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23 RD ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE

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S T. M A RY ’S AC A D EMY P O RT L A N D, O R EG O N

Portland Revels presents

Little Lights

a celebration of the winter light

Folk songs from Ireland, Balkan Romany, Serbia/ Macedonia, Serbo-Croatia, Romania, Lazuri (Turkey), Bolivia, & United States, works by di Lasso & Palestrina & Revels favorite, Bright Morning Stars, arranged for women’s voices by Joe Hickerson. saturday, 1/27 at 7:30 p.m. sunday, 1/28 at 4:30 p.m. st. michael & all angels episcopal church 1704 ne 43rd avenue portland

A special Christmas Revels for kids ages 3–7 Alder Stage at Artists Repertory Theatre

Four shows 12/29 + 12/30!

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ENJOY MUSIC OF THE CHRISTMAS REVELS ALL YEAR LONG! Take Joy! is our latest holiday release and features selections from seven years of The Christmas Revels in Portland, including traditional and composed music from Spain, England, America, Russia, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, France, and Italy. Performers are from the Portland Revels community!  Revels music makes a great gift!

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

CELEBRATING THE RETURN OF THE SUN Something that was new, extraordinary, and lasting came to Portland 23 years ago. Called “The Christmas Revels,” it mixed choral and instrumental music; morris, sword, and country dancing; storytelling; comedy; and audience participation in a production staged by professional designers and directors.

The Christmas Revels is based on the old human notion that music, dance, laughter, and good company at the winter’s dark time can fill us with hope and remind us that life always renews itself from year to year.

What helps make The Christmas Revels ever new in Portland is the diversity of each year’s setting. We began with the traditions of England and have moved outward to celebrate with the traditions of France, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Italy, Spain, Appalachia, Bohemia, and Scandinavia.

Since the first production of The Christmas Revels in Cambridge, MA in 1971, more than a million people have enjoyed a live Revels performance throughout America: in Cambridge, Hanover NH, New York City, Washington DC, Houston, Oakland, Tacoma, Portland, Boulder, and Santa Barbara.

Our audience in Portland has grown every year since 1995. The touchstones that form the foundation of nearly every Christmas Revels performance—Lord of the Dance, The Shortest Day poem, the Sussex Mummers’ Carol, the Mummers Play, the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance—are eagerly anticipated by returning audiences, helping us to again bring back the light.

Be ready to laugh, to sing, and maybe to dance!

Richard Lewis, Founder of Portland Revels

Out of courtesy for the cast and audience, please turn off all paging devices and cell phones during the performance. Latecomers and patrons who leave the auditorium during the performance will be seated only at an appropriate point, at the discretion of the House Manager.

LARGE-PRINT PROGRAMS AND AUDIO ASSISTIVE DEVICES ARE AVAILABLE. ASK ANY USHER. It is expressly forbidden to use any kind of photographic or sound recording equipment in the auditorium. Unauthorized persons found using such equipment will be asked to leave, or will be kidnapped by Grýla.

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LIVING TRADITIONS

GUEST ARTISTS

Nordic Lights brings us to the icy regions and warm firesides of the Northlands of Europe to mark the winter solstice season. Here the celebration, with its promise of the return of light and warmth, is most heartfelt. In this year’s Christmas Revels we take a dramatic journey through the music, dance, and mythology of the Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Finland. We feature an Icelandic tale of one of the most famous villains of Iceland, the giantess Grýla, intertwined with a Finnish story of a magical fox and the northern lights.

Kim Majors has spent nearly 30 years independently studying with and learning from tradition-bearers from Scandinavia and the United States—dancing, teaching, and performing Scandinavian folk dance, concentrating on Sweden and Norway. She embodies the full range of the tradition and folk arts as a dancer, musician, and costumer.

Kim is happy to share her knowledge of Scandinavian traditional dance with the Christmas Revels this year.

The songs of this year’s Christmas Revels are drawn from the folk songs and carols of primarily Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. We were inspired by the work of several contemporary singing groups who generously shared their arrangements, advice, and even assistance with pronunciation. Trio Mediæval from Norway, and Kongero and Kraja from Sweden, are today creating beautiful arrangements of folk songs as well as new vocal works inspired by Nordic singing traditions.

