Events & Info

SingThing will be singing at this very fun neighborhood festival in the Dimond district of Oakland.
Come sing with us or listen at the Family Stage near the Dimond Library. Bring the kids, dogs, your singing voices. We are scheduled for noon, but may not go on until 12:30. If you own a Sing Thing tee shirt, wear it. October 9th, 2010, 11am-6pm.

Come eat wonderful local food, meet your neighbors, drink root beer at the root beer bar, drink home brewed real beer, great entertainment all day. Join Ashley and Lower Laguna neighbors in painting a mural on the wall at the abandoned Blockbuster on MacArthur. Meet local organizations like Friends of Sausal Creek and The California Revels, etc. For more information: www.Oaktoberfest.org

Monday, December 21st the California Revels Company will be in Muir Woods to celebrate the longest night of the year.  The celebration is from 3 to 8pm, but come early.  Carpool if possible as parking is limited and this is very well attended.  Park and go through the main entrance.  There will be luminaria along the main path.  The Revels will be performing Abbott’s Bromley, an ancient dance from England done with 6 men with reindeer antlers on their heads and 4 dancers dressed as a man/woman, a boy archer, a hobby horse and a fool with a triangle which he strikes during the dance.  The music is mystical:  One recorder player playing this ancient melody without amplification.  Also, the Revels singers will be sequestered in the groves and you will hear them without necessarily seeing them.  Dress warmly and be aware that this event is free and open to the public.  Bring a flashlight.    Check Winter Solstice in Muir Woods for more information.  You might even see salmon spawning if you come before nightfall.  There will be warming goodies.  Probably a charge for these, but no info on that.

If you haven’t been to revels, you gotta go.  Take the kids.  Very kid friendly.  There’s singing-dancing-cavorting-merrie making big time.   and ooooh, the costumes.  They’ve presented this pageant in our area for 24 years.  Many Sing Thing alumni have participated and this year Jessica and her mom, Jennifer, alumnae of our SF group, are both participating.  If you haven’t gotten filled with holiday spirit (& it’s pretty difficult these days) I guarantee that this will do it.  We try to go twice because it is such a joy and we love the music.  Lots of singing and they include the audience, too.

In celebration of the winter solstice, this year Revels is exploring the music, dance, stories and traditions of old Bavaria.

Dates are December 11-13 and 18-20, 2009

Held at Oakland’s Lake Merritt in the Scottish Right Theatre, 1547 Lakeside Dr., Oakland

www.californiarevels.org for more information

Tickets are $12-$50 and there are discounted shows, special prices for children and matinees and early evening shows so kids can get home and get to bed.  The theatre is located right across the street from the new Chalet restaurant.  There is some discounted parking at the oakland museum and it is near the 12th street BART station.

It is held at Oakland’s Lake Merritt at the Scottish Rite Auditorium

The Victorian Preservation Center of Oakland is having a celebration at the Cohen-Bray House on Saturday, October 24th representing the past, present and future for this Italian Stick House, built 125 years ago and continuously lived in by family members.

1-3pm $10 donation.

View artifacts from every decade, taste food from family recipes, silent auction, tour the Victorian garden.

Sandi Morey will be singing songs from the house’s past.  Sing Thing people are invited to come and sing.

11am to 1pm  $50 VIP Tour

A unique conversation with surprise sustainability expert.

Light refreshments & extended private tour of the collections

Make your reservations at cohenbrayhouse@gmail.com or call 510 843-2906

WHERE;

1440 29th Ave., Oakland CA

a short walk from Fruitvale BART