A carol service to remember

Had you been in Exeter at 2.30pm on Saturday 10 December, you would have been witness to a congregation of over 700 Freemasons with their families in the Cathedral.

They were led by their Provincial Grand Master Rt. W. Bro. Ian Kingsbury JP in a celebration of the coming of Christmas.

They sang carols in the company of 8 voices arranged by Mathew Cann, a gentleman of the Cathedral Choir, led by the superb Cathedral organ played by Tim Noon, Cathedral Director of Music. They also gave nine readings including one titled “The Christmas Cake and the Mouse” in a service led by the Very Revd Dr. Jonathan Draper, Dean of Exeter Cathedral, accompanied by two cannons and the verger with the stags head Hollenden Virge.

It was a very happy occasion in which the seventy children present were given a small gift, the balance of which were donated to the Cathedral Cloister Club.