in this four-hour Musical and Cultural Festival. Jubilee Voices will sing songs from the traditional a capella African-American tradition. The festival includes vendors,

June 19 — Heritage Voices at Foundry

By Jo Rasi on June 19, 2015 / Heritage Voices - Past Events, Past Events

A concert to celebrate the bicentennial of Foundry United Methodist Church In honor of the bicentennial of historic Foundry United Methodist Church, join Washington Revels Heritage Voices, old-time Roustabout String Band, and President Abraham Lincoln for a concert of traditional American songs and readings from the Civil

NEW DATE: June 7 — Maritime Voices, C&O Canal

By Jo Rasi on June 6, 2015 / Maritime Voices - Past Events, Past Events

DATE CHANGE: Due to anticipated rain, the Maritime Voices performances on the canal have been changed to Sunday June 7. Join us Sunday for a day of fun and music on the C&O Canal. Maritime Voices will present songs of the Canal and the ships that carried

June 3 — Maritime Voices, Friendship Heights

By Jo Rasi on June 3, 2015 / Maritime Voices - Past Events, Past Events

The kick off concert at Friendship Heights Village Center! Maritime Voices will kick off the Center’s summer concert series with songs of the sea and shore, and of the inland waterways of America. Come along for some spring air, singalongs, and a rollicking good time.

July 4 – 126th Takoma Park Parade

By Jo Rasi on June 2, 2015 / Parades - Past Events, Past Events

March with us — and sing if you like — in the 126th Takoma Park Independence Day Parade! All revelers, all ages, both veteran and new, are invited to march with us — let’s show thousands of spectators something of what Washington Revels is all about! If

May 17 — Heritage Voices at the Grand Review Parade

By Washington Revels on May 17, 2015 / Heritage Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Heritage Voices participates in the final event of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemoration in DC Over 10,000 reenactors and big audiences are expected at this important commemorative event! Throughout the course of the parade, there will be musical performances at Freedom Plaza (the endpoint of the parade) with

April 25 – Madrigals and Maypole at the National Arboretum

By Jo Rasi on April 25, 2015 / Gallery Voices - Past Events, Past Events

Enjoy Madrigals and Maypole at the National Arboretum’s Annual Garden Fair! Celebrate the arrival of Spring at this year’s Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) Garden Fair and Plant Sale. Gallery Voices will entertain with madrigals and some traditional Revels songs for a morning of merriment. We

April 11 – Maritime Voices at Navy Memorial Blessing of the Fleets

By Jo Rasi on April 11, 2015 / Maritime Voices - Past Events, Past Events

An annual tradition with maritime music, water from the seven seas, and navy bean soup! The U.S. Navy Memorial hosts its annual “Blessing of the Fleets” each spring at the beautiful and majestic Memorial Plaza. Passed down through generations of sailors, fishermen, merchant mariners and navies around