Saturday 30 July – Annual Fete
Next weekend the St. Nicolas and St. Wilfrid’s annual fête will be held at Pevensey Memorial Hall from 11.00-4.00 pm. Entrance is free. In addition to the traditional stalls and games– there’s an opportunity to chance your hand at bell ringing, Refreshments will be available in the in the hall or beer tent. At 2:00 PM there will be a Smart Mutts Dog Obedience Demonstration! Does your dog measure up to the Smart Mutts Standard? Fun and frolics with the doggies from 2: 00 PM !
Thursday 4th August – Lunchtime Organ Recital at 12:30 PM at St. Nicolas Church.
If you attended the Choristers of Canterbury Cathedral concert on 9th July, when some organ pieces were played, you will know how beautiful our church organ can sound. Tickets are £7.50 Reservations can be made by email or telephone to me (01424 216651)or on-line http://www.wegottickets.com/
The recital is being given by John Collins, organist at St. George’s, Worthing since June 1984. His special interests include European keyboard repertoires from ca1500-1800 in which areas he gives regular recitals. He also undertakes research and lectures for the Royal College of Music, Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Organists.
Appropriately John’s third annual lunchtime concert this year has the theme of ‘Anniversaries’. 2016 sees the anniversaries of several European organ composers, and the recital includes compositions by some of these, or by those who were composing when Shakespeare and Cervantes died four hundred years ago; when the church itself was already 400 years old! The programme includes an arrangement of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’, and Charles Wesley’s Arrangement of ‘God Save the King’ – seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?
John encourages you to bring your own lunch and enjoy the music, even talk to your neighbours, as audiences would have done when the music was composed. Light refreshments will be available afterwards.
Saturday August 27th to Monday August 29th : 3-Day Flower Festival
The Festival title is “Celebrating 800 Years of St. Nicolas Church in Flowers”. This is one of the most popular events of our year and visitors regularly come from far and wide to see the magnificent displays.
On the strength of our Festival’s overall high standard last year the church’s flower display team were invited to exhibit at the Chichester ‘Festival of Flowers’ in early June, as the only team invited from East Sussex. Their display ‘Monet’s Garden’ was viewed and admired by thousands of visitors.
This year, in our 800th anniversary year at St. Nicolas, we are concentrating on decorating the main features of our church. Therefore the ‘show case’ flower displays will be showing around 20 displays overall, including the Altar, Pulpit, Organ, Choir, Font and of course many of the Windows. In other words, the usual areas will be artistically decorated, including the aisle and pillars.
Entrance £2. Children have free entry.
Timings:-
Sat 27th. 10.00 am to 5.30 pm
Sun 28th. 11.30 am to 5.00 pm Followed by Sung Evensong
Mon 29th. 10.00 am to 5.30 pm
Refreshments will be served throughout each day when the Flower Festival is open.