St. George's URC Orchestra and Ceilidh Band
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This page is for information about the St George's URC orchestra and ceilidh band and country dance club. For more information please contact Christine Oakes or otherwise Andrew Hamnett for details of the orchestra and Shirley Forster for details of the ceilidh band and Country Dance Band.
We are always pleased to see new members of the orchestra and the ceilidh and country dance bands: we aim to include anyone interested in our music and willing to share the fun of playing together. The orchestra plays for worship once a month and the country dance band plays for the country dance club once a month, as well as similar events at other churches. |
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Regular and occasional players are welcome to both the church orchestra and the ceilidh band. A list of dates for both groups is given below - purple for orchestra, turquoise for the ceilidh band and black for both. Please ask to be put on our e-mail list if you are interested in joining any of the events.
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Regular dates for the band and orchestra
The orchestra usually plays for the worship service on the fourth Sunday of the month
The Country Dance Band plays for the Country Dance Club, which usually meets monthly. It also plays for specific events - recently the band played for a Christian Aid Ceilidh (pictures above) and raised over £400.
Dates for Ceilidh Band and Country Dance Club
Suggested dates for the Ceilidh Band for 2023 - All 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm for dancing (Note that the band meets at 6.30 pm on these dates for a rehearsal). These dates are provisional so
January 14th
February 11th
March 11th
April 8th
May 13th
June 10th
July 8th
September 9th
October 14th
November 11th
January 14th
February 11th
March 11th
April 8th
May 13th
June 10th
July 8th
September 9th
October 14th
November 11th
Recent Events with the Orchestra and Band
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The first big event of the Autumn took place at St George's Church Hall on Saturday 14th September with the Country Dance Club's inaugural Autumn Dance. The band and some of the dancers are shown in the accompanying photographs courtesy of Shirley Forster.
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The ceilidh band was very busy on Saturday 21st August. Not only did players join with a much enlarged orchestra for the induction service for Revd. Julian Sanders, but they then played at St John's Wideopen with caller Jared Johnson, who is putting the dancers through their paces in the photograph. This view from the band, courtesy Shirley Forster.
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Orchestra playing for the Induction Service for the new minister at St George's Church, Revd. Julian Sanders, on Saturday 31st August 2019. We had a very good orchestra that day, as can be seen from the photograph. Photograph courtesy Gillian Irvine
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Orchestra playing for the Women's World Day of Prayer on 1st March 2019 at Morpeth Methodist Church. This service was based on music and ideas from Slovenia and was very well received by the congregation. Photograph courtesy Shirley Forster.
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Photograph sent by Gillian Irvine showing the band playing at the church service on 28th October 2018
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Photograph sent by Gill Armstrong showing the Ceilidh Band playing for the 4th Morpeth Scout Group Ceilidh, with Jared Johnson at the caller.
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Women's World Day of Prayer 2nd March 2018
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A You-Tube film from Morpeth TV News showing the beginning of the ceremony with an introduction by Nora Campbell, this year's main church organiser. Photograph from Shirley Forster of the band and choir rehearsing on Friday 23rd February at St Jams' Church for the Women's World Day of Prayer. The service itself will be on Friday the 2nd March at 2.00 pm with the final rehearsal at 10.00 am. The photographs shows Harriet Gilfillan conducting the choir and the orchestra in the music which is themed this year on the country of Suriname.
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Widdrington Ceilidh 2017; the photograph shows the band rehearsing before the evening began
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The band played for evening service at Great Bavington on June 18th 2017 in glorious weather. They are seen here practising outside the historic church before the service.
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Sheet Music for Band
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