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Locations around Devon are at the heart of a New Musical which comes to The Church of our Lady Upton Pyne on Sunday 18 September as part of a national tour, with proceeds going to church funds. Here's the video promotion https://youtu.be/_KNJonIVJ8g

The musical celebrates the 150th birthday of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady author Edith Holden.

To add to the party atmosphere, the audience is encouraged to join in the choruses of many of the twenty plus popular folk and countryside songs in the show, including Bushes and Briars; Wild Mountain Thyme; Seeds of Love and if I was a Blackbird.

London-based acapella folk group Broomdasher intertwine Edith’s beautiful descriptions with the songs, collected by Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams at the same time she was writing her diary in 1906, to recreate a much-loved bygone era.

The book was a sensation when published in 1977, selling more than seven million copies. Many local households will still have something in their house featuring paintings from the Diary - soft furnishings, bedclothes, porcelain, visitors books, diaries, notelets and so on

Broomdasher have an outstanding reputation for their harmonies, arrangements and engaging live performances. All their recordings are part of the National Sound Archive at the British Library as “an outstanding example of grass roots folk music in Britain today”.

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Venue

Church Or Our Lady
Upton Pyne
Upton Pyne
EX5 5JA

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Dates

The event runs from 14:30 to 17:00 on the following dates.
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