Well, if we'd had Sat. tickets, I think we would have re-booked; there was a very low likelihood we would have been able to make it! I admire you for making Sunday! the roads were far from ideal even yesterday!
I don't think we've ever been when it's been less than mostly sold-out; even the year we couldn't make the Solstice one because J's son- who was visiting, and we were SO thrilled to be able to share Revels with him!!!!- got stomach flu and spent the day barfing instead (so he still hasn't been; we're planning on hijacking him one of these years), so we ended up going after Xmas. And it was still pretty much full.
But there's such a difference when it's experienced Revels enthusiasts, vs. more random people!
I think we have "Dona Nobis Pacem" on some CD or another, but now that you mention it, I'm not sure. It is SO much prettier when everyone knows it! :)
We've been trying to figure out how long we've been going- it looks like between 13-20 years, best guess. J (my husband) found a site that had the themes from 1995 on, and we could list at least 4 that preceded it. I wish the Revels site had such a list from the beginning!
The first I ever heard of Revels was when I was listening to public radio while running errands, and a station had an interview with Langstaff that was just fascinating. K (my daughter) was an infant then, so a performance wasn't really possible... but then, when we decided to do something that was more meaningful than a candlelight Xmas Eve church service (Unitarian- we ARE pagan, after all!), we tried it and fell in love. I figure K was at least 5 then, and maybe as much as 8 or 9 (she's now 24). So we're still trying to figure it. :)
One really fun thing we've done occasionally is Props Day- they get volunteers to come in and help make the props for the performance. Since J and I have NO performing skills at all, but are pretty handy, we've really enjoyed that! It's so fun to point to some prop or other in the performance and say "I made that!" I hope they're still doing it; we didn't hear about it this year. :(
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I don't think we've ever been when it's been less than mostly sold-out; even the year we couldn't make the Solstice one because J's son- who was visiting, and we were SO thrilled to be able to share Revels with him!!!!- got stomach flu and spent the day barfing instead (so he still hasn't been; we're planning on hijacking him one of these years), so we ended up going after Xmas. And it was still pretty much full.
But there's such a difference when it's experienced Revels enthusiasts, vs. more random people!
I think we have "Dona Nobis Pacem" on some CD or another, but now that you mention it, I'm not sure. It is SO much prettier when everyone knows it! :)
We've been trying to figure out how long we've been going- it looks like between 13-20 years, best guess. J (my husband) found a site that had the themes from 1995 on, and we could list at least 4 that preceded it. I wish the Revels site had such a list from the beginning!
The first I ever heard of Revels was when I was listening to public radio while running errands, and a station had an interview with Langstaff that was just fascinating. K (my daughter) was an infant then, so a performance wasn't really possible... but then, when we decided to do something that was more meaningful than a candlelight Xmas Eve church service (Unitarian- we ARE pagan, after all!), we tried it and fell in love. I figure K was at least 5 then, and maybe as much as 8 or 9 (she's now 24). So we're still trying to figure it. :)
One really fun thing we've done occasionally is Props Day- they get volunteers to come in and help make the props for the performance. Since J and I have NO performing skills at all, but are pretty handy, we've really enjoyed that! It's so fun to point to some prop or other in the performance and say "I made that!" I hope they're still doing it; we didn't hear about it this year. :(