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We usually have one event every month except August (when many people are away) and December (when most organists are occupied with extra services).
Saturday 26th September 2026 - Gloucester
10:30am coffee and cakes at St James, Dursley, S Glos, 11:00am recital by Andrew Millington (3 man Hill, rebuilt several times) then members try the organ 12:45pm Lunch in Dursley then travel to Gloucester Afternoon- chance to look around the Cathedral 3:30pm tea,coffee in the Monk`s Kitchen at the Cathedral 4:30pm Choral evensong followed by demonstration of the new organ (4 man Nicholson) by Jonathan Hope, Asst Director of Music Members try the organ
Saturday 10th October - Plymouth
Unfortunately this event has had to be postponed.
Thursday 12th November
Annual Dinner at Devon Hotel, 7-7:30pm Speaker - Bishop of Exeter.
Monday 11th January
Exeter Cathedral EX1 1HS at 7:30pm Come and Play.
Saturday 20th February
The Bridge Inn EX3 0QQ at 12 Noon, EDOA Quiz
Saturday 13th March
Visit to East Devon churches, OR Visit to Plymouth
Saturday 10th April
Broadclyst Church EX5 3EL at 12 Noon, AGM followed by lunch at the Red Lion 1:00 pm. Preceded by come and play from 10:30am.
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)
Buckfast Abbey
Recent residential trips . . .
These have included: ~ Oxford (2017) (Keble - Tickell; Exeter - Walker; Christchurch Cathedral - Rieger; Merton - Dobson; The Queen's College - Frobenius; Blenheim - Fr Willis) ~ Truro (2018) (Launceston St Mary - Hele/Walker; Launceston Methodist - Compton; Newquay St Michael - Griffin & Stroud/Hele/Lance Foy; Cubert - Fr Willis; Truro Methodist - Brindley & Foster/Lance Foy; Truro School - Mander; Truro Cathedral - Fr Willis)
A trip to the West Midlands was planned for 2020 but was cancelled due to the corona virus crisis (Tamworth St Editha - Harrison & Harrison; Lichfield Cathedral - Hill/Harrison; Walsall St Matthew - Walker; Darlaston Town Hall - Binns; Wolverhampton St John - Walker; St Peter - Willis/Michael Farley; Birmingham Cathedral of St Philip - Nicholson; Birmingham Cathedral of St Chad - Walker)
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