Hello Friends I’m writing to let you know details of Rydal 2025 which will take place from Saturday, 23rd August to Saturday, 30th August 2025. Note that this is a different week to our usual slot. Even if you’re a regular, please read this email carefully because some details have changed. In the first…
Rydal 2024 will be the first year since 1983 that Leo Byrne won’t be conducting. Recent back surgery means that he’s unable to do it, although he’s recovering well. His son Nick Byrne will conduct up to and including Monday morning and from Monday evening until the end of the…
Here are the final details for the Rydal Genin Orchestra 2024… Conductors Leo has been suffering from spinal stenosis for the last year and has been under the care of Walton Neurosurgical. Two weeks ago, he took prospective applicants to Oxford and the numbness and tingling in his middle and…
And another Rydal week comes to an end! The weather was a hot topic this year, as usual. Not in the literal sense, of course, although the previous 5 weeks had seen record-breaking temperatures all over the UK. This Rydal’s weather was a real mixed bag: plenty of rain, but…
This year’s quiz was a riotous and noisy evening that ended with each team having to perform a limerick of their own, written on a randomly chosen theme and sung to a randomly selected tune. The winning team were lumbered with having to sing a limerick about Albert Ketèlbey to…