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	11th October 2009 Lincoln Area Festival The annual Area Festival took place this year in St. Botolph's Church, Boston as part of their 700th Anniversary year. It was directed by Aric Prentice, Director of Music at Lincoln Cathedral and the organist was Charles Harrison, Assistant Director of Music at Lincoln Cathedral. Awards to candidates successful in the Bishop’s and Dean’s Chorister examinations were presented by the Precentor of Lincoln, Canon Gavin Kirk. The music will included: O come in one - Tallis Psalm 150 - Stanford O praise the Lord - John Goss O how amiable - Ralph Vaughan Williams How lovely are thy dwellings - Brahms
Other events in 2009 included the now ever popular annual Midsummer Music at Caistor Church as well as another Awards Training Evening at Moulton Parish Church.
5th July 2009 Small Choirs Together Members of churches in the South District gathered in All Saints Church, Holbeach for an afternoon of music making led by Eric Wayman, Director of Music at St. Botolph's Church, Boston. Using music from the 2009 Area Festival Book and chanted versions of the canticles, they rehearsed for a service of Evensong, at which they were joined by members of the church's congregation.
	24th March 2009 Music for Lady Day Peter Hill writes about the event at Holy Trinity Church, Messingham: "All went extremely well as Fred Goodwin led us purposefully into a well chosen and well organised musical mixture to reflect the 'Annunciation'. The experience was thoroughly worthwhile. There was some very fine singing at the service which ended the evening. Thanks due to Alan Phillips' work behind the scenes and also at the organ on the evening. Well over thirty choristers from eight parishes took part."
4th October 2008 Lincoln Area Festival The 2008 Area Festival was held at St James, Louth. It was directed by Andrew Carwood, Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral. Andrew is an early music specialist, well known for his work with The Cardinall's Musick, and for his knowledge of 16th and 17th century choral music. We were particularly honoured to have him conduct the choir for the introit Let thy merciful ears by Thomas Mudd. Other music included the rarely heard anthem, Let all the world in every corner sing by William Mathias which includes the eponymous well-known hymn, and the much loved Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D by Arthur Herbert Brewer. The Preces and Responses were those written by Bernard Rose for Magdalen College, Oxford. We were introduced to the new Diocesan Music Development Officer, Rosemary Field, who has begun a number of projects to increase church music making within the area, as well as a mentoring scheme to encourage young directors and instrumentalists. During the service, the RSCM Dean's and Bishop's awards were presented to all the choristers who had been successful in the year’s examinations.
	20th September 2008 The King of Instruments Thirty organ enthusiasts spent a morning at The Burtey Fen Collection, Pinchbeck, which houses a four-manual concert pipe organ, together with Wurlitzer and Compton cinema pipe organs. They were able to explore the inside workings and Nicholas Pitts, the co-owner of the collection, explained some of the technical details about the installations. Both he and Eric Wayman  gave demonstrations and several took up the opportunity to have a play themselves. Visit the website of The Burtey Fen Collection to find out more about this unique musical centre.
25th June 2008 Midsummer Music Peter Hill reports: Our Midsummer Music event was once again held at Caistor Parish Church, this year involving not only about sixty choristers, but also a brief address by Rosemary Field, Lincoln Diocesan Music Development Officer. One major improvement has been that the congregation for the service has grown significantly (an eightfold improvement for this year). The theme was 'Prayer', with the anthem being Mendelssohn's 'Hear My Prayer'. The very accomplished soloist was Lizzie Adams. The chorus consisted of ten church choirs plus a few singers from other choirs. Steven Maxsom was, as usual, our guide and mentor for the event, which, as Canon Ian Robinson said, has become the highlight of our summer. More choirs made use (eventually!) of our website to obtain information and the music.

23rd February 2008 Awards Training Day The annual Training Day for the Dean's and Bishop's Awards was held this year at All Saints Church, Holbeach. Although numbers were down on last year a dozen prospective candidates were put through their paces by our Area Chairman and Director of Music at Boston Stump, Eric Wayman. The main focus was on the practical aspects of the awards, especially the aurals and the sight singing.

	6th October 2007 Lincoln Area Festival Lincoln Cathedral was once again the magnificent setting for our annual Area Festival. Gordon Appleton, the RSCM’s Director of Voluntary Networks, demonstrated both his musical and logistical skills as he expertly pulled together a choir of some 300 singers, which included the boys and men of the Cathedral Choir. Charles Harrison, the cathedral's Assistant Director of Music provided a rousing accompaniment as well as some inspiring improvisations between the verses of the processional hymn. The service was entitled A Celebration of the Holy Angels and used text and liturgy devised by the late Canon Owen Conway, former Precentor of Chester Cathedral. The music included:   Let all the angels of God worship him – Handel (Messiah) Grow in Grace - Malcolm Archer Love is the Touch -  Iona Song If ye love me - Philip Wilby And I saw another angel – Stanford During the service, Award Winners were presented with their medals and certificates by the Dean of Lincoln and the Bishop of Lincoln.