How Sweet the Sound Concert

Amazing Grace 250 Concert was held on Sunday 17th July 2022 at St Peter & St Paul, Olney. The programme included:

Olney Brass, conducted by Philip Devine.

The MK Sweet Sound Gospel Choir conducted by Craig McLeish.

The combined choir from the four churches of Olney – the Parish church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Sutcliff Baptist Church, Cowper Memorial United Reformed Church and Our Lady Help of Christians & St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church

Members of Northampton Ladies’ Chamber Choir, conducted by Catriona German

The Concert programme included responses from:

Aled Jones MBE, singer and presenter of Songs of Praise

The Rt. Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin MBE QHC, Bishop of Dover, Patron of Friends of the Caribbean (MK)

The ministers of St. Peter & St. Paul CE Church, Sutcliff Baptist Church, Cowper Memorial United Reformed Church and Our Lady Help of Christians & St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church

Pre-concert: Donald Reid – bagpipes

Address: Reverend Andrew Pritchard-Keens, Rector, St Peter & St Paul, Olney

Compere and programme: Tim German

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