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		<title>Ascension Day Mass at St. Peters, Canterbury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ 13 May 2010; ] We will be singing Gregorian Chant Mass on the evening of Ascension Day in St. Peter's, one of Canterbury's mediaeval parish churches. Rev. Mark Ball has invited us to participate in this service. We hope to sing as much of the Ordinary of the Mass and the Propers as will fit in with Father Ball's [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2010/03/ascension-day-mass-at-st-peters-canterbury/</link>
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		<title>Chant but not as we know it!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A report on the Third CGMS Day of Chant by Helen Nattrass
A grey Saturday morning in January and our group gathered for the Byzantine Chant Day. Our teacher was Dr. Alexander Lingas, one of the leading Academics studying the music of the Eastern Christian Church. We began with a talk illustrating the antiquity of chant in the eastern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2010/02/chant-but-not-as-you-know-it/</link>
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		<title>Third CGMS Day of Chant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ 23 January 2010; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Our third Day of Chant will focus on Byzantine Chant. The day will be led by Dr. Alexander Lingas, one of the leading academics in the field of Byzantine and Orthodox Chant. He is also a Cantor for the Orthodox Church as well as the founder and Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed choral ensemble [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2010/01/third-day-of-chant/</link>
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		<title>St. Thomas of Canterbury: Solemn Vespers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ 29 December 2009; 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] St. Thomas's Church Choir, assisted by other Parish choirs from Canterbury, sings Solemn Vespers in honour of St. Thomas of Canterbury in the Chapel or Our Lady Undercroft in Canterbury Cathedral. There is a lot of congregational singing of English psalm texts to Gregorian Chant. All are welcome.]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2009/11/st-thomas-of-canterbury-solemn-vespers/</link>
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		<title>Icons, inspiration and IPA</title>
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 An icon of St Thomas of Canterbury made by Peter Murphy of Broadstairs, Kent. Part of the &#8216;Divine Dimensions&#8217; exhibition at St. Peters.
A report of CGMS Vespers at St. Peter&#8217;s, Oare by Helen Nattrass
As I approached St. Peter&#8217;s Church at Oare on Sunday 26th October, I felt as if I were ‘going to work&#8217; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2009/11/icons-inspiration-and-ipa/</link>
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		<title>Stick your Oare in!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ 25 October 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Vespers at St. Peter's church in Oare is rapidly approaching!

The service itself is at 6.30pm on 25th October at St. Peter's Church, Oare, nr. Faversham.

If you are interested in singing as part of the choir on the evening we are holding three practices to make sure that we can give a good account of ourselves.

We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2009/10/stick-your-oare-in/</link>
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		<title>Our first Festival Foray!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re trying something new this year - staging an event as part of Canterbury Festival! The main event will be Gregorian Vespers at St. Peter&#8217;s Chruch, Oare where there is an exhibition of Icons, also part of the Festival. This will be taking place on 25th October with rehearsals on the preceding Saturdays.
In addition we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2009/09/two-for-the/</link>
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		<title>Five go modal in Normandy</title>
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Five members went on the Bec visit, four leaving Canterbury in the early morning to get to there in time for Mass and lunch. Helen arrived much later due to earlier commitments in London (and rubbish directions from Jonathan!).
The objective was to experience the rhythm of life in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2009/06/30/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to 2009!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Well 2008 was certainly a busy one with our visit to the Canterbury Cathedral archives which proved to be a fantastically interesting morning in a most agreeable venue. We also had the very first ever (to our knowledge - feel free to get in touch if we&#8217;re wrong!) Gregorian 101 - a basic nuts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2009/02/welcome-to-2009/</link>
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		<title>Gregorian 101 - update</title>
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The flyer for our &#8216;Chant 101&#8242; session has gone out confirming that once again our good friends at Orange Street Music are kindly allowing us to use their venue. If you are interested in coming please let us know at the usual email address.
Saturday 18th October 2008
 
10.00-12.00 in Orange Street Music Venue
Interested in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://gregoriansociety.org/index.php/2008/10/gregorian-101-update/</link>
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