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Events 2008 |
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Tuesday 1 January 2008
8th Annual New
Year's Day Sacred Harp Singing
Mapperley Parish Church,
Mapperley, Nr Ilkeston, Derbys.
11.15 am - 4 pm
Pot luck lunch at 1 pm
Contact: Helen Brown Tel: 01332 768274
Email
Download directions
here
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Saturday 26 January 2008
New England and New Writing in the
New Year
with
Babylon Lane
Christchurch Methodist/URC,
Bedford Road, Hitchin SG5 1HF
11.00
am – 4.30pm
Contact: Steve
Fletcher Tel:
0797 6605692 Email
Download directions and more information
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Saturday 16
February 2008
The 'Mayflower in London' Sacred Harp Singing Day
The Finnish Church, 33 Albion Street,
Rotherhithe, London SE16 7HZ
12.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Contact: Michael Walker Tel: 0208
450 5258 or 07770 210067
Email
Download directions and more information, including lunch details
here
Download latest information
here |
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Saturday 23 February
2008
South Yorkshire Sacred Harp Singing Day
The Memorial Hall, Worrall, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, junction of Top Road and
Towngate Road. 10.30 am - 4.00 pm.
Contact: Ian
West Tel: 0116 270 9702 Email
Download flyer and map
here
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Saturday 1 March 2008
10th
Sussex Shapenote Singing Day
Staplefield Village Hall, Sussex.
10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Contact:
Tony Singleton
Tel: 01580 753431 Email
Jill Thompson Tel: 01273 623533
/ 07718 655824
Download flyer
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Sunday 16
March
(Palm Sunday) 2008
14th Sacred
Harp Singing Day
Finstock Village Hall, Nr. Witney, Oxon.
10.30 am - 4 pm.
Bring and Share lunch.
Contact: Mandy Townsend Tel: 01865 714778
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Saturday 29 March 2008
Holmfirth Sacred Harp Singing Day
Choppards Mission, Choppards Bank Road, off Dunford
Road
10.30 am to 4.00 pm
Contact: Cath Ingham Tel: 01484 687227
Email
Chris Brown Tel: 01422 311736 Email |
Saturday
19 April 2008
Haddenham Shapenote
Singing Day
Arkenstall Village Centre, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs.
Refreshments available from 10.00 am,
singing 10.30am - 4.30
pm.
Bring and share lunch.
Contact: Ruth Bramley Tel:
01353 740999
Email
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here Download map
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Saturday 26
and Sunday 27
April 2008
East Midlands Sacred Harp
Convention
Kegworth Village
Hall, Kegworth, Leicestershire.
For further details of location, programme and accommodation, please
send an sae to Helen Brown, 4 Valley Road, Littleover, Derby DE23
6HQ
Contact: Ian
West Tel: 0116 270 9702
Email
Download flyer
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Saturday 31 May 2008
Lewes Sacred Harp Singing
Day
St Michael's Church, South
Malling BN7 2JA
10.00 am - 4.00 pm. Workshop for
an hour and then open singing.
Contacts: Rachel
Jordan Tel: 01273 476837 Email
Jan and Dave
Green Tel: 01273 887958 Email
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Saturday
31 May 2008
4th
Newcastle Sacred Harp Singing Day
St. Bartholomew's Church, Station Road, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 9NL
10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Contact: Cath Tyler Tel:
0191 215 0138
Email
Alice & Chris Metherell
Tel:
0191
284 2438
Website: Download flyer
here
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Sunday 1 June 2008
First London Sacred Harp Singing School
St James's Church, West End Lane, West Hampstead, NW6 2AP
2.00 - 6.00 pm
Contact: Michael Walker
Email
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Saturday 7 June
2008
Shapers New England
and New Writings
Friends' Meeting House,
1 Paynes Park, Hitchin,
Herts.
11.00 am - 4.30 pm, doors open at 10.30 am.
Contact: Steve
Fletcher Tel: 0797 6605692 Email
Joining instructions
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Saturday 21 June 2008
10th Oxford Sacred Harp Singing Day
Seacourt Hall, Botley, Oxford, OX2
9LS.
10.00 am- 4.30 pm.
