High Leigh Conference Centre
Lord Street
Hoddesdon
EN11 8SG

23rd – 26th July 2024

For Your Information

Our 2024 three-day Conference is taking place at High Leigh Conference Centre, Hoddesdon, part of the Christian Conference Trust. We last met there in 2011. The Centre is readily accessible by train to Broxbourne, followed by a short taxi or bus ride. There is also good parking for cars. Once there, the campus is compact, level, with all facilities readily accessible. Our member Nicholas Markwell’s personal guidance on Public Transport options is available: Email address: lightbulb903@yahoo.co.uk.

Conference

Dates: from Tuesday, 23rd July (Arrive from 2.00 pm) to lunchtime Friday, 26th July. Accommodation: All rooms are ensuite and should be available as either single or twin. The Festival of Hymns will take place in the delightful surroundings of 15^th century St Augustine’s Church, Broxbourne. The Commentator will be Andrew Pratt, the Conductor, Philip Price, with Ian Sharp as Organist. The Conference Pack: The Programme, list of attendees, and other information, will be sent out early July either by post or email. 

Conference Speakers include

• Ben Brody: At The Weaving of Creation: Fifty New Tunes by Benjamin Brody
• Godfrey Butland: Musical Celts and their Influence: then and now
• Gordon Giles: Introducing The Revised English Hymnal (2023)
• Anne Harrison: My Desert Island Dudley-Smith
• Daniel Johnson: Isaac Watts at 350: Then and Now
• Martin Leckebusch: One-Hit Wonders: Unique and Solitary Contributions to Hymnody

For information about the hymn and tune writing workshop, Short Metre etc, and other required information, please see the (pink) insert sheet.

The cost: Due to the way in which High Leigh functions, the Conference has been planned as fully residential: for Society members at £360.00 and for Non-Members at £390.

Day Visitors may be possible, so a price and booking application is included, however, if you would like to attend as a Day Visitor early booking is essential. The cost for day-visitors for the full conference is £240.00, charged pro-rata according to length of stay and the day/s attending (see back of form). Additional nights before or after Conference are not available this year.

Bursaries

Bursaries are available due to the generosity of some of our members.

If you would otherwise either find it difficult, or be unable, to attend. Do please apply for a Bursary to the Secretary who can provide further information.

Booking

To register, please send a non-returnable deposit of £100.00 by 31st May. The balance must be paid by 28th June. Cheques should be made payable to ‘The Hymn Society’ or payment by Bank Transfer to: The Hymn Society of Great Britain & Ireland.

Lloyds Bank plc, Sort Code: 30-92-75 Account No: 19749060

All applicants must send BOTH the completed booking form and insert to:

Mrs Jenny Canham: Windrush, Braithwaite, KESWICK CA12 5SZ
Email: canham3847@gmail.com
Phone: 017687 78054