The Wychwoods Local History Society is proud to present a special evening of entertainment with the renowned band Oxford Waits. The show will take place at Milton Village Hall on Wednesday June 11th from 7.30pm, with refreshments and a cash bar. Tickets are £15.00 per person and are on sale now.
The Oxford Waits take their name from a real-life band of city musicians, known as ‘waits,’ who flourished in Oxford during the 17th century. Performers appear in period costume, and concerts are enlivened by street ballads, dance tunes, airs and rounds as well as readings from diarists and poets. Superb singing voices are matched by specialist skills in an array of period instruments.
The Oxford Waits have performed at a wealth of festivals, churches, theatres and arts centres, as well as featuring on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4. In 2006 they performed before her Majesty the Queen at the Royal Opening of Oxford Castle.
Line-up
- Tim Healey – Narrator, vocals, shawm, recorders
- Caroline Butler – Vocals, violin
- Ian Giles – Vocals, hurdy gurdy, percussion
- Edwin Pritchard – Vocals, violin, nyckelharpa, hammered dulcimer,
- Jon Fletcher – Vocals, lute, cittern
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