Washington Revels 30th annual The Revels in celebration of the winter solstice

December 8–9 and 14–16, 2012 gw lisner auditorium, washington, dc

Washington Revels presents the 30th annual production of

In Celebration of the Winter Solstice Traditional and Early Music, Dance and Drama of Britain and Europe

Featuring With Piffaro, The Renaissance Band Mark Jaster as The Fool The Washington Revels Brass Sabrina Mandell, Joan The Wassailers Oran Sandel, Sir John Manners The Bakewell Teens The Manners Family The Derbyshire Children Morgan Duncan, Sir John Henry Cutting Edge Sword Dancers Katrina Van Duyn, Lady Kathleen Foggy Bottom Morris Men Mattias Lundberg, Charles Mira Cohen, Ursula 3

Roberta Gasbarre, Artistic and Stage Director Elizabeth Fulford Miller, Music Director Greg Magee, Production Manager Water for the It is expressly forbidden to use photographic or 2012 Christmas Revels sound equipment in the auditorium. Unauthorized persons found using such equipment in the theater provided by will be asked to leave. Revels® is a registered service Drink More Water. mark of Revels, Inc. of Watertown, Massachusetts, and is used by permission. drinkmorewater.com About Revels

What is Revels? A nonprofit cultural institution in the Greater Washington area for almost 30 years, Washington Revels creates community celebrations and other events based on traditional music, dance, and drama, and from different times and cultures. Revels programs involve adults and children, professionals and nonprofessionals, and opportunities for audience participation. By engaging audiences as participants in traditional material, Revels seeks to provide a sense of the comfort and the joy that people can obtain from community celebrations that reflect universal themes.

Revels organization. We are one of ten independent Revels organizations in the U.S., each with its own board, office and artistic staff, and finances. An umbrella organization, Revels, Inc., in Watertown, Massachusetts, maintains artistic standards and provides or approves scripts and music for Christmas Revels productions.

Revels activities. The Christmas Revels is by far our biggest production, but we now have many other activities throughout the year, including informal celebrations, concerts, and other events. We have five performing ensembles, as well as a growing education program. Over the past year, Washington Revels presented 55 separate events, of which The Christmas Revels was only one. These activities are noted in the insert to this program.

What is Revels-really? At one level, Revels is a vehicle for events that are fun and that also provide a sense of community and shared tradition. At a deeper level, Revels is about the importance of community celebration to all people. This deeper level is most evident in our seasonal celebrations, and in particular our celebrations of the Winter Solstice, which address the circle of the seasons and the cycle of life. Winter is followed by spring; dark is followed by light; individuals die, but others are born. Throughout, in times of sorrow and times of joy, humankind finds support in coming together in music and song.

Exploring these themes through the prisms of different cultures, Revels performances not only illustrate specific customs that address universal human hopes and fears, but create “real-time” celebrations in which cast, crew, and audience members experience our common humanity. The essential message, and we hope the experience, is that all of us-adults, children, people from all walks of life-are part of a community that stretches across national and cultural boundaries and down through the ages.

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s Washington Revels heads into our 30th anniversary year, it seems appropriate that this Christmas Revels is about joy, family and, most of all, legacy. Sir John Henry Montague Manners, the 9th Duke of Rutland, is selling the old family home, A Haddon Hall. He doesn't feel like a duke. He's a modern man of the 1920s, with modern concerns. He doesn't want to deal with an empty old country house anymore, even one filled with memories and “by-gone grandeur.” But his wonderful, strange Winter Solstice family reunion makes him rethink his legacy. What does he really want his children to inherit? What should be passed down? What is it, finally, that all of us leave our children? It's tempting to look back and think that people had it easier in some earlier, golden era. But many of our troubles were regularly encountered by our ancestors. War and sickness are constants. Financial worries continue through the ages. Troublesome relatives have graced both ancient and modern tables. But at the turning of the year, if we heed the call of that special moment, we take time to consider the things that are most important to us. We gather with families and friends. Often, there's a reckoning. Children are taller. Some people are gone. We eat, drink, play a game (or watch one), perhaps sing . . . and recommit to each other. The memories we make at these special times of the year can help bring us through the times that have always tried men's souls. So, it's fitting to start our 30th anniversary year by thinking about Washington Revels’ legacy. In this celebratory year, we will be remembering where we came from and recalling the people who have been on the road with us these thirty years. In Revels, we gather in small groups throughout the year. We're thrilled with our new after-school programs, the community parades where we process and sing, the outdoor festivals where we create and meet our neighbors, and our newest jewels: our five performing ensembles that are engaging audiences all around the Washington area. All of these celebrate our legacy-the traditions of the past-and the joys of our future. It's hard sometimes to let go of the cynicism of modern life. We thank you for joining us to dispel the darkness and we hope you will take the spirit of this Christmas Revels home with you. What memories will you create? As John Henry tells the Spirit, “My family must have joy. I must have it!” Welcome Yule! -Roberta Gasbarre, December 2012 From the Director Reveling in Haddon Hall

This year’s Christmas Revels is in two respects a return to familiar territory and in two respects a production different from all its predecessors.

Revisiting Haddon Hall. Our set for this year’s Christmas Revels is the great Banqueting Hall inside Haddon Hall, one of England’s oldest and most romantic manor houses (and the setting for numerous BBC and other film productions, including three versions of Jane Eyre). The Banqueting Hall itself is highly prized architecturally; part of the original 12th-century building, it contains one of the finest examples of a medieval minstrels’ gallery in all Europe.

Although our set is new, the Revels association with this great room is a long one. A lithograph of it by artist Joseph Nash, filled with “reveling” figures, graced the cover of the very first Christmas Revels record (now CD) and songbook (and is on the cover of this program). Many productions in the ten Revels cities across the country have been set in the room, including Washington Revels’ second annual Christmas Revels in 1984 and one later production.

