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Category: Christmas Music Other Music Seasonal
Event Tags: Sturminster Newton
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Date: Wed, 21st December 2022
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: The Dorford Centre, Dorchester
Phone: 01305 852826
Email: ridgewaysandb@gmx.com
Booking Required: Advised
Price: £10.00 Under 18 £5.00
West Gallery Carols, Dorchester
Details
Come along and join The Ridgeway Singers & Band for their Christmas Concerts at Marnhull on 4th December (near Sturminster Newton) and Dorchester on 21 December.
The concert will be a blend of Dorset-linked carols, folk songs, traditional music and entertaining tales. These include a joyful version of ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ from Durweston and ‘Rejoice Ye Tenants of the Earth’, one of the favourite carols of the Melstock Quire in Thomas Hardy’s much-loved Christmas classic Under the Greenwood Tree.
Wintery songs include ‘A Song for Loders’ by the Cotswold poet Leonard Clark, with a melody by our own Tim Laycock. This lovely piece evokes a snowy December in rural West Dorset: ‘From Yondover to Askerswell, the lanterns burn for wand’ring sheep’.
Music played by the band includes ‘The January Waltz’ written by Dorset composer Nick Dunckley, as well as Thomas Hardy’s favourite hornpipe ‘Enrico’.
Recent comments: ‘Brilliant, uplifting singing and terrific readings’ and ‘It was absolutely wonderful: I thoroughly enjoyed it’.
Location
The Dorford Centre (View more Events at this Location)2 Bridport Road, Dorchester, England, DT1 1RR United Kingdom
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