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Summary of 2007 events
Spring/Summer Events The summer concert consisted of a medley of folk songs, not just from the West country, but from regions of England from where some of the Quire members originated. There were also some songs related to the 2006 duocentenary of the birth of I. K. Brunel, the famous British engineer. This was a departure from the norm but I feel it went very well and both the quire and audiences enjoyed themselves.
Sunday May 6th. Montacute House Garden-Outdoor informal concert. Quite a surprise for some visitors when we suddenly burst into song!
Monday, May 7th. Kingsbury Church– May Fayre ( a regular Spring venue)
Wednesday, 9th May Montacute House-Stable Yard-Private Concert for Scottish guests of Somerset CC
Friday, 8th June, “Here and There”, Concert at Yeovil Baptist Church.
Saturday, 22nd Sept. “Here and There” concert, Regal Theatre Minehead
Autumn/Winter Events
After the usual annual trip to Ludlow Medieval Fayre in November, well attended Christmas concerts were given at churches and village halls throughout the region in December.
These included North Cadbury (where we supported the Yetties), Martock parish Church, Bishop Lydeard parish church, Odcombe Church, David hall, Norton village hall and The Minster at Ilminster.
The highlight of these concerts was undoubtably our rendition of ‘Shepherds in their Field Abiding’ a fantastic anthem specially commissioned for the Quire, composed by the talented John Kirkpatrick. This work had many verses and was hard work to learn but the outcome was a fantastic song which was enthusiastically received by our audiences.
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