Revels Greatest Hits. Of the 36 poems and songs you will hear tonight, 16 were performed in our 1984 “Haddon Hall” Revels, and some of these songs have also been sung in other Christmas Revels productions. Thus, this 30th annual Washington Revels production provides a nostalgic reprise of some of what Revels veterans refer to as “Revels’ greatest hits.” Another article discusses the music in greater detail.

A “True” Story. All Christmas Revels contain true expressions of the importance to humankind of community celebration, but this may be the first Christmas Revels that tells-well, elaborates on-a true story. It is true that by the 20th century Haddon Hall was in ruins, and also that it has now been expertly restored due in large part to the efforts of Sir John Henry Manners, the 9th Duke of Rutland. What Revels added to this history is an imaginative dramatization of how and why the Duke decided to restore the property.

The Power of Community Celebration. Finally, this story itself contains an unusually explicit presentation of the themes that permeate all Christmas Revels. In other productions, the characters eagerly prepare for and engage in a community celebration. There are statements about the celebration’s meaning-expressed, for example, in Fra Giovanni’s "Salutation" and in "The Shortest Day"-but the transformative power of such celebration on specific characters is not shown. In the current story, however, the protagonist is a serious businessman who at first sees no value in tradition or in celebration; he has no time for such “frivolous pastimes.” He is transformed by lessons learned in community celebration and in a Dickensian encounter with Revels Past; he reconnects with his “inner fool” and learns that he is able to “take joy.”

-Terry Winslow Musical Treasures and Traditions

As we celebrate this 30th annual production of The Christmas Revels in Washington, D.C., it is a wonderful time to reflect on Washington Revels' “musical history.”

Although the theme of The Christmas Revels changes each year-from medieval England or Europe to Appalachia, French Canada, or Andalusia-there are always certain core musical elements to draw us together in song and dance. We always sing “The Lord of the Dance” to literally dance both Revels cast and audience into the lobbies (and sometimes even outside!) for intermission. We mark the end of each Christmas Revels by singing the “Sussex Mummers' Carol” as the performers and crew surround the entire auditorium in a giant circle. We raise our voices in familiar seasonal carols and rounds, and often engage the audience in friendly competition in “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

We also present and share music that reflects each year's particular theme. For this Christmas Revels, we have brought back many old favorites from Washington Revels' past by returning to the historic Banqueting Hall of England’s Haddon Hall, the site of our 1984 production. This year we invite you to join us on the refrains of the familiar “Gloucestershire Wassail” and “Boar's Head Carol,” both usually sung only by performers on the stage. Our children will delight you with favorite ritual songs and games from the past three decades, including “Here We Come A-Wassailing,” “There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig,” “As I Sat on a Sunny Bank,” and the chanted poem, “Villagers All!”

But it would not be Revels if we merely sang songs you already know. This year, we have borrowed some wonderful new music from other Revels cities across the country. From Portland, Oregon, we will sing the haunting “The Bells of the Morning”-a new setting of the tune “Down in Yon Forest.” From Oakland, California, we borrow a piece that combines a Middle English text, “Nou is Yole Comen” ("Now Yule is Come") with a rousing new tune. We also put our own Washington Revels stamp on the production with other musical numbers that are new to Christmas Revels-two songs by 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius and the rousing anthem “Sing Joyfully” by the great Elizabethan composer William Byrd.

Another great tradition in Washington is the featuring of our guest instrumental ensembles, and this year is no exception. Our wonderful Washington Revels Brass quintet has joined us on stage each year since 1996. The group has just released a new CD on the Washington Revels Recordings label entitled Remembrance of Things Brassed: A Christmas Revels Retrospective, 1996-2012. The recording features music they have played on stage and in the lobby at intermission over the past sixteen years, and is available for purchase along with our other recent CDs. Also joining us this year is Piffaro, The Renaissance Band. This talented ensemble performed first with Washington Revels in 1990, and this marks its ninth Christmas Revels here at Lisner Auditorium. Piffaro’s ever-expanding instrumentarium includes shawms, sackbuts, dulcians, recorders, krumhorns, bagpipes, and a variety of percussion-all careful reconstructions of instruments from the period. Prepare to be transported to days gone by, as they present music both rustic and elegant.

But what really makes all of this “Revels?” At the very core are our amateur choruses-kids, teens and adults, ages 8 to 84-which begin rehearsing in September to create a fresh, new Christmas Revels production each year “in celebration of the Winter Solstice.” Our music is not complete without you, however. Our goal is to create community celebration, with you as active participants. So lift your voices, let your sound raise the rafters, and help us drive the cold winter away, this year, and every year! In the words of Revels founder, John Langstaff, “Waken the earth with your singing!" -Elizabeth Fulford Miller

. 5 . Introduction

It is a cold December 20 in 1929, and the 9th Duke of Rutland, businessman Sir John Henry Manners, arrives at his ancestral estate, the once-great but now-abandoned Haddon Hall. He has brought his wife, Lady Kathleen, and his two children, Charles and Ursula, so that they may look around the property before he sells it to make way for a new road.

While at Haddon Hall, the family first encounters an iconic "motley" fool and an equally foolish scullery maid named Joan, both of whom provide wit and wisdom in our tale. They also meet the spirits of John Henry’s ancestors, one of whom, Sir John Manners, serves as Master of the Revels. Also present are spirits of the common folk who tended the property after the nobles moved out in the 1700s. This “colorful lot,” as John Henry calls them, has arrived again for their annual celebration of the Winter Solstice, and not even John Henry’s “bah, humbug!” attitude can stand in the way. In addition to the celebration itself, a dream-filled night reminiscent of one by Charles Dickens just might help John Henry see the error of his ways.

Join us for this traditional Revels celebration. Help us show John Henry that Haddon Hall’s traditions are worth more than the money he could make by selling it! PART I

1. Ascendit Deus (God Goes Up on High)

Jabocus Gallus (1550-1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity. He composed over 500 works for use at all liturgical occasions in the church year. His wide-ranging, eclectic blended the musical fashion of his time with older styles. the WASHINGTON REVELS BRASS

2. Deck the Hall

A carol based on the Welsh song “Nos Galen” (New Year’s Night).

