Exercise4Seniors starts in November in Great Gidding Village Hall on Thursdays at 11.00am.
Contact Steph Taylor on 07720 583340 or visit www.exercise4happiness.com
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Service at 3pm St. Michaels’ Church
TEA & CAKE
Followed by tea and cake at Footpath House, 23 Gains Lane
(Everyone welcome to either or both)
• Please bring cake or biscuits to share
• Beverages provided
• Outside seating in fair weather
Any queries please contact Mrs Purllant on 01832 293943 / clarabeth@hotmail.com
Don’t forget to pop along to the Gidding Gobblers Café
Open every Sunday until the end of October. Pop in for coffee, cake or filled rolls. Read the Sunday papers and magazines. Meet up with your neighbours and friends.
Check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/giddinggobblers
Title: Great Gidding Village Show 2017
Location: Village Hall, Great Gidding
Description: The village show will be held on Saturday 2nd September 2017 in Great Gidding Village Hall.
Start Time: 15:00
Date: 2017-09-02
Entries by Midday.
Public viewing 3.00 to 4.oopm.
Presentation of cups and certificates at 4.00pm.
This will be followed by a smoked beef bap B.B.Q. and produce and prizes raffle. Everyone is welcome!
For full details please contact the Show Secretary Mrs Sue Jarvis on 01832 293271.
Click here to see the full schedule
Our local moth experts will be setting up a moth count on the evening of the 28/8/17 in the Jubilee Wood from 9pm. Visitors are welcome but please give our experts a chance to set up. Apologies for the short notice but who could predict summer weather in high summer ! Last times moth night pictures as a taster.
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- Serious stuff, all the gear for moth identification and location.
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- Andrew and Barry checking moth species in the Jubilee Wood
If military bands are your thing then make a note in your diary for the concert of The Royal Air Force Wyton Area Voluntary Band next Saturday, 8th July in Stilton. In aid of Stilton Churches Group Funds, the concert will be held at Stilton Pavilion, High Street, Stilton PE7 3RA. Doors open at 7pm; concert starts at 7.30pm.
Tickets: £10 from Chris Milton, tel: (01832) 280415 or Marjorie Spoor, tel: (01733) 243553, or any of the Stilton Group Churches.
Complimentary Refreshments will be available in the interval.
We have heard the sad news of the death of Bernard Foster. Known as “Bocky” to most people in the village, he worked in Trolove’s butcher’s shop in Main Street for many years. Our thoughts and prayers are with Betty and the family at this time.
There will be a Service of Thanksgiving for his life on Monday 12th June at 12 noon in St Michael’s Church.
Michael Keck
Photo: Catalyst Video Services
If you’d like to see what’s happening regarding the A14 improvements then pop along to the Parish AGM on Tuesday evening 16th May at 6.45pm (time to be confirmed), where the A14 Road Show will be visiting.
Full details from the Parish Clerk at giddingspc1@btinternet.com
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TALK AND ORGAN RECITAL
ON FRIDAY 19TH MAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE EVENT WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED LATER THIS YEAR.
Friday 19th May 2017 at 7.30 pm in St Michael’s Church at Great Gidding
José Hopkins (Diocese of Ely Organ Advisor) will give a short talk about the organ builder Denman of York, following which Stephen Barber (Kings Cliffe Parish Church) will give a 50 minute recital demonstrating to advantage the work recently completed on our own organ.
Light refreshments
Free Admission – there will be a retiring collection.
Work is in progress on the Denman organ in St Michael’s Church to achieve what might be termed “the completion” of the instrument. When the organ was built in the late nineteenth century; like today, money was obviously tight for the then congregation (nothing changes!). Accordingly certain things weren’t included, and this work seeks to remedy those omissions.
The work – being carried out by E J Johnson & Son (Cambridge) Ltd – has three elements:
- provision of the missing bottom 12 notes of the Swell Oboe, using full length Bassoon pipes
- a new coupler mechanism, including a Swell to Pedal coupler – never previously installed
- restoration of the Great Viola di Gamba rank, including new pipework
It is with thanks to Lois Jordan for her legacy which has enabled this work on the organ to be carried out.
We welcome back Divers Voyces with their Music Director, Jeremy Jepson, to lead the music at this service.
The Introit will be by Anton Bruckner (Locus isti), and the canticles sung to settings by the 16th century Spanish composer Christòbel de Morales and Gustav Holst. As Ascension Day falls in the following week, the anthem will be Ascendit Deus by the Elizabethan composer, Peter Phillips.
During the service the latest restoration work on the organ will be dedicated in memory of Lois Jordan. We are delighted that Paul Herring (Lois’s son) has kindly agreed to play the organ for this service.
This will be the Revd Mary Jepp’s final service before her departure to Scotland. After the service there will be refreshments, giving an opportunity to say farewell to Mary.
Service starts at 6pm.