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Page last updated 16th April, 2008
Many choirs have their own websites with details of their events. Go to Quires page for more details.
2008 dates
April 2008
Sat 5th April
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31st Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts:
Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:
Sat 5th April
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Singin' Spring 3
10:30am - 12 noon. Morchard Bishop, Devon. Devon Carols workshop led by two "West Gallery Quire" members.
Full details of the day and booking form on HERE
Sat 19th April
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South West Quires' Day V - 'In pastures fair, by pleasant streams'
9:30am - 4:30pm, Cheddon Fitzpaine Memorial Hall, Rowford, Taunton TA2 8JY.
Contact: A.J.Parker,10 Montrose Avenue, Redland, BRISTOL, BS6 6EQ. tel:0117 9243083 or email
Details and booking forms will be available from October 2007.
Sat 26th April
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Mid-Shires Quires' Day
The Fourth Day devoted to local composers of West Gallery Music
Byfiled Village Hall, Northants.
Contacts: Ian & Barbara Meddoms 01926 492945 email
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May 2008
Sunday, 4th May
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Vital Spark
Upton-on-Severn Folk Festival
10:45am Service in Upton-upon-Severn Parish Church; 3:00pm Workshop/Sing in the Boathouse.
Check the Festival website
Fri 16th - Sun 18th May NB: CHANGE OF DATE
Contacts: Rita Powell tel: 01952-883475 or email or Lin Cawthorne tel: 01952-603474 An Application form can be downloaded from here: Word file or PDF file Instrumentalists are welcome at Ironbridge - please don't be deterred by the risk that you might be asked to sing if you don't want to. We know there are various good reasons why some poeple don't. Music for Ironbridge is invited, especially from members of the WGMA who have recently taken part in either of the leaders' courses. All those wishing to submit a piece for inclusion should send music to Mike Bailey before the 30th April. Ideally, music should be as PDF files, please, including Bb and Eb parts, but Sibelius or MIDI plus words is acceptable. PDFs of the music are now available from HERE. |
Sunday, 18th May
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Vital Spark
Upton-upon-Severn Baptist Church Service postponed to 12th October
June 2008
Sat June 7
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The West Gallery Quire's 2nd Church Crawl
Meet at 10am at St.Catherine's, Whitestone, going on to St.Luke's Chapel, Posbury, St. Swithun's, Sandford (with original Jacobean West Gallery), and St.Lawrence's Chapel, Crediton.
Pub lunch at Rose & Crown, Sandford, or bring a picnic.
Singing from "The Psalter" and the "Red Book".
Contact: Sonja Andrews email
Sun 15th June
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The West Gallery Quire
6.30 pm, Festal Evensong, Parish Church, Dawlish, Devon, to mark the start of the Dawlish Arts Festival.
Contact: Alan Weeks tel.01404 822028 or email
Sat 21st June
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West Gallery Workshop & Concert
St.Andrew's Church, Coniston, The Lake District
Workshops: 10:30am - 4pm; Concert: 5:30 - 6:00pm
Leader: Paul Guppy of Gladly Solemn Sound
Contact: Chris Brown or Judy Whiting tel.01422 311736 or email
Download a flier from HERE
July 2008
Sat 5th July
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West Yorkshire West Gallery Music Workshop (NB: Replaces Church Crawl).
Friends Meeting House, Paddock, Huddersfield
Leaders: Dr Fenella Bazin (Isle of man) & Paul Guppy (Lancaster)
Download a flyer for more details and contacts from HERE
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Sat 3nd - Fri 8th August
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SIDMOUTH FOLKWEEK Mon-Thurs in Sidmouth Parish Church
West Gallery workshops led by WGMA members and shapenote workshops led by Babylon Lane
Visit the FOLKWEEK WEBSITE
Wed 12th - Fri 14th September
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Conference - The Archaeology of Post-Medieval Religion
The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and the Society for Church Archaeology are pleased to announce a forthcoming joint conference on the archaeology of religion in Britain from 1580 to 1900.
To be held at the Maids Head Hotel, Norwich.
For more details and contact details click HERE
Sat 20th September
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West Gallery Workshop led by Francis Roads
6:30 pm, St Michael and All Angels Church, Sunninghill, Berkshire, SL5 7DD
For more details and music click HERE
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Sun 12th October
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Vital Spark
6.30 p.m, evening service / concert, Upton on Severn Baptist Church, 45-47 Old Street WR8 0HN.
Enquiries: Maurice Portsmouth 01684 592079.
Sat 18th October
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The West Gallery Quire
Afternoon workshop - West Country Carols - (for the Methodist Music Society)
Methodist Church, Sidwell Street, Exeter.
All welcome: final sing in the largest gallery in the West.
Contact: Alan Weeks tel.01404 822028 or email
Fri 24th - Sun 26th Oct
Contact: Jenny Ellis, 13 Lytton Avenue, LETCHWORTH, Herts, SG6 3HT. tel: 01462 629539 or email: |
Fri 24th - Sun 26th Oct
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West Gallery Music led by Francis Roads
Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills, Benslow Lane, HITCHIN, Herts SG4 9RB.
from 7pm Fri to 4pm Sun; Course 08/273; resident: £180; non-resident: £145
Contacts: tel.01462 459446 or email or visit their website
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Sat 1st November
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32nd Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts:
Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:
Sat 29th November
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Festival of Village Carols, Grenoside VIllage hall
More information from the Village Carols website
Sat 29th November
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Cornish Carols Workshop
10:00 - 4:00pm, Praa Sands Community Centre (postcode TR20 9RB); leader Peter Meanwell.
Contact: Linda Collins, 01736 763339
Sat 6th December
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"Going the Rounds", with the Madding Crowd, Stinsford near Dorchester
Contact: Brenda Bennett 01962 866963 or email
Sun 28th December
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Byfield Carols with Immanuel's Ground
Cross Tree Inn, Byfield, Northants. NN11 6XL.
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam tel. 01865 865773 or email
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