The warm mid-June Monday evening past, about 120 of us heard the technical brilliance, musicality and sheer joy of David Briggs (www.david-briggs.org) in his spectacular Inaugural Recital on our new Organ. I think every pipe, pedal, key and stop was played, individually and all together!
Starting with a Fanfare by Graham…
By midday on Sunday 8th June both the female Peregrine chicks (HeBe & HeiDi) had fledged and flown too. With no need for monitoring from us on the ground this year, it's been hard to keep track of their first movements, but it seems all 3 are already able to…
With much less fuss than last year so far, the news from Saturday 7th June is that HeCtor, the young male, has fledged and flown, and returned to the church tower. The young females have been flapping their wings on the edge of the trefoil opening, but not yet left…
Hopefully you've seen the Posters in the recent News Update blog. This is the same information in Diary form combined with the Music List for June. We have now had a myriad (10,000) views of the blog, from 65 different countries - thank you.
Meanwhile, keep watching our Peregrine chicks,…
A quick update on exciting current and forthcoming events.
Tonight! Wednesday 21st May, 7.30pm. St Michael's Recital. Alex West (Organ). See Organ Recitals for details.
Application date for Young Organists' Competition extended to Sat 7th June. See details here
Peregrine chicks weighed, measured and ringed, all three are healthy, developing well and getting…
Yes, it's week 3 for our Peregrine chicks, rapidly becoming juveniles, growing well thanks to good parental hunting, with Mum making sure all get their fair share of pigeon etc.
They have started to move around the nest box, if rather ungainly, flex their young wings, spend a lot of time…
Celebrating over 21 years of the St Michael's Lectures. Please feel welcome to join us, whatever your beliefs, for a fun and informative evening with food, drink, and free and open discussion.... Read more
The lecture will be at the church at 7.30 pm, Wednesday 12th March.Bethany Sollereder was born in Edmonton, Canada. She earned a BA in Intercultural Studies there, then went on to a master's degree in Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. Now she is pursuing a PhD at the University of…
