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Friends of Fletching Parish Church Save The Date!
January 21st 7pm at Fletching Parish Church
The Other Guys will be back!
Scotland’s leading A Capella group (featuring our own Guy Minch) will perform for The Friends of Fletching Church.
Details to follow. Tickets cost £20, including drinks and canapes.
To purchase tickets please e-mail:
FriendsOfFletching@gmail.com
A Very English Organ – REBORN!
Back in May we launched the sponsorship scheme to raise the funds for a major refurbishment of the 1880 Forster & Andrews organ in Fletching’s parish church. This received a very positive response and has now reached its target, triggering the full amount of matched funding available.
We’d like to thank all those who have contributed so generously. Together with the funds received from charitable foundations and individual donations, it means we are now in a position to go ahead with the contract, starting after Easter 2025.
The work is expected to take up to six months after which the organ will be rededicated by the Bishop and a special organ recital given by international organ virtuoso Daniel Moult.
There have been several events in association with the organ project in the last few months, including ‘Orgelkids’ workshops with the local school, and the recent concert given by Charlotte Scott & Friends.
The programme of events will continue as the project moves ahead, from concerts in the church to Open Days during the contract period to show what is being done, plus a trip in the summer to the organ builder’s workshop on the Isle of Wight. We also plan to continue the work with schools.
You can keep up to date on what is happening by visiting the project website at www.fletchingorgan.org
Find out more details about our organ project
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Fletching Bonfire Society
Upcoming Events
Back after popular demand from last year.
Limited to 80 spaces.
Tickets will soon be available to purchase via our website shop.
An announcement will be put on your social media page when tickets are for sale.
Contact fletchingchairman@gmail.com or
Julie on 07 834 323 030 for more information.
A Concert by Candlelight
Charlotte Scott & Friends
On the evening of 14th September, the church was full for this concert, which was presented by the Fletching Organ Project, which is underway to carry out cleaning and repairs to the church organ in the course of next year.
This concert was led by violinist Charlotte Scott, who lives in Fletching, who assembled instrumentalists to form a group of eight players. She was joined by Anna Blackmur, Emma Parker and Hannah Dawson (violins), John Crockatt (viola), Nathaniel Boyd (cello), Alex Jones (double bass and Christopher Bucknell (harpsichord).
They presented Vivaldi The Four Seasons, four concerti which paint sound pictures of the seasons; Spring birdsong, Summer heat, Autumn storms and Winter cold are vividly conveyed. The listener can be transported from hearing birdsong and barking dogs, through being hot and languid in summer heat, to being buffeted by winds and shivering in the cold. It is an extraordinary evocation.
I suspect that most of us are used to hearing snatches of this masterpiece - a few bars repeated over and over while on hold waiting to speak to a real person on the phone! So, it was a real treat to hear all four concerti in one concert and live and so beautifully played.
Charlotte led her players with great skill and the whole was exceptional. The players (including Anna, who was brought up in Piltdown) seemed to be enjoying themselves as much as we, the audience, were and one could appreciate the communication between them, which kept them in such fine musical agreement. In addition to the music the actor James Wilby read four so-called sonnets, one for each season, which were published in 1725 with the concerti. Their provenance is unknown, though it is thought they may have been written by Vivaldi himself. The readings added to the whole, reinforcing the impressions made by the music. Our thanks to Charlotte and to her Friends – what a treat this was!
Fletching Bonfire Society
A warm welcome from us all at FBS!
The bonfire season may be over however we still have lots going on that will keep you entertained during the coming months. Below you will find lots of dates for your diary.
> BINGO IS BACK! 14th December doors open at 18:30 with ten games for £12 per person. Raffles, tea, coffee and cake are all available.
> 18th December - 100 club Christmas draw is due to take place!!!
Keep your eyes peeled for the lucky numbers, finger crossed!
> Saturday 25th January - Burns Night Supper
Back after popular demand from last year. Limited to 80 spaces. Tickets will soon be available to purchase via our website shop. An announcement will be put on your social media page when tickets are for sale.
If you would like to assist in anyway, please contact
fletchingchairman@gmail.com or Julie on 07 834 323 030
> 31st January 2025 is our AGM, which will take place in the Village Hall.
Please do come along.> 8th February we will be holding our annual jumble sale at the hall 9am - 12 noon.
> 15th February Bingo is back. Doors open at 6.30pm.
> 15th March is another Bingo night.
> 19th April we will be hosting an Easter Egg hunt and breakfast.
> 17th May our annual Plant Sale will take place
> Last but not least will be our Summer Fete 2025 on the 5th July.
Please feel free as always to contact us should you have any questions or comments about the society, we promise we are a friendly bunch, we just like to burn things.
And as always STAY SAFE Fletching Bonfire Committee
Fletching
Christmas Fair
SAVE THE DATE
This year’s Christmas Fair will be on
Saturday 7th December between
2 & 4pm.
There will be a wide variety of stalls across the three sites of the Village Hall, the Church and the School as per last year.
Anyone interested in having a stall should get in touch with Emma on
07966 035578 or emmahannay@ownmail.net
This year the Chromatics, a local singing group, will be singing carols in the Church from 3pm.