Greg Lewis, song leader THE Revels COMPANY THE WASHINGTON REVELS BRASS

ALL SING: Deck the hall with boughs of holly, Fa la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. ‘Tis the season to be jolly... Don we now our gay apparel... Troll the ancient Yuletide carol... See the blazing yule before us... Strike the harp and join the chorus... Follow me in merry measure... While I tell of Yuletide treasure... Fast away the old year passes... Hail the new, ye lads and lasses... Sing we joyous, all together... Heedless of the wind and weather... 3. A solis ortis cardine (From the Point of the Sun’s Rising)

This hymn of praise for Christmas morning in the Catholic liturgy is derived from a Latin poem written by Caelius Sedulius in the 5th century CE. The hymn narrates the life of Christ from birth to resurrection. The polyphonic setting from the late 15th century played in this performance displays the chant melody in a three-fold elliptical arch depicting in sound the solar path through the heavens.

PIFFARO, The Renaissance Band

4. Masters in This Hall

An old French dance tune set to words in 1860 by English medievalist, author, and artist, William Morris (1834-1896). Morris later became a prominent socialist, and one can speculate on precisely what he had in mind when he wrote that “God today hath poor folk raised and cast a-down the proud.” The text of this program is set in typefaces designed by Morris.

The Haddon Hall Wassailers and BELLS The Washington Revels BRASS PIFFARO, the renaissance band

5. Call to Celebration

An excerpt from the poem "Nativity" (1951) by Irish poet, BBC script-writer, and former Presbyterian minister, W. R. Rodgers (1909-1969).

Oran Sandel and Sabrina Mandell, speakers 6. On Christmas Night

A traditional tune collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1904 in Sussex, and hence referred to as “The Sussex Carol.” The words were first published by 17th-century Irish bishop Luke Wadding in a volume entitled Small Garland of Pious and Godly Songs (1684).

The Haddon Hall WASSAILERS The Bakewell TEENs The Derbyshire CHILDREN Piffaro, The Renaissance Band The Washington Revels BRASS

7. Children’s Songs and Games

While singing “Here We Come A-Wassailing,” the children imitate the way in which their elders go door-to-door to wish their neighbors good luck for the new year. The words to “Villagers All!” are taken from the carol sung to Mole in The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. “There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig” is an old agrarian mummers carol from Bedfordshire, linking the Christmas season with the cycle of planting and harvesting. “As I Sat on a Sunny Bank” is a well-known children’s skipping tune that is a variant of the carol “I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In.”

The Derbyshire CHILDREN Piffaro, The Renaissance Band

8. The Rose Tree

A Morris dance from the English village of Bampton in Oxfordshire, adapted by Andrew Marcus of the Foggy Bottom Morris Men.

FOGGY BOTTOM MORRIS MEN 9. Gloucestershire Wassail

The word “wassail” comes from the Anglo-Saxon waes-hael, meaning “be whole” or “be well!” Sometimes, a wassail bowl was passed around a large party, but more frequently, wassailers went singing from house to house, expecting their hosts to fill their bowl or cups to ensure good luck and abundance in the new year.

Greg Lewis, song leader The revels company the washington revels BRASS

ALL SING REFRAIN:

10. Ther Is No Rose of Swych Vertu (There Is No Rose of Such Virtue)

Mystical imagery permeates this early 15th-century Marian carol combining Middle English with Latin. Here, Mary is compared to a rose.

Maud Taber-Thomas and Eleanore Fox; Rhianna Nissen and Zoe Alexandratos; Erin Sutherland and Jane Bloodworth, singers WOMEN of haddon hall PIFFARO, the Renaissance Band 6 11. Step Stately

A courtly English Country dance from John Playford’s collection, The English Dancing Master (1651). The tune to which it is danced, both traditionally and on our stage, is called “Jack Pudding.”

THE HADDON HALL DANCERS PIFFARO, the Renaissance Band

12. Psallite unigenito / Enatus est Emanuel (Sing Your Psalms / Emmanuel Is Born)

These two joyful pieces by German composer and musicologist Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) are found in his Musae Sioniae, a collection of song and hymn arrangements in nine volumes. Praetorius is best known for his Syntagma musicum, which details performance practices and instruments used in the early 17th century. the haddon hall WASSAILERS the washington revels brass PIFFARO, the renaissance band

13. Nou is Yole Comen (Now Yule Is Come)

This 15th-century anonymous Middle English text was set to a melody by Shira Kammen (California Revels) and arranged by Betsy Branch (Portland Revels). The message is “Make we merry as we may!” the haddon hall WASSAILERS The bakewell teens PIFFARO, the renaissance band 14. Lord of Misrule

The title “Lord of Misrule” was given to the low-born person who was selected to preside over medieval England’s most raucous feast day, the Feast of Fools. Like its Roman antecedent, Saturnalia, this celebration took place in late December and created a topsy-turvy world in which normal social roles were reversed, with masters waiting on their servants. The brass fanfare is by Claudio Monteverdi, from his Orfeo (1607). the washington revels brass

15. Boar’s Head Carol

This feasting carol has been sung at Queen’s College, Oxford, since the 17th century, as the celebrated dish is borne into the dining hall. The words of the refrain are “Caput apri defero, reddens laudes Domino,” meaning “The boar’s head I bring, giving praises to God.”

Joe Serene, Will Wurzel, Pete Behr, Jason Noone, and Peter Noone, singers the haddon hall wassailers the washington revels brass

ALL SING REFRAIN:

16. An Invitation to the Dance

A new poem by Patrick Swanson, Artistic Director of Revels, Inc.

Oran Sandel, speaker 17. The Lord of the Dance

We invite you to join us in this dance through the aisles. Sydney Carter’s modern lyrics to the Shaker Song “Simple Gifts” are here translated into dance using a compilation of traditional English Morris dance steps by Carol Langstaff, Martin Graetz, and Jonathan Morse.

