Special Thanks Special thanks to the following individuals, businesses, and organizations for their invaluable assistance: Bagel Basement for donating bagels for our all-day rehearsals. Norwich Congregational Church for letting us use space to do vocal warm-up prior to singing at the Gingergread Festival. The Town of Hanover for displaying our banner over Main Street and on street lightposts during production week. Woodstock First Congregational Church for the use of the handbells. Ledyard Bank for promotion space in the Hanover and Lyme branches. Rare Essentials for use of a mannequin at our Ledyard Bank PR display. Jean Munn and Celia Thorsson for helping with costume alterations. Martha McDaniel, and Kye Cochran and the Upper Valley Sew-Op for sewing mummers’ costumes. Tony Barrand for teaching the broom dance, and his wife, Margaret Dale for providing the lovely music during the practice session. Wendy Thompson for all-day rehearsal help in putting on kids’ makeup and in allowing herself to be made up multiple times for others to practice! Kate McNally, host of NHPR’s The Folk Show, for her live segment featuring the Christmas Revels performers and director.
The Norwich Grange for rehearsal space. Six South Street Hotel in Hanover for hosting cast gatherings. James Horton from the Dartmouth Theater Department for his wise and creative counsel to the directors. Revels, Inc. for loaning the Buffens shields for our show. Toni Hover for nourishing our cast during production week. Washington, D.C., Revels for lending the mummers’ costumes for our show. Makeup volunteers Francine A’ness, Keirsten Caswell, Julie Derksen, Angie Earle, Bea Edgar, Kathy Fitch, Meryl Friets, Valerie Martin, Sarah McGinley-Smith, Teri Minelli, Wendy Thompson. Betsy Maislen for sewing assistance and helping Angelica backstage. Jed Dickinson of Woodstock Recycling for disposing of our set materials. The North Face and Bill Boyle for loaning tables and donating a wicker shelf for the costume room. International Fun-Shop for giving us a discount on makeup. Hildur Colot for her help with the Lifeline database, and all of her generous sharing of time and talents to assist the Board and staff with work throughout the year. Sara Morin for her generous and insightful work on our publicity. All volunteers who assisted after the program went to press and aren’t mentioned here.
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