Code: 0
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £395
Hotel: Sidholme Hotel
Location:Sidmouth, Jurassic Coast, Devon
Contact Tel: 01395 515104
Email: sidholme@christianguild.co.uk
What better way to welcome spring days than with music? Join us at Sidholme with musical performances through the week. Rejuvenate yourself with spring tidings, music, good food and fellowship.
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Leader(s): Roger Jones & CMM team
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £532
Hotel: Abbot Hall Hotel
Location:Grange-Over-Sands, South Lake District
Contact Tel: 015395 32896
Email: abbot@christianguild.co.uk
Come and learn Roger Jones’s musical ‘Jail Break’ during this popular week with Roger and the Christian Music Ministries team, including worship, bible teaching, prayer ministry and musical rehearsals culminating in a final night performance.
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Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £375
Hotel: Sidholme Hotel
Location:Sidmouth, Jurassic Coast, Devon
Contact Tel: 01395 515104
Email: sidholme@christianguild.co.uk
Join us in Sidholme’s grand Music Room with its seven Osler glass chandeliers and recently restored Gothic-style Gray & Davison organ. Both are features of historical importance and during this event we celebrate the organ’s recent restoration with special musical performances in the evenings.
Friends of Sidholme Music Room
In 2013 a group of local volunteers came together to raise money to restore Sidholme’s 1855 Gray & Davison Organ, originally commissioned by the 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire. Following their success the committee have undertaken remedial work on the 1905 model B Bechstein grand piano, allowing the organ and piano to once again be played in tandem. The group is now focusing on the seven Osler glass chandeliers, installed in 1848 and originally gas fuelled, which are in urgent need of restoration to regain the original overhead lighting brilliance and the ambience of this magnificent room.
For more information of the events that the committee arrange and to support their projects, go to the Friends Of Sidholme Music Room Website
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Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £385
Hotel: Willersley Castle Hotel
Location:Nr Matlock, Derbyshire Dales
Contact Tel: 01629 582270
Email: willersley@christianguild.co.uk
Join us for this joyful, uplifting and sociable singing holiday culminating in a gala performance on the last evening. The afternoons are kept free for you to explore the local area before an evening full of musical entertainment.
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Leader(s): John & Muriel Moffoot
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £616
Hotel: Lindors Country House Hotel
Location:Lydney, Gloucestershire, Wye Valley
Contact Tel: 01594 530283
Email: lindors@christianguild.co.uk
The 2018 Three Choirs Festival is based in and around the magnificent Hereford Cathedral, home to the Mappa Mundi. This break is ideal for music lovers and will include three trips into the city for some of the festival highlights, with time to explore some local sights and regional tastes.
Meet our guides...
John & Muriel Moffoot
John and Muriel Moffoot have led the Three Choirs Festival Breaks in 2016 at Gloucester and 2017 at Worcester, so leading the Festival break to Hereford this year will give then a ‘full set’. John and Muriel are enthusiastic choristers themselves, singing in one choir and leading a community choir together, while Muriel also leads the choir at the local school. ‘The Three Choirs Festival gives our guests a chance to enjoy classic choral works sung by top quality choirs and soloists, whilst also sharing the fellowship of a Christian Guild Hotel holiday’.
The Holiday
The 2018 Three Choirs Festival is based in and around the magnificent Hereford Cathedral, home to the Mappa Mundi.We will visit Hereford three times during the break. Our first visit will be to the Sunday morning Service in the Cathedral. On Tuesday evening we will return to the Cathedral to hear the combined cathedral choirs singing Monteverdi’s Vespers. Then on Thursday evening we will enjoy a concert marking the centenary of the death of Hubert Parry, with Sir Andrew Davis conducting. Some guests may make arrangements to attend other events in and around the Festival city themselves, while the rest of us enjoy the unique atmosphere and surroundings of the beautiful Lindors Country House Hotel, with plenty of time to explore some local sights and sample regional tastes. Full details of the Festival are available at http://www.3choirs.org/
For further information please telephone Lindors Country House Hotel on 01594 530283.
