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Redbourn Festival Chorus Concert: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

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St Mary’s Church, Redbourn, Saturday 7th January 2017 at 7:45pm          

David Beaman, Conductor

presents a candlelit evening of festive music from the folk tradition.

Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams

Giles Davies baritone solo

And a selection of folk carols written down by the likes of Paul Sartin of Faustus and Bellowhead with musicians from Redbourn Folk Club

Admission free

Followed by a cash bar in aid of the Friends of St Mary’s.

This wonderful concert from the Redbourn Festival Chorus will explore how a great deal of our beloved Christmas music was passed down to us through the folk tradition.

They will sing the delicious Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams, based on folk carols that he and Cecil Sharp collected in southern England. Alongside this will be folk settings of carols from other parts of the British Isles, as written down by the likes of Bellowhead’s Paul Sartin and others.

The Festival Chorus will share their concert with Redbourn Folk Club who are certain to add a surprise or two.

Events

Time & Talents Fair

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The Time & Talents Fair held after this morning’s 9.30am service was a wonderful display of the many and various ways in which members of the St Mary’s community volunteer their time and talents.

The fair was both a showcase for the many activities, groups and services which are on offer, but also an opportunity for us all to get involved and consider how we might be able to offer our own time and talents to one or more of these areas.

Represented were:

  • Lifts to Church
  • Flower Arranging
  • Common Round Distribution
  • Church Cleaning
  • Sunday Coffee
  • Churchyard Team
  • Friends of St Mary’s Committee
  • Sound System
  • Bible Reading
  • Parochial Church Council
  • Ancillary Buildings Committee
  • Coffee on the Common
  • Junior Church
  • Mini Church
  • Charities Committee
  • Bellringers
  • Pastoral Visiting
  • Bereavement Care
  • Traidcraft Stall
  • Mothers’ Union
  • Marriage Preparation
  • Spotlight Groups
  • Website & Social Media
  • Teddy Tots
  • Choir

How could you get involved?  Please don’t wait to be asked!

“Volunteers are not paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are PRICELESS”