Acknowledging the rich Nordic heritage widely present today in Portland and throughout the Northwest, we feature Peter Michaelsen of Port Townsend, Washington, a nationally-recognized master of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. Joining him in the Revels Band is Amy Hakanson, a young Oregonian who has steeped herself in Scandinavian folk music. She’ll be playing Sweden’s nyckelharpa, a keyed fiddle with sympathetic strings that give it a deep resonance. Completing the band are Betsy Branch and Dan Compton, two Portlanders who have deep knowledge and experience in international folk music. Choreographer and lead dancer Kim Majors expresses Scandinavian heritage, tradition, and culture by connecting dance, music, and costume into a living, contemporary tradition accessible to all.

Photo: Reinsfelt, Anne-Lise/Norsk Folkemuseum

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Peter Michaelsen is a nationally-recognized Master of the Norwegian hardingfele (Hardanger fiddle) and a Bronze Medal winner in the Zornmärket Swedish National Competition for folk musicians. Peter has been a folk musician for over 35 years, focusing on the traditions of Scandinavia.

His powerful style and broad repertoire inspire musicians and dancers alike.

THE NORWEGIAN HARDANGER FIDDLE HAS EIGHT STRINGS; FOUR ARE PLAYED LIKE A VIOLIN AND FOUR SIMPLY RESONATE.

NORDIC LIGHTS | PART ONE 1 . Overture

Portland Brass Quintet Selections from Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite, arranged and abridged for brass quintet by Ken Young and Robert Lockwood. Grieg (1843-1907) is regarded as one of the greatest Norwegian composers.

2. Kulning

Betsy Branch, Jenna Dalton, Angela Truby Based on traditional herding calls (kulning), as collected by Swedish folksinger Susanne Rosenberg and adapted for Revels by Betsy Branch. Women use high-pitched, intense herding calls to summon animals over long distances. When a call is made in a valley, it rings and echoes against the mountains, much like traditional yodeling.

3. Bruremarsj frå Gudbrandsdalen (Wedding March from Gudbrandsdalen)

A traditional Norwegian wedding march arranged for voices and drum by Tone Krohn. The tradition of singing without words is known as tralling and gives this vocal folk music a distinctive sound.

4. Velkommen igen, Guds engle små (Welcome Again, God’s Little Angels)

The original Danish text of this popular carol was written by Nikolai Grundtvig (1783-1872).

This setting is by Christoph Weyse (1774-1842). The English verses were written by Richard Lewis for this year’s Christmas Revels.

ALL SING VERSES 2 & 3!

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART ONE 5. The Tomte Children Tomtarnas julnatt (The Tomtes’ Christmas Night)

Every Swedish farm family has its tomte, a notoriously grumpy gnome who helps make sure the farm is well maintained and the animals properly cared for. On Christmas night, children leave a bowl of special porridge in the barn to keep him happy. The Revels children and their director Regina Pirruccello devise all their own choreography.

Winter’s Darkness

A traditional Swedish folk melody arranged by Lovisa Liljeberg, with English text for our Revels

by Richard Lewis. The movement, a traditional långdans from the area of Sollerön, is typically danced hand in hand in a long row. “Now the fire gathers us together and good will is everywhere; all is well as winter’s darkness for a short time bides here.”

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The band plays “Polska efter August Bohlin” and “Funesdalingen,” tunes from the border region between Norway and Sweden. The nyckelharpa is a keyed fiddle with a dozen sympathetic strings and a large sound box that give it a deep resonance. Existing as early as the 14th century, this instrument was popular in Sweden through the late 19th century. The nyckelharpa continues to evolve and is now enjoying a resurgence of popularity.

7. Dances from Telemark

Kim Majors, Susan Ebers, dancers; Peter Michaelsen, Hardanger fiddle Village dancing in Norway’s Telemark region has been maintained in living tradition for 300 years as an improvisational form. It’s a three-way interplay among the dancing partners (who craft their dance to fit the particular tune) and the solo musician using musical variations to inspire the dancers. The basic forms of Telemark folkdance, gangar and springar, are distinguished mainly by tempo and intensity of the music and the dance. Our dancers created their beltestakk (belted skirt) costumes to depict the East Telemark style of the 19th century. The Hardanger fiddle or hardingfele is unique to the southern and western districts of Norway. It has sympathetic strings running beneath the four main strings. The fiddle is usually highly decorated, and each instrument is a unique work of art. Learned almost entirely by ear, Hardanger music has been passed down in unbroken tradition for hundreds of years.

8. Eg veit i himmerik ei borg (I Know a Stronghold in Heaven)

A Norwegian hymn melody from the Hallingdal district, as arranged by Linn Andrea Fuglseth of Trio Mediæval in 2001.

