http://www.revels.org/calendar/riversing Revels RiverSing Patrick Swanson, stage director George Emlen, music director and host Join thousands of voices in song as Revels celebrates the approaching equinox with music, poetry and communal singing at the 9th annual Revels RiverSing along the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge. Saying farewell to summer as we welcome the fall, this FREE family celebration features over 100 chorus members, a charming Revels Children's Chorus, Actors' Shakespeare Project, musician and song leader David Coffin, great guest soloists, a fabulous folk band, the raucus Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band, sax great Stan Strickland and YOU! We'll sing familiar folksongs and a perhaps few new ones (download the lyrics). Picnics are definately encouraged and, for your comfort, bring a lawn chair or blanket and get ready to enjoy a magical night of music, poetry and song! Before the sing: Join us in Harvard Square's Winthrop Park for family entertainments including stilt walkers & hula hoops, giant butterflies, our "honk" band and a giant puppet-filled parade to the Charles that all can join! Event Timeline: 5:00 pm: Family Fun Begins in Winthrop Park 5:45 pm: Join the Parade! Grand Procession to the Charles 6:00 pm: The Singing Begins! Ruth Ruth A. Ryals 115 Upland Rd. Cambridge, MA 02140 617-547-6453 617-834-4007 cell rryals@comcast.net "Never doubt that a small group of dedicated people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Barry Bloom's version of a Margaret Mead quote