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £474
Hotel: Willersley Castle Hotel
Location:Nr Matlock, Derbyshire Dales
Contact Tel: 01629 582270
Email: willersley@christianguild.co.uk
Come and learn Roger Jones’s musical ‘Jail Break’ during this popular week with Roger and the Christian Music Ministries team, including worship, bible teaching, prayer ministry and musical rehearsals culminating in a final night performance.
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Code: 0
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £468
Hotel: Sidholme Hotel
Location:Sidmouth, Jurassic Coast, Devon
Contact Tel: 01395 515104
Email: sidholme@christianguild.co.uk
Come and learn the musical ‘Jail Break’ during this popular week with Roger Jones and the Christian Music Ministries team, including worship, Bible teaching, prayer ministry and rehearsals. Open to all ages and abilities of vocalists, instrumentalists and ‘non – participants’
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Leader(s): Hilary Herbert, Rod & Francis Stradling's
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £320
Hotel: Abbot Hall Hotel
Location:Grange-Over-Sands, South Lake District
Contact Tel: 015395 32896
Email: abbot@christianguild.co.uk
If you have enjoyed dancing to Rod and Frances Stradling’s music at Ron Coxall’s dancing week then you’ll love this four-night break with Hilary. We look forward to welcoming you!
Note: Previous dancing experience is essential.
Meet one of our guides....
Hilary Herbert
Hilary Herbert has been dancing and calling for many years and greatly enjoys both activities. Having started calling at barn dances, PTAs etc in the late 70s, she is now well known nationally as a caller / teacher of a wide breadth of new and old dances in the Playford, Traditional English and American style, including ones of her own composition. She can also be persuaded, without much difficulty, to teach Running set and Sword. She is a regular performer on the English festival, week-end and evening dance circuits and has also ventured across the channel. Her patience and humour are well known throughout the country and she enjoys sharing her wealth of experience with others. She resides in north Lancashire, the county of her birth, and is looking forward to a week in neighbouring Cumbria
The Holiday
We want you to relax, socialise, enjoy your Country Dancing and the atmosphere of our Abbot Hall Hotel. The itinerary for this holiday is intended to balance all of these aims.
The programme for your dancing holiday is planned to give you the maximum amount of dancing tuition, relaxed dancing and free time.
There will be interesting morning dance workshops, with free afternoons and evening of social dancing, so if you do have any particular technique you wish to explore you can ask Ron for his expert help and advice.
Anyone, from enthusiastic novices to seasoned dancers, will be able to improve their fancy footwork on these fun and friendly Country Dancing holidays.
During the holiday, we will also offer optional local tours.
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £296
Hotel: Sidholme Hotel
Location:Sidmouth, Jurassic Coast, Devon
Contact Tel: 01395 515104
Email: sidholme@christianguild.co.uk
Circle dance draws on the rich and diverse traditional dances of many countries around the world, as well as a growing repertoire of new dances to classical music and contemporary songs. Dances can be energetic and lively or gentle and reflective. Though the dances chosen reflect the abilities of the group, the aim is always to experience the joy of dancing with others and to create a sense of well-being and community. Whatever your age or ability you can circle dance! Each dance is taught, so no experience or partner is necessary.
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Leader(s): Margaret & Peter Featherstone
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £415
Hotel: Willersley Castle Hotel
Location:Nr Matlock, Derbyshire Dales
Contact Tel: 01629 582270
Email: willersley@christianguild.co.uk
A must for lovers of Gilbert & Sullivan. Join Peter and Margaret to rehearse ‘The Pirates of Penzance’, the end product being a concert performance on the Thursday evening before a local audience. This is a hugely popular musical break that is sure to be enjoyed by everyone.