9. A Story from Finland: How the Northern Lights Came to Be

How the magical tail of the Arctic fox swept snowflakes upwards into the night sky, creating the Northern Lights. The Finnish name for this celestial phenomenon is revontulet: fox fires.

10. Kom lilla flicka/Idas vals

“Come little girl, waltz with me” is a traditional Swedish folk song. “Ida’s Waltz” and both song arrangements are by Lisa and Eva Lestander of the folk quartet Kraja.

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART ONE 11 . God afton om ni hemma är

“Good evening if you are at home” is a Swedish folk song arranged by Emma Björling of the vocal group Kongero for their folksong gatherings.

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12. Heyr, himna smiður (Hear, Heaven’s Maker)

Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938-2013) composed this hymn in 1973. It has since become one of the world’s most popular works by an Icelandic musician. The text was written by Kolbienn Tumason, a powerful 12th-century chieftain of Iceland.

13. A Chant: Ritsch Ratsch

Thirteen days before Christmas Eve, children in Iceland leave their shoes on the window sill, hoping to be visited by one of thirteen “Yule Lads.” If the children have been good, they may receive a small treat, but if they have been bad they will be left a raw potato in their shoe. Each Yule Lad has a special personality, from Pottaskefill (Pot-Scraper) to Bjúgnakrækir (SausageSwiper); they are cranky and mischievous. But none is crankier than their mother, the evil troll Grýla (Child Eater) with Jólaköttur, her Yuletide cat.

14. Tvenn er tí ðin daga og nátta

An Icelandic folk song from the 18th century. “Two days and nights now we have sung our stories.”

15. Din tanke i min (Your Thoughts in Mine)

Irie Page, Angela Truby, soloists The words are from Prins Wilhelm, the poet-prince of Sweden, a tender reflection on the journey through life together with your beloved. Prins Wilhelm is the favorite poet of Emma Björling, who created the music and arrangement in 2016.

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART ONE 16. Ólafur Liljurós (Olaf Lilyrose)

Randy Tucker, soloist Known in Iceland for at least 700 years, this song tells of the young Olaf happening upon a cliff dwelling of the Hidden People, supernatural beings akin to elves. He is approached by four elf maidens, who ask him to live with them. Not wanting to leave his human world behind, he resists their attempts and is finally mortally wounded.

17. Sanna’s Quest

The children are missing from their beds! The parents bestow upon Sanna gifts of protective clothing as she ventures out to rescue the little ones from Grýla.

18. Danse, ikke gråte nå (Dance, Do Not Cry Now)

Theresa Beck van Heemstra, Jenna Dalton, Su Elliott, George Kunz, Paul Roe, Angela Truby, ensemble The melody and words were written by contemporary Oslo musician Lillebjørn Nilsen; the arrangement is by Linn Andrea Fuglseth.

19. Lord of the Dance

W. David Shepherd, singer; Charley Rowley, David Summers, dancers We invite you to join us in this dance through the aisles. Sydney Carter’s modern lyrics to the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts” are here translated into dance, using a compilation of traditional English morris steps by Carol Langstaff, Martin Graetz, and Jonathan Morse.

JOIN US IN SONG & 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.

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART T WO 20. Entr’acte

Portland Brass Quintet “The Ballade” from Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius, Finland’s most noted symphonic composer.

Arranged and abridged for brass quintet by Craig Garner.

21 . Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Betsy Branch, fiddle This presentation was adapted in the 20th century from an ancient ritual for good luck in hunting the stag. It is still danced in the old lively style every September in the Staffordshire village of Abbots Bromley in England. Accompanying the dancers are the traditional folk Fool, ManWoman, Hobby-Horse, and Boy Archer, linking it with the mumming traditions of Old Christmas.

The music is “The Wheelwright Robinson’s Tune.”

22. Polonese

This tune, by the contemporary Norwegian folk musician and composer Gjermund Larsen, was arranged for fiddle and tralling singers by Larsen and Gunnar Eriksson.

23. The Tomte Children Who Can Sail Without Wind?

A Finnish folk song considered to be from the Swedish-speaking Åland Islands. English text adaptation is by Elizabeth Gilpatrick. “Who can sail away with no wind? Who can separate from a friend without a single tear?”

Holly Berries

This lovely Finnish folk song, originally about red strawberries, has been adapted here for Revels.

24. Singing in Rounds!

Rosen fra Fyn

A Danish round meaning “Roses from Funen Island.”