Nathaniel Brown, Ted Hodapp, Andrew Marcus, David Roodman, and Jim Voorhees, dancers (alternating) Greg Lewis, singer the revels COMPANY the washington revel brass

ALL SING AND DANCE:

Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the lord of the dance, said he, And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

INTERMISSION 9 PART II

18. Hor che la nuova e vaga primavera

A popular practice in early music was for instrumental ensembles to play vocal music such as madrigals, anthems, motets and even movements of sacred masses. This 10-part, antiphonal madrigal by the great Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) features our two instrumental ensembles. the WASHINGTON REVELS BRASS PIFFARO, The Renaissance Band

19. The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

This dance, based on an ancient ritual for good luck in hunting the stag, is still danced every September in the English village of Abbots Bromley. The dancers are accompanied by traditional folk characters-the man-woman, hobby horse, fool, and boy archer-who link it with the mumming traditions of Christmas.

Joan Kimball and David Giusti, recorders Terry Winslow, man-woman; Alan C. Peel, hobby horse; Nikolai Kosinski, boy archer; Mark Jaster, fool FOGGY BOTTOM MORRIS MEN CUTTING EDGE SWORD dancers 20. The Bells of the Morning

This new piece comes to us from Portland Revels. The lyrics are by Richard Lewis, and the arrangement is by Betsy Branch. The tune is from “Down in Yon Forest,” a folk song that was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in Castleton, Derbyshire-20 miles from Haddon Hall.

Paul Hogan, Greg Lewis, Alan C. Peel, and David Giusti, singers the HADDON HALL WASSAILERS PIFFARO, the Renaissance Band

21. A Christmas Carol at Haddon Hall

While he sleeps, Sir John Henry Manners is visited by a Dickensian "Ghost of Revels Past," who takes him on a journey that helps him appreciate his ancestral traditions, his immediate family, and the importance of things he once dismissed as foolish.

Morgan Duncan, Sir John Henry Sabrina Mandell, Ghost of Revels Past Mark Jaster, Michael Motley Oran Sandel, Sir John Henry's father Nikolai Kosinski, young John Henry Rhianna Nissen, young Lady Kathleen Katrina Van Duyn, Lady Kathleen

22. Past Three O’Clock

Many English cities once had night watchmen who walked the streets “crying” the time and news to traditional tunes. By the 17th century, the watchmen had been replaced by town waits (civic musicians). The old cries of the watchmen became the signature tunes of the waits. Flawn Williams, singer 23. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

The words of this popular carol were published as early as 1770. The tune first appeared on printed sheets of paper known as “broadsides” on the streets of London around 1800. the HADDON HALL WASSAILERS the derbyshire CHILDREN

24. The Souling Song

In medieval England, people gave soul cakes to the poor in the belief that this would help buy the dead relief from the flames of purgatory, and this tradition is often seen as the origin of modern trick-or-treating. The “Souling Song” is still sung by children as they process through the streets of Cheshire on All Souls’ Day. the derbyshire CHILDREN PIFFARO, the Renaissance Band

25. Corde natus ex parentis (Of the Father’s Love Begotten)

This hymn has its origins in an ancient Christian poem written by the Roman poet Aurelius Prudentius in the late 4th century CE. By the 10th century, the poem had been coupled with an early Christian plainchant melody. This chant poem subsequently served as the basis for numerous polyphonic settings, and it became a standard Christmas carol in the 16th century.

PIFFARO, the Renaissance Band . 26. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star)

This chorale tune by Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608), one of his most famous, has inspired settings by many composers through the ages. Michael Praetorius’ five-part treatment is infused with syncopated rhythms, making it one of the tune’s liveliest settings. the HADDON HALL WASSAILERS the WASHINGTON REVELS BRASS PIFFARO, The Renaissance Band

2 7. Salutation

From a letter written by Italian monk Fra Giovanni to a friend on Christmas Eve, 1513. The encouragement to “take joy” is particularly apt during the holiday season.

Katrina Van Duyn, speaker

28. Please to See the King

A traditional carol from Pembrokeshire, South Wales, commemorating the ritual hunting of the wren (the king of all birds) on St. Stephen’s Day, December 26. Its opening words, “Joy, health, love, and peace,” are a favorite Revels expression of good wishes. the HADDON HALL WASSAILERS the derbyshire CHILDREN 29. Dona nobis pacem

A traditional round in Latin: “Give us peace.”

Greg Lewis, song leader The Revels Company The Washington Revels Brass

ALL SING:

30. To Drive the Cold Winter Away

The words and tune of this jaunty ballad first appeared in collections in the 17th century. This arrangement is by Revels, Inc. Music Director George Emlen, with brass parts adapted by Benno Fritz of the Washington Revels Brass. the HADDON HALL WASSAILERS the WASHINGTON REVELS BRASS 31. The Twelve Days of Christmas

A traditional English "forfeit" carol (those who sang at the wrong time were expected to forfeit a candy, or a kiss, to their neighbor), arranged for brass and tympani by Kenneth Pulig for Revels in 1979.

Greg Lewis, song leader the HADDON HALL WASSAILERS the WASHINGTON REVELS BRASS

ALL SING: On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree. Two turtledoves, Three French hens, Four calling birds, Five gold rings, Six geese a-laying, Seven swans a-swimming, Eight maids a-milking, Nine ladies dancing, Ten lords a-leaping, Eleven pipers piping, Twelve drummers drumming,

32. English Country Dances

A combination of two dances from Playford’s English Dancing Master (1651). The commoners first dance “Gathering Peascods” and then invite some nobles to join them in “Jenny Pluck Pears.” the HADDON HALL Dancers PIFFARO, the Renaissance Band 33. Saint George and the Dragon

Based on a compilation by Revels founder John Langstaff of several medieval mummers’ plays that celebrate fertility, death, and rebirth. This version excludes some of the less important characters.

Jennifer Greene, Room; Dick Kovar, Father Christmas; Jim Lazar, Doctor; Mattias Lundberg, Saint George; Alan C. Peel, Hobby Horse; Jamie Sandel, Dragon

34. Sword Dance

A dance in the rapper sword tradition, which began in northern England in the mid-1800s. A highlight of these dances is the display of a “lock” in the form of a five-sword star. In this performance, a revolutionary new lock is fashioned that might indicate the sun itself.

