"We had an utterly excellent day out in London this Saturday celebrating the 50th anniversary of the death of Vaughan Williams at Cecil Sharp House."

Do you mind if I gently suggest "commemorating" rather than "celebrating" Jim? Pleased you enjoyed the day - I think I can speak for all of those involved in saying it was a pleasure to bring it to you.

I think it's also worth noting the incredibly generous participation of all those mentioned above; as the event was a fundraiser for the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, all the performers/speakers gave their time for free. In many cases this included learning completely new material, so there was preparation time in addition to performance.

And I'd also add a special thanks to Gerry Diver, Lisa Knapp's wonderful fiddle-playing partner, who was a late addition and therefore was not acknowledged in the programme!

Many thanks to all who attended - I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.


Joan Crump