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Page last updated 25th June, 2009
Many choirs have their own websites with details of their events. Go to Quires page for more details.
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Sat 4th April
33rd 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 25th April
Mid-Shires' Quires' Day
10:00am-4:30pm, Byfield Village Hall, Northants, NN11 6UT
(midway between Banbury and Daventry on A361)
Download more details and a booking form from HERE
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Fri 15th - Sun 17th May
WGMA WEEKEND AT IRONBRIDGE |
Sat 23rd May
West Gallery Quire
A Visitation to 4 churches near Crediton
Red Book & Psalter, plus a booklet of local WG music, for which a contribution will be invited
Contact: Alan Weeks on 01404 822028 or e-mail
Mon 25th May (Bank Holiday)
Joyful Noise
West Gallery Tour in Weardale, Co.Durham
Leaders: Paul Gailiunas and Chris Gardner
Contact: Chris Gardner 01207 563778 or Win Stokes 0191 2575918 or e-mail
Sat 30th May
Bedford Gallery Quire
Church Tour ‘over the border’ in Cambridgeshire
Contact: Ken Baddley 01234 304103 or email
Details will be available on the BGQ website nearer the time
Sat 30th May
West Gallery workshop
2.00-4.00 pm, Village Hall, 78 High Street, Bletchingley, Surrey, RH1 4PA, as part of Bletchingley Folk Festival.
Bletchingley is between Godstone and Redhill, near M25 Junction 6.
Leader: Francis Roads
Support from singers and instrumentalists will be most welcome.
Further details will follow, and music will be available in advance.
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Sat 6th June
The Village Quire and the Cwmbach Quintet
Concert, Dorstone Church
Contact: 01497 847676 or email
Sun 7th June
Norfolk Gallery Quire
6pm, Concert, Thetford Methodist Church, Tanner St.
part of the Thomas Paine Festival
Contact: Chris Gutteridge 01760 755993 or email
Sat 13th June
Norfolk Gallery Quire
10am-12noon, Performance in Wymondham Market Place, Norfolk
Part of Wymondham Festival
Contact: Chris Gutteridge 01760 755993 or email
Sun 14th June
Wolds Apart
Evensong, Old St.Stephen's, Robin Hood's Bay , Yorkshire
Contact: Gordon Corrick 01482 805804 or Marilyn Jackson 01724 842481,
Roger Hateley 01430 810495 or email
Sat 20th June
The Village Quire
7.30 pm, Gwernyfed School Drama Studio. FREE entry with retiring collection for the Wales Air Ambulance.
Contact: 01497 847676 or email
Fri 26th June
Norfolk Gallery Quire
6:30pm, Concert, St.Peter's Church, Weasenham, Norfolk
Contact: Chris Gutteridge 01760 755993 or email
Sat 27th - Sun 28th June
'Sing Lustily and with a Good Courage'
Saturday Workshop exploring the hymns of Charles Wesley and his contemporaries; leading to a Sunday service
Wrexham Methodist Church, WREXHAM, N.Wales, LL11 1RY.
Contact: 01978 361489 or website
Leader: Andy Watts assisted by one or more members of the Carnival Band
Cost: £30
For more info visit: website
Sat 4th July
Norfolk Gallery Quire
7:30pm, Concert, St.Peter & St.Paul, Wallington
Contact: Chris Gutteridge 01760 755993 or email
Sat 11th July
Norfolk Gallery Quire
7:30pm, Concert, Walpole Old Chapel, Suffolk
Contact: Chris Gutteridge 01760 755993 or email
Sat 11th July
18th Century Baptist Hymnody
1:00-7:30pm, Workshop, Concert, Talk and Barbecue
Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
Contact: Chris Brown email or Judy Whiting 01422 311736 OR email
Sat 1st-Fri 7th August
Sidmouth FolkWeek
Events in Methodist Church, High Street
Sat 1st : "Start the Week" concert of West Gallery and Shapenote music
Mon 3rd - Thurs 6th : West Gallery and Shapenote Workshops
Visit the FolkWeek website
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October 2009 - The Churches Conservation Trust is celebrating its 40th birthday and is inviting choirs to take over one of its churches and hold a celebratory public event to mark the event. A number of their churches have west galleries and furnishings from the West Gallery period.
Details of the churches they care for are to be found in a 15 page leaflet HERE, extracted from their website by WGMA member Linda Hall.
For more specific "prayer-book churches" see Gordon Ashman's article HERE http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/
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Fri 16th - Sun 18th October
WGMA WEEKEND AT Dunfield House, Kington, Herefordshire |
Tue 20 October
The West Gallery Quire
7.30pm. Concert, St. Swithun's, Sandford, Devon.
A concert to celebrate the completion of a major under-gallery project, featuring the original Jacobean gallery (still used by the regular choir)
Contact: Alan Weeks email
Sat 31st October
34th 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:
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Sat 14th November
Sing Birmingham
A Celebration of West Gallery Carols
A workshop for singers and instrumentalists
10:00am - 4:30pm, St.Mary's Church, Moseley
For more details and application form contact:
Mike Perrier at St.Mary's Parish Office, tel: 0121 4492243 or
Edwin & Sheila Macadam tel: 01865 865773
Fri 23rd - Sun 25th November
West Gallery Music Weekend
7pm Friday - 4pm Sunday
Workshops for singers and instrumentalists; course no.09/275
Tutor: Francis Roads
Benslow Music Trust, Little benslow Hills, HITCHIN, Herts SG4 9RB.
Fees: Residential: £190 ; Non-resident: £155
For more details and application form contact:
Website or email email
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2010 dates
Sat 27th March
35th 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 24th April
Mid-Shires' Quires' Day
10:00am-4:30pm, Byfield Village Hall, Northants, NN11 6UT
(midway between Banbury and Daventry on A361)
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Fri 14th - Sun 16th May
WGMA WEEKEND AT IRONBRIDGE |
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Fri 22nd - Sun 24th October 2010
WGMA WEEKEND at The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire. DE55 1 AU. |
Sat 30th October
36th 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: