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The very high standard of
entertainment that has been offered over the years at a reasonable cost to
both members and guests has seen both attendance at the concerts and the
club membership remain at a very high number. Members and guests travel to
the island from many areas throughout the county, on some occasions even
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The club is also
extremely active socially with very successful short-break holidays
having been arranged over the years for members and their friends, both
in England and to the continent, theatre trips have also been arranged.
The former includes visits to Bruges (1993 - 3 days), the Rhine Valley
(1995 - 5 days), Valkenburg (1996 - 5 days), a Turkey and Tinsel trip to
Bournemouth (1999-4 days), two to the Moselle Valley (2000 – 5 days and
2001 – 6 days), a second Turkey and Tinsel break to Jersey (2002 – 5
days), to Belgium and the Ardenne (May 2003 - 5 days), a third Turkey
and Tinsel on a Rhine Cruise ship (Nov 2003 - 5 days), to Italy (May
2004 - 6 days), a Shamrock and Tinsel break to Dublin ( November 2004 -
5 days) and in May this year, 2005, the most successful of all, a 5 day
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The theatre trips that have been organised include the musical “Oliver”(2000), the Bert Kaempfert Orchestra in concert (2000 and 2002) and the musical “Le Miserable” (2002). The club has also promoted eight very successful Open Air Concerts in the Esplanade Gardens on the seafront at Sheerness in past years. These concerts have featured - Martin Orbidans in 1991, Gaye Wilson in July 1992, Andrew Cartwright in August of the same year, John Dalley in 1993, Tony Stace in 1997, Jean Martyn in 1998, Andrew Nix in 1999 and Nicholas Martin in 2001 and in August 2002 Tony Stace returned for a second time. Since 2002 and in place of the Open Air Concerts, the club has arranged special Sunday afternoon concerts at the Borough Hall each July, these concerts have featured DirkJan Ranzijn in 2003 and Brett Wales in 2004 and DirkJan Ranzijn again this year, 2005 Every December since the year 2000, the club has arranged, in a joint promotion with The Swale Borough Council, Sunday afternoon Christmas Concerts. The featured artistes for these concerts have been Alastair Kiernan in 2000 and 2001, Andrew Nix in 2002, Jean Martyn in 2003 and Tony Stace in 2004. All of these concerts have proved to be popular and have been completely sold out. The Sheppey Organ Club
meets at the Borough Hall, Queensborough, usually on the last Friday of
each month. The Annual Membership subscription, payable on the 1st March
each year to cover the period 1st March to 28th February, is £5 but
membership may be applied for at any time during the year.
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