The Thursday evening before Easter we gathered in the hall to partake in the Passover. As is traditional, the youngest person asked why this special event was happening, so was told the story of how the Pharaoh of Egypt would not release the Jewish people, as God had commanded, even after nine major events, including plagues. So God ordered the Jewish people to stay in their house. God told the Jews to kill a lamb and mark their houses with its blood on their door posts. In this way they would be passed over and the Angel of Death would not strike their first born dead, as was going to happen to every child and creature in the kingdom.
Our vicar, Philip Trouse held up the lamb backbone to show that the whole lamb had been eaten. We dined on lamb, flat bread, bitter herbs etc. and drank four times from our cup of wine. We sang, prayed, hear scripture and enjoyed the fellowship while remembering the drama that was played out so long ago. |
What a great party. A catered roast, door prizes and raffles, a crossword table contest. How much did we really know about classical composers, orchestral instruments, well-known classical pieces, musical notation - and Michael Jackson, cleverly and deviously devised by our organist and music director, Ken George. And a sing-a-long of Ye Olde Christmas Carols, and some newer ones. Perhaps the highlight of the evening was the auction of some of the original organ stops from the Hardy organ installed in All Saints in 1892, that were no longer used in the new organ console installed in 2017. Some of the more popular ones sold for over $100 and the auction raised $1000 to go towards future organ recitals.
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Ken with the new console
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Nearly 100 in the audience
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Tom, Ken and Frank, a gathering of the maestros
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