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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
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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.
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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.
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