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam
Tel: 01865 865773
Email
Invitation and map
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Saturday 28 June 2008
Oldham Sacred Harp Singing Day
Oldham Baptist Church, Chaucer Street, Oldham OL1 1BA
10.00 am - 3.30 pm. Beginners' singing school starts at 10.30 am.
Contact: Hannah Land Tel: 07740 198612
Email
Download flyer
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Friday 11, Saturday
12 and Sunday 13 July 2008
Gwehelog Weekend. It is
announced, with sincere regret,
that the Sacred Harp and Sankey and Moody singing weekend
can no longer take place at the Methodist Chapel at Gwehelog.
A reminder of
Gwehelog 2007
Details of a new event to take
place in East Essex can be found below.
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Sunday 20 July 2008
Second London Sacred Harp Singing School
St James's Church, West End Lane, West Hampstead, NW6 2AP
2.00 - 6.00 pm
Contact: Michael Walker
Email
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Friday 11, Saturday
12 and Sunday 13 July 2008
Stour Estuary Singing Weekend
Bradfield, Essex CO11 2US
Contact: Mick Verrier Tel:
07812 522937 or 07855 756037
Email
Steve
Fletcher Tel: 01462 641787
Email
Download information flyer and map
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Sidmouth FolkWeek
Shapenote Workshops in the Parish Church
Mon.-Thur. 12 noon-1.30 pm with
Babylon Lane
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Whitby
Folk Week
Sacred Harp Singing School in the Rifle Club
Mon.-Fri. 10.00-11.15 am (t.b.c.) |
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Saturday 6 September 2008
Oxford Occasionals - 9th Annual Church Visitation in
the
Diocese of
Oxfordshire
Oxford Colleges
Singing
from the Sacred Harp (1991) and the WGMA Psalter
- Praise & Glory
Further information
to follow
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam
Tel: 01865 865773
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 Saturday
13 and Sunday 14 September 2008
13th UK Sacred Harp Convention
Marsden Mechanics
Institute, Marsden,
Huddersfield, HD7 6BW
Contact: Chris Brown and Judy Whiting
Tel: 01422 311736 Email/Email
Further details
here
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Saturday 11
October 2008
Sheffield Sacred Harp
Singing
Our
Lady and St Thomas Church,
Meadowhead, Woodseats,
Sheffield S8 7UD
11.30 am - 4.00 pm
Contact: Carmel
Wood Tel: 0114 281 8450 Email
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Saturday
18 October 2008
Shapers Sacred Harp Singing Day
Christchurch Methodist/URC,
Bedford Road, Hitchin SG5 1HF
11.00 am - 4.30 pm, doors open at 10.30 am.
Contact: Steve
Fletcher Tel: 0797 6605692 Email
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Saturday
8 November 2008
Stapleford Sacred Harp Singing Day
St. Luke's Church, Moorbridge Lane, Stapleford, Notts.
10.30 am - 4.30 pm.
Directions
Contact: Helen Brown Tel: 01332 768274
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Saturday 15
November 2008
West Yorkshire
Sacred Harp Singing Day
West Lane Methodist Chapel, Haworth,
West Yorkshire,
BD22 8EN
10.00
am – 4.00 pm
Contact: Chris
Brown/Judy Whiting Tel:01422 311736 Email/Email
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Thursday 1 January 2009
New Year's Day Sacred Harp Singing at Mapperley |
Saturday 24 January 2009
Home Counties Mid-Winter Shapenote Singing Day at
Jordans Village Hall, Bucks.
