Archive for Volunteer Spotlight

When and how did you first get involved with Revels? I saw my first Revels in 2004, at the age of eleven. It was the wonderful Quebecois show with the flying canoe! To this day, my parents and I talk about that production like it might have been…

When did you first get involved with Revels? I first became an audience member in 2011 and have attended every Christmas Revels Performance from 2011 onward. I became a volunteer in January 2019. What other activities have you done with Revels? My background is in Library and Information Science. I…

When did you first get involved with Revels?  I’ve been in the Boston area since the early 80s, and my wife Cary and I began attending Christmas Revels performances in the 90s when our kids were young. We were active in the Scottish dance community and many of the Revels…

Chorus Member, Raffle Ticket Seller, Envelope Stuffer, Auction Bidder – uh oh – we’re running out of room! When did you first get involved with Revels? We have been in the audience since 1979, returning to Boston from the south. My mother was a music teacher (Belmont Day School;…

When and how did you first get involved with Revels? In the early 80’s I got into English Country Dancing. I was dating a teacher who had a student in the Christmas show chorus and we got front row tickets.  In the show, there were some familiar faces…

It’s the people (plus the music and culture!) that keep this Lexington librarian connected to Revels! How did you first get involved with Revels? My first Revels experience was as an audience member at the Northlands show in the early 90s, after recently moving to Boston from Charlotte,…

Volunteer Mari Young loves the intergenerational community of Revels. And she helps make Revels happen, by supervising cast kids… and sorting hundreds of t-shirts! When and how did you first get involved with Revels?  I started out seeing Revels in the ’90s as an audience member. I helped out…

Revels has been extremely fortunate to have the friendship and support of Julie Smith for over 30 years.  If you came into the Revels office earlier this year, you may have found Julie helping the staff with various projects.  Having a chat with her, you would surely notice…

John Recroft has been involved with and helped Revels in many ways over the past twelve years. This is particularly impressive since he is only seventeen years old!  Revels has been fortunate to benefit from this young man’s positive energy and many skills and talents. And for John, volunteering…