St Jude's Church, Englefield Green, celebrated the start of the new year with its first of the 2010 series of monthly concerts.
This is continuing on from the 2009 series which were organised to mark the 150th anniversary of St Jude's Church. On Saturday 2nd January, 'Semper Cantate' performed extracts from Haydn's 'Creation' with a small orchestra and chorus. This work was especially fitting to start the new year as it tells us of the creation story as told in Genesis. It was enjoyed by a pleasingly large size audience who enjoyed a cup of tea and the last of the mince pies in the interval, and also raised almost £150 for the church through donations. The concerts will continue every first Saturday of the year (see event schedule below for February concert). More details and the list of concerts for the year can be found at
www.stjudeschurch.info. Many thanks to those who have supported the concerts in the past and continue to do so in 2010. by Louise Bunce