SING WITH US! Second round on the next page.

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART TWO Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace)

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Two tunes from Rättvik in Dalarna province in Sweden. “Låt till Far” (Tune to My Father) was written by Pers Hans Erik Olsson for the anniversary of his father’s death. The Pers family has been for generations one of the most famous musical families in Rättvik. Pers Hans Erik also wrote “Som Förr” which means “The way things used to be.”

26. Sof ðu unga ástin mín (Sleep, My Young Love)

Laura Chisholm, Su Elliott, Debbi Irvine, Irie Page, Angela Truby, ensemble The melody is an Icelandic folk lullaby, arranged for chorus by Robert Lockwood. The words are by Icelandic poet Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880-1919).

27. No koma Guds englar (Now Come God’s Angels)

Laura Chisholm, Jenna Dalton, Linda Golaszewski, Bronwyn Jones, Angela Truby, Janelle VanPelt, ensemble Elias Blix wrote this hymn in 1875. Norwegian accordionist and composer Jo Asgeir Lie arranged it for voice and instruments in 2012. In 2013 Grete Petersen created a choral version of Lie’s setting, and Robert Lockwood adapted her arrangement for Revels chorus and band. The Swedish traditional Festival of Light on December 13, St. Lucia’s Day, brings light and joy into the darkness of winter. Crowned with a green lingonberry wreath bearing lighted candles, the eldest daughter of the family leads a procession of children who carry special saffron cakes and hot coffee to their parents.

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART T WO 28. Finlandia

In 1899 Jean Sibelius composed a musical score for several historical tableaus depicting episodes from Finnish history, concluding with this hymn-like music. Later he set this final tableau as a stand-alone work, “Finlandia,� a tone poem for orchestra. The English lyrics sung here were written by Lloyd Stone in 1934.

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART TWO 29. Slängpolska från Skåne

Kim Majors, Susan Ebers, dancers A polska is a couple turning dance in 3/4 time. This slängpolska is from the Skåne province of Sweden, and the tune is from the nyckelharpist Byss-Kalle. As with the Telemark dances, slängpolska is a living, freestyle folkdance tradition, familiar throughout Scandinavia.

30. Sanna’s Quest

The Storyteller encourages Sanna to tell of how she found the children and brought them home.

In the end, the light returns and we discover the meaning of her story.

31 . Jul, jul strålande jul

“Yule, Yule, radiant Yule! Shine above the snow-white forests…hymns that are sung from age to age, infinite longing for light and peace!” Swedish composer Gustaf Nordqvist published this beautiful Christmas carol in 1921, with words by Edvard Evers.

32. The Shortest Day

Jayme Armstrong, Randy Orr (alternating) A poem written for Revels by Susan Cooper in 1977, now an essential part of Christmas Revels performances throughout the country.

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NORDIC LIGHTS | PART T WO 33. Sussex Mummers’ Carol

This is a fragment of a carol now sung widely, originating in the great musical traditions of Sussex, England. In each of the nine American cities where Christmas Revels is performed annually to celebrate the winter solstice, this is the song of parting and blessing. Brass arrangement is by Brian Holmes, with descant and final verse harmonization by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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WELCOME

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THE PLAYERS FEATURED PLAYERS

Bronwyn Jones, Sanna Burl Ross, The Storyteller Shuhe Hawkins, Puppeteer Kim Majors & Susan Ebers, Scandinavian dancers

PORTLAND BRASS QUINTET Jeffrey Snyder, trumpet Greg Garrett, trumpet Jen Harrison, French horn Greg Scholl, trombone John Walling, tuba

THE REVELS BAND

Betsy Branch, fiddle, baritone violin Dan Compton, guitar Amy Hakanson, nyckelharpa Peter Michaelsen, fiddle, Hardanger fiddle Joel Bluestone, percussion

THE YULE SINGERS

Jayme Armstrong Theresa Beck van Heemstra* Laura Franklin Chisholm Jenna Dalton Hal Day* Su Elliott Perry Francis* Linda Golaszewski Andrea Greenlaw Cynthia Gulick Debbi Irvine Jon Kruse George Kunz Sylvia Lambley* Gerard Lester Sarah Luxton* John McKenzie Leslie Moclock* Caitlyn Moe Alexandre Muñiz Randy Orr Irie Page

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Wendi Parker Robert Reed Hannah Rose Rice Matthew Roe* Paul Roe Bill Ryan* Annika Scherlie Brooke Scherlie W. David Shepherd David Summers Angela Truby Randy Tucker Janelle VanPelt* *Handbell players