Cutting Edge Sword dancers

35. Sing Joyfully unto God Our Strength

William Byrd (1540-1623) was one of the great English composers of vocal music during the Elizabethan Age. His sacred vocal music, especially this choral anthem using text from Psalm 81, exemplifies the desire of Queen that the worship service contain a hymn or song of praise to God "in the best sort of music that may be conveniently devised." the HADDON HALL WASSAILERS the WASHINGTON REVELS BRASS PIFFARO, The Renaissance Band 36. The Shortest Day

This poem, written for Revels by Susan Cooper in 1977, has become a traditional part of Christmas Revels performances throughout the country.

Mark Jaster, speaker

3 7. Sussex Mummers’ Carol

This carol, traditionally sung at the end of the mummers’ play in Horsham, Sussex, has become the parting song for all performances of The Christmas Revels across the country. The brass arrangement is by Brian Holmes, with descant and final verse harmonization by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Greg Lewis, song leader the revels company the washington revels BRASS

ALL SING: Performers

The Players The Washington Revels Brass Guenevere Spilsbury Mark Jaster, The Fool and Robert Posten, Director, Erin Sutherland  Michael Motley trombone Maud Taber-Thomas  Sabrina Mandell, Joan Robert Birch, trumpet Flawn Williams Oran Sandel, Sir John Manners David Cran, trumpet Diane Winslow Benno Fritz, trombone Terry Winslow The Manners Family Don Spinelli, percussion William D. Wurzel * Morgan Duncan, Sir John Henry Sharon Tiebert, french horn Katrina Van Duyn, Lady Kathleen The Bakewell Teens Mattias Lundberg, Charles The Haddon Hall Wassailers Sonya Bessalel Mira Cohen, Ursula Zoe Alexandratos  Emma Bresnan Amy Appleton  Bryton Fett Piffaro, The Renaissance Band Douglas Baumgardt Aryn Geier Joan Kimball, Pete Behr  Clare Hardin Artistic Co-Director, shawm, Jane Bloodworth * Jacob Hendren dulcian, recorder, bagpipes Andrew Patrick Burk Tara Padovan-Hickman Robert Wiemken, Valerie Bayne Carroll Paul Hogan Artistic Co-Director, dulcian, Sharon Clark-Napolitano  Kirby Jacobs recorder, percussion, Claudia Hastings Dulmage  Conner McIntosh pipe and tabor Eleanore Fox  Allison Names Theresa Koenig, shawm, dulcian, Martha Young Freedberg  Jason Noone recorder, bagpipes Rollie Frye Katey Noone Laura Kuhlmann, shawm, Nicole Gianuca Rowyn Peel dulcian, recorder, bagpipes David Giusti Emma Rothman Liza Malamut, sackbut, recorder, Richard Glassco  Jamie Sandel percussion Sarah Glassco  Joicey Granados The Derbyshire Children Foggy Bottom Morris Men Jennifer Greene Izzy Anderson Nathaniel Brown Alan Haeberle Kiah Beachler Brad Graham James Harkless Reka Childers Mike Livingston Kendra Hendren Mira Cohen Andrew Marcus, Foreman Pat Hendren Julian Dean Jud McIntire Dick Kovar Elie DelaVille Jason Noone Jim Lazar Abby Ehrenstein Peter Noone Greg Lewis Elena Rubens Goldfarb Alan C. Peel, Squire Susan Hall Lewis Abigail L. Green Steven Roth Yvette N. Malcioln Natalie Keating Art Shaw Marissa Maley  Nikolai Kosinski Joe Shelby Elizabeth Fulford Miller Frances Eve Mazlish Rodger Sunderland Keith F. Moore Juliana Perez Jim Voorhees Claire Mouhot Kia Isabella Vilchez Musician: Jim Besser Celia Murphy  Andrea Villafuerte Rhianna Nissen * Kirsten Wheeler Peter Noone Cutting Edge Sword Dancers Alan C. Peel Lynn Baumeister Special Appearance as Lars Peterson Sir William Peverel Dave Casserly Karen Schofield-Leca Raseek Ohal, Danny Pushkin Theodore Hodapp Joe Serene David Roodman Ed Shaffer  Jerry Stein * Section Leaders Donna Kaye Simonton  Musician: Steve Hickman  Handbells Production Staff

