VIENNA – Through the dark, snowy nights of December a great light will shine as the Vienna Union Hall opens its doors to the public for the second annual Winter Revels.
Revels has long been a tradition in the Mt. Vernon/Vienna area, bringing together locals and newcomers for an evening of music, humor, family and a feeling of community that is unlike any other. Hot cider and treats compliment the evening.
This year, the hall offers an impressive lineup of local talent including vocalist Dan Sorensen one of the founding members of the Cantata Singers in Boston and tenor soloist for 17 seasons. Fine brass music will resound from the local brass ensemble the “Sunday Project” directed by Jason Giacomazzo, with Victoria Hatch, Whitney Cunliffe, Jay Marden, Toey Mahatanan, Randy Salisbury, Les Tomlinson and Peter Foxwell . Playing classical recorder and piano Carol Hedden and Josh Grams, a children’s readers theater and finally a fun time with comic Michael Trautman of Portland.
Michael Trautman has been “variously identified as a visual comic, performance artist, new vaudevillian, mime (gasp), physical comedian, storyteller, magician, and fool, he claims only to be a clown…and not a very traditional clown at that. He has appeared in such prestigious venues as the New York International Festival of Clown Theater, Festival D’Ete in Quebec, the General Jackson Showboat at Opryland USA, the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He was featured on WOW! The Most Awesome Acts On Earth, an ABC Television Special, and The Statler Brothers Show on TNN.” He has performed in theaters from The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC), The Michael J. Fox Theatre (Vancouver, BC) to the Portland Stage Company (Maine) and now at the Vienna Union Hall (Vienna, ME).
The Vienna Winter Revels is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. Tickets are $8 each, $4 for children under 10. For tickets email viennaunionhall@gmail.com or call Marianne 293-2674 or Libby 293-2362.
