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The next BIG EVENT:
Friday 14th - 16th October 2016
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2016
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Sunday, 31st July - Friday 5th August, 2016
WG at Sidmouth Folk Festival
Sunday 31st: "Start the Week" Concert, 2:30pm, Manor Pavillion.
A taster concert of West Gallery (Weatherbury Quire),
Shape-note (Canaan's Land), and
Gregorian Chant/Community Songs(Peter Wilton).
Sun 1st - Fri 5th: 11:30am-1pm, WG Workshops, Manor Pavillion.
Sun 1st - Fri 5th: 2pm-3pm, "Singing on the Seafront".
Watch a YouTube video HERE
Mon to Fri, 9:30am-11am: Shape Note Workshops, Methodist Church.
Click HERE for a map to show location. Visit their website
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Thursday 4th August 2016
Saturday 13th August 2016
North West Three Choirs Day.
10am-4pm, Rivington Chapel, Horwich, Lancs.
Cost: £5 - includes music and light refreshments
Leaders: Sally Drage 01260 270217 or email,
Paul Guppy 01524 68621 or email,
and Jean Seymour 0161 7611544 or email, from whom more details are available.
Saturday 3rd September 2016
16th Church Visitation in the Diocese of Oxford
Singing from Praise & Glory and The Sacred Harp, 1991 ed.
Visiting churches to the southeast and southwest of Adderbury; lunch at the Red Lion, Adderbury.
More details from Edwin and Sheila Macadam: 01865 865773 or email
or visit their website
Sunday 11th September, 2016
Immanuel’s Ground
2:00-3:30pm, Harvest Celebration singing and
4:30pm, Harvest Festival Evensong,
St Mary’s Priory Church, Canons Ashby, Northants NN11 3SD.
(events in the National Trust’s Harvest Weekend at Canons Ashby)
Saturday 17th September, 2016
London Gallery Quire
Church Crawl, visiting:
All Sants, Margaret St, W1W 8JG. (10:30am); The Welsh Church, 30 Eastcastle St, W1W 8DJ (11:45am);
St.Giles in the Fields, WC2H 8LG (2:30pm); St.George, Bloomsbury, WC1A 2SA (4pm).
These churches will be opened to the public as part of Open House London
More details from Stella Hardy 0207 5154639 or email
Saturday 17th September, 2016
Immanuel's Ground
11:00am-12:30pm (times tbc)
, Concert and 1:30-4:00pm, WG Workshop
Wade Street Chapel, Lichfield, WS13 6HL. (part of Lichfield Heritage Weekend)
Saturday 17th September, 2016
The Greenwood Quire
7pm, Concert "The VIllage Quire", St.Michael's, Swaton, Lincs.
The evening will include the Greenwoods' Mummers' Play.
Ticket and Booking details on a poster HERE
Saturday 24th September, 2016
The Madding Crowd
1:30 to 4pm, Music and songs for the Michaelmas Fair at St Cross Hospital, Winchester, SO23 9SD.
Details: Tel 01962 851375 or visit our website.
Saturday 1st October, 2016
The Madding Crowd
6:30pm, Words and music for Harvest, Wallops Parish Hall, SO20 8EG.
Details: Tel Chris Rose 01264 781257 or visit our website.
Saturday 1st October, 2016
London Gallery Quire
Evening Concert , The Barn Church, Kew , London.
Contact: Stella Hardy 0207 515 4639 or email
Sunday 2nd October
The Larks of Dean Quire
11am, Harvest Service, Bury United Reformed Church.
More details: Jean Seymour 0161 761 1544 or email
Sunday 2nd October
The Marsh Warblers
11am, Tenterden Town Hall.
Workshop of West Gallery Carols
Details: Tony Singleton 01580 753431 or email
Saturday 8th October, 2016
The Madding Crowd
7pm, Words and music for Harvest, Minstead Church, SO43 7EX.
Details: Tel Diana Gower 01962 884813 or visit our website.
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Friday 14th - 16th October 2016
WGMA Autumn Weekend at The Heights Hotel,
Isle of Portland, Dorset, DT5 2EN.
Click HERE for a map to show location. Visit their website
You can download a Booking Form from HERE
For further details contact: Jane Waltho, The Forge, Marston Montgomery, Derbyshire DE6 2FF.
tel: 01889 591770 or email:
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Saturday 22nd October 2016
Beaminster Gallery Quire and The West Gallery Quire (Crediton)
Morning Workshop and Afternoon Concert, St Mary the Virgin, Silverton, midway between Exeter and Tiverton.
More details from Sonja Andrews, tel. 01404 822028 or email
Friday 28th October 2016
Immanuel’s Ground
1:15-2:00pm, Concert, Holy Trinity Church, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5RG.