Washington Revels Staff Audio Documentation: Pete Reiniger Photo Documentation: Sheppard Ferguson Directors Video Documentation: John Paulson Executive Director: Greg Lewis Video/Audio Production: Flawn Williams Artistic Director: Roberta Gasbarre Braille Programs: Patricia Droppers, Music Director: Elizabeth Fulford Miller Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind Interpreters for the Hearing-Impaired: Artistic Staff Barbara Hunt, Robin Silverman Assistant Director: Daniel Mori Program Design: Kathleen McGhee, Sue Ladr 2nd Assistant Director: Ed Churchill Program Editors: Terry Winslow, 3rd Assistant Director: Shawn Dean Elizabeth Fulford Miller Assistant Music Director: Rhianna Nissen Copy Editors: Jane Bloodworth, 2nd Assistant Music Director: William D. Wurzel Heather Livingston Children’s Stage Director: Jenni Swanson Voorhees Program Insert: Jo Rasi, Sonya Cramer Children’s Music Director: Kat Cole Toton Printer: MasterPrint Set and Lighting Designer: Colin K. Bills Costume Designers: Rosemary Pardee, House Management Emilie Long, Kathleen McGhee Box Office Manager: Debbie Grossman Children’s Costume Designer: Cecily Pilzer Box Office Assistant: Naomi Peel Milliner: Linda McHugh Box Office Volunteers: Gary Cardillo, Hair and Makeup Designer: Roger Bennett Riggle Ann Chismar, Betsy Delaney, Pam Gogol, Properties Coordinator: Becca Dieffenbach Kapuscik, Larry Lint, Properties Consultant: Mary Gene Myer Heather Livingston, Dave Rabinowitz Sound Designer: Charlie Pilzer House Manager: Marta Schley Brass Arrangements: Benno Fritz, Outreach Performance Managers: Jackie Young, Elizabeth Fulford Miller Christine Alexander Dance Captain: Diane Behrens Winslow Dance Assistant: Guenevere Spilsbury Lisner Staff Morris Dance Consultant: Jim Voorhees Executive Director: Maryann Lombardi Production Manager and Technical Director: Production Staff Eric Annis Production Manager: Greg Magee Stage Manager: Terry Espenschied Stage Manager and Floor Manager: Master Carpenter: Colin McGee Christine Alexander Carpenters: Jon Hudspeth, J.C. Veve Assistant Stage Manager: Alison Burris Master Electrician: Izzy Einsidler Children’s Stage Manager: Emilie Louise Moore Electricians: Alex Keen, Jonathan Weinberg Company Manager: Susan Hall Lewis Master Flyman: Dan Peterson Assistant Company Manager: Sound Engineer: Domenic Creswa Diane Behrens Winslow Sound Assistants: Tim Schmieder, Danny Ware Chorus Manager: Marissa Maley Theater Manager: Cassandra Lammers Costumier/ Mistress: Lois Dunlop Assistant House Managers: Celeste Pettus, Costume Coordinator: Robbie McEwen Kirin Gada, Lacey Gonder Marketing Assistant: Brittnay Ozazuwa Technical Staff Maintenance Supervisor: Robert Scott Technical Director: Steve Cosby Scenery: Renegade Productions Audio Description: Steve Geimann, The Metropolitan Washington Ear Production Volunteers

Props Running Crew Mike Platt Backstage Food & Cast Party Don Names, Captain Judy Smith Margo Cunniffe Roxana Oppenheimer Day Daphne Williams MaMoe Htun Jay Douglas Susan Hall Lewis Jason Morris Wednesday Night John Pomeranz Carmine Napolitano Work Parties, Props, Knitters, Annie Canby and Peter Bresnan, Betsy Ware Schlepping, Office Help Cast Party Hosts Christine Magee, Co-Coordinator Production Assistants Mary Gene Myer, Co-Coordinator Children’s Parent Volunteers Julia Hendren Amy Appleton Sue Anderson Maren Padovan-Hickman Scip Barnhart Barbara Beachler Emanuel Joseph-Schilz Elida Bessalel Isabelle Cohen Roshana Cohen Makeup Crew Tom Bethards Paige Billin-Frye Charlotte Dean Kristin Jessup Moore, Captain Laura Bligh Judy Ehrenstein Linda Smith Nissen, Captain Susan Clark Kali Erickson Lisa Grosh, Captain Mary Cliff Sylvia Garcia Kate Bradley-Ferrall Glyn Collinson Wendy Gonzalez Claire Bradley-Ferrall Jane F. Cunniffe Brent Goldfarb Melanie Brill Kate Curtis Kim Green Kate Curtis Roxana Oppenheimer Day Natalie Keating Cindy Denchfield Jay Douglas Irina Kosinski Emma dePaulo Reid Judy Ehrenstein Agi Kovacs Kathleen Geier Jan Elicker Anne Mazlish Cindy Jacobs Felicia Fett Beth Rubens Sarah Katz Lisa Wheeler Ioanna Mattke Helen Fields, Knitting Designer Connie Ridgway Kathleen Geier Merchandise Sales Nicole Gianuca Joy Rodriguez Jackie Young, Captain Rosanne Gochman Alexa Silverman Sue Anderson Lisa Grosh Jill and Alicia Basye-Featherston Ken Guess Hair Crew Elida Bessalel Lila Guterman Barbara Beachler Brodie Tom Bethards Ruth Hewlett Victoria Metz Tom Bryson Ryan Holman Annie Canby Wardrobe Crew, MaMoe Htun Kali Erickson Susan Hall Lewis Costume Construction Helen Fields Will McIntosh Lois Dunlop, Ann Gates Victoria Metz Wardrobe Mistress Pat Hilgard Dan Mick Robbie McEwen, Coordinator Laura Hogan Adelaide M. Miller Tom Bethards Ryan Holman Andrew Moore Paige Billin-Frye Jane Legg Christine Morgan Laurie Cullen Jeff and Merianne Liteman Mike Murtha Margo Cunniffe June McIntosh Don Names Emma and Lisa dePaulo Reid Dan Mick Carmine Napolitano Louise Dunlop Christine Morgan Anne O’Donnell Jan Elicker Madeline Nelson DeLaura Padovan Margaret Foley, Jewelry Designer Martha Noone Maren Padovan-Hickman Rosanne Gochman DeLaura Padovan Steven Roth Cindy Jacobs Susan Pettey Alexa Silverman Bev Jenkins Deborah Prindle Judy Smith Jill Kester Ramsay-Moor Family Guenevere Spilsbury Susan Hall Lewis Judy Smith Stephanie Subramanian Mike and Pat Matheson Steve Tom Josh Teitelbaum Janice E. McKenney Don Walsh Jenni Voorhees Emilie Moore Cynthia Wolfe Will Murnane Leanne Wiberg DeLaura Padovan Diane Winslow Mari Parker Jackie Young Washington Revels Board of Directors Advisory Board Members: Artistic Associates: John W. Nields, Chair Cynthia McCune Allen Colin K. Bills Peter Behr, Treasurer Jill S. Bixler Mary Combs Susan Clark Roderic V.O. Boggs Judith L. Harrison Mary Cliff James H. Breed Emilie Long William B. Conway John Daniel Rosemary Pardee Helen Fields, Secretary Sheppard Ferguson Charlie Pilzer Barry Galef Sarah Holmes Robbie McEwen Tim Carrington Office Staff William L. Ritchie, Jr. John Clewett Executive Director: Greg Lewis Scott Williams Mary Draper Janney Marketing & Development: Jo Rasi Terry Winslow Susan Hall Lewis Development Consultant: Busy Graham Michael Matheson Production & Programs Manager: Advisory Board David B.H. Martin Greg Magee Steering Committee Adelaide M. Miller Office Manager: Kathleen McGhee Jennifer Swanson Voorhees, John Pomeranz Staff Assistant: Jennifer Bagdasian Co-Chair Frances Sharon Special Projects Director: Terry Winslow, Co-Chair Juliette W. Smith Terry Winslow David H. Langstaff Cindy Speas Company Manager: Susan Hall Lewis Mary Eugenia Myer Nancy Lindsten Taylor IT Director: Will Wurzel Mary Swope, Founder Sheila Weiss Webmaster: Elizabeth Fulford Miller Charles Williams Accountant: Christine McElroy Diane Behrens Winslow George W. Ziener Special Thanks