THE TOMTE CHILDREN

Fia Arias Lila Bell Soren Brooks Juniper Dalton Sage Dalton Beatrice Danforth Dash Fitzgerald Hartman Sasha Gladen-Kolarsky Daphne Henion Corina Lester Kate Lunsford Henry Merrill Conrad Shepherd Iona Truby Lyla Vangelisti Lauren Warton

ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCERS Fia Arias Su Elliott Perry Francis Sally Gardner Linda Golaszewski Meg Larson Alexandre Muñiz Charley Rowley Bill Ryan Brooke Scherlie David Summers Iona Truby

FEATURED ARTISTS Bruce A. Hostetler has directed, written, or produced over 200 operas, musicals, and plays, including numerous world premieres, throughout the USA and Canada. He was a producer at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Artistic Director of the Backporch Theatre, and Producing Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s New Plays Project. Bruce holds an MFA in Directing from the CMU School of Drama.

Robert M. Lockwood has been the Music Director of The Christmas Revels in Portland since 1999. He is a published composer who has taught elementary and middle school music at the Franciscan Montessori Earth School, and has sung with several choirs around town. He founded and led early music ensembles in Philadelphia and Portland, and plays several instruments.

Betsy Branch has been the Associate Music Director for Portland Revels since 2006.

She is a fiddle and violin teacher from her home in S.E. Portland. You can also find her in the dance hall, where her fiddling helps propel people across the dance floor. She specializes in contra dancing and English Country dancing.

Regina Pirruccello is an Artist in Residence at Buckman Arts Focus Elementary School in S.E. Portland, where she taught music and integrated arts from 1995 to 2013, and currently directs the Buckman Chorus. Regina’s degrees are in music education and teaching.

She is a published composer, workshop presenter, university adjunct instructor, choral director, and past president of the Portland Orff Association.

Portland Brass Quintet was founded in 1991 and is one of Oregon’s finest and most requested brass groups. Musicians of the PBQ are currently members of, and regularly perform with, the Oregon and Seattle Symphonies, and with the Eugene Symphony,

Oregon Ballet Theatre, Tacoma Symphony, and Newport Symphony. The group performs the annual run of shows with the magnificent Christmas Revels and has been doing so for over 20 years.

Burl Ross is home-grown in Oregon. He graduated from Beaverton High School and Lewis & Clark College and embarked on a varied acting career, from touring internationally with the Oregon Mime Theatre to entertaining at the White House Easter Egg Roll in the Wee Sing character of Little Bunny Foo Foo. Burl has extensive local theater, television, and film credits and was a founding member of Live Wire!, Portland’s own radio variety program now airing on OPB. Bronwyn Jones graduated from the University of Portland with a degree in music in 2015.

She teaches private voice and piano lessons in Portland. Bronwyn has performed in “The Pirates of Penzance,” “Ruddigore,” and “H.M.S. Pinafore” for Mocks Crest Productions. This is her first time performing with the Christmas Revels.

Dan Compton is well known in the Pacific Northwest folkmusic scene as a performer and teacher. A multi-instrumentalist, he is particularly devoted to exploring traditional music on the guitar. Dan regularly performs with fiddler Lisa Ornstein, Irish button accordionist Fran Slefer, Massachusetts flute and banjo player Mark Roberts, the polyfolk band Sprygg, and Scottish-style fiddler Jamie Laval.

Amy Hakanson is excited to be performing with the Christmas Revels. A few years ago she fell in love with Scandinavian folk music and dance, and in 2014 she spent a year studying the nyckelharpa at the Eric Sahlström Institute in Sweden. She is thrilled about the opportunity to help bring to life some wonderful Nordic stories, traditions, and music!

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ARTISTIC STAFF

PRODUCTION STAFF

Artistic Director/Stage Director: Bruce A. Hostetler

Executive Director: Anne Conrad-Antoville

Music Director: Robert M. Lockwood Associate Music Director: Betsy Branch

Assistant Director for Creative & Program Services: Laura Glazer

Script Creation: Robert M. Lockwood, Bruce A. Hostetler, Linda Golaszewski

Production Manager & Technical Director: Mike Cino

Children’s Director: Regina Pirruccello

Stage Manager: Johanna Ruefli

Scenic Design & Scenic Artist: Larry Larsen

Assistant Stage Managers: Laura Fraley, Erin Kirkpatrick

Lighting Design: Robert Peterson

Children’s Stage Manager: Azalea Micketti

Sound Design & Operation: Focal Audio

Set Construction: Demetri Pavlatos, Lunar Theatrical

Costume Design & Construction: Margaret Louise Chapman Properties Design & Construction: Deb Dahling Yule Lads Mask Design & Construction: Andy Swinford

