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Ship of Fools: St Peter & St Paul, Chingford, London

The Mystery WorshipperThe Mystery Worshipper Shipmate
edited April 2019 in The Mystery Worshipper
imageShip of Fools: St Peter & St Paul, Chingford, London

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  • DecaniBassDecaniBass Shipmate Posts: 1
    Thanks for your visit and report; as a member of the choir I am sorry that you came and we weren't "on". We sing both Eucharist and Evensong nearly every weekend. First Sunday morning of the month is just boys or girls, without the men.

    When you visited we were on our summer break after singing at Ely cathedral for our annual "choir week". Hopefully you can come back another time and have uplifting worship.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    A lesson learned, perhaps.

    If a particular church/parish has a well-known and well-established choral tradition, it's not unreasonable to expect the choir (or most of them) to indeed be having a late summer break!
    :warning:
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    May I ask what a "choir week" means? Is this when the choir shakes the dust off their feet at the local congregation and serves somewhere else for a while? Or goes somewhere else to see what others do?

    Thanks,
    Mr No-musical-bone-in-his-body from NZ.
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    I don't see the term "choir week" used anywhere in this report. If I had to guess, however, I'd say that "choir week" means (1) a week of services in which guest choirs take part; or (2) a week where the choir is taking a break from their regular duties. I've sung in church choirs that take a break after the grueling regimen of Holy Week, which choir wags also call by a not-so-nice name that also starts with "H".
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    Apologies for the confusion, Miss Amanda; I was referring to DecaniBass' post above. Thank you for the explanation.
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Ah, my fault for not reading upthread. I believe that Ely Cathedral does have a "choir week" where they invite visiting choirs to sing.
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    A volunteer choir in a parish church may very well sing every second week, or Sundays 1, 3 (and 5 if there be one) a month.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    It's not uncommon in English cathedrals for services during the summer (when the 'official' choir is having a well-earned holiday) to be sung by visiting choirs, perhaps for a week, or just a weekend, or a day, mostly from UK parish churches, but sometimes from other countries.

    Which makes for variety, and, incidentally, shows that the Anglican choral tradition is alive and well in numerous Quires and Places Where They Sing, if not in every parish.
  • ClimacusClimacus Shipmate
    Ah, thank you muchly, o Episcopal One.
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