Poster advertising the A Very Special Organ Recital by Professor Dr Ian Tracey, Resident Organist at Liverpool Cathedral. Held on 7th May 2022 in aid of the Roof restoration on St Mary's Church. Dr Ian Tracey resident organist at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral since 1980. He and the vicar, Rev’d Canon Janice Collier have been friends since they were teenagers in Liverpool and Ian willingly came to give a fantastic organ recital on the very newly restored and enhanced 1812 church organ, to help raise funds for the roof appeal.
'One Hour To Dusk' was a thriller performed before the interval and the light-hearted 'Poor Mr Shakespeare' afterwards, by the Bampton WI Drama Group produced by Hilda Pickard.
John Chipperfield usually has a page in the Witney Gazette where he recalls events in times past. This item recalls the time in 1978 when Susan Morris, pictured at the organ in Clanfield Church played for 10 hours taking turns with John White and John Goodrun. It was to accompany the Flower Festival in the church. Susan is still playing at Clanfield (2019)
In 1978 the vicar looked after both Bampton and Clanfield churches. By 1970, the vicar of the time lived in the vicarage in Bampton and was responsible for the churches not only of Clanfield and Bampton but Lew, Aston and Shifford as well.
With a blend of puppetry, storytelling, animated sculptures, imaginative sets and wonderful music composed specially by Andrew Dodge for this production, Cornelius and Jones Original Productions produced a wonderful evening of storytelling by Neil Canham. Fine sets added to the joy of the evening of this stage version of Oscar Wilde's tale about the kind-hearted prince and his swallow friend,
