{"id":2830,"date":"2026-02-17T12:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=2830"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:26:00","slug":"newstead-abbey-singers-present-the-gift-to-be-simple","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/events\/newstead-abbey-singers-present-the-gift-to-be-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Newstead Abbey Singers present \u2018The Gift to be Simple\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">After a brief appearance at the flower festival last year, The Newstead Abbey Singers are returning to Seagrave with a mixed programme of songs, old and new.\u00a0 As well as the old Shaker song <i>The gift to be simple, <\/i>the programme will include<i>My spirit sang all day; O Danny boy;<\/i> and <i>I do like to be beside the seaside.<\/i> It will also feature instrumental pieces for flute and piano.\u00a0 Tickets are available from Ruth King (<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"mailto:ruthmking2a@gmail.com\">ruthmking2a@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> or 814468) or on the door at \u00a310 each and include interval refreshments.\u00a0 Proceeds will be in aid of church repairs, including fixing the North porch.\u00a0 A test pit was dug in late January and we await the engineer\u2019s assessment of what is required!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2831\" src=\"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0326.jpeg\" alt=\"The Gift to be Simple\" width=\"1668\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0326.jpeg 1668w, https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0326-227x300.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0326-775x1024.jpeg 775w, https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0326-768x1015.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0326-1162x1536.jpeg 1162w, https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0326-1550x2048.jpeg 1550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1668px) 100vw, 1668px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a brief appearance at the flower festival last year, The Newstead Abbey Singers are returning to Seagrave with a mixed programme of songs, old and new.\u00a0 As well as the old Shaker song The gift to be simple, the programme will includeMy spirit sang all day; O Danny boy; and I do like to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[21,13],"class_list":["post-2830","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_event_category-seagrave","ctc_event_category-social","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/2830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/2830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2838,"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/2830\/revisions\/2838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scsparishchurches.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=2830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}