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2021 Festival Postponed

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Usually, by this time of year, Dorchester would be buzzing with ideas and news about next year’s Festival programme.  However, after much discussion, we have sadly deccided to postpone until 2022.

The Festival cannot be financially viable with social distancing and we will not know for some time yet (and too late to ramp up the publicity) whether measures will still be in place next May.

In the meantime the Abbey will be running smaller fundraising events to bridge the financial gap (like the recent October Fun Run!) which I encourage you all to support.

Please do keep looking for events that you’d like to see included in 2022 and let me know your ideas

Steph, steph@formag.org.uk

Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Carol Concert

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The hugely popular Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Carol Concert which is organised by a team of local volunteers is this year going to be streamed, free to all – so if anyone is looking for something Christmassy they can enjoy doing from home, they need look no further!

A stellar cast of celebrities and renowned musicians are joining forces in a major online Christmas celebration of carols and festive readings to help generate urgently needed funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. The concert, aptly named Follow the Stars, streams as live from Friday 11th – 31st December. From the beautiful Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, will be performances by world-leading baritones Roderick Williams and Christopher Purves and celebrities will deliver seasonal readings directly from their own homes. So, to join Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry, Jeremy Irons, Alexander Armstrong, Toby Jones, Benjamin Zephaniah and a host of other well-known faces including a very special surprised guest star, go to the following link for more details Follow The Stars and to view the trailer.

 

Dorchester Abbey Christmas Cards

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Sold in aid of Dorchester Abbey

Please do buy Abbey cards this year to support us while our income is affected by corona virus measures.

They are available from the museum or from Steph Forman steph@forman.org.uk

All cards are sold with envelopes in packs of 10 for £4.50 and are colour printed on glossy quality card with ‘Happy Christmas’ inside and ‘Sold in aid of Dorchester Abbey’ on the back.