HP9 2SY |
Saturday 21 February 2009
South Yorkshire Sacred Harp Singing Day at Worrall |
Saturday 21 March 2009
Sussex Shapenote Singing Day at Staplefield |
Sunday 5 April 2009
Palm Sunday Singing Day at Finstock, Oxon. |
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2009
East Midlands Sacred Harp Convention at Kegworth |
Saturday 23 May 2009
'Far East' Shapenote Singing Day at Lowestoft, Suffolk
(provisional date - for further details contact Lynne Cousins
Email) |
Saturday 6 June 2009
Shapers New England
and New Writings at Hitchin |
Saturday 27 June 2009
Oxford Sacred Harp Singing Day at Seacourt Hall, Botley |
Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12
July 2009
Stour Estuary Singing Weekend |
Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September
2009
UK Sacred Harp Convention at Marsden |
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Check List of Organisers of Events
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Ken
Baddley, 11 Woodmer
Close, Shillington, Beds. SG5 3PA
Tel: 01462 713511
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Chris Brown
and Judy Whiting: Quarry House,
Church Lane, Elland, W. Yorks. HX5 9QB
Tel: 01422
311736
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Helen
and Ted Brown, 4 Valley Road, Littleover, Derby,
DE23 6HQ
Tel: 01332 768274 Email |
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Steve Fletcher, 17 Periwinkle Lane, Hitchin,
Herts. SG5 1TY
Tel: 01462 641787 /
0797 6605692
Email |
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Jan
Green, 84, Osborne Road, Brighton,
Sussex
BN1 1LU
Tel: 01273 887958 Email |
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Rachel
Jordan, 27 Valence Road, Lewes, East Sussex
BN7 1SJ
Tel. 01273 476837
Email |
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Hannah Land, 17 Fox Park Road, Oldham, Lancs. OL8
3NB
Tel:
07740198612
Email |
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Sheila and Edwin Macadam, 30 Eynsham Road, Botley,
Oxford OX2 9BP
Tel: 01865 865773
Email |
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Alice
Metherell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tel: 0191 2842438
Email |
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Sarah Pinney,
Dewsbury, W. Yorks.
Tel: 07792 976802
Email |
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Bruce
Randall, 218 Broadway, Haverhill, MA 01832. USA
Tel: 001 978 373 5852
Email |
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Tony Singleton, 8
Mount Pleasant, Talbot Road, Hawkhurst, Kent
TN18 4ND
Tel: 01580 753431 Email
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Ruth
Steggles, 4
Kennedy Drive, Stapleford, Nottingham, NG9 8HT
Tel: 0115 939 9730 Email |
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Mandy
Townsend, 22
Swinbourne Road, Littlemore, Oxford OX4
4PQ
Tel:
01865 714778 Email |
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Cath
Tyler,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tel:
0191 215 0138 Email
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Verrier,
Harwich
Tel: 07812 522937
Email |
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Ian
West, 37 Holmfield Road, Leicester, LE2 1SE
Tel:
0116 270 9702
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Shapenote
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Fairview
Sacred Harp Singers
The Fairview
Sacred Harp Singers generally meet on the first Friday in
every month at 176 Fairview Road, Stevenage, SG1 2NE, courtesy of Steve
and Mary Welch. From about 7.30 pm to 10 pm. All voices welcome, loaner
copies of the Sacred Harp provided.
2008 dates here
Contacts: Steve
Fletcher Tel:
07976 605692
Email
Steve Welch Tel: 01438 368463
Email
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The London Occasional Shapenote Group
The London Occasional Shapenote
Group meet the first or second Sunday in every month for singing,
tea/coffee and biscuits. Locations include
croydon, Hackney,
Hampstead, Finsbury Park and Streatham. From about 3 pm to 6
pm, although people start to arrive from 2 pm onwards.
Contact: Tel: 020 7281 7700 or
020
7609 2758
Email
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Newcastle Sacred Harp Singers
The Newcastle
Sacred Harp Singers generally
meet on the last Tuesday monthly at the Education Centre, St Oswald’s Hospice, Regent
Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 1EE starting at
7.30 pm.
Contacts: Cath Tyler
Tel:
0191 215 0138
Email
Alice Metherell Tel: 0191 284 2438
Email
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Oldham Sacred
Harp Singing
The Oldham Sacred Harp
Singing takes place on the second Friday
in every month at
17 Fox Park Road, Oldham,
Lancs., OL8 3NB,
starting at about 7.30 pm.
Contact: Hannah Land Tel:
07740198612
Email
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Oxford Occasionals
The
Oxford Occasionals sing regularly once a month at 30 Eynsham Road, Botley, Oxford,
OX2 9BP, on the "Teenth" Thursday -
that's right, there is only one such Thursday every month! - at 7.45
pm.
Contact: Sheila and Edwin Macadam Tel: 01865 865773
Email
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West Yorkshire
Singing
The West Yorkshire Singing takes place on the
third Friday in every month, from 7.30 pm to 10 pm. Locations
include
Oldham, Elland,
and Holmfirth.
Please note the 20
June singing at Honley has been cancelled. Further information
about an alternative venue may follow.
Contact: Judy Whiting
Tel: 01422 311736 / 07903
304303 Email
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