Producer: Bruce A. Hostetler

Light Board Operator: Connor Ward Wardrobe Mistress & Stitcher: Ruth Bryant Stitchers: Elizabeth Ball, Mary Scott Huff, Marychris Mass

Musical Arrangements: Betsy Branch, Robert M. Lockwood

Puppet Design & Construction: Angie Goffredi, Shuhe Hawkins, Barbara Millikan, Morgan Weber

Choreography & Dance Instruction: Kim Majors

Ceremonial Dance Captain: Linda Golaszewski

Sound Effects: Joel Bluestone

Rehearsal Pianists: Hannah Brewer, Stephen Lewis

Artistic Support: Patrick Swanson & Megan Henderson of Revels, Inc.

House Manager: Zach Peak Rehearsal Website Creator & Manager: Robert Reed Volunteer Coordinator: Molly McWaters Concessions Coordinator: Steve Bauer Information Technology Support: Perry Francis, Mark Sharinghousen Program Editor: Meg Larson Cover Artwork: Maude White Graphic Design: Artslandia, Laura Glazer Videographer: Christian Bergmans Music Stand Banners: Julie Strozyk

Revels® is a federally registered service mark of Revels, Inc., Watertown, MA.

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Apprentices: Liam Creswell, Sophie Kruse, Celia Leap, Nicki LeGore, Elizabeth McWaters-Adkins, Anya Rose Mihokovic, W. Elliott Shepherd

DONORS The Portland Revels Board of Directors and Staff gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, foundations, and business partners for their help in making this production possible. Without our donors there would be no Christmas Revels in Portland. Gifts listed below were received from December 1, 2016 through November 16, 2017. Thanks!

TAKE JOY! ($10,000 – $24,999) Ronni S. Lacroute REVELERS ($5,000 – $9,999) Anonymous (1) Juan Young Trust The Kinsman Foundation MERRYMAKERS ($1,500 – $4,999) Intel Volunteer Grant Program Richard Lewis Robert Lockwood & Janet Gibbens Arthur & Sue Martin Margo Norton

STORYTELLERS ($1,000 – $1,499) Anonymous (1) Janice Arnold & Michael Jamond Cynthia Gulick Oscar & Amy Polo Kate Schuyler Linda Stoltz & Jerry Poquette DANCERS ($500 – $999) Su Elliott Heidi & Gerald Fox Joe Hickerson Marsh Hieronimus The Kruse Family George Kunz Andy McLain & Donna Blaser Network for Good Gary Peterson & Jane Starbird

Bonnie & Peter Reagan Robert Reed Charley & Diane Rowley & Family Alex & Monica Seidel W. David Shepherd Chris Spurrell & Sheila Turcotte Richard & Dena Vangelisti JESTERS ($250 – $499) Anonymous (1) Lynn Averbeck Ruth Bryant David & Erinn Cameron-Edwards Anne Castleton Laura Chisholm & Bruce Hostetler Lisa & Skip Comer Steve Dulaney & Susan Torkelson Antonia Forster & Michael Fulop Perry & Eden Francis Patty & Sally Gardner Peter & Kathy Gulick in honor of Cyndi Gulick & John McKenzie Michael & Mary Klein Myra Lafontaine-Schlosser Amanda LeGore Michelle Marcyk Pat & Russ Mickiewicz Paul Miller & Leonore Licht-Miller Jan Mitchell & Roger Rocka Storry Norman & Jack Hollis Kurt C. Peterson Sue & J.T. Quanbeck Margie & David Rikert Nedra Schnoor-Egan

Jenny Stadler & Jordan Hiller David Summers & Linda Golaszewski Pat Sweeney Seth & Angela Truby CAROLERS ($100 – $249) Anonymous (2) Philip Allen Jayme Armstrong & Don Heistuman Steve Bauer Jim & Sharla M. Beall Thomas C. Brady Tom & Joan Buell Sam Cambareri Donald Carlson Tom & Susan Carter Kathleen Colley Gary Conaway Barbara Coombs Lee & Stephen Lee Carol Cribbett-Bell & Michael Bell Ellen Fader Bill & Ellen Farr Pat & Paul Ferguson-Steger Hugh & Patricia Fitzgerald Christopher Frost Jess Gibson Cynthia Gladen in honor of Sasha Gladen-Kolarsky Megan Glomb Kim Godshalk & Edward Godshalk Kerry Griffin & Dr. Eilis Boudreau Steve & Wendy Hall Lois Heinlein & Tom Mathews Roland & Cathy Henson Nordic Lights | 17

