- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
May Day at the Zoo
ORGANIZATION: California Revels
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
This is the Revels’ annual celebration of Mayday with the crowning of the May Queen, Morris dancing, Maypoles, and lots of great singing from our Solstice Ensemble Chorus members - plus a procession that stars our guest of honor from the petting zoo!
Join us at the Oakland Zoo for a traditional celebration the whole family will enjoy.
Free with Zoo admission.
When you volunteer on May Day, you will become a cherished ambassador who will be trained on the upcoming events the California Revels will be hosting and what the Revels offers and brings to the Bay Area communities through theatrical and musical joy. Of course, you’ll also have the thrilling opportunity to work side by side with Board Members, performers, singers, and dancers.
Our May Day event begins at 12 noon and ends at 1:30 - Please arrive at 11 for training.
If being part of a creative and fun-inspiring group of people sounds appealing, then volunteering at
May Day at the Zoo with California Revels will be a grand and perfect match for all!
Who are Revels? Revels is about people coming together to celebrate the season. It’s musical theater that holds something special for the whole family. You don’t just "go to" Revels; you are Revels. You will hear music and make music, see dancing and have the chance to dance yourself, plus be part of ceremonies and traditions that people have used to celebrate the seasons for hundreds, or even thousands of years.
We look forward to meeting you!!!
More opportunities with California Revels
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About California Revels
Location:
2501 Harrison Street, Suite U8, Oakland, CA 94612, US
Mission Statement
The mission of California Revels is to promote the celebratory and community building power of the performing arts through a unique and innovative form of musical theater that embraces diverse cultures and ritual traditions to connect an audience of many ages and varied backgrounds.
Description
Since 1986, California Revels has brought the unique theatrical, participatory arts-form founded by singer, author, and music educator John Langstaff in Cambridge, Massachusetts, more than twenty-five years ago to the audiences of the Bay Area. Crossing religious and ethnic boundaries and appealing to young and old alike, Revels blends traditional music, dance, ritual and folk plays, presented by a large volunteer chorus of children and adults drawn from the community, and a number of highly talented professional actors, musicians, artists, directors, and "bearers of tradition" from many cultures.
Every December, California Revels produces "The Christmas Revels," a joyous production welcoming the return of the light back from the darkness of winter. Decorating homes with lights for midwinter, for example, is an ancient ritual for "calling back the light" that predates Christmas by centuries. "The Winter Solstice falls on the shortest day and brings on the longest night of the year. Across the centuries, people have chosen this time to acknowledge and celebrate the cycle of light and darkness, good and evil, life and death, that governs all our lives."
Throughout the year, California Revels holds a series of community-based performances, celebrating the seasons and highlighting our professional actors in musicians in more intimate settings.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Oakland Zoo9777 Golf Links RoadOakland, CA 94605
DATE POSTED
March 25, 2019
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Storytelling
- Singing
- Public Relations
- Visual Arts
- Music Arts
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- 3 hours