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Code: 0
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £370
Hotel: Sidholme Hotel
Location:Sidmouth, Jurassic Coast, Devon
Contact Tel: 01395 515104
Email: sidholme@christianguild.co.uk
As the days wane, the nights close in and the trees don their vibrant hues, a chill creeps into the air. Leaves take to the air in an elegant dance, pirouetting around the tree trunks to their own orchestral rustling; not the bite of wintry blusters, but just a nip to let us know a new season is at hand. Welcome it with our ‘Music in Autumn’ break, with local talents entertaining you in our magnificent Music Room on select evenings and enjoy the vibrant colours on offer during the day in and around Sidmouth.
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Leader(s): Hilary Herbert
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £320
Hotel: Abbot Hall Hotel
Location:Grange-Over-Sands, South Lake District
Contact Tel: 015395 32896
Email: abbot@christianguild.co.uk
Join us each morning for a range of workshops to develop your English Country Dancing abilities. Afternoons are free for you to relax in the hotel or explore the southern lakes, before an evening of dancing and music.
Please note: Previous dancing experience is essential
Meet one of our guides....
Hilary Herbert
Hilary Herbert has been dancing and calling for many years and greatly enjoys both activities. Having started calling at barn dances, PTAs etc in the late 70s, she is now well known nationally as a caller / teacher of a wide breadth of new and old dances in the Playford, Traditional English and American style, including ones of her own composition. She can also be persuaded, without much difficulty, to teach Running set and Sword. She is a regular performer on the English festival, week-end and evening dance circuits and has also ventured across the channel. Her patience and humour are well known throughout the country and she enjoys sharing her wealth of experience with others. She resides in north Lancashire, the county of her birth, and is looking forward to a week in neighbouring Cumbria
The Holiday
We want you to relax, socialise, enjoy your Country Dancing and the atmosphere of our Abbot Hall Hotel. The itinerary for this holiday is intended to balance all of these aims.
The programme for your dancing holiday is planned to give you the maximum amount of dancing tuition, relaxed dancing and free time.
There will be interesting morning dance workshops, with free afternoons and evening of social dancing, so if you do have any particular technique you wish to explore you can ask Ron for his expert help and advice.
Anyone, from enthusiastic novices to seasoned dancers, will be able to improve their fancy footwork on these fun and friendly Country Dancing holidays.
During the holiday, we will also offer optional local tours.
Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £234
Hotel: Willersley Castle Hotel
Location:Nr Matlock, Derbyshire Dales
Contact Tel: 01629 582270
Email: willersley@christianguild.co.uk
Circle dancing is a tradition in many cultures for marking special occasions and strengthening community and modern circle dance adds new dances to modern songs and classical music. The aim always is to experience the joy of dancing with others and create a sense of well-being through enjoyable gentle exercise!
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Code: 00000
Holiday Type: Music and Dancing
Ensuite Package Price: £240
Hotel: Lindors Country House Hotel
Location:Lydney, Gloucestershire, Wye Valley
Contact Tel: 01594 530283
Email: lindors@christianguild.co.uk
There’s nothing that quite matches the sound of a traditional brass band, and some of the best can be found here in the old mining community of the Royal Forest of Dean. Come and enjoy the build-up to Christmas with us at Lindors on a holiday filled with the ‘Sound of Brass’. Enjoy some great musical entertainment in our country hotel, and join us as we attend the annual Christmas concert of the Championship Section Lydbrook band.
There is nothing like the sound of a brass band, particularly in the build-up to Christmas. The Forest of Dean, an old mining community, has some of the best: this short break at Lindors will consist of musical entertainment within the hotel, as well as an evening out to enjoy the performance of a Championship section band in all its bombastic glory. Enjoy an afternoon tea on arrival, and an optional programme of morning and evening devotions throughout your stay. At this time, the hotel will be decorated in all its Christmas finery, the fire will be lit, and there will be gifts available to purchase in our small giftshop. Why not treat yourselves to a special getaway before the Christmas rush really gets going?
Welcome to your 2018 Christian Guild Hotels & Holidays brochure, featuring a comprehensive choice of speciality and feature breaks!
If you're signed up to our postal mailing list you should soon receive your printed copy, but you can also read the online version on our website at www.christianguild.co.uk or download the PDF: 2018 Brochure (5.99MB)