DONORS Bruce Hostetler & Laura Chisholm in honor of Jean Chisholm Jean & Ronald Hubb Cally Kernan Ned & Saundra Kice Deborah Krum Barbara & Aaron Lance Lantow Family Kathryn Larnell Pamela Maben Cein Mahony John McKenzie McWaters-Adkins Family Keith Moe Susan P. Moen James Moore Tom Murphy & Deborah Hobbs-Murphy Lee Haas Norris Beverly & Richard North John & Sandra O’Rourke Regina Pirruccello Heather Pool Amie & Max Portinari Rebecca Purdom James B. & Marion E. Robbins Ed & Virginia Rouffy Lawrence & Diane Sawyer Lauren Sheehan Fran Smith & Bill DeBerry John Sohl & Dina Thompson Carolyn Souders Spelling Family Mark & Mary Stevenson Julie Strozyk Carlos & Casey Sundermann Jim Thomas Hester van Heemstra FRIENDS (up to $99) Anonymous (6) Susan Badders Anne Bagwell Jane Barfield

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Theresa Beck van Heemstra Holly Krass Bell Rita & Alan Charlesworth Gair Crutcher Household Emily Decker Tamara DeRidder Dennis & Ruth Douglass in honor of Betsy Branch Sarah Elsasser Susan Farrelly Kathleen & Ronald Fial Shannon Foby Sharon Franklin Fran Fulwiler Debby Garman & Michael Alan Fox Megan Glor Patricia Guthrie & Joe Grosh Ann Mia Haning Sue & Tim Hays Anne Heimlich Frances Hernandez Alice Marie Hill Karen Houle Gayle Iwalani Kathleen Jackson Juliana James Amanda Jensen John & Judy Jordan Daniel B. Karnes Jim & Connie Kenney Eric & Doris Kimmel Andrew Klossner & Jill Zurschmeide Sevin Koont Kathy Kremer & Stephen Young Alicia Lauderback in honor of Ellen Smith Tom & Heather Leap Ronald Lee & Elizabeth Raintree Margot Leonard John Martin Lisa Masterson Jonathan McDowell Scott & Takako McLellan

Tom Miller Joni L. Monahan Gail Murphy Lisa Nice & Jeff LaRochelle John Nicholls Household Sharron Noone Barbara Ogden Dmytro Orel Jackie Peterson Loomis & John Loomis Nancy Pole-Wilhite & R. Michael Wilhite Colleen Ramsey Myron Redford Carol Remsen Milo & Luna Rengert Sarah Rice Burl & Valarie Ross Peter Rotch Joel & Betsy Salter The Santo Family Charles & Jan Shaul Olivia Lee Smith & Alan Nettleton Josephine St. Clair Claudia Sterry Ed Stevens Keegan Teinowitz Randy Tucker & Mary Logan Melinda Tyler James Underhill Carla Van Cleave Darlene Ward Cathy Wardzala Leora Werner Timothy Wheeler in honor of Kitty Wheeler Whitmarsh Family Eric Wikner Andrea Wild Karen Wilkinson Work for Art

BACKSTAGE REVELS THE CHRISTMAS REVELS in Portland is created through the hard work and dedication of many individuals who volunteer their talent and energy. Backstage Revelers work behind the scenes: loading in and striking the set, decorating the hall, ushering, selling refreshments and merchandise, helping with the children backstage. Help is needed throughout the year with event planning, publicity, and community outreach. Volunteers are the riches of Portland Revels!

