In a typical year . . .
. . . we organise:
~ A visit to Exeter Cathedral for members to play the cathedral organ (usually January)
~ A quiz night with bring-and-share supper in a local pub (usually February)
~ Two or three organ crawls, usually in the south west
~ The AGM followed by a pub lunch (usually May)
~ The President's Evening (usually June) - this might, for instance, be a concert by a visiting organist or choir and usually involves refreshments.
~ A talk or lecture, illustrated at the organ (Andrew Millington, The organ music of Edward Elgar (2018); Andrew Millington, The organ music of Herbert Howells (2019); Peter King, English organ music 1920-2020 to mark the association's centenary in 2020
~ In some years there is a residential trip
~ Annual Dinner with guest speaker (usually November) - recent speakers have included David Halls, Timothy Noon, Peter King, Canon Christopher Palmer, David Owen Norris
Annual dinner at the Ruffwell Inn
In the last few years . . .
. . . we have organised organ crawls to:
~ Taunton (St John the Evangelist - Fr Willis; Holy Trinity - Hill; St James - Hill/Minns)
~ Buckfast Abbey - Fratelli Ruffatti, and Totnes St Mary - Fr Willis
~ Bath (St John's - Bryceson/Hope-Jones; St Mary's - Fr Willis, altered; Bath Abbey - Klais)
~ Buckfastleigh (William Drake Organ Works; Totnes St John's - William Drake organ; Ashburton - Fr Willis, altered)
~ Torbay (St John, the Apostle - Hill/Walker; St John the Baptist Paignton - Speechly & others; St John Marldon - organs by Goetze & Gwynn and by Hawkins)