Sandwich Evening Decorative and Fine Arts Society (SEDFAS) meets on the first Monday of every month (except for May and August) in the historic Guildhall in the ancient cinque port of Sandwich. Details of lectures and visits are given in the appropriate links. For further information please contact the Membership Secretary, Jacqui Linning, details below.
Lectures begin at 8 pm and coffee is served from 7.30 pm.
Venue:
Sandwich Guildhall.
Sandwich.
There is free parking in the Guildhall car park and we have at present 200+ members with no waiting list.
Subscriptions are £17.50 for a single person, and £30 for a couple. An additional fee of £5 per person is also charged for each lecture. Guests are welcomed at a cost of £5 per person, and no one person can be invited more than twice a year. However, there are no restrictions on the number of guests who may be invited on outings.
Previous visits have included Saltwood Castle, Squerries Court, Cambridge (including Kings College Chapel and the Fitzwilliam Museum), "Following in the steps of Pepys" in London, and a guided visit to St Paul's Cathedral. We have had a guided tour of St Clement's Church and the "Salutation" house in Sandwich, visited Charleston and Monks House, the Millais exhibition in the Tate, and organised a wonderful trip to Ravenna.
In 2008 we had a backstage tour of the Royal Opera House in February, and visited Faversham and Belmont House in May and Windsor Castle October.
In 2009, our 20th anniversary year, we had a fascinating tour of Prince Charles' garden at Highgrove and a day out at Waddesdon Manor, home of the Rothschilds. Our overseas visit that year was to Alsace. Impressions of our November trip to Kettles Yard and the Fitzwilliam Museum can be found under "Visits", as can our visit to the Fleming and Wallace Collections in March this year.
In June we visited Hampton Court Palace, and in a break from tradition decided to visit some of the great houses of Derbyshire during a 4 day trip instead of travelling to Europe. For our July supper evening we again used the wonderful medieval venue of St Mary's Church to "undress Mr Darcy"! Reports and photos of the first two can be found under "Visits" and that of the supper evening under "Lectures".
For further information, please contact:
Jacqui Linning
Telephone: 01304 614866
E-mail: sandwich@nadfaskentarea.org.uk
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