Dennis Alexander, Anthony Antoville, Jayme Armstrong, Diane Astari, Sarah Bailey, Robert Barncord, Steve Bauer, Michelle Benker, Catherine Bennett, David Blanchard, Barbara Bryant, Anitra Cameron, Gracie Campbell, Anne Castleton, Arthur Cornell, Aaron Danforth, Dorothy Foley, Antonia Forster, Perry Francis, Janet Gibbens, Linda Golaszewski, Cynthia Gulick, Ellen Hansen, Fran Head, Don Heistuman, Carol Higgins, Rachel Huffine, Eric Johnson, Janet Johnson, Murren Kennedy, Nicole Kephart, Laura Koorman, Meg Larson, Richard Lewis, Robert Lockwood, Mihoko Lunsford, John McKenzie, Molly McWaters, Lisa Merrick, Carl Noack, Lee Norris, Margo Norton, Gareth Page, Sarah Page, Liz Plotkin, Natali Plotkin, Amy Polo, Heather Pool, Cary Pratt, Ed Rouffy, Virginia Rouffy, Charley Rowley, Diane Rowley, Elke Schoen, Mark Sharinghousen, David Shepherd, Chris Shields, John Shields, Linda Stoltz, Julie Strozyk, David Summers, Mikki Tint, Janet Trygstad, Carol Utterberg, Loris Van Pelt, Paul Weaver, Kate Wells, Christine Yun.

COVER ARTIST FOR THE CHRISTMAS REVELS 2017

MAUDE WHITE

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING REVELS Mt. Hood Community College, Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, Nordia House, and Artists Repertory Theatre for the use of space for rehearsals and performances. Thanks especially to St. Mary’s Academy for the use of their beautiful facilities.

BUSINESSES SUPPORTING REVELS Café Mam organic coffee, Kell’s Irish Pub, New Seasons Market, Raven & Rose restaurant, Oregon Medical Weight Loss Clinic & Wellness, Oregon Stage Lighting and Sound Inc., Viking Soul Food Cart, and McLain Legal Services.

ARTS GROUPS SUPPORTING REVELS Artists Repertory Theatre, Artslandia, Clackamas Community College technical theater program, Stumptown Stages, the University of Portland Theater Department, and the Washington Revels.

MAJOR SUPPORTERS Ronni Lacroute, Intel Corporation, Juan Young Trust, and The Kinsman Foundation.

IN-KIND DONATIONS All Classical Portland/KQAC 89.9, Oregon Public Broadcasting, PDX Parent, Skies America Publishing, and Tip Top Cleaners.

INDIVIDUALS The music director is grateful for Su Elliott’s assistance with music transcriptions and Hal Day’s language research. The producer is grateful for contributions by Sassa Anders Carver, Nordic Northwest, and Barbara Fankhauser.

NORDIC LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION Lotta Andersson, Henrik Bothe, Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Johann Ingvason, Jo Asgeir Lie, and Anna Wikenius.

VERY SPECIAL THANKS The singing groups Kongero and Kraja of Sweden, Trio Mediæval of Norway, and the Norwegian Soloists’ Choir each provided inspiration and advice, and generously shared their musical arrangements with us in preparing the show.

REVE LS C E LE BR ATES TIP TOP C LEANE RS! THE OFFIC IAL C LE ANER OF C HRISTM AS RE VEL S COSTUMES 20 01 E B U R N S I D E S T R E E T, P O R T L A N D  (50 3) 234 -4101 L O C A L LY O W N E D & O P E R AT E D E N V I R O N M E N TA L LY F R I E N D LY D R Y C L E A N I N G

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2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors develops the organization and strengthens the vision and mission of our programs and community participation.

Diane Schell Rowley, President W. David Shepherd, Vice President Margo Norton, Treasurer Andy McLain, Secretary Anne Castleton Perry Francis

Cynthia Gulick Jon Kruse Amy Polo Sheila Turcotte Anne Conrad-Antoville, MM, Executive Director

PREVIEW AUDIENCE Each year we invite a special audience to the preview performance of The Christmas Revels. Our guests are client groups of such agencies as Independent Living Resources, NW Pilot Project, Home Forward, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, REACH Community Development, Buckman SUN School, and Ride Connection. We thank the staff from these and other agencies who make this possible.

REVELS

RAFFLE

Win tickets to “Hamilton,” a Scandinavian quilt, and more! Buy tickets from one of our wonderful raffle volunteers.

Be sure to visit “Festival Days” upstairs with concessions and the Revels Gift Shop!

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SUPPORT REVELS!

Ticket sales cover only a portion of our Christmas Revels costs. A valuable way to help Portland Revels is to become an annual or monthly donor, or to include us in your estate planning. Contact us for more information on our giving programs at (503) 274-4654 or visit www.portlandrevels.org.

OUR SUPPORTERS: SUPPORT PROVIDED BY INTEL CORPORATION.

BRINGING TRADITION TO LIFE THROUGH SONG, DANCE, AND STORY. JOIN US! WWW.PORTLANDREVELS.ORG (503) 274-4654