Saturday 29th October 2016
48th Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts: Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
or Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:
You can download a Booking Form from HERE
Sunday 6th November 2016
Immanuel’s Ground
5.30pm, Evensong at St James’s Church, Walton d’Eivile, Warks. CV35 9HU.
Saturday 12th November, 2016
London Gallery Quire
Evening Concert, All Saints, West Ham, London.
Contact: Stella Hardy 0207 515 4639 or email
Saturday 19th November
The Marsh Warblers
St.Peter & St.Paul, Peasmarsh, Sussex.
7pm, Concert: "A Country Living"
Details: Tony Singleton 01580 753431 or email
Thursday 24th November 2016
West Gallery Quire (Crediton)
7:30pm, St Swithun's, Sandford, near Crediton.
Dr. Nigel Browne’s talk: History of English church music", with contributions by the
West Gallery Quire and friends.
More details from Sonja Andrews 01363 877216 or email
Saturday 26th November
WEST OF EDEN Workshop
10am-4:30pm, St.Andrew's Parish Church, Penrith, Cumbria.
Workshop for choral singers and instrumentalists, featuring Psalmody, Anthems and Seasonal music from Cumbria, Co. Durham and North Yorkshire.
Cost: £10, to include music and light refreshments.
Leaders: Paul Guppy, Lancaster, and Simon Fleming, Durham
You can download a Flyer with more details and contacts from HERE
Saturday 26th November
The Larks of Dean Quire
7:30pm, Concert, Romiley Methodist Church.
More details: Jean Seymour 0161 761 1544 or email
Saturday 26th November 2016
West Gallery Quire (Crediton)
Lamb Inn, Sandford, Crediton, EX17 4LW.
2:30-4:30, presentation for members of the Devonshire Association.
More details from Sonja Andrews 01363 877216 or email
Sunday 4th December
The Larks of Dean Quire
6pm, Annual Carol Service, Goodshaw Old Baptist Chapel.
More details: Jean Seymour 0161 761 1544 or email
Sunday 4th and 11th December 2016
Immanuel’s Ground
1:30-2:30pm, Carols in the Great Hall, Canons Ashby, Northants, NN11 3SD.
Wedesday, 7th December 2016
London Gallery Quire
Christmas Concert, St George’s, Alie Street, London.
Contact: Stella Hardy 0207 515 4639 or email
Saturday 10th December 2016
Carols Workshop
11am - 4:30pm, The Gregson Centre, Moorgate, Lancaster, LA1 3PY.
Cost: £10 per person
Workshop Leader: Paul Guppy, Director of The Gladly Solemn Sound West Gallery choir based in Lancaster
To book, contact Paul Guppy, tel. 01524 68621 or email.
Saturday 10th December 2016
Immanuel’s Ground
Christmas Concert, St John the Baptist Church, Brinklow, Warks. CV23 0LQ
Saturday 17th December
The Marsh Warblers
Grace Community Church, Maidstone.
7pm, Christmas Concert: "Going the Rounds"
Details: Tony Singleton 01580 753431 or email
Wednesday 28th December 2016
15th Byfield Village Carols
11:15am-4:00pm, Cross Tree Inn, Byfield, Northants, NN11 6XL.
2017
Friday 17th - Sunday 19th February, 2017
The Madding Crowd
House Party - A weekend of West Gallery song and friendship, Halsway Manor,
near Crowcombe, Somerset, TA4 4BD.
Details: Gordon Thick, Tel 02380 265378; email: gordanne1969@gmail.com or visit our website.
Sunday 26th February, 2017
The Madding Crowd
10:30am - 3:30pm, West Gallery Workshop for the Folk Association of South Hants,
Soberton Village Hall, SO32 3PF.
To reserve a place, phone 01243 531497 or email info@fash.org.uk.
Saturday 4th March, 2017
South-West Quires' Day
Ruishton Village Hall, near Taunton, TA3 5JD.
Details from Jacqueline Patten email
Saturday 8th April, 2017
49th Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts: Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
or Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:
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Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd April, 2017
WGMA Spring Weekend at The Hayes Conference Centre,
Swanwick, ALFRETON, Derbyshire, DE55 1AU.
Click HERE for a map to show location. Visit their website
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Saturday, 29th April 2017
13th Mid-Shires' Quires Day
10am-4pm, The Village Hall, Byfield, Northants.
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Friday 20th - 22nd October, 2017
WGMA Autumn Weekend at Belsey Bridge Conference Centre,
Ditchingham, Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 2DZ.
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Saturday, 28th October, 2017
50th Three Quires' Day
Christchurch, Prince Edward Road, Lewes, Sussex
Contacts: Jill Thompson tel: 01273 623533 mob.07718-655624
or Tony Singleton tel: 01580 753431 or email:
LINK HERE to the UK Sacred Harp & Shapenote Singing Calandar
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