Washington Revels gives particular thanks to William L. Ritchie, Jr. for his longstanding support and for helping make possible our recent relocation to a new home in Silver Spring.

Elizabeth Fulford Miller (in addition to her work Helen Fields and her crew of knitters- as Music Director) for web design and support, Jenni Voorhees, Paige Billin-Frye, design contributions to marketing materials, Leanne Wiberg, and many others, for the vast drafting musical notes for this program, directing number of hours spent knitting their wonderful our Gallery Voices and Heritage Voices, and St. George and the Dragon finger puppets. working with our Washington Revels Brass in producing their new CD. Robinne Gray for her contributions to the Board's Development Committee; Diane Winslow, Roberta Gasbarre (in addition to her work as Christina Blue, and Karen Schofield-Leca for Artistic Director) for overseeing our education their contributions to the Marketing Committee; programs, working with the teachers for our after and Jim Lazar and Jharry Breed for their school workshops, and skillful direction of the contributions to the Finance Committee. professional and nonprofessional actors who make up our Voices of History ensemble. Jane Bloodworth, Rhianna Nissen, and Will Wurzel for serving as section leaders for this Andrea Blackford for her invaluable work and year's Christmas Revels chorus; and, along with inspiration as Director of Jubilee Voices, and as David Giusti, for making audio recordings for Co-Director of Heritage Voices. the use of the chorus in learning their music. And to Rhianna Nissen for writing the weekly music Mike Matheson for his yeoman (nautically notes with skill and care. speaking) efforts in organizing and directing our Maritime Voices and its programs at many venues Robbie McEwen and Diane Behrens Winslow for over the past year. helping with . . . well, just about everything. Tracy Savage for donating her time and expertise Our very own Washington Revels Brass- as facilitator and draftsperson of our new five-year Robert Birch, David Cran, Benno Fritz, Strategic Plan, all accomplished with skill, Robert Posten and Sharon Tiebert-for sensitivity, and attention to the forest as well as contributing their time and talents to the recording the trees. of their new CD, Remembrance of Things Brassed: A Christmas Revels Retrospective Will Wurzel for his extraordinary devotion and 1996-2012. And to Benno Fritz for new brass untold volunteer hours in the office, including his arrangements used in this year's show. IT and sound reinforcement expertise, database management, assistance with transcribing and Charlie Pilzer for the expertise, time, and care he preparing music for the chorus and generally put into audio engineering our new Washington serving as a second Assistant Music Director, Revels Brass CD, Remembrance of Things creation of video clips, contributions to the Brassed, as well as into the sound design and ticketing process, and on and on. audio mixing for this show, and for his advice and counsel regarding numerous Washington Revels Terry Winslow for drafting the articles and activities. producing this Christmas Revels program; producing our May Revels and Festival Day; and Glyn Collinson and Andrew Marcus for giving contributing countless hours towards other tasks a benefit concert in our rehearsal/performance as Director of Special Projects. space last March, with all proceeds donated to Washington Revels. Katryna and Nerissa Nields for traveling down Bev Jenkins for creating, making and donating her from their homes in Amherst, Massachusetts fabulous cross-stitch ornaments. in order to give two wonderful benefit concerts for Washington Revels in honor of our 30th Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell, and Anniversary Year. Stephanie Kaufman, for housing members of Piffaro, The Renaissance Band during the run of Katie Leep-Lazar, Jody Frye, and Jamaw Moses the show. for their work as interns in the Revels office this past summer. Jackie Young for heading up not only our Outreach Performance but our Lisner merchandise Emilie Louise Moore for assistant-teaching all operation. three of our after-school workshops this past winter and spring. Sheppard Ferguson Photographs, and Shep Ferguson personally, for donating his time Cheryl Lane for substituting as Roberta Gasbarre's to come from Watertown, Massachusetts to Assistant Director at one of this year's Christmas photograph this Christmas Revels, all the more Revels performances. so with a daughter close to giving birth to his grandchild. Shawn Dean for helping out as Assistant Director for several rehearsals. Annie Cosby and Peter Bresnan (parents of teen chorus member Emma Bresnan) for hosting the Tom Spilsbury for his dance expertise and cast party at their home. consulting with us concerning stylistic aspects of “Step Stately.” Scip Barnhart (father of teen chorus member Aryn Geier) for taking many photos of this fall’s Sir Barchan for his free loan of a full suit of armor rehearsals and other events. (replica of a Maximillian-style jousting plate of 1515) for use by our Sir William Peverel. The Washington Waldorf School, Potomac School, and Washington Episcopal School Drink More Water for providing the water and for providing rehearsal space for this year’s hot/cold dispenser for our cast and production Christmas Revels. team’s use at Lisner for more than a decade. Oregon Shakespeare Theater and Washington Jim Voorhees for coaching the dancers in “Lord of National Opera for renting us many of the the Dance,” serving as band leader for our July beautiful costumes in this show, and Bel 4th and Labor Day parade performances, and for Cantanti Opera Company and Our Lady of leading the band in our May Revels. Good Counsel High School for costume loans.

