St. Pat’s Revelry

Santa Barbara Revels’ 16th annual Pub Sing on St. Patrick’s Day was really up the creek!

More than 60 warblers, including founder Susan Keller, joined in the merry mayhem at the Creekside Restaurant & Bar in Goleta singing a selection of Irish tunes, sea shanties, familiar folk songs, traditional favorites, and novelty ditties with Andrew Manos on keyboard and Revels music director Mica Basilica leading the vocal activities.

As well as celebrating the upcoming Vernal Equinox, the group hosts its annual May Day celebration in due course and in September marks the Fall Equinox with a special musical presentation. And, later, its ever-popular Harbor Sing.

The year culminates with the Revels Christmas show marking the Winter Solstice at the Lobero, a decidedly English production The Ghosts of Haddon Hall, which I last saw performed 11 years ago.