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A historical look at the gigs and services we have done since 2001:
 

When

What, and Where

2002  
Friday 11th October
7.00 p.m.
Harvest Supper performance at Lower Quinton, Warwickshire.
Saturday 28th December
11.15 am - 4.00 p.m.
West Gallery Carols in The Cross Tree Inn,
Byfield, Northants.
2003  
Sunday 1st June
12 noon
Black Country Museum, Staffs.  Three  performances in the reconstructed Methodist chapel.
Saturday 5th July
10.00 a.m. onwards
 A morning workshop at Northgate Methodist Church, Warwick, as part of the Warwick Festival. Afternoon performance at the Hill Close Victorian Gardens.
Saturday 6th September
10.00 am onwards
Fourth Oxford Occasionals' Church Visitation
Starting at Bessels Leigh, Oxford, members of the Quire joined the Oxford Occasionals to sing and give informal concerts at five venues within the Diocese of Oxford.
Sunday 21st December
12 noon
Carols at The Rose and Crown, Chipping Warden, Northants.
2004  
Saturday 17th April
2.00 p.m.
Concert in the Long Barn at Cogges Farm Museum, Witney, Oxon.
Sunday 27th June
6.30 p.m.
Concert at St Michael's Church, Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire.
Sunday 4th July
12 noon
Black Country Museum, Staffs.  Three American Independence Day performances in the reconstructed Methodist chapel.
Saturday 3rd September
10.00 am onwards
Fifth Oxford Occasionals' Church Visitation
Starting at Pembroke College, Oxford, members of the Quire joined the Oxford Occasionals to sing and give informal concerts at five venues within the City of Oxford.
Sunday 10th October
12 noon
Black Country Museum, Staffs.  Three performances in the reconstructed Methodist chapel.
Sunday 14th November
6.30 p.m.
Evensong at St Swithin's Church, Quinton, Warwickshire
Sunday 12th December
6.30 p.m.
Carol Concert at St Michael's Church, Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire
Friday 17th December 7.30 p.m. Carol Concert at St Nicholas's Church, Saintbury, Glos.
Tuesday  28th December
11.15 am - 4.00 p.m.
West Gallery Carols in The Cross Tree Inn,
Byfield, Northants.
2005  
Saturday 30th April
10.00 am - 4.30 pm
The First Mid-Shires' Quires' Day
The Village Hall, Byfield, Northants.
A celebration of the work of regional psalmody composers and compilers, including John Moreton of Birmingham, Thomas Jarman of Clipston, Eagleton of  Coventry, Perry of Warwick and J.H. Watts of Dunstable.
Saturday 2nd July
6.00 pm for 8.00 pm
Bromsgrove Carnival Proms
A short session of west gallery and American shape note music
as part of the evening concert for the Carnival
Saturday 3rd September
10.00 am onwards
Sixth Oxford Occasionals' Church Visitation
Starting at Wood Eaton, Oxford, members of the Quire joined the Oxford Occasionals to sing and give informal concerts at five venues within the Diocese of Oxford.
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Saturday 17th September
12.00 noon onwards
Cogges Farm Museum, Witney, Oxon.
A celebration of Harvest music and steam threshing.  Pictures here.
Saturday 17th September
7.30 pm
Evening Concert at the Parish Church, (Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary), as part of the Flower Festival,
Studley, Warwickshire. 
Map ref:  SP081638
Friday 21st October
7.30 pm
Trafalgar Day Celebration Concert and lighting of the Beacon,
Burton Dassett, Warwickshire. 
Map ref: SP399515
Sunday 23rd October
6.00 pm
 
Evensong for Trafalgar Day,
Hampton Lucy, Warwickshire.
Suitable music for Evensong as it might have been in the time of Nelson.
Sunday 6th November 
6.00 pm
Evensong at the Parish Church of All Saints,
Preston Baggot, Warwickshire.
This service also commemorated the 400th anniversary of the
failure of the Gunpowder Plot, in accordance with the Prayer Book Service.
Sunday 11th December
6.00 pm
Carol Concert  'Rejoice Ye Tenants'  
at the Parish Church, Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
Wednesday 28th December
11.15 am - 4.00 p.m.
West Gallery Carols in The Cross Tree Inn,
Byfield, Northants.
2006  
Saturday 29th April
10.00 am - 4.30 pm
The Second Mid-Shires' Quires' Day
The Village Hall, Byfield, Northants.
A Day of West Gallery  music by local composers, including William Blundell, William Croft, Shadrach Dickins, Thomas Jarman, Francis Saunders, and Amram Taylor.
Sunday 4th June
6.00 p.m.
Non-liturgical West Gallery Service,
St Michael's Church, Bishops Itchington, Warwickshire
Sunday 11th June
2.00 p.m.
Ambrosden, Oxon.
900th Year Celebration Service
in the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
with the Rt Rev'd Colin Fletcher, Bishop of Dorchester.

The service included music by Ambrosden's recently re-discovered own 19th Century West Gallery composer - Amram Taylor - whose book of Psalms and Hymns, The Sacred Harp - was published in 1842.
Sunday 25th June
6.30 p.m.
West Gallery Evensong at St John the Baptist, Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire. Said to be where Shakespeare's parents married.
Saturday 1st July
Evening
Private event, Claverdon Village, Warwickshire.
Saturday 22nd July
Evening
Private event, Southam, Warwickshire.
Saturday 2nd September
10.00 am onwards
Seventh Oxford Occasionals' Church Visitation
Starting at Oriel College, members of the Quire joined  the Oxford Occasionals to sing and give informal concerts at five venues within the City of Oxford.
Saturday 9th December
7.30 p.m.
Carol Concert at the Parish Church, (Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Studley, Warwickshire. 
Map ref:  SP081638
Saturday 16th December Carol Concert at Northgate Methodist Church, Warwick.
Thursday 28th December
11.15 am - 4.00 p.m.
West Gallery Carols in The Cross Tree Inn,
Byfield, Northants.
2007  
Sunday 11th February 2007
3.00 p.m. onwards
Afternoon Workshop and  West Gallery Evensong at Northgate Methodist Church, Warwick.
Sunday 4th March 2007 Evensong at St Peter's Church, Galley Common, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Celebrating the music of local Nuneaton composer, Joseph Key.
Saturday 28th April 2007
10.00 am - 4.30 pm
The Third Mid-Shires' Quires' Day
The Village Hall, Byfield, Northants.
A Day of West Gallery  music by local composers, plus the Anthem 'Peace' by William Billings.
Saturday 1st September 2007
10.00 am onwards
Eighth Oxford Occasionals' Church Visitation
Members of the Quire joined the Oxford Occasionals to sing and give informal concerts at five venues within the Diocese of Oxford, that year immediately to the north of the City of Oxford.
Saturday 13th October
7.30 p.m.
Harvest Concert at St Mary's Church, Haseley, Warwickshire
Sunday 28th October
2.00 p.m.
Afternoon Workshop and  West Gallery Evensong at Banbury Parish Church. 
Saturday  3rd November
10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Members of the Quire supported SingBirmingham!, an introductory day of west gallery music at St Mary's Church, Moseley, just to the south of Birmingham.
Sunday 16th December
6
.30 p.m.
Carol Concert at Northgate Methodist Church, Warwick
Be there at 6.00 pm to learn a 'new' carol!
Wednesday 19th December
8.00 p.m.
An Evening of Gallery Carols at the Stoneythorpe Hotel, Warwick Road, Southam, Warwickshire. CV47 0HN.
Friday 28th December
11.15 am - 4.00 p.m.
West Gallery Carols in The Cross Tree Inn,
Byfield, Northants.
 
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