Mary Eugenia Myer for her help with props Andrew Moore for serving as our faithful truck design and construction, her design contributions driver carting props, set materials, and so much to marketing materials, and her counsel and more throughout the year. generous spirit in all that we do. Susan Hall Lewis for over 1,000 volunteer hours, Guen Spilsbury for her many hours of painting but above all for serving as community nurturer banners used by the teens in the flag dance throughout the year, as for so many years, with accompanying "Nou is Yole Comen." endless attention to detail exceeded only by her warmth, sensitivity, and good humor. Margaret Foley for many hours of expert jewelry and costume work. The late John Langstaff, creator and Master of the Revels, and Washington Revels Founder Mary Matt Nielson and Amy Brandenburg for Swope, for planting and nurturing the Revels designing our wonderful "Shortest Day" glass tradition in Washington, D.C. ball ornament. Donors Washington Revels is deeply grateful to the following individual, foundation, government, and corporate supporters for their generous donations received from November 16, 2011 through September 30, 2012. If your name has been omitted or misspelled, please accept our apologies, and call 301-587-3835 to let us know.

Benefactor ($25,000 and above) Philip L. Perkins Craig Pettibone Arts and Humanities Council of Geraldine Fogel Pilzer John Pomeranz and Kathi Overton Montgomery County Tracy Savage Dan and Melissa Ryman The William L. Ritchie Theater Peter Schult Jeff and Ellen Sandel and Education Fund Joseph Serene Marjorie and Matthew Schneider Arthur Shaw John and Betty Smallwood Grantor ($10,000-$24,999) Vivien and Norman Silber Ilse Stauffer The Ithaka Foundation Judy Smith Linda Griggs and Bill Swedish Maryland State Arts Council Meg and Bob Stillman Merrielou and Ned Symes Ted and Mary Gene Myer R. David Taylor Sharon Tiebert-Maddox Ayse and Harold Wiediger Jean van der Tak Guardians ($5,000-$9,999) Thomas Wilkens Hildegard B. Lewis Sponsors ($500-$999) The McGrath Family, Anonymous (6) Supporters ($250-$499) in memory of David McGrath Philip Angell and Jane Cooper Anonymous (4) Gail and John Nields Carole Barth and Jim Zepp Jeffrey and Mary Dale Allen Mary and Gerry Swope Pete and Martha Behr Cynthia McCune Allen Jill S. Bixler Douglas and Helen Baumgardt Patrons ($2,500-$4,999) Terrence Brown and Rod Boggs Frida F. Burling Linda Whitlock-Brown Ann Bushmiller Heritage Tourism Alliance Morgan Buckli and Dan Fiore Gary and Ann Carpenter of Montgomery County Eugene Carlson and Merrill and Tim Carrington The Kiplinger Foundation Mimi Thompson Hope Childs David and Martha Martin Tim and Trish Carrico Ken and Lynn Cline Madeline Nelson Christine Carrico Ruth Compton The Nathaniel S. and Ravida K. Laura and Douglas Cox Jim and Sandy Cooper Preston Fund of the Community Michael and Ellen Cronin Deirdre Donahue and Foundation of the National Eric and Brita Cronquist Jamie Dahlberg Capital Region The Dahiya Family Linda and John Daniel Terry and Diane Winslow Jay Douglas Norma and John Dugger Jean Esswein Harriet Sweeney and Sustainers ($1,000-$2,499) ExxonMobil Foundation Eric Fraunfelter Jane Bloodworth Dalia Fateh Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Golden Boeing Matching Gift Program Raymond and Colleen Filbey John and Lillian Grady Katherine and David Bradley Gary E. Foster Davis/Doyle/Greenspan Family The Cerf-Dunbar Fund of the Barry Galef and Ellen Post Grosh-Names Family Community Foundation of the Alan Peel and Debbie Grossman Anne and John Hassoun National Capital Region Vicki Herrmann Norman and Ann Marie Hicks Susan and Rich Clark Anne B. 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Hamby Elizabeth and Bill Paulson Suzanne and Richard Bissell James Harkless Rod and Linda Pendleton Liz and Steve Jones George and Caroline Harris Judith Perry Elizabeth and Howard Bradley Peter and Stacy Hartsock Sheila Peters Joan T. Brown John and Sally Herren Lars Peterson Kathleen Bryant James and Catherine Higgins Lisa Bontempo and Bill Pierce Joe and Jann Cassady Henry Hoppler Anneke Pleijsier Hugh and Barbara Cassidy William Hunt Ruth Crump and Steven Pollack John Clewett and Cindy Speas Thomas E. Johnson Eleanor K. Pourron George and Phyllis Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Philemon W. Johnson Lee Pushkin James Cole Neele Johnston Shirley and David Putnam Tom and Marjorie Cole Ronald Jones Jo Rasi Susan Ratigan John Broadbent Heather and Mike Livingston Victoria Reich Mary C. Cahalane Lucy and Peter Lowenthal Michael J. Reilly Gillie Campbell Andrew and Sarah Jane Marcus Lois Reynolds, in memory Dan and Eliza Carney Diane and Warren Marton of Karen Pettibone Wendy and John Caswell Hayden Mathews Ian Temple Roberts Col. and Mrs. John Concannon, III Pam Melroy and Doug Hollett Shelley Rockwell and Tom Howell Laurel C. Cullen Victoria Metz Arlene Rodenbeck and Rick Morgan Lorraine and Bill D'Antonio Bonita Miller Fred Anderson and Barbara Rose Laura Davis Sondra Mills Kathy and Paul Rosenbaum Lowell Denning April Minin Eugene E. Rosendahl Alexander Dennis Vito Monteleon Richard Roth and Roberta Kiver Caroline and Dane Denzler Donna Moreno Tony and Rosemary Ryan Aimee Doyle Andrew and Patmarie Nedelka Bert and Mary Salter Kreszentia Duer Sharon Neubauer Elizabeth Scheffler Lois Dunlop Susan Noon Rich and Joyce Schwartz Karen Durovich Peggy O'Connell and Sam Celia Linda and Robert Sears Jayne and Robert Eckert Vera and Marcus Owens Frances Sharon Hugh Eckert and Stacia Schwartz Helen W. 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