The Revels | tr

The Christmas Revels are a changing group of musical performers who put on seasonal stage performances in a number of American cities. The performances involve singing, dancing, recitals, theatrics (usually as brief skits, often humorous), and usually some audience participation, all appropriate to the season. Performers are usually local, often non-professional, and frequently young. The initial performance of the Christmas Revels was organized by John Langstaff and took place at Town Hall in New York, NY in 1957. Langstaff and his daughter, Carol Langstaff, started producing "The Christmas Revels" again in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1971, at Harvard University's Sanders Theater....

There are four groups calling themselves The Revels, and one mistagged group: 1) an early '60s instrumental rock group 2) a traditional/folk music and dance group founded in 1971 3) a Melbourne band formerly 'The Crimson Flames' 4) A 60s R&B group 1) The Revels were an early '60s instrumental rock group. While they were not a surf group, since they pre-dated surf music, they were a big influence on the later surf groups. The Revels' most famous song, "Church Key", became a surf music staple that was covered by countless surf groups. The group had a raunchy saxophone-oriented sound....