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Salisbury Three

 Dear Reader

My apology for the slight delay in this update. Thanks to so many of you for your positive comments. 

After returning from Bath it was back to Salisbury for our third Evensong. This time it was Ps 17 with chants by Charles Naylor and Henry Smart, Radcliffe Responses, Howells Gloucester Service, and Elsley Be Present, O Merciful God. Sophie C took the solo again in the Elsley and Charlie was the emergency Cantor when the Precentor had not arrived. David;S postlude was Edward Bairstow’s Evening Song. 

There is one wee Treble who has some trouble seeing over the stalls; this was the solution for Lillian Hunt. 


We had an excellent group dinner at Côte Salisbury where the food was excellent and the staff delightful. After dinner it was time for a Matilda to thank them for a lovely dinner. Photo credit: Jasmin Weatherley.



One of the things we have enjoyed is catching up with old friends and meeting friends of our friends. Salisbury saw us meeting up with Two Lizes, Liz Ure (Anthony Hunt’s sister) and Liz Ransom who sang with us for many years. As noted previously, Andy Scott from Harrison and Harrison stopped by. We also met a number of people who are friends of Mark Sibly and Sarah Burns-Sibly, one of whom is pictured below.





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