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Overseas tours have helped to create stronger bonds of friendship between
members of the Society and they have also encouraged recruitment.
On tours to Eastern Europe BFCS has taken gifts and money to aid local
hospitals and/or charities and has also hosted reciprocal visits to Birmingham
from European choirs.
BFCS has visited:
1992 Bulgaria
20 August United Cathedral, Plovdiv.....Joint Concert with The
Boris Kristov Male Voice Choir
21 August United Cathedral, Plovdiv
23 August The Choral Hall, Varna
1994 Poland
22 August MS Hamburg – At Sea!
25 August Akademia Muzyczna, Poznan
26 August Franciszkanie, Poznan
27 August Bazylika Archikatedralna, Gniezno
1998 The Czech Republic
28 July St Nicholas’s Church, Prague
30 July Castle Kratochvile, Southern Bohemia
31 July Church of St James the Greater, Prachatice
2001 Germany
23 July Nikolaikirche, Leipzig
25 July Wenselkirche, Naumberg
26 July Kaufmannskirche, Erfurt
27 July Klosterkirche, Thalbürgel
2003 Belgium and Holland
22 July The Onze-Lievre-Vrouw Church, Bruges
23 July Nikolaïkerk, Utrecht
24 July De Grote of Sint Nikolaaskerk, Monnickendam
25 July Westerkerk, Amsterdam
2006 Slovenia
23 July Cerken sv. Franciska, Ljubljana
24 July Concert Hall Cave, Postojna Caves
25 July St Martin’s Church, Bled
26 July The Island Church, Bled
2008 Estonia
27 July Charles Church, Tallinn
28 July Concert Hall, Niguliste Museum, Tallinn
29 July Church of Mary Magdalene, Rapla....Joint Concert with Maarja
Choir
30 July St Elizabeth Lutheran Church, Pärnu
Gordon C Allen
BFCS Archivist & Historian
12.06.2008
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